Prof. Dr. Marcello Righi

Projects

• S.K.Y.S.A.F.E. – Scalable Knowledge Yield for Safety Assessment in Flight Environments» / Project leader / ongoing
• DRACONIAN DRone trAjectory and CONtrol optlmisAtioN for noise emissions reduction / Project leader / completed
• Containment of drone acoustic footprint through configuration optimisation / Project leader / completed
• Digital Transformation – Case Studies for Aviation Safety Standards – Modelling and Simulation / Team member / completed
• Multi-Disciplinary Optimisation / Project leader / completed
• Multidisciplinary Optimization of an Axial Fan for Heat Pumps / Project leader / completed
• NEAPTIDE – Numerical Prediction and Experimental Assessment of Drone Noise / Project leader / completed
• CVE Pilatus / Project leader / completed
• High-Fidelity Aeroelastic Prediction / Project leader / completed
• ATPL(H) / Project leader / completed
• Research on a Cruiser Enabled Air Transport Environment / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Immordino, G. et al. (2025) 'Spatio-temporal graph convolutional autoencoder for transonic wing pressure distribution forecasting', Aerospace Science and Technology, 165(110516). doi: 10.1016/j.ast.2025.110516.
• Immordino, G., Da Ronch, A. and Righi, M. (2025) 'Parametric nonlinear Volterra series via machine learning : transonic aerodynamics', Journal of Aircraft, 62(6), pp. 1504–1521. doi: 10.2514/1.c038288.
• Vaiuso, A. et al. (2025) 'Multi-fidelity transonic aerodynamic loads estimation using Bayesian neural networks with transfer learning', Aerospace Science and Technology, 163(110301). doi: 10.1016/j.ast.2025.110301.
• Immordino, G. et al. (2025) 'Predicting transonic flowfields in non–homogeneous unstructured grids using autoencoder graph convolutional networks', Journal of Computational Physics, 524(113708). doi: 10.1016/j.jcp.2024.113708.
• Da Ronch, A. et al. (2018) 'Extension of analytical indicial aerodynamics to generic trapezoidal wings in subsonic flow', Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 31(4), pp. 617–631. doi: 10.1016/j.cja.2018.02.008.
• Righi, M. (2016) 'A gas-kinetic scheme for turbulent flow', Flow, Turbulence and Combustion, 97(1), pp. 121–139. doi: 10.1007/s10494-015-9677-2.
• Righi, M. (2014) 'A modified gas-kinetic scheme for turbulent flow', Communications in Computational Physics, 16(1), pp. 239–263. doi: 10.4208/cicp.140813.021213a.
• Righi, M. (2013) 'A finite-volume gas-kinetic method for the solution of the Navier-Stokes equations', The Aeronautical Journal, 117(1191), pp. 605–616. doi: 10.1017/S000192400000823X.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Pedrioli, A. et al. (2026) 'Flight simulation model of a multi-fidelity digital twin of an eVTOL drone', in CEAS Aeronautical Journal. Springer. doi: 10.1007/s13272-026-00961-3.
• Candon, M. J. et al. (2026) 'High-fidelity aeroelastic predictions of a very flexible wing', in AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi: 10.2514/6.2026-1056.
• Clifford, D., Da Ronch, A. and Righi, M. (2025) 'On flutter and limit cycle oscillation envelope of the pazy wing using a reduced order model', in AIAA AVIATION Forum and ASCEND 2025. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi: 10.2514/6.2025-3768.
• Massegur Sampietro, D. et al. (2025) 'Graph-convolutional autoencoder frameworks for aerodynamic shape predictions of the Agard wing', in AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi: 10.2514/6.2025-0885.
• Pedrioli, A. et al. (2024) 'MODEL-SI : modeling and simulation - multi-fidelity surrogate model of an eVTOL for certification', in American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Science and Technology Forum and Exposition (AIAA SciTech Forum), Orlando, USA, 8-12 January 2024. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi: 10.2514/6.2024-1624.
• Liu, X. et al. (2023) 'Numerical optimisation of single- and multi-element aerofoils using gradient-based methods', in Aerospace Europe Conference - Joint 10th EUCASS and 9th CEAS Conference, Lausanne, Switzerland, 9-13 July 2023. European Conference for AeroSpace Sciences. doi: 10.13009/EUCASS2023-387.
• Righi, M. et al. (2022) 'Optimisation of symmetrical aerofoils for a vertical axis wind turbine', in AIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. doi: 10.2514/6.2022-3384.
• Molina, E. S. et al. (2020) 'Application of DDES to iced airfoil in Stanford University Unstructured (SU2)', in Progress in Hybrid RANS-LES Modelling. Cham: Springer, pp. 283–293. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-27607-2_23.
• Manfriani, L., Ammann, M. and Righi, M. (2012) 'Experimental aerodynamic analysis of a slow running vertical axis wind turbine', in Proceedings of the RAeS Applied Aerodynamics Conference 2012.

Other publications

• Da Ronch, A., Berci, M. and Righi, M. (2016) 'Subsonic indicial aerodynamics for the unsteady loads of trapezoidal wings', in Proceedings of the 34th AIAA Applies aerodynamics Conference. Washington, D.C.: AIAA AVIATION Forum. doi: 10.2514/MAPA16.
• Righi, M. (2016) 'RANS-LES hybrid turbulence modelling for aeroelastic problems : test case 3 in the second aeroelastic prediction workshop', in Proceedings of the 34th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference. AIAA AVIATION Forum. doi: 10.2514/MAPA16.
• Righi, M. (2016) 'Turbulence modelling techniques in aeroelastic problems : results and comments from the second AIAA aeroelastic prediction workshop', in 6th EASN International Conference on Innovation in European Aeronautics Research, Porto, Portugal, 18-21 October 2016.
• Righi, M. (2016) 'Turbulence modelling in aeroelastic problems', in Proceedings of 11th International ERCOFTAC Symposium on Engineering Turbulence Modelling and Measurements. ERCOFTAC.
• Da Ronch, A., Berci, M. and Righi, M. (2015) 'Subsonic indicial aerodynamics for unsteady loads calculation via numerical and analytical methods : a preliminary assessment : AIAA 2015-3170', in Proceedings of the 33rd Applied Aerodynamics Conference : Unsteady Flows. AIAA AVIATION Forum. doi: 10.2514/MAPA15.
• Righi, M. and Koch, J. (2015) 'High-fidelity aeroelasticity', in Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing Conference 2015, Zürich, 01-03 June 2015.
• Righi, M. (2015) 'A numerical scheme for hypersonic turbulent flow : AIAA 2015-3341', in Proceedings of the 45th Fluid Dynamics Conference : Hypersonic and Chemically-Reacting Flows. AIAA AVIATION Forum. doi: 10.2514/MFD15.
• Righi, M. (2014) 'A gas-kinetic scheme for the simulation of turbulent flow', in Proceedings of the 29th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics. Xi'an: RGD29.
• Manfriani, L. and Righi, M. (2014) 'Aerodynamic design of a boom for air-to-air refuelling', in Proceedings of the RAeS Applied Aerodynamics Conference 2014.
• Righi, M. (2014) 'A gas - kinetic scheme for turbulent flow', in Proceedings of the 10th International ERCOFTAC Symposium on Engineering Turbulence Modelling and Measurements : ETMM10. ETMM10.
• Righi, M. (2013) 'A gas-kinetic scheme for the simulation of turbulent flows', in 28th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics 2012. AIP Publishing, pp. 481–488.
• Righi, M. (2012) 'A finite-volume gas-kinetic method for the solution of the Navier-Stokes equations', in Proceedings of the RAeS Applied Aerodynamics Conference. London: Royal Aeronautical Society.

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