A. (Andrea) Sciacchitano
A. (Andrea) Sciacchitano
Profile
Expertise
- Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV)
- Experimental Uncertainty Quantification
- Sports Aerodynamics
Projects
- NWO-TTW Veni Grant 15854 (2017) "Deploying Uncertainty Quantification in Particle Image Velocimetry"
- NWO-TTW Open Technology Program Grant 15583 (2017) "Enabling on-site sport aerodynamics with the ring of fire"
- Collaboration with LaVision GmbH on "Robotic PIV"
- Collaboration with the Dutch Aerospace Centre NLR on "Helium-filled soap bubbles for industrial large-scale PIV"
MSc thesis topics
The available MSc thesis topics are reported in the Brightspace page of the "MSc AE Profile Aerodynamics" course, under Content:
https://brightspace.tudelft.nl/d2l/le/content/57084/Home
Multimedia
Webpages:
- Google scholar profile
- Webpage from the Collaborative Framework on PIV Uncertainty Quantification
- Webpage of the Online Workshop on Sports Aero- and Hydrodynamics
- Ring of fire measurements for skating aerodynamics in the Thialf ice rink
- Youtube page of TU Delft Aerodynamics
- Euronews interview on cycling aerodynamics
- Large-scale PIV explanation
- Large-scale PIV on vertical axis wind turbine
- Robotic PIV around a full-scale cyclist
- Wind tunnel measurements with 3D-printed model of professional cyclist Tom Dumoulin
- Ring of fire for on-site cycling aerodynamics
- Ring of fire measurements for drafting aerodynamics with Team Sunweb
Expertise
Publications
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2024
A Generic Cyclist Model for aerodynamic investigation
Design, geometry & first aerodynamic analysis of a male time-trial and sprint model
Wouter Terra / Christopher Brown / Siward Vloemans / Max van der Waals / Andrea Sciacchitano / David Burton / Mark C. Thompson / Toon Huysmans -
2024
A Study of the Near Wake Deformation of the X-Rotor Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine With Pitched Blades
David Bensason / Andrea Sciacchitano / Adhyanth Giri Ajay / Carlos Simao Ferreira
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2024
A blind test on wind turbine wake modelling based on wind tunnel experiments
Phase I - The benchmark case
V. Pappa / F. Campagnolo / S. Tamaro / F. Mühle / J. Stegmüller / A. Croce / C. Gromke / V. Riziotis / A. Sciacchitano / More Authors -
2024
A multi‑directional redundant 3D‑LPT system for ship–flight–deck wind interactions
Ilda Hysa / Marthijn Tuinstra / Andrea Sciacchitano / Fulvio Scarano / Mark-Jan van der Meulen / Thomas Rockstroh / Eric W.M. Roosenboom
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2024
Enhancing Wind Farm Efficiency Through Active Control of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer's Vertical Entrainment of Momentum
Carlos Ferreira / David Bensason / Thomas J. Broertjes / Andrea Sciacchitano / Flavio A.C. Martins / Adhyanth Giri Ajay
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Courses 2024
Courses 2023
Media
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2023-03-17
Andrea Sciacchitano in de media 2023
Appeared in: Defense & Aerospace Daily
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2020-02-18
Outstanding Paper Award 2019 voor Adatrao en Sciacchitano
Appeared in: TU Delft nieuws
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2017-07-27
4 Veni toekenningen voor onderzoek aan de TU Delft
Appeared in: TU Delft
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2016-10-09
Cycling: Dumoulin looking for a competitive edge with skinsuit
Appeared in: Reuters
Prizes
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2019-2-17
Measurement Science and Technology Outstanding Paper Award 2019
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2017
ISPIV 2017 Best paper award
Three Best oral and three best poster presentation awards (only for students) will be presented with 300 US$
12th International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry -
2015
Best poster award PIV15, 11th International Symposium on Particle Image Velocimetry
poster: A seeding system for large-scale Tomographic PIV in aerodynamics
11th international symposium on particle image velocimetry
Ancillary activities
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2023-08-01 - 2025-07-31