I teach fluid mechanics and computational aerodynamics at the Bachelor's and Master's level in the aerospace engineering programmes of Sapienza University of Rome. The course pages contain syllabus, textbooks and exam rules; for Aerodinamica they also report the exam results.

Aerodinamica

B.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering (Ingegneria Aerospaziale) — 2nd year, 2nd semester · 9 CFU (63 h of lectures + 27 h of exercises) · taught in Italian · course code 1021932.

Fundamentals of fluid mechanics and aerodynamics, airfoils and finite wings, boundary layers, introduction to compressible flows.

Course page (in Italian) · Official course sheet

Computational Gas Dynamics

M.Sc. in Space and Astronautical Engineering — 2nd year, 1st semester · 6 CFU (42 h of lectures + 18 h of computer lab) · taught in English · course code 10606304 · Space Transportation track (also valid for the dual-degree programmes with Georgia Tech).

Finite-volume discretisation, numerical schemes for convection–diffusion problems, solution of the Navier–Stokes equations, turbulence modelling and a CFD project.

Course page · Official course sheet

Office hours and contacts

Monday 16:00–18:00, building RM031, room 28 (Via Eudossiana 18, Rome). Please write an email in advance: matteo.bernardini@uniroma1.it.

Exam registration takes place through Infostud within the deadline of each session. Course material is distributed through Google Classroom (the access code is given during the first lecture).

Past courses and schools

• Compressible Flows (3 CFU), M.Sc. in Space Engineering, 2016–2023.

• Thermo-Fluid Dynamics (6 CFU), M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, 2013–2019.

• Parallel Computing for Scientific Applications, Ph.D. programme in Aerospace Engineering, 2013–2017.

• Lecturer at the CINECA summer school "School on Numerical Methods for Parallel CFD", 2020–2026.

Since 2018 I have supervised more than 170 theses (136 Bachelor's and 36 Master's): see the Theses page for current proposals.