Biography

Dr Montomoli is a Senior Lecturer in Thermofluids at the University of Surrey, Rolls-Royce University Technology Center. His researches are in the field of Aeronautical Propulsion, Heat Transfer and Uncertainty Quantification. He is also a Senior Member of Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, UK.

Currently his major research activity is the study of Stochastic Methods applied to Computational Fluid Dynamics.

Short Bio

Dr Montomoli read mechanical engineering at University of Florence where he obtained a MSc and a PhD (and he was visiting scholar at Texas AM University, US). After the PhD he joined the R&D group of General Electric Oil&Gas working on CFD and real geometries for the design of Aeroderivative Gas Turbines.

In 2006 Dr Montomoli joined to the University of Cambridge, Whittle Laboratory and his researches were sponsored by Rolls-Royce and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in the field of aerospace propulsion and power generation. In 2009 he becomes Mitsubishi Senior Fellow and College Lecturer at Girton College, Univ. of Cambridge. In 2011 Dr Montomoli was also Research Professor and leader of CFD group at the Basque Centre for Applied Mathematics.

In 2012 Dr Montomoli joined the University of Surrey as Senior Lecturer in Thermofluids.

Dr Montomoli work on Manufacturing Errors and Film Cooling is the first paper in literature using Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) techniques to tackle this problem. 

• 2012-now : Senior Lecturer, University of Surrey, sponsor Rolls-Royce plc
• 2009-2011: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Senior Research Fellow, Univ. of Cambridge
• 2011         : Research Professor and Leader of CFD Team, Basque Center for Applied Mathematics, sponsor Baltogar
• 2006-2009: Research Associate, Univ. of Cambridge, sponsor Rolls-Royce plc
•  2005-2006: Design Engineer, General Electric, Oil&Gas, R&D
• 2004          : Visiting scholar at Texas AM University, Turbine Heat Transfer Lab, TX, USA 
• 2002-2005: PhD in Energy Engineering, University of Florence, Italy
• 1994-2000: MSc University of Florence, Italy, mechanical engineering, major aerospace propulsion

Research Students (PhD students):

• 2011-2013 Supervisor of A. D’Ammaro, Univ. of Cambridge, film cooling, sponsor Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (from 2012 Advisor)
• 2009-2012 Co-supervisor of M. Carnevale, Univ. of Florence, Large Eddy Simulation, sponsor EU-MIUR

Major Research Sponsors

• 2012 – now    : Rolls-Royce, UK
• 2009 – 2011  : Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan
• 2006 – 2009  : Rolls-Royce, UK
• 2003 – 2004  : General Electric, Energy, USA-Italy
• 2001 – 2004  : European Union: Projects TATEF, TATEF2, EU-Italy

Industrial Experience

• 2005-2006: General Electric, Oil&Gas, R&D group

Teaching – supervisions

• 2012 – now:  Senior Lecturer, University of Surrey, UK
• 2006 – 2011:  University of Cambridge, UK,
  2009 – 2011:  College Lecturer
  2008 – 2009:  Supervisor of “Thermo-fluids”, Sidney Sussex College
  2006 – 2009:  Supervisor of “Fluids Dynamics II”, 3A3
  2007 – Supervisor for “Heat and Mass Transfer”, 3A6
• 2001 – 2004:  University of Florence, Italy,
  2004 – Co-advisor of MSc thesis of S. Salvadori: Numerical simulation of heat transfer in turbine stages
  2004 – Teacher for the International Master in Environmental Science: UE-USA, module “Energy Production and Thermodynamic Cycles”
  2001 – 2004: Supervisor of undergraduate students, Fluid Dynamics, Turbomachinery and Computational Fluid Dynamics
  2001 – 2002:  Tutor for under-graduate students for industrial engineering

Research Interests

Dr Montomoli researches are in the field of Aeronautical Propulsion, Heat Transfer and Uncertainty Quantification.

Rolls-Royce is the sponsor of his researches in the field of Uncertainty Quantification and Heat Transfer

With Prof Chew and Dr Hills, he is a member of Rolls-Royce UTC

Research Collaborations

Collaboration with Dr E. Laing, University of Surrey: Genetic Algorithms, MILES Project 

Collaboration with Prof E. Scalas at Basque Centre for Applied Mathematics on quantitative finance

Uncertainty Quantification Collaborators

Dr M.Massini, Dr S. Salvadori (Univ. of Florence), Dr M. Carnevale (Imperial College), A D'Ammaro (Univ. of Cambridge), Prof F. Martelli (Univ. of Florence)

Collaboration with Dr Massini since 2005

Collaboration with Prof F Martelli and Dr S Salvadori at University of Florence since 2005: computational fluid dynamics and heat transfer

Publications

Recent Papers 

Journals: 

1. Montomoli F., D’Ammaro A, Uchida S.: “Uncertainty Quantification and Conjugate Heat Transfer: a Stochastic Analysis”, Journal of Turbomachinery, accepted, 2013
2. Salvadori S, Montomoli F, Martelli F: "Film Cooling Performance in Supersonic Flows: Effect of Shock Impingement", Journal of Power and Energy, in press 2013,
3. Carnevale M., Montomoli F., D’Ammaro A., Salvadori S., “Pin Fins Heat Transfer: Coupling LES and Uncertainty Quantification”, Journal of Turbomachinery, accepted, 2013
4. D'Ammaro A, Montomoli F.: "Uncertainty Quantification and Film Cooling", Journal of Computer and Fluids, 2012
5. Montomoli F., Massini M, Salvadori S., Martelli F: “Geometrical Uncertainty and Film Cooling: Fillet Radii”, Journal of Turbomachinery, 2012, Vol. 134,
6. Montomoli F, Massini M., H. Yang, J.C. Han: “The Benefit of High-Conductivity Nozzle Material” International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 2012
7. Montomoli F., H.P. Hodson, L. Lapworth: “RANS-URANS in axial compressors, a design methodology”, Journal of Power and Energy, Volume 225 Issue 3, May 2011, IMECHE,
8. Salvadori S, Montomoli F, Martelli F, Adami P, Chana K., Castillon L.: “Aerothermal study of the unsteady flow field in a transonic gas turbine with inlet temperature distortions”, Journal of Turbomachinery, 2011, Vol. 133,
9. Salvadori S, Montomoli F, Chana K, Martelli F, Povey T., Quresi I., “Analysis of the Effect of a Non-uniform Inlet Profile on Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow in Turbine Stages” Journal of Turbomachinery, 2012,
10. Montomoli F., Hodson, H.P, Haselbach, F.: “Effect of roughness and unsteadiness on the performance of a new LPT blade at low Reynolds numbers”, J. of Turbomachinery, 132, 2010.
11. Montomoli F., Eastwood S.: “Implementation of Synthetic Turbulence Inlet for Turbomachinery LES”: International Journal of Computer and Fluids, Elsevier, 2010,
12. Montomoli F, M. Massini, S. Salvadori: “Geometrical Uncertainty in Turbomachinery”: International Journal of Computer and Fluids, Elsevier, 2010,
13. Montomoli F., Adami P., Martelli F.: “A finite volume method for the conjugate heat transfer in film cooling devices”, Journal of Power and Energy, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part A 2009, 223(A2), 191-200.
14. Montomoli F.,Massini M., Adami P., Martelli F.: “Effect of Incidence Angle with Wake Passing on a Film Cooled Leading Edge: a Numerical Study”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, Wiley, 2009, Vol. 63
15. Montomoli F. Massini M., Maceli N., CirriM., Lombardi L., De Prosperis R., Ciani A., D’Ercole M.: “Interaction of Wheel Space Coolant and Main Flow in a New Aeroderivative LPT”, Journal of Turbomachinery 2010, Vol.132, recipient of “GE author incentive program” (award).,

Invited Lectures

1. Montomoli 2012, Rolls-Royce, CFD Annual Review,: “The Four Quadrants of Knowledge, UQ and Gas Turbines”, UK
2. Montomoli 2012, Rolls-Royce, Turbine Global High Spot,: “Uncertainty Quantification and Gas Turbines”, UK
3. Montomoli 2011, AIC: “CFD in Automotive Industry: Real Life and Geometrical Approximations”, Spain
4. Montomoli 2011, Politecnico di Bari: “Aircraft Engines Cutting Edge Research: What Next?”, Italy
5. Montomoli 2011, BCAM,  “Turbomachines: Unsteadiness and Manufacturing Uncertainty”, Spain
6. Montomoli 2011, MHI, Japan, 3rd seminar Gas Turbine, “Real Geometries and Heat Transfer”, Japan
7. Montomoli 2010, ITP-Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, “Unsteadiness in axial compressors”, Spain
8. Montomoli 2010, MHI, Japan, “Quantitative Uncertainty and Film Cooling”, Japan
9. Montomoli 2009, Rolls-Royce, CFD Annual Review, “URANS-RANS methods in axial compressors”, UK
10. Montomoli 2008, Rolls-Royce, CFD Annual Review, “URANS-LES simulations”, UK
11. Montomoli 2007, Rolls-Royce, CFD Annual Review, “CFD activities at Whittle Laboratory”, UK

Teaching