Stefano Toninel

Experience

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  University of Massachusetts Amherst

  Jan 2005 - Dec 2005

  Visiting Student

  Visiting student at the Multiphase Flow Simulation Lab (Prof. David P. Schmidt) during the PhD last year. Design and preliminary implementation of a new parallel code for Computational Continuum Mechanics (CCM).

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  University of Bologna, Italy

  Jan 2006 - Mar 2007

  Post-Doc Researcher

  Development of NEMO (Numerical Engine for Multi-physics Operator), a new parallel, object-oriented, software for Computational Continuum Mechanics (CCM), demonstrating the capability of the Fortran 95 language to support object-oriented programming for CCM/CFD applications, while preserving the computational efficiency typical of procedural Fortran codes on HPC architectures.CFD | CCM | Fortran 95 | Object-Oriented Programming | Parallel Programming | Message Passing Interface | High Performance Computing | Sparse Linear Algebra | PSBLAS | Numerical Methods Show less

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  ANSYS Germany GmbH

  Apr 2007 - Feb 2011

  CFD Development Engineer

  Responsible for the development and validation of combustion and ignition models implemented in ANSYS CFD simulation software within R&D projects co-funded by automotive manufacturers and the European Union.CFD | Combustion | Ignition | G-Equation | Flamelet Libraries | Geometrical Reinitialization | SAE Journal of Engines | Multi-cycle Intake Simulations | Automatic Meshing | Software Engineering | Agile | Quality Assurance | High Performance Computing | Best Practice Guidelines

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  GE Gas Engines

  Mar 2011 - Mar 2014

  Lead Engineer, Simulation & Tools

  Development and application of CFD methodologies for the design of large-bore reciprocating gas and Diesel engines.CFD | Gas Engines | Diesel Engines | Diesel Spray Modeling | Diesel Combustion Modeling | Spray Optical Diagnostics | Rate of Injection Measurement | Cylinder Head Analysis-led Design | High BMEP | Mixture Formation | Gas Mixer

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  GE Distributed Power

  Apr 2014 - May 2018

  Global technical lead for thermal science, guiding virtual teams of 5-10 analysis and development engineers based on five different sites (US, Germany, Austria, Poland and India) working on the thermal-fluid design of GE Distributed Power’s large-bore reciprocating gas engines for power generation and gas compression (250 kW - 10 MW).Gas Engines | Combustion | Ignition | Spark-plug | Pre-chamber | Aftertreatment | SCR | Powerhouse Ventilation | Digital Thread | Digital Twins | Hi-Fi 3D Simulations | High Performance Computing | Workflow Automation | Additive Manufacturing | 3D Printing | Powertrain | DMAIC | DFSS | FMEA | Quality | Risk Management | Full Predictive CFD | Turbulent-Chemistry Interaction | Turbulent Jet Ignition | Lean Blow-out | Cylinder Head Design | Design Practices Show less

  • Senior Technical Team Lead, Thermal Science

    May 2016 - May 2018

  • Senior Engineer, Thermal-Fluid Analysis

    Apr 2014 - Apr 2016
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  BMW Group

  Jun 2018 - now

  Development Engineer in the Aerodynamics and Thermal Operational Safety division. Responsible for the assessment by means of 3D fluid simulations of the full-vehicle thermal operational safety, with focus on on-board E/E (Electrics and Electronics) devices.Automotive | Thermal Operational Safety | Thermal Management | E/E Components | Battery & Hybrid Electric Vehicles | Agile Engineering | FMEA | Quality | Risk Management | CFD | HPC | BMW | Mini | Rolls-Royce | BMW: Electric, Digital and Circular. Show less

  • Senior Development Engineer, Full Vehicle Thermal Operational Safety

    Oct 2022 - now

  • Senior Development Engineer, Combustion and Air Charging Simulations

    Jun 2018 - Sept 2022