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Andrea's
Profile
 Assistant
Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Agricultural and Biological Engineering (click here
for the Department webpage)
Email
Andrea
phone: 1 (765) 430-0081
Short Biography: Born on
June, 2nd 1974, in 1999
Andrea Vacca earned his Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from
the University of Parma (Italy) and in 2005 his doctorate in Energy
Systems from the University of Florence (Italy). For both degrees he
presented theses in the field of Heat Transfer and Gas Turbine Blade
Cooling Technology. Before joining Purdue University, Andrea Vacca was
Assistant Professor in Fluid Machinery at the University of Parma
(Italy), where he was lecturer of Testing Methods in Fluid Machinery
and of Fluid Power Systems; at same University he was also teaching
assistant of Fluid Machinery and Power Plants.
In 2002 Andrea Vacca started his first research activities in the fluid
power field, focusing on the analysis of the phenomena related to the
flow through hydrostatic pumps and hydraulic valves through numerical
modeling.
At present, all Andrea
Vacca’s research activities
are related to the fluid power discipline. His main interests concern
the analysis, modeling and testing of fluid power systems and of
hydraulic components. Research goals are: the improvement of
efficiency, the reduction of noise emissions and the increment of
system’s controllability. Current research projects are aimed to define
new solutions for valve controlled systems for mobile applications and
to formulate new designs for external gear pumps and motors.
Andrea Vacca is author of more than 50 papers, most of them published
in international conferences or journals.
Graduate
Students
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 Pulkit
Agarwal
Master's Student
Email Pulkit;
phone: (765) 448-1945
BS: India.
Origin: Bits-Pilani
India
January 2013-present
Research Topics: Modeling and
simulations of radial piston pumps and motors.
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 Divya
Thiagarajan
Master's Student
Email Divya;
phone: (765) 448-1945
BS: Anna University
Origin: India
October 2012-present
Research Topics: Developing
new design solutions for external gear machines.
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 Guido Francesco Ritelli
PhD Student
Email Guido;
phone: (765) 448-1945
BS, MS: Politecnico di
Torino, Italy.
Origin: Italy
February 2012-present
Research Topics: Development
of an adaptive, real-time
and non-model based control strategy in mobile hydraulic machinery for
oscillation dampening and energy saving.
Counterbalance and directional valves modeling
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 Ram Sudarsan Devendran
PhD Student
Email Ram;
phone: (765) 448-1945
BS: BITS Pilani, India; MS:
Purdue University
Origin: India
September 2010-present
Research Topics: Formulation
of design principles for
variable displacement external gear machines; Proposal of innovative
design methodology for external gear machines.
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 Timothy Opperwall
PhD Student
Email Tim;
phone: (765) 448-1945
BS: Calvin College, USA; MS:
Purdue University
Origin: Michigan, USA
August 2010-present
Research
Topics: Development of a noise emission model for external gear
machine; Optimization of the external gear machines design for noise
emission reduction.
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 Sujan
Dhar
PhD Student
Email Sujan; phone:
(765) 448-1945
BS: BITS Pilani, India; MS:
SUNY at Buffalo, USA
Origin: India
August 2010-present
Research
Topic: CFD simulation of flow in lubricating gaps of external gear
machines; Study the effect of the flow in lubricating gaps on the
performance and efficiency of the gear machines.
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 Davide
Cristofori
PhD Student
Email Davide; phone:
(765) 448-1945
BS, MS: University of Parma
Origin: Italy
March 2010-present
Research
Topic: Oscillation damping in valve controlled hydraulic machines
through adaptive control strategies; Proportional valves modeling.
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Visiting
Researchers
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 Omar Alonso Sanvicente Cisnero
Visiting Undergraduate Student from
Universidad Tecnologica de Queretaro, Mexico
Email Omar
BS: Universidad Tecnologica
de Queretaro, Mexico.
Origin: Mexico
June 2013- September 2013
Research
Topics: Design a "chain-less" bycicle in which the motion is
transmitted by means of a hydrostatic transmission with regenerative
brake capabilities.
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 Mark W Mahuren
SURF program 2013 (Summer Undergraduate
Research Fellowship)
Email Mark
BS: Purdue University.
Origin: Fort Wayne, IN
May 2013 - August 2013
Research Topics: Prototype Actuation System for Variable Displacement Gear Machine. (reference to CEEFP project: Variable Displacement External Gear Machines)
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 Bixing Yan
SURF program 2013 (Summer Undergraduate
Research Fellowship)
Email Bixing
BS: Purdue University.
Origin: Qinhuangdao,
China
May 2013- August 2013
Research Topics: Design
and build a hydraulically actuated platform with 2 degrees of freedom.
The platform will be used support to the CCEFP research project: Active Vibration Damping of Mobile Hydraulic Machines.
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 Gabriele
Altare
Visiting PhD Student from
Politecnico of Turin, Italy
Email Gabriele;
phone: (765) 448-1945
BS: Politecnico of Turin,
Italy.
Origin: Italy
January 2013-present
Research Topics:
Design/Optimization of innovative sliding bearing block
design for external gear machines.
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 Junjie Zhou
Visiting PhD Student from Beijing
Institute of Technology, China
Email Junjie;
phone: (765) 448-1945
BS: Beijing Institute of
Technology, China.
Origin: China
September 2011-present
Research Topics: High pressure
water hydraulic systems modeling and noise emission estimation.
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Past
Team Members
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 Marisol
Perez Garcia
Visiting Undergraduate Student from
Universidad Tecnologica de Queretaro, Mexico
Email Marisol
BS: Universidad Tecnologica
de Queretaro, Mexico.
Origin: Mexico
January 2013- May 2013
Research Topics: Numerical modeling and
experimental investigation of noise generation in external gear pumps.
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 Jose
de Jesus
Alegria Cereda
Visiting Professir from Universidad
Tecnologica de Queretaro, Mexico
Email Jesus
BS, MS: Universidad
Tecnologica de Queretaro, Mexico.
Origin: Mexico
January 2013 - May 2013
Research Topics: Design
and
control of a test rig for automatic characterization of hydraulic
components.
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 Alessio Zanichelli
Visiting Master's student from
University of Parma, Italy
Email Alessio
BS: University of Parma,
Italy.
Origin: Italy
March 2012-October 2012
Research Topics: Design and
control of a test rig for automatic characterization of hydraulic
components.
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 Roy A Fisher
SURF program 2012 (Summer Undergraduate
Research Fellowship)
Email Roy
BS: Purdue University, USA.
Origin: Illinois, USA.
May 2012- August 2012
Research Topics: Experimental
study of hydraulic lifting machines to improve their stability and
energy efficiency.
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 Ashwin Mathur
SURF program 2012 (Summer Undergraduate
Research Fellowship)
Email Ashwin
BS: Purdue University, USA.
Origin: India.
May 2012 - August 2012
Research Topics: Design and
testing of a controller to
set the pressure/flow at the delivery of a variable displacement axial
piston pump.
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 Juan Pedro Gomez Virgilio
Visiting Undergraduate Student from
Universidad Tecnologica de Queretaro, Mexico
Email Pedro
BS: Universidad Tecnologica
de Queretaro, Mexico.
Origin: Mexico
January 2012- May 2012
Research Topics: Analysis of innovative sliding
design on the performance of external gear machines.
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 Simone Tondelloni
Visiting Master's
student from University of Parma, Italy
Email Simone
BS: University of Parma,
Italy.
Origin: Italy
August 2011-February 2012
Research Topics: Design and realization of a
versatile test-rig for the characterization of hydraulic components and
systems.
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 Wolfgang Schweiger
Visiting PhD from
Graz University of Technology, Austria
Email Wolfgang
BS, MS: Graz University of
Technology, Austria. Current PhD Student.
Origin: Austria
April 2011-September 2011
Research Topic: Design and optimization of
internal gear ring pumps for automotive application.
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 Nicholas W. Louis
2011 SURF Student*
Email Nick
BS: Purdue University
Origin: Illinois, USA
Research Topics: Final
development of a water-hydraulic test rig to be used as support for
teaching activities.
*
"Top Research Talk" winner during the SURF Symposium 2011
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 Kevin Seibert
2011 SURF Student
Email Kevin
BS: Purdue University
Origin: TX, USA
Research Topic: Modeling and
testing of adaptive control to reduce oscillation in a hydraulic crane.
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 Johan Magnusson
Master's Student
from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Email Johan
BS: Chalmers University of
Technology, Sweden
Origin: Sweden
January 2011 - July 2011
Research
Topic: CFD simulation of flow in lubricating gaps of external gear
machines; Study how changes in gap modelling physics influence the
simulation results.
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 Massimo
Dall'Asta
Master's Student
from University of Parma, Italy
Email Massimo
BS: University of Parma
Origin: Italy
October 2010 - March 2011
Research Topic:
Water-hydraulic test rig design; Characterization of water-hydraulic
components.
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 Alessandro
Vassena
Visiting Researcher
Email Alessandro
BS, MS: University of Parma
Origin: Italy
March 2010-November 2010
Research Topic: Optimization
of hydraulic components
design by means of DOE (Design of Experiments). Main case study:
external gear pumps, spool valves.
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 Giovanni
Campanella
Visiting Researcher
Email Giovanni
BS, MS: University of Parma
Origin: Italy
March 2010-November 2010
Research Topic: Study of a
hybrid solution for an
articulated boom lift; Testing of innovative external gear pumps design
by means of DOE (Design of Experiments).
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 Andrew
O'Bannon
2010 SURF Student*
Email Andrew
BS: Purdue University
Origin: Indiana, USA
Research Topic: Development of
a water hydraulic test rig useful as support to teaching activities.
* "Top Research Talk" winner
during the SURF Symposium 2010
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