Luca Francesco Caracciolo

Program manager for the corporate Digital Enablement Upskilling program. In the specific, the program focuses on the organization upskilling in data driven technologies, alongside with the adoption of modern project management working practises like Agile and SCRUM.

Design of learning solutions in technology ecosystems. Definition of the lifecycle of learning projects from assessment to planning and implementation. Specific focus on the definition of digital learning journeys with innovative technology solutions.

Creation of global learning development systems and frameworks that support and accelerate the adoption of advanced analytics and data science tools and methodologies in the corporate environment.

Work Package Owner for Gas Turbines Upgrades Development. New technology implementation in retrofits for turbomachinery fleet. Gas turbine upgrades development with focus on components life enhancement and validation.

Coordinator of engine parts design activity within the context of the newly established General Electric Cross Fleet Solution Business (service upgrade program for competitors’ Original Equipment Manufacturer).

Project management of execution, inspection and testing of gas turbine retrofits.

Reliability and productivity enhancement of the engine parts design process employing leading edge Computational Fluid Dynamic numerical methods.

Project management of Research and Technology programs in collaboration with Rolls Royce University Technology Centres (UTC) and company partners.

Coordinator for the Lean Burn Fuel Coking research activity between the Rolls Royce laboratories and University partners.

Rig Test Lead for thermo acoustic investigation and altitude relight rig tests within the context of low emission combustion systems.

Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) engineer responsible for the design of new generation of fuel injectors and combustors for lean burn civil aerospace systems. Design of innovative burners and environmentally friendly technologies for aerospace industry by experimental investigation and numerical simulation.

Design of burners and decarburization systems in the framework of steel production furnaces for metallurgical industry.

Supporting consultancy projects between university and industrial customers.

Final dissertation in collaboration with Clariant AG on the subject “Establishing a strategy to upskill employees in advanced data analytics to create a competitive advantage by leveraging data science in the Chemical industry operations and processes”.

Degree project in collaboration with Siemens UK Gas Turbine Research and Development Centre within the PRECCINSTA (PREdiction and Control of Combustion INStabilities in Tubolar and Annular gas turbine combustion systems) European Union Research Program framework.

Final thesis project researched in collaboration with Centro Sviluppo Materiali S.p.a. Italy on the development and validation of numerical models for FLOX® flameless combustion applied to burners and decarburization systems in the context of steel production furnaces for metallurgical industry.

School with marked humanistic imprint, focused on the study of philosophical, historical and literary subjects. Major study subjects are Latin and ancient Greek.