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f-mitrea/README.md

Hi, I'm Fabio 👋

Third-year Energy Engineering student at Sapienza University of Rome, interested in pursuing a Master's in Nuclear Engineering.

What draws me to the field is the engineering underneath it: how heat is generated, moved and removed, and how to model that reliably with numerical methods. Most of what I build starts from a problem I met in a course and wanted to push further than the exam did.

🔬 Interests

  • Numerical methods for PDEs (finite differences, nonlinear solvers)
  • Heat transfer and thermal-hydraulics
  • Nuclear fuel behaviour and reactor thermal design
  • Verification of scientific code against exact solutions

🛠️ Projects

nuclear-fuel-thermal-solver

Steady-state 1D finite-difference solver for the radial temperature in a UO2 fuel pellet. The temperature-dependent conductivity is handled with Newton's method and a hand-derived Jacobian. The solver is verified against closed-form solutions, including a Kirchhoff-transform solution for the nonlinear case, and a grid convergence study confirms second-order accuracy. Prototyped in MATLAB, then ported to Python.

Python NumPy SymPy pytest MATLAB

rocket-avionics

Barometric recovery logic for HORNET X, a solid-propellant sounding rocket built during the Sapienza Rocket Team Training Academy 2024/25. It filters pressure data, detects liftoff and apogee, and fires the parachute channels. The logic is replayed on a recorded flight to measure how early it fires, and why.

Python signal filtering state machines pytest

📚 Relevant coursework

Completed: Numerical Analysis · Fluid Dynamics · Engineering Thermodynamics & Heat Transfer · Solid & Structural Mechanics · Fluid Machinery · Physics I & II

2026/27: Energy Systems · Electrical Engineering · Numerical Methods and Algorithms for Energy Engineering · Applications of Nuclear Energy · Safety and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems

🧰 Tools

Programming: Python · MATLAB · C (basic)
Engineering software: Solid Edge · Fusion 360
Workflow: Git · Linux (Ubuntu) · VS Code

🌱 Currently

  • Building Git into my daily workflow rather than using it as an afterthought
  • Planning to extend the fuel solver outward: fuel-cladding gap, cladding, coolant

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  1. rocket-avionics rocket-avionics Public

    Parachute deployment logic for a student sounding rocket, with replay of a recorded flight.

    Python

  2. nuclear-fuel-thermal-solver nuclear-fuel-thermal-solver Public

    1D finite-difference solver for steady radial temperature in a UO2 fuel pellet, with Newton for temperature-dependent conductivity and validation against analytical solutions.

    Python

  3. f-mitrea f-mitrea Public