Domenic D'Ambrosio

Prof. Domenic D'Ambrosio

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Aerospaziale (DIMEAS), Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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Biography

Prof. Domenic D'Ambrosio, PhD, is Associate Professor of Fluid Dynamics at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Italy. He received his Laurea in Aeronautical Engineering and his PhD in Fluid Dynamics from Politecnico di Torino and has held research positions at RWTH Aachen University and Politecnico di Torino. His research activity focuses on Computational Fluid Dynamics and its application to aerospace and industrial problems, with particular interests in hypersonic aerothermodynamics, atmospheric entry, high-temperature and rarefied-gas flows, plasma–flow interactions, supersonic flows, rotor and UAV aerodynamics, aerodynamic optimization, heat transfer, and hydrodynamics. He teaches Computational Fluid Dynamics and Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics and currently supervises five PhD students, with three additional doctoral students starting in autumn 2026. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of *Aerotecnica Missili & Spazio* and of the Technical Committee of the WAAE 2026 conference in China.

Affiliations

Politecnico di Torino

Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Aerospaziale (DIMEAS)

Honors and Awards

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Experience

University Educator/Researcher

Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

01 May 2001 - present

Post Doctoral Researcher

Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

01 May 1999 - 30 Apr 2001

Research or Laboratory Scientist

RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

01 Apr 1997 - 31 Mar 1999