Adelia is a mechanical and aerospace engineer with over ten years of work experience in the Swedish industry. She has used multi-physics finite element modelling for applications in the automotive and marine industry.
Previously, she was part of the team responsible for creating and updating finite element models in the Gripen E/F aircraft project at Saab Aeronautics. She is currently a research scientist and industrial PhD student at the system simulations team at Saab. Her research project focuses on design and modelling methods for efficient energy management for future aircraft platforms.
Michele Bolognese
Hydrogen and Sustainable Energy Researcher, Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Michele Bolognese graduated from the University of Trento with a Master’s degree in Environmental Energy Resource Management.
Michele’s work at Fondazione Bruno Kessler started with a study of the integration of solar thermal energy in industrial processes for the particular case study of a pasta factory based in northern Italy followed by the study of the potential of Hydrogen systems. Michele has been actively involved in the Italian project, Comesto, dedicated to the aggregated management of energy storage systems, contributing to the development of models in Ansys Simplorer environment involving different storage systems, including hydrogen technologies, coupled and controlled by DC/DC devices.
Today, Michele is involved with the Prometo project in which he’s utilizing dynamic modeling to integrate solar heat with a hydrogen production system and storage system that considers temperature fluctuations.
Mohamed Takkoush originates from Lebanon where he received his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. In 2018, Mohamed relocated to Sweden to further hone his engineering skills and earn his master’s degree in automotive engineering from Chalmers University of Technology with a focus on vehicle dynamics and active safety.
He completed his master thesis with Volvo Autonomous solutions in 2020 on the topic of model validation using reach set conformance. During his masters, Mohamed worked as a project assistant with Professor Mathias Lidberg at the Department of Vehicle Dynamics at Chalmers. After my graduation, he joined Fraunhofer Chalmers Center for 6 months to support the initiation of projects related to multibody and vehicle dynamics, where Mohamed was first exposed to the FMI standard used for model sharing.
Today, Mohamed works as a vehicle dynamics analyst at Volvo Autonomous solutions where he develops, validates and integrates vehicle models to support virtual development at Volvo Autonomous Solutions.
Marc Graaf
Managing Partner, Synergy Thermal Management GmbH
Marc Graaf is the owner and managing director at SynErgy Thermal Management. Marc studied Mechanical Engineering at the Aachen University of Technology with a specialization in heat transfer technology.
Marc’s previous experience includes 13 years at Hanon Systems, with 6 of those years as Manager of Advanced System Development. At Hanon Systems, Marc’s team worked on alternative refrigerants, heat pump systems, and TMS for electrical vehicles.
Kristian Tuszynski
Chief Technology Officer, Aircela
Kristian comes to Aircela from a long career at UTC/Carrier, where he was Global Controls Manager and his work included building digital models of hydroelectric dams.
Kristian shepherds Aircela technology from the drawing board to production, and is building the brains of the system, with his controls software allowing Aircela systems to work together as an interconnected swarm.
Jim Harper
Principal Technical Lead, EPRI
Jim Harper has over 20 years’ experience as a thermal systems engineer in a range of industries. Jim is a Principle Technical Lead in the Gas Turbine Technology Division at EPRI. EPRI is the Electric Power Research Institute headquartered in the US but with a presence across the world.
EPRI’s mission is advancing safe, reliable, affordable, and clean energy for society through global collaboration, science and technology innovation, and applied research. Jim has extensive gas turbine design, control, testing and fleet experience. He was a Combustion Technical Leader at General Electric where he was a system owner of Gas Turbine combustion system mechanical, thermal and control architectures.
In addition, Jim worked in the electric vehicle automotive industry where he was a senior thermal systems design lead responsible for all thermal systems design, validation and fleet support including battery, motor, power electronics and cabin thermal systems. He has authored over 10 patents in Gas Turbine Design and control as well as EV thermal system control architectures.
Nicholas Pilot
Technical Leader, EPRI
Nicholas Pilot is a Technical Leader in the Low-Carbon Resources Initiative (LCRI) team at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).
Nick supports LCRI through technoeconomic studies currently focused on green hydrogen production (e.g. renewables + electrolysis), hydrogen compression systems, and community-scale resilient energy systems. Nick’s PV system performance modeling, and technoeconomic and cost-benefit analyses supports research efforts throughout the Generation Sector, as well as the Energy Delivery & Customers Solutions sector at EPRI.
Prior to joining the Renewable Generation program at EPRI in 2018, Nick worked for three and a half years as a mechanical engineer at AECOM in the field of HVAC design and building energy. Nick led and supported the HVAC design of several commercial, government, and health care facilities. He also worked on building energy modeling, successful LEED certification for a command-and-control facility (C2F) and was responsible for the drafting and 3-D modeling of HVAC designs via AutoCAD®, Bentley MicroStation, and Autodesk Revit®.
Nick earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and biology with minors in mathematics and physics from The University of North Carolina at Pembroke and a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Nick’s undergraduate research focused on clean biodiesel production and his graduate research focused on the energy efficiency and energy modeling of deployable military shelters.
Doug Scherbarth
Senior Systems Engineer, Allegion
Doug Scherbarth is a Senior Systems Engineer at Allegion. He brings over 45 years of engineering expertise to his team, garnered from renowned companies such as Dow Chemicals and Texas Instruments.
A graduate of Lawrence Technological University, Doug has a diverse background, having contributed to government projects, software development, and computer controls.
His wealth of experience enriches our projects, ensuring precision and innovation in every endeavor. Outside of work, Doug finds joy in ballroom dancing, adding rhythm and energy to his life beyond engineering.
