Dr. Carlo Fiorina
Associate Professor
Department of Nuclear Engineering
Texas A&M University

Abstract

This seminar delves into a 15-year journey of modeling advanced nuclear reactors, and developing tools for this purpose. It provides an introduction to OpenFOAM and a brief summary about the development of OFFBEAT and GeN-Foam.  We will then discuss lessons learnt in terms of finite volumes, segregated solutions, open-source developments, and some development best practices. Finally, we will discuss some new developments related to the use of the Functional Mock-up Interface in Nuclear Engineering.

Biography

Carlo Fiorina is an Associate Professor at Texas A&M University. He received his BS, MS and PhD degrees from Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Prior to joining TAMU, he was R&D Program Manager at the EPFL, Switzerland; co-founder of the SiZable Energy long-duration storage company; co-founder of the Milano Multiphysics consultancy company; and postdoctoral researcher at the Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland. In his current position, he teaches Nuclear Reactor Theory (to almost 100 aggies) and he conducts research on advanced reactors and fusion energy systems. Since 2015, he has spent a considerable amount of time supporting and promoting open-source software activities. He is the lead developer of the GeN-Foam multiphysics solver since 2014 and co-developer of the OFFBEAT fuel behavior solver since 2017.

Thursday, April 18. 2024
4:00 pm seminar

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