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DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE E TECNOLOGIE AEROSPAZIALI Via La Masa, 34 – 20156 Milano Tel. +39 02 2399 8322 |
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Alessandro Croce, Ph.D. Associate
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Alessandro Croce in a nutshell
Alessandro Croce holds a Ph.D. in Aerospace
Engineering from the Politecnico di Milano in Italy in 2004, became assistant
professor in 2011 and is now Associate Professor of Flight Mechanics at the
Department of Aerospace Science and Technology of the PoliMI. Prof. Croce works in the area of
multibody-aeroelastic modelling and simulation of rotorcraft systems and wind
turbines, rotorcraft flight mechanics, optimal control theory and its
applications. His areas of expertise also include wind
turbine design, multidisciplinary optimization of rotor systems and wind
tunnel testing. On these topics he has co-authored about 90 publications in
peer-reviewed international journal papers, book chapters and conference
proceedings. He is coordinating
the POLI-Wind Laboratory (i.e. the wind energy laboratory within the
Aerospace Department) and is representative of Politecnico di Milano within
the European Academy of Wind Energy (EAWE). He is
also working as consultant for Italian and European wind energy companies
since 2009. EARNED DEGREES AND EMPLOYMENT
Ø Since October
2015: Associate professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico
di Milano, Italy. Ø January
2011-September 2015: Assistant professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering,
Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Ø April
2004-December 2010: Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Aerospace
Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, project named “Helicopters – Development
of Advanced Methods for the Integrated Simulation of Rotorcraft Vehicles”. Ø January
2001-April 2004 Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, thesis
title “Trajectory Optimization of Multibody Systems with Applications to the
Maneuvering Flight of Rotorcraft Vehicles”. Ø September
1993-July 2000 Laurea (cum laude) in Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di
Milano. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Interests and areas of
expertise
Ø Wind energy, wind turbine design,
aero-servo-hydro-elasticity and active control of wind turbines, wind tunnel
testing. Ø Flexible
multibody dynamics, with particular emphasis on the modeling of rotary wing
vehicles and wind turbines. Ø Flight mechanics
and aeroelasticity of rotorcraft vehicles. Publications
Ø 19 publications
in peer-reviewed international journals and book chapters; Ø 71 publications in
national and international conference proceedings; Ø 9 scientific
reports. Bibliometric indicators from
SCOPUS (11 January 2016): H-index 9 in 38 documents with 233 total citations
by 186 documents. Bibliometric indicators from
WOS (11 January 2016): H-index 9 in 27 documents with 141 total citations
(without self-citations) by 123 documents (without self-citations). Visiting Appointments
Ø 2003, Visiting
Student at the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia
Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA; Ø Summer 2002,
Visiting Student at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of
California at Berkeley. Contracts supervised
Ø 2014-2016,
TUM-Forwind: wind tunnel testing within CompactWind project of wind farm
controller; Ø 2014-2015,
TUM-SHI: wind tunnel testing of wind farm controller; Ø 2014-2015,
Ventus: 60kW wind turbine blade design with innovative materials; Ø 2011-2012, K4A:
helicopter blade design for a light Italian helicopter; Ø 2005-2006, Politecnico ed Innovazione: vertical axis
wind turbine preliminary design Contracts co- supervised
and/or involved
Ø 2013-2017,
European AVATAR project: rotor design with integrated active and passive
loads control and alleviation for 10-20MW Wind Turbines. Ø 2012-2017, European
INNWind project: lightweight structural design, integrated active and passive
loads control and alleviation, wind tunnel testing of IPC/BTC rotor,
wind-wave tank testing for10-20MW Wind Turbines. Ø 2012, GE Global
Research: Design Optimization of an Advanced Rotors with Lift Increasing
Technology; Ø 2010-2014,
Leitwind and Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico, Bando Industria 2015:
multidisciplinary design techniques and application to multi-MW machines for
on-shore and off-shore applications with a tandem generator configuration; Ø 2009-2011,
Kangwon National University: design of model-based collective and individual
blade pitch control laws for horizontal axis wind turbines Ø 2008-2009, Terom
Wind Energy: wind turbine design and aero-elastic response; Ø 2008-2010, Trevi
Energy: wind turbine on-shore and off-shore design and control system design; Ø 2007-2009,
Leitwind: control system design and porting on a real time Pc104 system; Ø 2007-2010, Tozzi
Nord, wind turbine aero-elastic response and control design; Ø 2006-2007,
Leitwind: advanced control techniques for wind turbine generators; Ø 2004-2006,
Leitner: aeroelastic modeling of wind turbines using multibody finite element
procedures. Other
Ø Representative of Politecnico di
Milano within the European Academy of Wind Energy (EAWE). Ø Reviewer for international journals and conferences: o
Wind Energy
(Wiley); o
Energies
(MDPI); o Multibody Systems Dynamics (Springer); o ASME
Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics; o IEEE Control Systems Society & American
Automatic Control Council; o AIAA The American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics; TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
Ø From 2012, professor of the course named “Progetto di
Generatori Eolici” (i.e. Design of Wind Turbines) , degree (Master of Science) in Aeronautical
Engineering, Politecnico di Milano. Ø From 2014, professor of the course named “Fondamenti
di Meccanica del Volo Atmosferico” (i.e. Atmoshperic Flight Mechanics, Performance and Static
Stability) , degree (Bachelor of Science) in Aerospace Engineering,
Politecnico di Milano. Ø From 2010,
contract professor charged of the course named “Impianti Eolici” (i.e. Wind
Turbines), Università degli Studi di Pavia. Ø 2001-2012, professor of the course named “Fondamenti
di Meccanica del Volo Atmosferico e Spaziale” (i.e. Flight Mechanics,
Performance and Static Stability) , degree (Bachelor of Science) in Aerospace
Engineering, Politecnico di Milano. Ø 2005-2008,
contract professor charged of the course named "Meccanica del Volo"
(i.e. Flight Mechanics, Performance and Static Stability), degree (Bachelor
of Science) in Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Milano. Ø 2011-2014,
teaching assistant in the course named “Dinamica del Volo Atmosferico” (i.e.
Flight Mechanics, Stability and Control), degree (Master of Science) in
Aeronautical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano. Ø 2004-2010,
teaching assistant in the course named “Meccanica del Volo II” (i.e. Flight
Mechanics, Stability and Control), degree (Master of Science) in Aeronautical
Engineering, Politecnico di Milano. Ø 2002-2009,
teaching assistant in the course named “Meccanica del Volo” (i.e. Flight
Mechanics, Performance and Static Stability), degree (Bachelor of Science) in
Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Milano. |
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Corsi: § Fondamenti di Meccanica del Volo Atmosferico § Progetto di Generatori Eolici |
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