Luca Castronuovo Graduate Student Researcher lucacastronuovo@gmail.com 949.331.7046 Education: Masters of Science in Energy and Nuclear Engineering - Politecnico di Milano, Milan (Italy) - 2010 Bachelor of Science in Energy Engineering - Politecnico di Milano, Milan (Italy) - 2007 Erasmus exchange Program - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Norway) - 2009

Research Lasers, Flames, and Aerosols Laboratory, University of California, Irvine CA September, 2009 - Present: - Currently studying the combustion of nano-scaled aluminun particles. Honors and Awards ATHENS Programme - TUDelft, Delft (Netherlands) Other Research Interests - Combustion of water-and-fuel emulsions - Novel designs of Stirling engine combustion systems - Stirling engine-Fuel cell hybrid systems Misc. - Languages: C. - Applications: AspenPlus, Solidworks, MatLab. - Microscopy: SEM and TEM. For a copy of my complete resume please email me at lucacastronuovo@gmail.com