Rate My Professor Andrea Ferrantelli

Andrea Ferrantelli is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Energy and Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering at Aalto University School of Engineering, appointed on October 1, 2023, for a five-year term until September 30, 2027, in the field of Energy Efficient and Resilient Buildings. He earned his MSc in theoretical physics from the University of Turin, Italy, and his PhD in theoretical particle cosmology from the University of Helsinki in 2010, with a doctoral thesis titled 'Gravitino phenomenology and cosmological implications of supergravity' supervised by Professor Kari P. Enqvist. Ferrantelli's career trajectory includes serving as a research assistant at the University of Helsinki from 2005 to 2010, a postdoctoral researcher and teacher at Aalto University's Department of Civil Engineering from 2011 to 2016, a visiting lecturer at Aalto University from May 2022 to June 2023, and a senior researcher since 2017 at Tallinn University of Technology in the Nearly Zero Energy Buildings Research Group and the Smart City Centre of Excellence, Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture.

Ferrantelli's research specializations encompass building physics, energy efficiency in buildings, thermal comfort, HVAC systems, and heat transfer applications, with a focus on achieving high indoor environmental quality, highly energy-performing sustainable buildings, and flexible use of clean variable energy sources. His areas of expertise include heat transfer, mathematical modeling, optimization, theoretical models, energy and building, and sustainable consumption. Notable publications include 'Epistemological explanation of lean construction' (Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 2019, 118 citations), 'Analytical modelling and prediction formulas for domestic hot water consumption in residential Finnish apartments' (Energy and Buildings, 2017, 69 citations), 'A thermomechanical explanation for the topology of crack patterns observed on the surface of charred wood and particle fibreboard' (Combustion and Flame, 2017, 55 citations), 'Clustering energy performance certificates: a methodology for selecting representative buildings in scalable energy simulations' (Energy and Buildings, 2026), and 'Optimizing the thermal performance of double skin Façades in a cold climate with phase change materials and cavity ventilation' (Energy and Buildings, 2026). With approximately 689 citations on Google Scholar, his contributions advance sustainable building technologies. He has contributed to international projects such as Horizon 2020 SmartLivingEPC and FinEst Centre, and teaches courses on building physics and sustainability in civil engineering.