Dr Marco Fossati
Reader
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Personal statement
Dr. Fossati is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering of the University of Strathclyde. His research interests are in the area of multiphysics computational aerodynamics. His expertise is in the field of high-speed and non-equilibrium flows, modal-based Reduced Order Modeling for aerodynamics, mesh optimization and generation. At Strathclyde he is a member of the Aerospace Centre of Excellence (ACE) and director of the Future Air-Space Transportation Technologies (FASTT). Prior to joining Strathclyde Dr. Fossati was Associate Director of the CFD Laboratory at McGill University in Canada where he holds an Adjunct Professor position. He has been visiting researcher at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He holds a PhD in Computational Fluid Dynamics from Politecnico di Milano. Dr. Fossati is a member of the editorial board of Computers and Fluids and serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Computational Physics, Physics of Fluids, AIAA Journal, International Journal of Multiphase Flows, Aerospace Science and Technology, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation and the International Journal of Computational Fluid Dynamics.
Prize And Awards
- Best Paper Award in "Innovation in Smart Cities and Systems"
- Recipient
- 1/9/2022
Publications
- Aerodynamics of large aspect ratio wings with distributed propellers via the vortex-lattice method and high-fidelity simulations
- Ciera Zachary K, Jones Bryn, Nagy Peter, Fossati Marco
- AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2024 AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2024 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2024-4015
- Wake vortex - exhaust jet interactions downstream of high-lift geometries using a residual source term method
- Bennie Scott, Fossati Marco
- AIAA Aviation Forum and Ascend 2024 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2024-4389
- A multifidelity framework for aerothermodynamic modeling and simulation of destructive atmospheric entry
- Morgado Fábio, Abhishek Peddakotla Sai, Graham Julie, Vasile Massimiliano, Fossati Marco
- AIAA Journal Vol 62, pp. 1988-2007 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.2514/1.j062987
- Modeling the interaction of proximal fragments for destructive atmospheric entry analysis
- Morgado Fábio, Fossati Marco, Kovács Dániel G
- AIAA Journal Vol 62, pp. 2008-2023 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.2514/1.j063267
- An aerodynamic parametric study of large aspect-ratio wings with distributed propulsion for conceptual airframe definition
- Fossati Marco, Jones Bryn, Nagy Peter, Minisci Edmondo
- AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2024-2332
- A geometric sensitivity study for the aerodynamics of a strut-braced airframe
- Jones B, Nagy P, Minisci E, Fossati M
- Aerospace Science and Technology Vol 142 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2023.108638
Teaching
- Engineering Analysis - Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Flight and Space Flight
- Intro to Open-source CFD
- Mechanical Engineerign Principles
Research Interests
- Multi-physics non-equilibrium computational aerodynamics
- Data-driven Reduced Basis/Order Methods for fluid mechanics
- Aerothermodynamics of atmospheric entry
- Aerodynamic design of next-generation aircraft and UAVs
- Mesh adaptivity and (re)generation
Professional Activities
- Plasma Flow Control in an S-shaped Intake: Measurement and Computation
- Examiner
- 24/10/2024
- Nonequilibrium shock interference in CO2 mixtures
- Speaker
- 17/10/2024
- Non-equilibrium Effects in Hypersonic Shock Interaction Patterns
- Speaker
- 10/9/2024
- Shock Waves (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 1/8/2024
- Health and Care Futures: thematic areas workshop
- Participant
- 30/5/2024
- Multi-Fidelity experimental-numerical calibration of a reduced-order model for empennage configurations
- Examiner
- 27/5/2024
Projects
- Protecting Earth from the uncertAinty of spaCe debris re-Entry
- Fossati, Marco (Principal Investigator) Bi, Sifeng (Co-investigator) Vasile, Massimiliano (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2027
- Hyperspectral Detection (IR to UV) Re-entry Signatures from Orbit
- Fossati, Marco (Principal Investigator) Marshall, Stephen (Co-investigator) Murray, Paul (Co-investigator) Vasile, Massimiliano (Co-investigator) Zabalza, Jaime (Co-investigator)
- 08-Jan-2024 - 08-Jan-2025
- Development of a State-to-State CFD Code for the Characterization the Aerothermal Environment of Ice Giants Plantets Entry Capsules
- Fossati, Marco (Principal Investigator)
- 05-Jan-2023 - 28-Jan-2025
- INtegration and Digital demonstration of low-emission aIrcraft technoloGies and airport Operations (INDIGO) (Horizon Europe CL5)
- Fossati, Marco (Principal Investigator) Jones, Catherine (Co-investigator) Maddock, Christie (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2026
- Data-driven aErothermal and thermomeChanical mOdelling for Destructive re-Entry
- Fossati, Marco (Principal Investigator) Maddock, Christie (Co-investigator) Vasile, Massimiliano (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2025
- Multi-fidelity modelling and simulation of aircraft-generated vortex dynamics and their impact on airport environments
- Fossati, Marco (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2025
Contact
Dr
Marco
Fossati
Reader
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Email: marco.fossati@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 574 5061