Angelantonio Tafuni
Angelantonio Tafuni
Assistant Professor, School of Applied Engr & Tech
206 Faculty Memorial Hall (FMH)
About Me
Angelo Tafuni graduated from Polytechnic University of Bari (Italy) in 2009, and received two Master of Science degrees in Mechanical Engineering, one from New York University in January 2012 and one from Polytechnic University of Bari in December 2014. In January 2016 he received a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from New York University with a main focus on Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics. He is currently an assistant professor in the School of Applied Engineering and Technology at New Jersey Institute of Technology, where he teaches Thermodynamics. He is the director of the Heat and Fluid Transport Engineering Research (HaFTER) Laboratory. He is a member of ASME, APS, ASEE, SPHERIC and ISSNAF. His work has been published on peer-reviewed journals and proceedings of several technical conferences.
Education
Ph.D.; NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; 2016
M.S.; Polytechnic of Bari; Mechanical Engineering; 2014
M.S.; NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; 2012
B.S.; Polytechnic of Bari; Mechanical Engineering; 2009
M.S.; Polytechnic of Bari; Mechanical Engineering; 2014
M.S.; NYU Tandon School of Engineering; Mechanical Engineering; 2012
B.S.; Polytechnic of Bari; Mechanical Engineering; 2009
Office Hours
By appointment
2025 Spring Courses
ME 490 - MECH ENGR PROJECT A
ME 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
ME 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
ME 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
ME 790A - DOC DISSERTATION & RES
ME 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
MET 304 - APPLIED FLUID MECHANICS
ME 491 - MECH ENGR PROJECT B
ME 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
ME 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
MET 303 - APPLIED THERMODYNAMICS
ME 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
ME 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
ME 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
ME 790A - DOC DISSERTATION & RES
ME 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
MET 304 - APPLIED FLUID MECHANICS
ME 491 - MECH ENGR PROJECT B
ME 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
ME 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
MET 303 - APPLIED THERMODYNAMICS
Teaching Interests
Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, Applied Math, Numerical Methods
Past Courses
MET 303: APPLIED THERMODYNAMICS
MET 304: APPLIED FLUID MECHANICS
MET 304: APPLIED FLUID MECHANICS
Research Interests
Fluid flow around complex mechanical systems (ship hulls, propulsion systems, spacecraft); free-surface hydrodynamics and wave generation/reflection/absorption; multiphase flow and surface tension; study of severe weather phenomena (flooding, tsunami); open-channel flow and related phenomena (scour, coastal erosion); high-performance computing and code parallelization.
Journal Article
Allen Prasad Varghese, Jason W Hartwig, Samuel C. Lieber, Angelantonio Tafuni. 2024. “Numerical Design of a Flow Restrictor for Tanked Liquid Nitrogen Undergoing Reduced-Gravity Flights.” Aerospace Science and Technology, vol. 154, pp. 109539.
Mashy D Green, Richard Foster-Turner, Andrew Hunt, Alejandro M Ramirez-Mancebo, Samuel C. Lieber, Jason W Hartwig, David Moxey, Angelantonio Tafuni. 2024. “Flight-ready Electrical Capacitance Tomography SMARTTS tank for use with cryogenics.” Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, vol. 154, pp. 111144.
Francesco Ricci, Renato Vacondio, Angelantonio Tafuni. 2023. “Multiscale Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics based on a domain-decomposition strategy.” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, vol. 418, no. A, pp. 116500.
Jason W Hartwig, Narottama Esser, Shreykumar Jain, David Souders, Allen Prasad Varghese, Angelantonio Tafuni. 2023. “CFD Modeling of Bidirectional PMDs Inside Cryogenic Propellant Tanks Onboard Parabolic Flights.” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 296-312.
Francesco Ricci, Renato Vacondio, Angelantonio Tafuni. 2023. “Direct numerical simulation of three-dimensional isotropic turbulence with smoothed particle hydrodynamics.” Physics of Fluids, vol. 35, pp. 065148.
Mashy D Green, Richard Foster-Turner, Andrew Hunt, Alejandro M Ramirez-Mancebo, Samuel C. Lieber, Jason W Hartwig, David Moxey, Angelantonio Tafuni. 2024. “Flight-ready Electrical Capacitance Tomography SMARTTS tank for use with cryogenics.” Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, vol. 154, pp. 111144.
Francesco Ricci, Renato Vacondio, Angelantonio Tafuni. 2023. “Multiscale Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics based on a domain-decomposition strategy.” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, vol. 418, no. A, pp. 116500.
Jason W Hartwig, Narottama Esser, Shreykumar Jain, David Souders, Allen Prasad Varghese, Angelantonio Tafuni. 2023. “CFD Modeling of Bidirectional PMDs Inside Cryogenic Propellant Tanks Onboard Parabolic Flights.” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 296-312.
Francesco Ricci, Renato Vacondio, Angelantonio Tafuni. 2023. “Direct numerical simulation of three-dimensional isotropic turbulence with smoothed particle hydrodynamics.” Physics of Fluids, vol. 35, pp. 065148.
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Conference Proceeding
“3D validation of a multi-resolution SPH scheme based on domain-decomposition”
18th SPHERIC International Workshop, June 2024.
“A variable resolution SPH scheme based on independent domains coupling”
17th SPHERIC International Workshop, June 2023.
“Characterization of free-surface damping in horizontally excited tanks”
17th SPHERIC International Workshop, June 2023.
“CFD Design and Analysis of a Perforated Plate for the Control of Cryogenic Flow under Reduced Gravity”
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2023.
“High-Order SPH Schemes for DNS of Turbulent Flows”
16th SPHERIC International Workshop, June 2022.
18th SPHERIC International Workshop, June 2024.
“A variable resolution SPH scheme based on independent domains coupling”
17th SPHERIC International Workshop, June 2023.
“Characterization of free-surface damping in horizontally excited tanks”
17th SPHERIC International Workshop, June 2023.
“CFD Design and Analysis of a Perforated Plate for the Control of Cryogenic Flow under Reduced Gravity”
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, January (1st Quarter/Winter) 2023.
“High-Order SPH Schemes for DNS of Turbulent Flows”
16th SPHERIC International Workshop, June 2022.
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Conference Abstract
“What Can the Spatial Distribution of the H Corona at Callisto Tell Us about the Nature of Its Sublimated H2O Atmosphere?”
AAS Division of Planetary Science, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2021.
“Atmospheres on Callisto composed of sublimated water vapor and its photochemical products”
Europlanet Science Congress, September 2021.
“Thermal Evolution of Sublimated Water Vapor and Radiolytic Products in Callisto’s Atmosphere”
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Division for Planetary Sciences, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2020.
“Hydrodynamic Study of an Extraterrestrial Ship Design with SPH”
Bulletin of the American Physical Society, November 2019.
AAS Division of Planetary Science, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2021.
“Atmospheres on Callisto composed of sublimated water vapor and its photochemical products”
Europlanet Science Congress, September 2021.
“Thermal Evolution of Sublimated Water Vapor and Radiolytic Products in Callisto’s Atmosphere”
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Division for Planetary Sciences, October (4th Quarter/Autumn) 2020.
“Hydrodynamic Study of an Extraterrestrial Ship Design with SPH”
Bulletin of the American Physical Society, November 2019.
Instructor's Manual
“DualSPHysics_v5.0_GUIDE”
July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2020.
July (3rd Quarter/Summer) 2020.
Professional
APS 2020 DFD Meeting - Keynote Lecture
Session Chair, 2020
APS 2019 DFD Meeting - SPH Focus Session
Session Chair, 2019
APS 2019 DFD Meeting - SPH Focus Session
Track Organizer, 2019
SPHERIC 2019 Workshop
Session Chair, 2019
Session Chair, 2020
APS 2019 DFD Meeting - SPH Focus Session
Session Chair, 2019
APS 2019 DFD Meeting - SPH Focus Session
Track Organizer, 2019
SPHERIC 2019 Workshop
Session Chair, 2019