Dr Marco Fossati
Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Personal statement
Dr. Fossati is Professor of Aerodynamics at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering of the University of Strathclyde. His research interests are in the area of multi-physics, multi-fidelity aerodynamics and data-driven modelling for fluid mechanics. His expertise is in the field of numerical methods for aerodynamics with a focus on high-speed and non-equilibrium flows and data-driven Reduced Basis Methods. At Strathclyde he is a member of the Aerospace Centre of Excellence (ACE) and he is the director of the Laboratory for Future Air-Space Transportation Technologies (FASTT-Lab). He is associate editor of Computers and Fluids and Shock Waves serves as a reviewer for several journals in the area of fluid mechanics and numerical methods such as the Physics of Fluids, Journal of Computational Physics, Physics of Fluids, AIAA Journal, Journal of thermophysics and Heat transfer, 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
- Comparative study of data-driven reduced-order modeling for atmospheric reentry
- Graham Julie, Fossati Marco
- Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets Vol 63, pp. 933-950 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.2514/1.a36522
- Aircraft wake vortex encounters with residential structures
- Bennie S, Fossati M
- Computers and Fluids Vol 304 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2025.106883
- A sensitivity study of the transonic aerodynamics of a strut-braced airframe
- Nagy P, Jones B, Minisci E, Fossati M
- The Aeronautical Journal Vol 129, pp. 2691-2711 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1017/aer.2025.10026
- Sensor simulator for observation of the re-entry spectral signatures from orbit
- Ali Teymoor, Savitski Vasili, Campbell Andrew, Zabalza Jaime, Vasile Massimiliano, Fossati Marco, Murray Paul
- Proceedings: Optical Fiber Communication Conference Optica Imaging Congress 2025 (3D, DH, COSI, IS, pcAOP,RadIT) (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1364/3D.2025.JTu4A.17
- The effect of building geometry upon intensity of aircraft induced wake vortex structural encounters
- Bennie Scott, Fossati Marco
- AIAA Aviation Forum and Ascend 2025 AIAA Aviation Forum and Ascend 2025 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2025-3785
- Multifidelity HDMR surrogates for thermal protection system heat flux hybrid uncertainty quantification
- Williamson Tommy, Bi Sifeng, Vasile Massimiliano, Fossati Marco
- AIAA Aviation Forum and Ascend 2025 AIAA Aviation Forum and Ascend 2025 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2025-3408
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
- Real-time uncertainty quantification in a Digital Twin for Emergency Response to Scottish Ambulance Service(DRNet+ funding call)
- Patelli, Edoardo (Principal Investigator) Fossati, Marco (Co-investigator) Basu, Tathagata (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2026 - 31-Jan-2026
- Non-Equilibrium aerotherModynamics and ablatiOn: Coupling complex physics for destructive atmospheric re-entry
- Fossati, Marco (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 01-Jan-2028
- 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
Contact
Dr
Marco
Fossati
Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Email: marco.fossati@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 574 5061