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Curriculum Vitae
Federico Mattia Visconti
July 2009
Date of Birth:
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25th April 1979
Italian
via Prina 7, 20052 Monza (Mi), Italy
+39 328 4756443
[email protected]
Education
Ph.D. - Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Energetica – Final mark: Laude. (2007)
Ph.D. Thesis: Aeroacoustic noise generation for low Mach number turbulent flows:
comparison of numerical models and applications.
Degree in Building Engineering - Politecnico di Milano - Final mark: 100/100. (2003)
Degree Thesis: Studio ed ottimizzazione acustica di uno spazio ecclesiastico per
l’ascolto di musica barocca – La chiesa di San Marco in Milano
Professional habilitations
Professional habilitation as “Tecnico competente in acustica ambientale, ai sensi della
Legge n. 447 del 26 ottobre 1995”, (2006)
Professional habilitation as an engineer, (2004)
Professional experiences
2007 - today: Whirlpool Europe
Role:
Senior Engineer, Project Leader in Research and Development area for
appliances innovation, in the field of thermodynamics and fluid dynamics.
Main activities and responsibilities:
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Lead feasibility studies and development of innovative technologies for energy saving
(for the future energy standards ), for features improvement and for cost reduction
into global platforms
Keep relations and develop projects with Electronics Depts, Engineering and
Production Depts, in order to lead the right projects in an integrate and cost effective
way
Keep relations with Marketing Dept, in order to lead the right projects in a customer
oriented and cost effective way
Keep relations with worldwide departments in order to share innovation and transfer
technology into different platforms
Use of 6th sigma techniques as a standard approach
Use of modular approach for fastening innovation transfer into different platforms/
products
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Development of thermodynamic simulation codes
Development of algorithms for new generation Whirlpool “6th sense”
Improve team competencies (worldwide) through knowledge sharing and tutoring
Manage collaborations with Universities and Research Centers
Protect Intellectual Property on time in order to lead innovations against competitors
(author of international patent applications)
2004 - 2007:
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Room acoustics design of Santa Maria Ausiliatrice Church, Pozza di Fassa
Design of the Esagramma multipurpose hall (chamber music and conferences), Milan
Many consultancies in environmental acoustics, for the application of Italian Law
447/1995
Prediction of the passive acoustics requisites and prediction of wind induced noise
over the B&B Tower and residential complex in Milan (research work with
Politecnico di Milano)
Translation of the UNI EN 1873 standard “Prefabricated accessories for roofing –
Individual roof lights of plastics–Product specification and test methods”
Prediction of fluid dynamics and aeroacoustic performances of a Nicotra plug-fan
prototype (research work with Politecnico di Milano)
2004 - 2008
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Consultant
Academic collaborations
Contract Professor of “Technical Physics”, Politecnico di Milano, from 2006 to 2008
Assistant lecturer to the courses of Technical Physics and Building Physics,
Politecnico di Milano, from 2004 to 2006
Relevant skills
Thermodynamics and fluid dynamics
 Heat transfer (steady and unsteady)
 Mass transfer (steady and unsteady)
 Moist air, including evaporation processes
 Thermodynamic mass-lumped modeling: author of thermodynamic numerical models
(mainly unsteady state) for complex systems performances evaluation
 CFD modeling: including the applied knowledge of the most important turbulence
simulation techniques; particular focus on unsteady problem solving using Large
Eddy Simulation and on Unsteady RANS)
Acoustics
 Room acoustics
 Enviromental acoustics
 Aeroacoustics
 Room acoustics modelling (including the applied knowledge of the Ray Tracing
approach and of its variants and of auralization)
 Barrier acoustic modeling: author of a numerical model for performance evaluation of
noise barriers
 Aeroacoustics modeling: joint to CFD, particular focus on the application of acoustic
analogies for low Mach number and high Reynolds Number flows
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6th sigma
 Use of 6th sigma in projects
 Attending Opex Black Belt certification program
Project management and leading
 Ideation, management and supervision of specific projects
 Team leading
Publications
R. Perego, F.M. Visconti - Strategie di accumulo termico passivo in edilizia. Ville e Case
Prefabbricate, n°23 – Di Baio Editore, 2009
F.M. Visconti - Polivalenza funzionale dei materiali termoisolanti. Ville e Case
Prefabbricate, n°22 – Di Baio Editore, 2009
F.M. Visconti - Il problema dell’acustica per l’intelligibilità della parola. Scuola e
kindergarten – Di Baio Editore, 2008
R. Perego, F.M. Visconti - Inerzia termica: protagonista del raffrescamento passivo degli
edifici. Ville e Case Prefabbricate, n°21 – Di Baio Editore, 2008
F.M. Visconti – Prestazioni di isolamento termico delle partizioni trasparenti. Ville e
Case Prefabbricate, n°20 – Di Baio Editore, 2008
F.M. Visconti – Prestazioni di isolamento termico dei materiali da costruizione. Ville e
Case Prefabbricate, n°19 – Di Baio Editore, 2008
F.M. Visconti – Le prestazioni dell’involucro. Ville e Case Prefabbricate, n°18 – Di Baio
Editore, 2007
F.M. Visconti (relator), L. Mazzarella - Turbulence modelling influence on Ffowcs
Williams-Hawkins Acoustic Analogy based CFD simulations for low Mach number
turbulent flows. Conference, InterNoise 2007 – Istanbul, August 2007
F.M. Visconti (relator), L. Mazzarella - Computational aeroacoustic simulation of a plugfan prototype – Capabilities, limits and perspectives of U-RANS approach, Conference,
Fan Noise2007 – Cetim and Cetiat – Lion, September 2007
F.M. Visconti - Aeroacoustic noise generation for low Mach number turbulent flows:
comparison of numerical models and applications. PhD Thesis, Dipartimento di
Energetica, Politecnico di Milano, June 2007
F.M. Visconti (relator) - Impianto mobile acustico per la chiesa di San Marco a Milano.
Conference, Progettazione di Chiese: Il Problema dell’Acustica –Conferenza Episcopale
Italiana – Bari, June 2006
F.M. Visconti - Impianto mobile acustico per la chiesa di San Marco a Milano. Chiesa
Oggi, n° 73 – Di Baio Editore, 2005
F.M. Visconti (relator), M. Cairoli, L. Mazzarella - Modi propri dell’aria confinata in
condotti dal profilo generico. Conference, Associazione Italiana di Acustica – Ancona,
June 2005
F.M. Visconti (relator), L. Mazzarella, M. Guazzotti - Studio ed ottimizzazione acustica
di uno spazio ecclesiastico per l’ascolto di musica barocca. Conference, Associazione
Italiana di Acustica, Venezia, May 2004
F.M. Visconti - Studio ed ottimizzazione acustica di uno spazio ecclesiastico per l’ascolto
di musica barocca – La chiesa di San Marco in Milano. Degree Thesis, Politecnico di
Milano, December 2003
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Personal characteristics
Ambitious, determined in pursuing targets and able to approach complex problems in a
creative and innovative way.
Able to work in team, to deal with multicultural contexts and diversity.
Able to understand working team exigencies and able to raise the competences of team
members
Ability of keeping the leadership of projects, able to understand other’s exigencies and to
influence people’s working methodologies.
Customer oriented
Cost effective
Excited by challenges, giving the best in innovative problem solving and in dealing with
new perspectives.
Analytical mind, though able to get the synthesis of the most important topics also in very
complex situations.
Main IT knowledge
The MathWorks – Matlab and Symulink
Ansys - Fluent (CFD code), Gambit (Mesh generator)
Bruel & Kjaer - Odeon (Room acoustics software)
Autodesk - Autocad
Adobe - Photoshop
Microsoft - Office Package.
Known languages
Italian
English
(mother language)
(fluent)
Main hobbies and interests
Classical music, both listened and played (piano)
Photography (practiced)
Architecture and Art
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