Ruhr-Universität Bochum-TTF-Personal-Prof. Dr. F. di Mare

Prof. Dr. Francesca di Mare

Lehrstuhlinhaberin

Tel.: 0234 / 32-22985

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Beruflicher Werdegang

1996	Laurea, Univ. Federico II, Naples, Italy
2003	Ph.D., Imperial College London, UK
2004 - 2009	Senior Development Engineer, CD-Adapco, UK and USA
2009	Staff Scientist, DLR Cologne, Institut of Propulsion Technology, Numerical Methods Department
2010	Team Leader, DLR Cologne, Institut of Propulsion Technology, Numerical Methods Department
2014 - 2017	Associate (W2) Professor, TU Darmstadt
2016	Head of Department, DLR Cologne, Institut of Propulsion Technology, Combustor Simulation Department, Head of Combustor Research, Rolls-Royce UTC, TU Darmstadt
seit 08/2017	Full Professor (W3), Chair of Thermal Turbomachines, Ruhr-Universität Bochum; until Sept. 2018 jointly Head of Department, DLR Cologne, Institut of Propulsion Technology, Combustor Department (joined Depts. Combustor and Combustor Simulation)

Mitgliedschaften: - Colloquium Co-Chair, Gas Turbines, 36th International Symposium on Combustion; - Senior Member AIAA; - Member, Programme Committee Deutschen Flammentag; - Member, AIAA Propellants and Combustion Technical Committee; - Member IAPWS, National German Committee; - Member Combustion Institute (German Section, formerly British Section); - Listed Expert European Commission

Forschungsgebiete: - Numerical modelling and simulation of propulsion and energy transformation systems; - LES of turbulent reacting flows in complex configurations; - Thermochemistry tabulation for fully compressible, density-based CFD solvres; - Low-Mach preconditioning for compressible, density-based solution algorithms; - Efficient and accurate computation of thermodynamic properties of non-ideal working fluids
(e.g. steam and humid air) for complex CFD applications; - Conservative scalar solution methods for higher order turbulence models (Reynolds-stress models)