Federico Malatesta Email & Phone Number

Montevarchi, It

Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

• Responsible for Thermal Management and HVAC performances of electric, hybrid and internal combustion engine vehicles. • Thermal Management responsibilities include cooling strategies for electric and thermal engines, battery thermal management, vehicle thermal protection, battery thermal runaway, heat exchangers and fan performance, thermal schematics.• HVAC responsibilities cover cabin air distribution and thermal comfort, cooling/heating of cabin and battery, heat pump and refrigeration systems, HVAC generated noise, SW development and calibration, energy consumption analysis.• Strong collaboration with 1D (GT-POWER, AMESIM) and CFD teams for modelling of physics, tuning, correlation and data analysis.• Drive activities (design, analysis, validation, testing) and technical solutions across engineering teams to ensure all performance KPIs are achieved.• Work closely with key stakeholders to define project requirements and delivery milestones in alignment with project objectives and benchmark analysis.

Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

• Full vehicle thermal simulations for ICE and BEV vehicles• Simulation of transient battery thermal runaway and venting• Simulation of exhaust gases, cooling system circuits (water, oil, refrigerant), cooling andheating of batteries• Collaboration with other teams for: resolution of critical temperatures, heat shields andthermal sleeves design, material choice, cooling air ducts and vents• Active role in the achievement of performance targets by taking part in weekly project reviewmeetings• Experimental tests in wind tunnel and road tests. Analysis of large amount of data• Trained junior engineers, supervised contractors and university students• Professional trainings: project management, ISO 9001, data analysis and statistical approach,manufacturing quality KPIs, WCM, Six Sigma

Modena Area, Italy

• External and internal aerodynamic development for high performance vehicles by simulationsand wind tunnel tests for drag reduction, downforce generation and cooling of critical parts• HVAC simulations: pressure and heat loss in ducts, temperature and mass flow distribution,modelling of fan and heat exchangers• CFD methodology development: automation (HPC, JAVA, Unix Bash), turbulence modelling, simulation time reduction, advanced mesh generation, accuracy improvement.• Technical trainings: aeroacoustics, heat transfer, HVAC, thermal management for electricand hybrid vehicles

Maranello

• Member of the Aerodynamics R&D group• Duties included the validation of the CFD methodology currently employed at Ferrari via aca-demic studies• The work helped the development of future methodologies• The internship required strong project planning skills• Data analysis and programming in UNIX Bash

Faenza

• Took place at the CFD department of the Formula One team• The thesis focused on on the aerodynamics of wheel and front wing of a F1 car• Member of the methodology group. Results and achievements were presented with reports andpresentations within weekly deadlines

Irvine

• Took place at the experimental fluid mechanics laboratory• Project focused on developing an understanding of the effect of length scale on turbulent mixingpresent in the premixers in gas turbine engines

• Joint student design project between Parker Aerospace and University of California, Irvine.• The project required students a group of students to design and prototype connector andstrain relief connector assembly between a fuel cell and voltage monitoring unit.

• Placement took place at the Operations Control Centre of the airline• Flight planning for medium- and long-range flights, flight dispatching, operations control andoperations planning

Master Of Science (Msc), Msc In Aeronautical Engineering

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.), Aerospace Engineering

Aerospace Engineering

Exchange student

Aeronautical Studies