• He is professor in Heat Transfer and Applied Thermodynamics at the Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli.• His research activities are in Thermal Sciences and Heat Transfer. In particular: active solar systems; passive solar systems;heat conduction in solids irradiated by moving heat sources; natural and mixed convection in material processing and in thermal control of electronic equipment, forecast of Energy consumption.The more recent research activities are in the:1. heat conduction, numerical and analytical evaluation and analysis of linear and non-linear problems in solids with moving or stationary heat sources such as laser and electron beams;2. natural and mixed convection in open ended cavities, experimental investigations on natural and mixed convection of air in inclined and horizontal channels with secondary motions which determine three dimensional effects; evaluation of correlation and optimal geometrical configurations of vertical, inclined and horizontal channels and open cavities; numerical analysis of different geometrical configurations of vertical, inclined and horizontal channels and open cavities in steady-state or transient regime and laminar flow; thermal design and control of electronic systems. In the investigation on convergent channels the study has been extended on combined effect of heat conduction on natural and mixed convection.