Instructor

Prof. Giovanni Maria De Pratti

Giovanni Maria De Pratti is a Mechanical engineer and PhD in Energetic and at the present time, after a long period as Contract Researcher in the same University is Contract Professor at “La Sapienza” University of Rome, where the role covered at first was the matters concerning of Technology of Materials, then of Machine Diagnosis and of Sanitary Solid waste management; at the present time he is professor about Energy Systems and Thermal Power Stations.
He is Associate Member of CIRPS.
His academic research field is about aerodynamics and hydrodynamics of fluid machines and, particularly, of high-pressure compressors in Gas Turbines, of horizontal axis wind turbine rotor-blade or in the concern of hydraulic turbines in mini-hydro range of power.
He has deeply studied the assessment of environmental impact due to energy systems and, at the present time, he is carrying out a large experimental analysis of hydrodynamics characteristics of white shark.
As engineer consultant and designer, he has realised project about Wind farms for a global installed power value about 250 MW, biomass power plants about 10 MW and mini-hydro power plants about 15 MW, and in this field, he has designed two micro-hydro plants for remote applications, out of regional grid, in Ghurari District in India and in La Realidad Community in Mexico, Chiapas Region.
In the past he has been Lieutenant Commander of Italian Artillery Section at The Italian School of Artillery as Observer Officer. Between 2000 and 2012 years he was Project Manager of an Engineering Consulting Society.