Alberto Passalacqua

Current

• Postdoctoral Research Associate at Iowa State University

Past

• Assistant researcher (assegnista di ricerca) at Politecnico di Torino
• Collaborator at Politecnico di Torino

Education

• Politecnico di Torino
• Politecnico di Torino
• Liceo Scientifico

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Connections

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Industry

Research

Websites

• My Blog

Alberto Passalacqua’s Summary

Chemical Engineer with experience in the modeling and simulation of multiphase systems and in the development of multiphase reactors.
Currently working on the development and implementation of mathematical models for the description of polydisperse gas-particle flows through the solution of the Boltzmann equation with the quadrature method of moments.
Interested in both academic and industrial jobs, especially if related to research activities in the field of multiphase flows.

Alberto Passalacqua’s Specialties:

Computational fluid dynamics, Multiphase flows, Process engineering

Alberto Passalacqua’s Experience

• Postdoctoral Research Associate

  Iowa State University

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  January 2008 — Present (1 year 11 months)

  Development, implementation and validation of multiphase models for polydisperse flows. Solution of the Boltzmann equation with the Quadrature Method of Moments.

• Assistant researcher (assegnista di ricerca)

  Politecnico di Torino

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

  July 2004 — December 2004 (6 months)

  Development of a new gas-liquid reactor.

• Collaborator

  Politecnico di Torino

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

  May 2004 — May 2004 (1 month)

  Modeling of circulating fluidized bed reactors
  Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science

Alberto Passalacqua’s Education

• Politecnico di Torino

  Ph.D , Chemical Engineering , 2005 — 2008

  Thesis title: "CFD simulation of gas-solid flows"

• Politecnico di Torino

  Master , Chemical Engineering , 1997 — 2004

  Graduated with 110/110 cum laude.
  Cambridge Preliminary English Test: Pass with Merit
  Thesis title: Simulation of circulating fluidised bed reactors with a CFD code. (Original title: Simulazione di reattori a letto fluidizzato a ricircolo con codice CFD

• Liceo Scientifico

  1992 — 1997

  Score: 60/60

Additional Information

Alberto Passalacqua’s Websites:

• My Blog

Alberto Passalacqua’s Groups:

•    Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing
•    Linked:Energy (Energy industry expertise)
•    Politecnico di Torino Alumni
•    Computational Fluid Dynamics Group
•    High Performance & Super Computing
•    Oil and Gas Community
•    AIChE
•    Computational Scientists & Engineers
•    ANSYS Users Group
•    High Performance Computing Group
•    Computational Fluid Dynamics
•    SUSE Linux Users Group
•    Oil & Gas Recruitment
•    AIChE JOB Listings
•    Signtific: Forecasting Future Disruptions in Science and Technology
•    Reactive Flows and Chemical Kinetics Group
•    Granular Flows
•    Multiscale/Multiphysics Modeling for Clean Energy (M3E)
•    OpenFOAM

Alberto Passalacqua’s Contact Settings

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• career opportunities
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• job inquiries
• expertise requests
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