Annalisa Manera

Professor

2945 Cooley

Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

PhD Nuclear Engineering ’03

The Netherlands

Diploma Radiation Protection Expert Level III ’01

The University of Pisa, Italy

MSc (with Highest Honors, 110/110 cum laude) Nuclear Engineering ’99

Experimental two-phase flow, thermal-hydraulics, computational fluid dynamics and multiphysics methods for power reactor safety analysis.

2017 – present: Professor, Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan
2011-2017: Associate Professor, Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan
2007-2011: Head of group “Systems Behavior,” Laboratory of Reactor Physics and Systems Behavior, Department of Nuclear Energy and Safety, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
2006-2007: Scientist (group “Systems Behavior”), Laboratory of Reactor Physics and Systems Behavior, Department of Nuclear Energy and Safety, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland
2006-2006: Senior Consultant in Nuclear Engineering, Colenco Power Engineering AG, Switzerland
April 2005: Visiting Scientist in the Laboratory of Prof. Ishii, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
2004-2005: Scientist in the Department of Accident Analyses, Institute of Safety Research, Research Center Rossendorf e.V. (FZD), Germany
May 2003 – Dec 2003: Researcher and ad interim responsible of Thermal-Hydraulic section, Interfaculty Reactor Institute, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

2018, Excellent Paper Award, 9th World Congress in Industrial Process Tomography
2018 Best Paper Award, International Topical Meeting on Advances in Thermal Hydraulics 2018, ATH-2018
2017, Best Paper Award, 17th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics (NURETH-17)
2017 Ted Kennedy Family Faculty Team Excellence Award, University of Michigan
2016 Outstanding Achievement Award, Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Michigan
2016, Best Innovation Prize, CFD4NRS conference, MIT, Boston.
2016, DOE CASL Directors’ Award
2016, Finalist (2nd place) for DOE CASL Knight Award
2013, National Academy Kecks Futures Initiative Alumna