2023-06-252023-06-25https://tore.tuhh.de/handle/11420/28910Prof. Colonna received a Master of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, he was then awarded a PhD degree in Energy Engineering from the same institution for his work performed largely at Stanford University, from which he also received a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. Before starting his academic career, he co-founded an energy engineering consulting company, thus acquiring field‑experience in the design and construction of advanced power plants. He has been working at the Delft University of Technology (NL) since 2002. In 2005 he was one of the few recipients of the VIDI personal grant of the Dutch Science Foundation-NWO. The research of Prof. Colonna in advanced power and propulsion systems spans from fundamental work, to application-driven investigations. He gave fundamental contributions, both theoretical and experimental, to the establishment of a new field in gas dynamics focused on the study of flows of substances in transcritical and supercritical thermodynamic states (NICFD – non ideal compressible fluid dynamics), which he applies to the study of design methodologies for innovative turbomachinery. Computer programs he initially developed are widely adopted by academia and industry. With his simulation studies on the dynamics of complex energy systems, he pursues the concept of “prompt power plants” to fulfill one of the newest and pressing requirements of the sector. Prof. Colonna is also a world-recognized expert on Organic Rankine Cycle and supercritical CO2 cycle technology, power and propulsion systems at the forefront for the conversion of renewable and waste energy, the passion of his professional life. His scientific production is reported in more than 60 journal article and 40 articles in peer-reviewed conference proceedings. He is also co-author of W. C. Reynolds, P. Colonna “THERMODYNAMICS - Fundamentals and Engineering Applications”, which will soon be published by Cambridge University Press. Prof. Colonna is the recipient of an ASME Best Paper Award, of two Best MSc Lecturer Awards of the TU Delft, of the Outstanding Service Award of the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI), is Associate Editor of the Journal for Engineering of Gas Turbines and Power since 2013, served as the Chairman of the IGTI Organic Rankine Cycle Power Systems committee 2013-2014, and as a member of the Board of Directors of the IGTI since 2014. In 2015 he was appointed Chairman of the IGTI board.