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About Alberto Passalacqua

Alberto Passalacqua obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. (2008) in Chemical Engineering at Politecnico di Torino, Italy. He joined the department of Mechanical Engineering at Iowa State University in 2012. He received the American Chemical Society – Petroleum Research Fund – Doctoral New Investigator award in 2013. The National Science Foundation, the US Department of Energy, and the American Chemical Society currently fund his research. Interests include multiphase flows, turbulent flows, computational fluid dynamics, uncertainty quantification and open-source scientific software.

Positions

Present Assistant Professor, Iowa State University ‐ Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Present Courtesy Assistant Professor, Iowa State University ‐ Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
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Honors and Awards

  • Top 20 Reviewer of 2010, Chemical Engineering Science, 2010
  • Three-years Ph.D. scholarship from the Ministry of Education and University Research to pursue doctoral studies in Chemical Engineering at Politecnico di Torino, Italy, Jan. 2005 – Dec. 2007

Contact Information

302 Lab Mechanics
2519 Union Dr
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
515-294-5047

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Peer-Reviewed Publications (23)

Conference Proceedings (4)