Alessandro Ferrari

Alessandro Ferrari is a Full Professor at Politecnico di Torino's Department of Energy (DENERG) and a key member of the Center for Automotive Research and Sustainable Mobility (CARS@PoliTO). His academic activities span teaching, research, and industrial collaboration, with a focus on automotive engineering, fluid machinery, and sustainable energy systems.

• Roles: Vice-Rector for Research Model Development, Scientific Director for industrial projects, PhD Thesis Supervisor
• Teaching: Advanced computational techniques for thermal/hydraulic machines, Computational heat/mass transfer
• Research: Fuel injection systems, ammonia combustion, cavitation dynamics, flow measurement

Research Focus

Professor Ferrari specializes in automotive propulsion systems and fluid machinery with emphasis on:

• Internal Combustion Engine optimization
• Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling
• Novel fuel injection technologies
• Sustainable transport solutions

His recent publications show strong trends in:

• Ammonia combustion for carbon-free fuels
• Real-time injection control using neural networks
• Cavitation analysis in GDI injectors
• Flow rate measurement techniques

Academic Leadership

As a PhD program director for Energetics since 2014, he has directly supervised 4 doctoral students. His industrial collaborations include patents for injection systems and flow measurement devices with commercial partners.

Laboratory Involvement

Active in the CARS@PoliTO center, he leads research on automotive sustainability and participates in fluid power experimental testing facilities.