Expert Details
Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics, Fire Safety Engineering
ID: 721832
Maryland, USA
In his long-term association with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, he has accumulated an extensive expertise in modeling and performance assessment of complex thermal hydraulic systems. This background is relevant to the modeling of the complex multi-phase interactions during nuclear power plant accidental transients. For almost a decade he has directed the research at a thermal hydraulic test facility simulating a pressurized water nuclear reactor system.
In addition to these two main areas, he has experience designing air systems including small-scale impulse turbines as well as ejector nozzles for vacuum systems.
He designed an small driven turbine for electric power generation He designed an ejector nozzle that was succesfully implemented in a shop-vacHe evaluated the two-phase flow conditions in a complex piping arrangement related to fire safety
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1982 | Degree: PhD | Subject: Mechanical Engineering | Institution: Catholic University, Washington, DC |
| Year: 1976 | Degree: Dr. Ing. | Subject: Chemical Engineering | Institution: University of Naples, Italy |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 1981 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Professor and Associate Chair | Department: Mechanical Engineering |
Responsibilities:He conducts research in fire safety engineering and teaches thermodynamics, heat transfer and two-phase flow |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1994 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Consultant | Department: Office of Research |
Responsibilities:He evaluates integral test facility data to be used for the assessment of computational codes predicting plant behavior during accidental transients |
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Government Experience
| Years | Agency | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 1994 to Present | Agency: US Nuclear Regulatory Commission | Role: Consultant | Description: He evaluates integral test facility data to be used for the assessment of computational codes predicting plant behavior during accidental transients |
| Years: 1985 to 1998 | Agency: National Institute of Standard and Technology | Role: Visiting Scientist | Description: He conducted research on fire protection agents and on dropwise evaporative cooling |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineeris, member American Institute of Chemical Engineeers, member International Association for Fire Safety Science, honorary member Unione Itliana di Termofluidodinamica |
| Licenses / Certifications |
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| P.E. in Italy 1976 |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Chair of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Heat Transfer and Energy Conversion Division |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| He has 69 referred publications, one patent pending, and one book in preparation on dropwise evaporative cooling |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| On seven occasions he presented technical information to the Advisory Committee on Reactors Safeguards (ACRS) of the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| Training / Seminars |
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| He has taught more than 2000 graduate and undergradute students at the Employer. He has conducted seminars and short courses in Italy, Taiwan and the United States |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
|---|---|
| Italian | He is native of Italy and completed his graduate studies there |
| French | He a reasonable comand of the language to conduct a non-technical conversation |
Fields of Expertise
nuclear technology, spray cooling, water spray, fire protection, fire protection engineering, nuclear industry, nuclear system, fluid management, pressure drop, fluid behavior, nuclear engineering, alternative energy, hydrostatic pressure, fossil-fueled steam generation, fossil fuel power plant water system, thermal test, thermal modeling, terminal velocity, laminar flow, thermal process, thermal diffusion, stratified flow, fossil fuel electric energy generation, thin liquid film-gas flow interaction, open-channel flow, nuclear power, thermal expansion, mixed flow, renewable energy system, thermal energy storage, geothermal turbine, water flow, thermal diffusivity, thermal conductivity, thermal analysis, pipe flow, nuclear reactor technology, Newtonian flow, Navier-Stokes equation, liquid flow through a nozzle, liquid flow, internal flow, heat convection, heat conduction, geothermal power system, geothermal energy, energy engineering, air flow