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
- Risk and Reliability Analysis of a Drone Logistic Network for Healthcare System
- Filippi Gianluca, Basu Tathagata, Patelli Edoardo, Vasile Massimiliano, Fossati Marco
- Advances in Reliability, Safety and Security European Safety and Reliability Conference, pp. 133-134 (2025)
- A sensitivity study of the transonic aerodynamics of a strut-braced airframe
- Nagy P, Jones B, Minisci E, Fossati M
- The Aeronautical Journal (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1017/aer.2025.10026
- A data-driven actuator-line methodology for the simulation of high-lift aircraft wake systems
- Bennie S, Nagy P, Fossati M
- Computers and Fluids Vol 291 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compfluid.2025.106578
- Resilient Network Design for Health Care System
- Filippi Gianluca, Basu Tathagata, Patelli Edoardo, Vasile Massimiliano, Fossati Marco
- 10th International Workshop on Reliable Engineering Computing, Beijing, CN, October 10th International Workshop on Reliable Engineering Computing, pp. 307 (2024)
- Drone assisted emergency response model for Scotland
- Basu Tathagata, Filippi Gianluca, Patelli Edoardo, Vasile Massimiliano, Fossati Marco
- International Symposium on Reliability Engineering and Risk Management 2024, pp. 329 (2024)
- 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
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
- 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
- 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
Contact
Dr
Marco
Fossati
Reader
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Email: marco.fossati@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 574 5061