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Dr Ferdinando Guzzomi

Senior Lecturer - Mechanical Engineering

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 2522
Email: f.guzzomi@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO5.203  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2554-0295

Ferdinando is a Senior Lecturer in Engineering within the School of Engineering.

Current Teaching

  • ENS3105/ENS6132 – Mechanical Design and Development
  • ENS5114 – Advanced Mechanical Design

Background

  • PhD in Mechanical Engineering (UWA): Investigation of Damper Valve Fluid-Structure Interaction through the Application of Experimental Visualisation Techniques

Professional Associations

  • Engineers Australia
  • Society of Automotive Engineers

Research Areas and Interests

  • Mechanical Design
  • Additive Manufacturing
  • Biomimicry Heat Exchangers
  • Hydraulic Vibration Dampers
  • Experimental Fluid Mechanics

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Western Australia, 2013.
  • Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) Honours, The University of Western Australia, 2005.

Research Outputs

2024

Journal Articles

2023

Journal Articles

  • Perera, P., Hayward, K., Guzzomi, N., Vafadarshamasbi, A. (2023). Erosion wear characterisation of an open Ductile Iron butterfly valve subjected to Aluminium Oxide particle slurry flow. Tribology International, 191(Article in press), Article number 109199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2023.109199.
  • Hurry, A., Hayward, K., Guzzomi, N., Rauthan, K., Vafadarshamasbi, A. (2023). Thermo-hydraulic performance evaluation of a NACA 63-015 heat exchanger with shark denticles as surface textures. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 216(Article in press), Article number 124591. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2023.124591.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Vafadarshamasbi, A., Guzzomi, N., Rassau, A., Hayward, K. (2021). Advances in Metal Additive Manufacturing: A Review of Common Processes, Industrial Applications, and Current Challenges. Applied Sciences, 11(3), Article number 1213. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11031213.
  • Vafadarshamasbi, A., Guzzomi, N., Hayward, K. (2021). Experimental Investigation and Comparison of the Thermal Performance of Additively and Conventionally Manufactured Heat Exchangers. Metals, 11(4), Article number 574. https://doi.org/10.3390/met11040574.
  • Rauthan, K., Guzzomi, N., Vafadarshamasbi, A., Hayward, K., Hurry, A. (2021). Experimental Investigation of Pressure Drop Performance of Smooth and Dimpled Single Plate-Fin Heat Exchangers. Metals, 11(11), Article number 1757. https://doi.org/10.3390/met11111757.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Balash, C., Richardson, S., Guzzomi, N., Rassau, A. (2020). Engineering Mechanics: adoption of project-based learning supported by computer-aided online adaptive assessments–overcoming fundamental issues with a fundamental subject. European Journal of Engineering Education, 45(6), 809-820. https://doi.org/10.1080/03043797.2019.1664413.

2018

Journal Articles

2017

Journal Articles

  • Khodaei Jalalabadi, H., Guzzomi, N., Patino, D., Rashidian, B., Yeoh, G. (2017). Air Staging strategies in biomass combustion-gaseous and particulate emission reduction potentials. Fuel Processing Technology, 157(March 2017), 29-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2016.11.007.
  • Ayres, T., Hayward, K., Guzzomi, N. (2017). Design of a Custom FSAE Engine. SAE-A Vehicle Technology Engineer, 3(1), 15.
  • Rashidian, B., Al-Abdeli, Y., Yeoh, G., Patino, D., Guzzomi, N. (2017). Methodologies for processing fixed bed combustor data. Combustion Science and Technology, 189(1), 79-102. https://doi.org/10.1080/00102202.2016.1193497.
  • Khodaei Jalalabadi, H., Guzzomi, N., Yeoh, G., Regueiro, A., Patino, D. (2017). An experimental study into the effect of air staging distribution and position on emissions in a laboratory scale biomass combustor. Energy, 118(2017), 1243-1255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2016.11.008.
  • Ahmed, Z., Al-Abdeli, Y., Guzzomi, N. (2017). Flow field and thermal behaviour in swirling and non-swirling turbulent impinging jets. International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 114(April 2017), 241-256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2016.12.013.

2016

Journal Articles

2015

Journal Articles

2007

Conference Publications

  • Guzzomi, N., O'Neill, PL., Tavner, AC. (2007). Investigation of damper valve dynamics using parametric numerical methods. Proceedings of the Sixteenth Australasian Fluid Mechanics Conference (278-287). University of Queensland.

Research Projects

  • Conceptual development of novel suspension and steering systems for a hybrid underground haul truck, Byrnecut Australia, Byrnecut - Grant, 2018, $100,000.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The influence of a cyclist's macro-kinematics during out of seat sprinting on aerodynamics
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The underutilisation of general-purpose metal additive manufacturing leading to an alternative consumable

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Design and development of an additive friction stir deposition (AFSD) tool with enhanced performance

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, OPTIMISATION OF THE BUTTERFLY VALVE DISC TO IMPROVE SERVICE LIFE AND MINIMISE EROSION

Completed Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Experimental Methods to Analyse Crankcase Aerodynamic Losses and Flow Fields
  • Master of Engineering Science, Investigation of Surface Textures on Thermal and Pressure Drop Performance of Plate-Fin Heat Exchangers
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Thermal conversion in biomass: Single particle drying and packed-bed combustion

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Investigation of remotely valved damper systems and the application of DAE methods to their design

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, An experimental and numerical study of surface interactions in turbulent swirling jets
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Biomimicry for the shape optimisation of heat exchangers: Exploring hydrodynamic profiles inspired by shark denticles
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Deflector effects in fixed bed (biomass) combustors and non-combusting packed beds
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