COSSALI Gianpietro

1st of December 2025
Education

• PhD in Energetics, Politecnico di Milano (1987)
• Laurea in Nuclear Engineerintg (cum laude), Politecnico di Milano (1982)

Academic position

• Current: Full Professor of Fisica Tecnica Industriale (SSD IIND-07A, ex. ING-IND/10) (Thermal Physics) at the Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences – School of Engineering,’Università degli studi di Bergamo;
• from 1/10/1993 to 15/2/2004: Associate Professor of Fisica Tecnica (I05A), (Thermal Physics), Università di Bergamo;
• from 1/10/1992 to 30/9/1993: Associate Professor of Fisica Tecnica (I05) (Thermal Physics), Dipartment of Energy, Politecnico di Milano;
• from 17/4/1990 to 30/9/1992: Research Fellow of Fisica Tecnica (I05) Physics, Dipartmen of Energy, Politecnico di Milano;
• from 1/7/1989 to 30/6/1989: Visiting Researcher at CNPM (Peschiera Borromeo,MI) Reserach Center of CNR, with A.T.A. grant;
• from 8/2/1987 to 30/6/1989: Research Assistant at Mechanical Engineering Department-Fluid Section, Imperial College of Science and Technology.


Academic duties

• Director of the Doctoral School (Scuola di Alta Formazione Dottorale) of the Università degli Studi di Bergamo (2013- current).
• Member of the Board of Directors of Università di Bergamo (2019-2021).
• Chairman of the Integrity and Ethics of Research Committee of Università di Bergamo (2019-2021).
• Member of the Academic Senate of Università degli Studi di Bergamo (2015-2018).
• ProRector for the Scientific Research of Università degli Studi di Bergamo (2009-2015).
• Member of the National Scientific Abilitation Committee (ASN), sector 09/C2, Fisica Tecnica e Ingegneria Nucleare (2012-2014).
• Member of the board of the research Center CCSE CISAlpino Institute for Comparative Studies in Europe, Università degli Studi di Bergamo (2011-2015).
• Member of the Board of the PhD in Engineering and Applied Sciences, Università degli Studi di Bergamo (2010-2023).
• Coordinator of the Doctorate Course in Technologies for Energy and the Environment, Università degli Studi di Bergamo (2003-2010).
• Deputy Director of the Department of Industrial Engineering, Università degli Studi di Bergamo (2009-2012 ).

Research activity

The research activity is carried out in the sectors of thermofluid dynamics and heat transfer. Author of more than 200 scientific publications in international and national journals and in proceedings of international and national conferences in the sector.

Scientific responsible for the following international and national research projects:
International
• (2016-2025) International Research Training Group (IRTG) DROPIT (Droplet Interaction Technologies GRK 2160/1) in collaboration with University of Stuttgart (DFG funded).
• (2010-2014) European project: FIRST (Fuel Injector Research for Sustainable Transport)-FP7.
• (2005-2006) Coordinator of the European project “Drop Impact Technologies for cleaner Internal Combustion Engines” (Programme Interreg IIIC – Regins).
• (2003-2007) Trainig Site “Two-Phase Flows: Spray/Wall Interaction Processes” at Università di Bergamo, Marie Curie Fellowship European programme.
• (2000-2003) European project Pilot Leonardo- Innovation Technologies, Pan-European Challenge
• (2000-2003) European project (V framework) “Droplet-Wall-Interaction Phenomena of Relevance to Direct Injection Gasoline Engines “ (DWDIE).
• (1998-2000) Scientific responsible for three Vigoni personnel exchange projects with German universities (University of Darmstadt) funded by CRUI
• (2001-2002) Scientific responsible for two staff exchange projects with English universities (Imperial College of Science and Technology) funded by CRUI.

National
• 2007-2009 : National project coordinator PRIN (PRIN-2007) titled “Liquid spray technologies for firefighting applications”.
• 2005-2007 : National project coordinator PRIN (PRIN-2005) titled “Technologies for localized spray thermal control ”.
• 2002-2004: National project coordinator PRIN (PRIN-2002) titled “Systems with mobile interfaces in multiphase thermofluid dynamics for innovative industrial applications”.
• 2000-2002 Local project coordinator PRIN (PRIN-2000) titled "Two-phase thermofluid dynamics in drop and bubble media for innovative energy applications”.

Dal 2013 al 2017: Visiting Scientistwithin the project “Investigation of non-spherical droplets in high-pressure fuel sprays”, financed by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), at Brighton University (Sir Harry Ricardo Laboratory)

Responsible, as Deputy Rector for scientific research, for the following projects:
VIR BERG (Valorizzazione dell’Innovazione nella Ricerca) (2009-2012), funded by Lombardy Region.
FYRE (Fostering Young Researchers), for the internationalization of young researchers (2012-2014) funded by Fondazione Cariplo.


Other activities in the field of scientific research
• Organization of the international workshop Droplet Interaction Phenomena and Spray investigation (17 editions, from 2007).
• President of the organizing committee of the international congress “ILASS_Europe 2008”- 7-10 Settembre- Como, Italy.
• Member of the Steering Committee of ILASS-Europe (Institute for Liquid Atomisation and Spray Systems) (1995-1997).
• Session organizer for “Impact of spray on walls and films” for the international congresses ILASS-Europe 1997 (Firenze), ILASS-Europe 1998 (Manchester), ILASS-Europe 1999 (Toulouse), ILASS-Europe 2000 (Darmstadt), ILASS-Europe 2001 (Zurich).
• Referee for 32 international scientific journals, including: Intern. J. of Heat and Mass Transfer, Int. J. of Heat and Fluid Flow, Experiment in fluids, Physics of Fluids, Proceeding of The Royal Society UK, Applied Thermal Engineering, Optics and Laser in Engineering, Mathematical and Computer modelling, ecc.
• Research assignment at the laboratories CNR-CNPM (1990-1996), CNR-TEMPE (1997-2005) and from Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare - Pavia (2001-2005).


Teaching activity
He taught the following courses at the University of Bergamo
• Termofisica dei Processi energetici, for the Degree Course in Ingegneria delle Tecnologie per la sostenibilità energetica ed ambientale (2024-2025)
• Fisica Tecnica (Thermal Physics) from 1993 , for the Degree Course in Management Engineering (1993-2001) and in the Degree Course in Mechanical Engineering, Università di Bergamo (2002-2023);
• Termofluidodinamica (2003-2023) (Thermofluids) in the Master's Degree Course in Mechanical Engineering, Università di Bergamo.
• Trasmissione del calore (Heat transfer) in the Master's Degree Course in Mechanical Engineering (2001-2023),Università di Bergamo.
• Energy Saving Techniques in Buildings, Master's Degree Course in Building Engineering, Università di Bergamo (2017-2018)

In addition to his institutional teaching commitment, he has held lessons within the following post-graduate training and professional development courses:
• Course for the training of new subjects qualified for the energy certification of buildings, in collaboration with the College of Surveyors and the Bergamo Building School (2007-2010)
• Training course: “Infrared thermography techniques for civil and industrial applications”, Politecnico di Milano -Facoltà di Ingegneria (three editions, 2007-2008).
• “Thermofluiddynamics of turbulent flows” course part of the Thermofluiddynamics Summer School, Pontignano (SI) (due edizioni, 2005 e 2011)
• “Spray Wall interaction in I.C. Engines” (two editions, 2004 e 2006) at Brighton University (U.K.).
• Course: "Applications of optical techniques in two-phase flows - Laser Anemometry and Phase Doppler" - Politecnico di Milano (two editions, 1994 e1995)
• Teacher and co-director of the course "From drawing to finite element modeling of structural components (four editions, 2002-2005), Università di Bergamo.