Offers an introduction to a wide range of transport phenomena as they occur in various fields of physics and technology
Places particular emphasis on the modelling of both purely diffuse mechanisms and macroscopic transport
Contains more than 80 diagrams and figures to facilitate understanding
Gianpaolo Ruocco is Professor for “Engineering Thermodynamics and Nuclear Engineering” at Università della Basilicata in Potenza, Italy. After receiving his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 1992 from from University of Naples “Federico II” ,Gianpaolo Ruocco worked as Researcher, Lecturer and Professor for various institutions. Next to his academic carrier, he also served in various position in industry and public administration. He headed several spin-of companies.
As an acadmic teacher, Prof. Ruocco tough Engineering thermodynamics, Fundamentals of Statistics and Computer Science, Alternative Energy Management, and Transport Phenomena. His research activity focuses on various transport processes of heat and mass, the development of the methodological and application aspects through numerical, analytical, and experimental investigations.