Ugo Piomelli

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Ugo Piomelli
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Born
Naples, Italy
Alma mater University of Naples Federico II
University of Notre Dame
Stanford University
Known forTurbulence modeling, large-eddy simulation
AwardsFellow, Royal Society of Canada [1]

Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering [2]
Fellow, American Physical Society [3]
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers [4]

Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

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Scientific career
Fields Fluid dynamics, Turbulence
Institutions Queen's University at Kingston
Doctoral advisors Parviz Moin, Joel Ferziger
Website Personal website

Ugo Piomelli is a mechanical engineer known for his contributions to the field of computational fluid dynamics, particularly in turbulence modeling and large-eddy simulation. [6] He is currently a professor at Queen's University at Kingston. [6]

Career and research

Piomelli was born in Naples, Italy. He earned a Laurea in Ingegneria Aeronautica from the University of Naples Federico II in 1979. [6] He completed his Master's degree at the University of Notre Dame in 1983, focusing on the numerical analysis of solid blocking effects for two-dimensional flow past an airfoil in a wind tunnel. [6]

He then pursued a Ph.D. under the supervision of Parviz Moin and Joel Ferziger at Stanford University, with much of his early research conducted at NASA Ames Research Center. His doctoral work focused on subgrid-scale models for large-eddy simulations. [6]

In 1987, Piomelli began his academic career as a faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland, College Park. He spent 21 years at the University of Maryland, where he progressed through academic ranks and served as Associate Chair and Director of Graduate Studies from 2002 to 2007. [6]

In 2008, he joined the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario as the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Turbulence Simulation and Modelling. [7]

Impact

Piomelli's research has focused on computational fluid dynamics, with an emphasis on large-eddy simulation (LES) of turbulent flows. [6]

In 1991, he co-authored a paper describing the dynamic subgrid-scale eddy viscosity model for LES. [8] This model improves upon the classical Smagorinsky model by allowing the subgrid-scale viscosity to adapt dynamically to the local flow conditions. The original paper [8] has been cited over 10,000 times.

Piomelli has also published work on the use of LES in rough-wall boundary-layer flows, flows with separation and reattachment, and vortex-dominated flows. [6] These methods have been applied in fields such as aerospace design, wind energy, and geophysical fluid modeling.[ citation needed ]

Awards and honors

Piomelli was elected:

He held a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Turbulence Simulation and Modelling from 2008 to 2022. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ugo Piomelli". Royal Society of Canada. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  2. 1 2 "Directory of Fellows — Ugo Piomelli". Canadian Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  3. 1 2 "APS Fellowship — Ugo Piomelli". American Physical Society. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  4. 1 2 "ASME Fellows (roster)" (PDF). ASME. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  5. 1 2 "AIAA Associate Fellows Roster" (PDF). AIAA. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Ugo Piomelli — Faculty Profile". Queen's University. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  7. 1 2 "Canada Research Chair — Ugo Piomelli". Government of Canada. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  8. 1 2 Germano, M.; Piomelli, U.; Moin, P.; Cabot, W. H. (1991). "A dynamic subgrid-scale eddy viscosity model". Physics of Fluids A. 3 (7): 1760–1765. Bibcode:1991PhFlA...3.1760G. doi:10.1063/1.857955.
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