Teaching
University of Bologna
Andrea Serani is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and teaches Computer-Aided Yacht Design in the MSc programme in Nautical Engineering.
Researcher mentoring
Avinita Gautam
Postdoctoral Research Fellow · Co-advisor · 2025–present
Multi-fidelity surrogate modelling and design-space dimensionality reduction for retrofit decisions.
Shahroz Khan
Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher · Co-advisor / Co-host · 2020
Data-driven dimensionality reduction techniques for shape optimization.
Student mentoring
Isabella Vulpio
PhD · Co-advisor · 2022–2025
Reinforcement learning in simulation-driven design.
Simone Ficini
PhD · Co-advisor · 2020–2023
Multi-fidelity active learning for simulation-driven design affected by computational-output noise.
Danny D'Agostino
PhD · Co-advisor · 2018–2021
Lipschitzian global optimization and machine learning for fluid dynamics.
The complete record also preserves MSc and BSc thesis mentoring, including research topics, institutions, roles, and dates.