Loreto Pizzuti

Adjunct Professor at the Federal University of ABC in the area of #8203;#8203;aerospace propulsion systems.Lines of Research: characterization of gaseous fuels and biofuels for power generation; research and development of propellants for hybrid rocket engines; simulation of reactive flows in boundary layer; generation and validation of fuel chemical kinetic mechanisms.Partial Post-Doctorate in Combustion at the Department of Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering of the Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA), focusing on the study of fundamental properties of natural gas flames for application as aeronautical fuel in mixture with aeronautical kerosene.PhD in Aerodynamics and Combustion at the Department of Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering of the Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA), focusing on the study of fundamental properties of flames (laminar flame velocity and Markstein length) of gaseous biofuels in spherically expanding flames for application in motor generators, applying the schlieren optical technique.Master's degree from the INPE, National Institute for Space Research (2010) in the field of Combustion with a focus on tomography of non-premixed flames.Degree in Aerospace Engineering with a focus on space propulsion at the University "La Sapienza" in Rome, Italy.Experience in Aerospace Engineering, with emphasis on Combustion, Propulsion and Flow with Chemical Reactions, working mainly on the following subjects: combustion applied to propulsive systems, alternative fuels and rocket engines. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)