Engineer Mechanical

Personal Information

PAGANELLI DAVIDE

Address: via B. Rossatti N 2/A , 44124, Ferrara, Italy

Tel: 0039 053*-******

Mobile: 0039 349-***-****

E-mail: ******.*********@******.**

Nationality: Italian

Date of birth: 22-09-1979

Educatiion

1998 – March 2004 Uniiversiitty off Bollogna,, Mechaniicall Engiineeriing

• Title of qualification awarded: Italian degree in Mechanical Engineering (5 years degree equivalent to a

Master degree) with honors

• Graduation thesis title: “Modeling of high speed liquid jet atomization: development of an hybrid model based

on VOF methodology”

• Follow up of degree thesis:

The results of the thesis have been presented in the convention: ASME-ICE Division Fall Technical

Conference, Long Beach (USA), October 2004

The main result of the thesis (a database that foresees the dimension of the drops during a diesel break-up) has

been directly implemented inside the simulation program FIRE developed by AVL Advanced Simulation

Technology

December 2004 – Jully 2005 Uniiversiitty off Bollogna,, Aerospace Engiineeriing

• Title of qualification awarded: Italian degree in Aerospace Engineering (equivalent to a Bachelor degree)

with the mark 110/110

• Graduation thesis title: “Liquid jet atomization model for fogging application, development of a database based

on a hybrid VOF model”

• 1993 – 1998

• College: Scientific College A. Roiti, Ferrara

• Title of qualification awarded: A level with the mark 58/60

Work experiience

December 2005 - presentt Fondttech S..r..ll..,, Ferrara,, IIttally

• Position held: Aerodynamicist

• Main activities and responsibilities:

Aerodynamic development for Team Lotus F1 (August 2009- Present).

The aerodynamic development can be divided in three parts, the first one consists in the wind tunnel session

preparation and it includes the definition of the priorities, allocation of design and production resources, definition

of the model surfaces in a “conceptual way”, check that the work of the draftsmen matches the targets supplied,

definition of modularity for the model parts and eventually writing of the documents necessary during the wind

tunnel tests. The second part consists in the execution of the wind tunnel tests. The last part involves the wind

tunnel results analysis and the writing of the session reports.

Aerodynamic development for Team Force India F1 (November 2008- August 2009). The job was similar to that

described above.

Aerodynamic development using simulation tools (CFD) of race car (November 2007-November 2008)

Aerodynamic development for Team NASCAR Forniture Row (June 2007–October 2007). This time the

development consisted in the design, starting from scratch, of the wind tunnel model and the following mapping

tests. Few days have been spent testing components for Talladega race.

Test and start up of the wind tunnel FT2 in Casumaro, Italy (January 2007- June 2007)

Aerodynamic development for Team Renault F1 (December 2005-December 2006). The job was similar to that

described above.

Deputy wind tunnel manager of the wind tunnel Aerolab S.r.l., Bologna, Italy (July 2005 – November 2005).

Aerolab and Fondtech have the same owner.

The activities and the responsibilities were to check the main wind tunnel parameters to provide reliability and

quality of the results. Development of the wind tunnel through the improvement of the procedures and plant.

Jully 2004 – June 2005 G..D.. spa,, Bollogna,, IIttally

• Position held: Mechanical designer

• Main activities and responsibilities: Mechanical designer in the “special group” of the factory that was the world

leader in the business of the automatic machinery for the production and packaging of cigarettes. One of the

device designed from myself has been sheltered by copyright to protect its innovation level.

February 2004 – March 2004 (sttage duriing tthe tthesiis preparattiion) AVL Advanced

Siimullattiion Technollogy,, Graz,, Austtriia

• Position held: Development of CFD codes

• Main activities and responsibilities: Definition of a database for the forecast of the size of the drops during the

diesel break-up.

Semiinars

• Lecturer in an 8 hours course at the Mondragon University (Spain) inside the Master “Technical Specialization

Masters in Motor Racing Competition (M.E.T.C.A.)”.

• Lecturer at the Engineering University of Ferrara titled “The wind tunnel for aerodynamic tests: integrated

approach numeric-experimental”

Books and artiiclles wriitten

Paganelli, Lazari, Pennini, Temi svolti propedeutici all’Esame di Stato per l’abilitazione alla professione di

ingegnere meccanico, Ed. Pitagora, Bologna, 2004

(Translation: Paganelli, Lazari, Pennini, Exercises to pass the exam for the habilitation as mechanical engineer,

Ed. Pitagora, Bologna, 2004)

Bianchi, Pelloni, Toninel, Paganelli, Suzzi, A 2D simulation method for computing droplet size spectrum during

the atomization of high-speed liquid, 2004 ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division 2004 Fall Technical

Conference Long Beach, California, USA, October 24-27, 2004, ICEF2004-848

Gasparini, Polli, Paganelli, Improved k-w Turbulence Model and Application to the Computation of Flows on

Simplified Car Bodies, Third OpenFOAM Workshop Milan 10-11 July 2008

Competenciies and iinterests

Languages

Mother tongue: Italian

Fluent English both oral and written

Medium level French both oral and written

IT skills

- MICROSOFT WINDOWS and LINUX REDHAT 8.0

- Programming: C++, FORTRAN 77, VISUAL BASIC

- CAD: AUTOCAD, SOLID EDGE

- Simulation: FIRE, MATLAB, FLUENT, ICEM, ANSA, CFDESIGN

- Other program: WORD, EXCEL, OUTLOOK, POWER POINT, KALEIDAGRAPH,OPENDX

Tridimensional design

- Excellent knowledge of the CAD Pro-Engineer Assembly, Part and Drawing

- Excellent knowledge of the simulation tool Pro-Mechanica

Other skills

- Photograph

- Breathless immersion

- Scuba diving, license “OPEN WATER DIVER PADI”

Me in few words

I am resourceful, with group work skills, problem-solving skills, and an outgoing personality. I am capable of

working on my own initiative, and with excellent organizational abilities. I am accustomed to working under

pressure.

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