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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Drone flight time estimation under epistemic uncertainty
- Basu Tathagata, Filippi Gianluca, Patelli Edoardo, Fossati Marco, Vasile Massimiliano
- 33rd International European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2023 (2023)
- Characterization of nonequilibrium shock interaction in CO2-N2 flows over double-wedges with respect to Mach number and geometry
- Garbacz C, Morgado F, Fossati M
- Physics of Fluids Vol 35 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0148436
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
- Health and Care Futures: thematic areas workshop
- Participant
- 30/5/2024
- Stardust-Reloaded Final Conference
- Speaker
- 7/11/2022
- Organizer of Minisymposium at ECCOMAS 2020
- Participant
- 19/7/2020
- Aerospace funding and engagement day
- Participant
- 7/10/2019
- ATI-InnovateUK event on aerospace
- Participant
- 7/10/2019
- SU2 developers meeting
- Participant
- 17/9/2018
Projects
- Protecting Earth from the uncertAinty of spaCe debris re-Entry
- Fossati, Marco (Principal Investigator) Bi, Sifeng (Co-investigator) Vasile, Massimiliano (Co-investigator)
- 01-Apr-2024 - 31-Mar-2027
- 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-Apr-2023 - 08-Apr-2024
- 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-Feb-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-Aug-2022 - 31-Jul-2025
- Care & Equity - Logistics UAS Scotland Phase 3 (CAELUS 2) (Future Flight Challenge)
- Fossati, Marco (Principal Investigator) Akartunali, Kerem (Co-investigator) Cashmore, Michael (Co-investigator) Irvine, James (Co-investigator) MacBryde, Jillian (Co-investigator) Maddock, Christie (Co-investigator) Patelli, Edoardo (Co-investigator) Tapinos, Efstathios (Co-investigator) Vasile, Massimiliano (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jul-2022 - 31-Dec-2024
- Breaking up is never easy: Fast determination of satellite re-entry and fragmentation ( NSTP)
- Maddock, Christie (Principal Investigator) Fossati, Marco (Co-investigator) Vasile, Massimiliano (Co-investigator)
- 15-Nov-2021 - 31-Mar-2022
Contact
Dr
Marco
Fossati
Reader
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Email: marco.fossati@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 574 5061