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23-25 Sep 2026 Lecce (Italy)
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Invited SpeakersProf. Paola Cinnella
Paola Cinnella is Professor of Fluid Mechanics at the Jean Le Rond d’Alembert Institute, Sorbonne University. Her research focuses on Computational Fluid Dynamics, including discretization methods, optimization, uncertainty quantification, and scientific machine learning for turbulent flows in aerospace and energy. She is Editor-in-Chief of Computers & Fluids, Associate Editor of International Journal of Heat, and serves on several editorial boards. She also coordinates the “Machine Learning in Fluid Dynamics” group of ERCOFTAC, the European research community in Flow, Turbulence, and Combustion. Prof. Lluís Jofré Prof. Lluís Jofre is a tenured Associate Professor and Director of the Multiscale Fluid Mechanics Laboratory in the Department of Fluid Mechanics at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). From 2020 to 2024, he held a Beatriz Galindo Professorship, leading research and teaching in fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and transport phenomena. His work spans multiscale fluid mechanics, data science, uncertainty quantification, and computational science, with applications in energy & propulsion systems, aerodynamic flows, and advanced manufacturing.
In 2022, Prof. Lluís Jofre was awarded an ERC Starting Grant for the project SCRAMBLE, which explores turbulence in microfluidics using supercritical fluids. He also leads national and European projects on microplastics in marine turbulence, machine learning for turbulent flow prediction, and microfluidic bio-interaction systems. In addition, he acts as Deputy Director of UPC's Doctoral School. Prof. Rene Pecnik
Rene Pecnik is Professor of Energy Technology at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. He earned his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Graz University of Technology, Austria, in 2007. His doctoral research specialized in the numerical modeling of aerodynamic flows in transonic gas turbines, focusing on unsteady effects and laminar-to-turbulent boundary layer transition. Following his PhD, he joined the Center for Turbulence Research at Stanford University as a postdoctoral fellow, where he worked on simulations of reacting turbulent flows in hypersonic propulsion systems. In 2010, he moved to the Netherlands to continue his academic career at TU Delft. Pecnik’s research bridges fundamental studies and applied developments. He aims to advance knowledge in fluid mechanics and turbulence while collaborating closely with industry on thermal energy conversion technologies. His areas of expertise include turbulent heat transfer, radiative transfer, turbulence modeling, supercritical fluids, unsteady turbomachinery flows, direct numerical simulations, and high-performance computing. He serves on several scientific committees and currently chairs the organizing/scientific committee for the European Symposium on Supercritical CO2 Power Cycles. |
