Alessandro Gambale, CEO of BuildWind SRL
An aerospace engineer by training (M.Sc., La Sapienza University, Rome), Alessandro co-founded BuildWind in 2018. He previously worked as a researcher at the Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics and the UMONS University, Belgium. His professional background spans applied research in environmental fluid dynamics, advanced combustion and engineering education. As CEO, he has led all of BuildWind's Belgian, European and ESA-funded R&D projects, as well as commercial projects in 9 countries, managing technical delivery, consortium coordination and contractual compliance. Since 2015 he also serves as an industrial collaborator at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
An aerospace engineer by training (M.Sc., La Sapienza University, Rome), Alessandro co-founded BuildWind in 2018. He previously worked as a researcher at the Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics and the UMONS University, Belgium. His professional background spans applied research in environmental fluid dynamics, advanced combustion and engineering education. As CEO, he has led all of BuildWind's Belgian, European and ESA-funded R&D projects, as well as commercial projects in 9 countries, managing technical delivery, consortium coordination and contractual compliance. Since 2015 he also serves as an industrial collaborator at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
Gabriele Mosca, CTO of BuildWind SRL
Gabriele Mosca is a space engineer. He holds a Master’s degree in Space Engineering and a Master for graduate students in Space Transportation System from "La Sapienza" University (Italy), and a Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences and Technology from UMONS University (Belgium). He gained relevant professional experience in propulsion, combustion and fluid dynamics. His skills include the advanced use of 3D software, coding and process optimization. He co-founded BuildWind in 2018.
Gabriele Mosca is a space engineer. He holds a Master’s degree in Space Engineering and a Master for graduate students in Space Transportation System from "La Sapienza" University (Italy), and a Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences and Technology from UMONS University (Belgium). He gained relevant professional experience in propulsion, combustion and fluid dynamics. His skills include the advanced use of 3D software, coding and process optimization. He co-founded BuildWind in 2018.
Pedro Obando Vega, R&D Engineer
Pedro Obando holds a Master’s degree in Energy Engineering from Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and a Ph.D. in Engineering and Technology from Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium). He specializes in the modeling of complex turbulent flows, combustion phenomena and particle dispersion. His expertise encompasses the development, implementation and validation of customized CFD solutions.
Pedro Obando holds a Master’s degree in Energy Engineering from Politecnico di Milano (Italy) and a Ph.D. in Engineering and Technology from Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium). He specializes in the modeling of complex turbulent flows, combustion phenomena and particle dispersion. His expertise encompasses the development, implementation and validation of customized CFD solutions.
Sampath Kumar Raghunathan Srikumar, R&D Engineer
Sampath Kumar holds a Master's degree from Delft University of Technology, Delft (Netherlands) as an Aerospace Engineer, obtained in October 2019. Specifically he specialized in aerodynamics during his Master's and gained academic experience in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) through projects involving turbulence modelling, multiphase flows. He worked as a research assistant in the wind energy department of TU Delft from June 2020 to April 2021 before joining BuildWind as a CFD Engineer in June 2021.
Sampath Kumar holds a Master's degree from Delft University of Technology, Delft (Netherlands) as an Aerospace Engineer, obtained in October 2019. Specifically he specialized in aerodynamics during his Master's and gained academic experience in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) through projects involving turbulence modelling, multiphase flows. He worked as a research assistant in the wind energy department of TU Delft from June 2020 to April 2021 before joining BuildWind as a CFD Engineer in June 2021.
Alessandro Parente, Scientific Advisor
Alessandro Parente is a professor at ULB University, Aero-Thermo-Mechanics Department (Brussels, Belgium). He holds a Master's Degree and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from University of Pisa (Italy). Main research interests are in the fields of turbulent combustion, reduced-order models, numerical simulation of the atmospheric boundary layer, validation and uncertainty quantification in computational fluid dynamics. He is author of over 150 scientific papers.
Alessandro Parente is a professor at ULB University, Aero-Thermo-Mechanics Department (Brussels, Belgium). He holds a Master's Degree and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from University of Pisa (Italy). Main research interests are in the fields of turbulent combustion, reduced-order models, numerical simulation of the atmospheric boundary layer, validation and uncertainty quantification in computational fluid dynamics. He is author of over 150 scientific papers.
Zakaria El Gharbaoui, Researcher, collaboration with VUB and ULB universities
Holding a Master of Science in Electromechanical Engineering Technology and a background in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Zakaria’s work bridges urban physics, machine learning, and environmental data science in collaboration with BuildWind. His research focuses on developing a real-time map of street-level air quality and urban noise, accurate down to the building scale. By blending CFD wind flow modeling and urban acoustics with machine learning, he integrates data from low-cost sensors and participatory community sampling.
Holding a Master of Science in Electromechanical Engineering Technology and a background in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Zakaria’s work bridges urban physics, machine learning, and environmental data science in collaboration with BuildWind. His research focuses on developing a real-time map of street-level air quality and urban noise, accurate down to the building scale. By blending CFD wind flow modeling and urban acoustics with machine learning, he integrates data from low-cost sensors and participatory community sampling.
