Enrico Rinaldi Email & Phone Number

Bad Homburg, Hesse, Germany

• I designed and implemented on CPU and GPU several core components of the new Cinema 4D unified simulation framework, including: the main equations solver, a graph coloring algorithm, collision detection strategy, acceleration structure to optimize neighbor and intersection search.• Optimized the simulation pipeline to achieve interactive frame rates on a wide range of scene sizes.• Developed several user-facing features including but not limited to cloth behavior, balloon effect… Show more • I designed and implemented on CPU and GPU several core components of the new Cinema 4D unified simulation framework, including: the main equations solver, a graph coloring algorithm, collision detection strategy, acceleration structure to optimize neighbor and intersection search.• Optimized the simulation pipeline to achieve interactive frame rates on a wide range of scene sizes.• Developed several user-facing features including but not limited to cloth behavior, balloon effect, automated creation of joints between object, simulation caching.• Worked as part of a fast-paced and dynamic team using Agile methodologies• Contributed to achieving real-time feeling in the Dynamic Place Tool through code optimization and supporting convex decomposition of complex shapes. Show less

Stockholm, Sweden

• Made the software faster through code optimisation and interface to third-party libraries• Extended the parallel computing support on shared and distributed memory computers• Implemented state-of-the-art algorithms to solve large systems of equations efficiently• Contributed to software profiling, testing and debugging working in a large team of developers

Stockholm, Sweden

• Analysed time series and statistical properties of turbulent flows• Advanced the understanding of how turbulence comes about by combining theory and simulations• Developed a gradient-based algorithm to optimise large scale systems• Designed simple models to extract low dimensional dominant features from complex systems

Delft, The Netherlands

• Used numerical simulations to gain insights on the performance of turbines and compressors• Led the extension of an in-house software to simulate fluid flows in rotating machines• Devised original algorithms for the simulation of fluids with complex thermodynamics• Designed and implemented a program for generating and manipulating three-dimensional grids

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Mechanical Engineering

Msc, Aeronautical Engineering

Bsc, Aerospace Engineering