Pietro De Luca graduated in Mechanical Engineering from University of Perugia in July 2025 discussing his Master’s thesis entitled: “Development of new inflow model for hydrogen injection in CFD simulation of internal combustion engines” with the goal of realizing a speed-up methodology of under-expanded jets.
In March 2026 he began a Ph.D. within the e3 Research Group supported by funding from Dumarey Automotive Italia S.p.A. with the primary purpose of develop and validate detailed CFD combustion models for hydrogen, methanol, and ammonia aimed at supporting engine development and design by a synergetic approach among 0/1/3D-CFD numerical tools.
He likes to spend his free time cooking, watching stand-up comedy and, when possible, sailing.
“The optimist says: the glass is half full. The pessimist says: the glass is half empty. The engineer says: the glass is twice as big as necessary” (George Carlin)