Andrea Salvi

Projects

A selection of engineering projects that demonstrate my design process, technical reasoning and ability to turn open-ended problems into validated mechanical solutions. The section currently includes academic case studies and is structured to grow with future professional and personal project work.

Domestic Waste Compactor

2025 · Sapienza University of Rome · Advanced Methods in Mechanical Design

Domestic compactor developed from requirements to CAD architecture, FEM validation and topology-oriented refinement.

Translated user needs into engineering requirements and trade-off criteria.
Developed the CAD architecture around loads, assembly constraints and accessibility.
Verified critical components through FEM stress and displacement iterations.

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Small-scale Wind Turbine

2025 · NTNU · TEP4175 Design of a Wind Turbine

Two-bladed horizontal-axis turbine developed through airfoil screening, BEM optimization, QBlade simulation, PMSG matching and wind tunnel validation.

Compared low-Re airfoils and optimized blade geometry from rotor theory.
Matched aerodynamic torque-speed behavior with a hand-built three-phase PMSG.
Analyzed the CAD/manufacturing discrepancy through reconstructed QBlade models.

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Fusion 360 render of the small-scale wind turbine rotor

Manufacturing Process Design for a Geared Transmission

2022/2023 · Sapienza University of Rome · Tecnologia Meccanica

Production-cycle plan connecting transmission function, shaft sizing, functional surfaces, casting, machining and gear stamping/forging.

Sized the transmission shaft under combined bending, torsion and fatigue constraints.
Defined functional surfaces, fits, tolerances and roughness before process planning.
Planned casting, shaft machining and gear forging/stamping routes for the production lot.

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Rendered geared mechanical transmission assembly