Alessandro Cappiello graduated in Mechanical Engineering at University of Naples Federico II in March 2014. In January 2017 he has completed his Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering for Energy and Environment at the same university, graduating with a thesis carried out at Brunel University London. In 2018 he has completed the Research Master program at Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics in turbomachinery department. He is now a Ph.D. candidate at Federico II University of Naples since November 2018. His main research activity deals with design methods for small scale turbines for turbochargers and Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) applications.