Mario Carbonaro
Biography
Education
- von Karman Institute Diploma (with Honours), 1968
- Dottore in Ingegneria Aeronautica, Politecnico di Torino, grade 110/110 cum laude, 1967
Career
2009 - present: Honorary Director & Professor, von Karman Institute
2008 - 2009: Senior Advisor to Director, von Karman Institute
1999 - 2008: Director, von Karman Institute
1990 - 1999: Head, Aeronautics/Aerospace Dept, VKI
1988 - 1994: Part-time (15hrs/year, for six years) “Professore a contratto”, University of Ancona, Italy
1986 - 1990: Professor, Aeronautics/Aerospace Dept, VKI
1983 - 1986: Associate Professor Aeronautics/Aerospace Dept, VKI
1982 (March-December): Research Associate, Lockheed International Research Institute, Lockheed-Georgia, USA
1980 - 1982: Associate Professor, Environmental/Applied Fluid Dynamics Dept, VKI
1973 - 1980: Assistant Professor, Environmental/Applied Fluid Dynamics Dept, VKI
1973 - 1976: Part-time Assistant U.L.B., Institut de Mécanique Appliquée
1968 - 1973: Research Assistant, Low Speed Group, VKI
Awards and Memberships
- Member of the Scientific Board of the Milano Polytechnic Aeronautical/Environmental Wind Tunnel (2014-pres)
- VKI representative in the Board of Directors of Nanopôle S.A. (2009-2016)
- Member of Board and General Assembly of Bruspace a.s.b.l. (2004-2009)
- Member of Board and General Assembly of Cénaéro, a.s.b.l. , (2002-2009)
- Member of Management Board of European Wind Tunnel Association NoE, (2004-2008)
- Member of Board of European Research Establishments in Aeronautics EREA (2001-2008)
- Member of the “Haut Conseil Scientifique de l’ONERA, (2005-2006)
- VKI representative at the Supersonic Tunnel Association from 1990 till 2001
- Member of the Supersonic Tunnel Association Executive Committee in 1998-99
- Alitalia Prize for the best graduation in Aeronautical Engineering in Italy in 1967.
Teaching
Formal Courses
- Measurement Techniques (von Karman Institute part of 2.5 ECTS) )
- Advanced measurement techniques labs (von Karman Institute part of 6 ECTS))
- Low speed wind tunnel test techniques (von Karman Institute part of 1 ECTS)
- Aircraft performance, stability and control (von Karman Institute 2 ECTS)
- Turbulent boundary layers (von Karman Institute 15 hours )
- Measurement techniques in Wind Tunnels (University of Ancona, .5 ECTS)
- Flow visualization techniques (University of Ancona, .5 ECTS)
- Compléments de Mécanique Appliquée: Fluidique (Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) as “suppléant “ of Prof. Jaumotte, .5 ECTS)
Research
Main Research Interest
Environmental and applied Fluid Dynamics: Turbulent jets in subsonic crossflow, fluidic jet deflection anemometers, wall attachment bistable amplifiers, supersonic fluidic nozzles for thrust vectoring in vacuum, V/STOL testing and wind tunnel wall corrections, air conditioning and ventilating systems, smoke control in building fires, internal flow in conventional and nuclear power plants, operation of fluidic oscillators with drilling mud for oil dwells, flow in industrial cooling towers, mixing in gas dynamic lasers, ground vehicles and ship aerodynamics, steady and unsteady internal flows
Aerospace: Upswept fuselage afterbodies, directional multi-hole pressure probes, triple hot wire probes, 3-D laser Doppler velocimetry, unsteady pressure measurements, multi-component strain gage balances, 3-D separation and water tunnel flow visualisation techniques, vortical wakes, drag reduction by strakes, jet flap wings, force measurements on re-entry bodies in short duration hypersonic facilities, effects on wing aerodynamics of surface contamination, aircraft de/anti-icing fluids, their aerodynamic effects and test techniques for their certification, cryogenic tunnels and adaptive wall wind tunnels, dynamic stability of Mars atmosphere entry capsules, use of pressure sensitive paints, design and operation of induction-coupled plasma facilities, intrusive measurements in thermal plasma flows, application of induction-coupled plasma torches to the production of nanoparticles.
Publications
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