Prof. Dr. Ezio Spessa

Born in Torino in 1966. Gender: Male. Graduated summa cum laude in Mechanical Engineering at POLITO in 1991. Ph.D. in “Energetica” (Energy Engineering/Energetics) at POLITO. Full Professor of Thermal and Hydraulic Machines at DENERG-POLITO. POLITO representative in EGVIA. Member of the Scientific Board of Italian National Cluster on Transport (CTN). Coordinator of e-gomotion CSA VII FP of the EU. POLITO scientific coordinator for GREEN IP VIFP, CORE CP VIIFP, SAGE CSA VII FP, FABRIC CP VII FP, TraVisions 2016 and 2018 CSA H2020, GasOn IA H2020, IMPERIUM IA H2020, SKILLFUL RIA H2020 of the EU as well as of several national and regional research projects. Actively involved in NICE, InGAS and GAST EU projects. ASME, Elsevier and SAE referee. Referee for French “Agence Nationale de la Recherche” (ANR) and Italian Ministry of University and Education (VQR program). He has published over 100 publications (more than 50 in peer reviewed international journals of the ASME, ELSEVIER, JSME, KSAE, SAE - Int. Journals and Transactions) and 1 book chapter. H-index: 21 (Scopus). 3 patent applications Co-founder of start-up MovePlus, then WeTaxi (exit in 2018).