Gianluca Gustin, based in Trieste (Italy), is a Senior CFD Engineer at the Naval Architecture Department of Fincantieri Merchant Ship Business Unit since 2013.

In this role, he actively participates in the design of the hulls and propellers as well as aerodynamic design of the vessels. The team has the goal to design and deliver hulls and propellers, improving as far as possible their efficiency, while meeting the contractual and Rules & Regulations requirements.

Gianluca participates and manages several research projects (both internal and funded projects). In this context, he has co-authored some papers on the application of Reduced Order Model and Parametric Model Embedding in the numerical optimisation process.

Alma Mater/Degrees: MSc Mechanical Engineering, University of Trieste, IT

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