The next edition of the SU2 Conference will take place at Politecnico di Milano, Italy, from November 9th to 11th, 2026.
The Conference will be held in Aula Magna Carassa e Dadda, the main lecture hall located in Building BL28 on the Bovisa Campus of the Politecnico di Milano (Polimi) in Milan, Italy. The Bovisa Campus is located in the northern part of Milan and is easily accessible via urban trains from the city center.
Politecnico di Milano, Campus Bovisa, Building BL28, Aula Magna Carassa e Dadda
Via Lambruschini 4
20156 Milano (MI)
Italy
Abstract Submission Guidelines (closed)
- Please submit an abstract of 200-1000 words describing the work you wish to present at the conference.
- Submission deadline:
25th September 20269th October 2026 (extended deadline) - Authors will be notified of the decision no later than 5th October 2026. (Submission after 25th September will be notified on 12th October)
Registration
- Professionals: 400€
- professionals associated with companies and research organizations
- Includes participation, lunches and social events
- Students: 150€
- PhD students, MSc students or BSc students (proof required)
- Includes participation, lunches and social events
- PoliMi Students: Free (registration required, no walk-ins)
- MSc students and BSc students registered currently at PoliMi
- Includes participation only
Registration link: Google Form
Schedule
Monday, 9 November
| Time (CET) | Presentation | Presenter(s) / Author(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00–09:20 | Welcome & SU2 Year in Review | Thomas D. Economon (SU2 Foundation) |
| 09:20–09:50 | INVITED — Driving CFD Innovation: How the Adjoint Method Shapes Tomorrow’s Turbulence Models and Design | Margaux Boxho (Cenaero) |
| 09:50–10:10 | Implementation of the Generalized k–ω (GEKO) Turbulence Model in SU2 | Oğuzkaan Çörez (Middle East Technical University) and Nilay Sezer-Uzol |
| 10:10–10:30 | A Generalized Energy-Backscatter Model for RANS–LES Hybrids on Unstructured Grids | Angelo Passariello (CIRA), Pietro Catalano and Renato Tognaccini |
| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00–11:20 | Data Assimilation for Optimizing Turbulence Model in Shock Wave/Boundary Layer Interaction Using SU2 | Shukai Wang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) |
| 11:20–11:40 | Aerodynamic Shape Optimization of a Transonic Aircraft with an Adjoint-Consistent Static Margin Constraint Using SU2 | Mahmut Arid (Middle East Technical University) and Ismail H. Tuncer |
| 11:40–12:00 | Bayesian Optimization with Gradient-Enhanced and Neural-Network Surrogates for SU2-Driven Airfoil Design | Jan Rottmayer (RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau), Emre Özkaya and Nicolas Gauger |
| 12:00–12:20 | Developing a Physics-Agnostic Partitioned Discrete Adjoint Capability for Turbomachinery | Joshua Kelly (Eindhoven University of Technology) |
| 12:20–13:40 | Lunch | |
| 13:40–14:10 | INVITED — SU2 and OpenFOAM on Identical Grids: Verification and Parallel Scalability on the NASA 3D Bump-in-Channel Benchmark | Ruggero Poletto (CFD FEA Service) |
| 14:10–14:30 | Multigrid Performance for Turbulence Problems | Nijso Beishuizen (NLR – Netherlands Aerospace Centre) |
| 14:30–14:50 | Improving Output Correctness and Parallel I/O Performance in SU2 | Andrea Rausa (Politecnico di Milano) |
| 14:50–15:10 | Integration of a Pressure-Based Incompressible Flow Solver | Thijs Aalbers (University of Twente, the Netherlands) |
| 15:10–15:30 | Coffee break | |
| 15:30–15:50 | Extending a CAD-Based Surface Trimming Method for Adjoint-Based Optimization of Multizone Turbomachinery Stages with Tip Clearance | Murillo Pereira Neto (University of São Paulo), Joshua Kelly, Alessandro Cappiello, Jurandir Yanagihara and Matteo Pini |
| 15:50–16:10 | Extending SU2’s Blade Element Theory Model for Propellers in Strong Cross-Flow | Pietro Graffi (Politecnico di Milano) and Barbara Re |
| 16:10–16:30 | SU2 Community Discussion | |
| 16:30–17:30 | SU2 Board Meeting | |
| 19:30– | Dinner | |
Tuesday, 10 November
| Time (CET) | Presentation | Presenter(s) / Author(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00–09:30 | INVITED — Nearly 30 Years of gprMax: Lessons in Open Source, Open Science, and Reproducible Research | Prof. Antonis Giannopoulos (University of Edinburgh) |
| 09:30–09:50 | Assessment and Improvement of Aerodynamic Heating Predictions in SU2 for Hypersonic Blunt-Body Flows | Raghava Davuluri (Purdue University), Camden Williams and Kyle Hanquist |
| 09:50–10:10 | Implicit Time Stepping and Open-Source Mesh Adaptation Applied to Multi-Temperature and State-to-State Aerothermodynamics Using SU2-NEMO | Domenico Di Marzio (University of Strathclyde), Giuseppe Diaferia, Davide Ninni, Giuseppe Pascazio and Marco Fossati |
| 10:10–10:30 | Implementation of Electron Transpiration Cooling and Electric Field Modeling into SU2-NEMO | Camden Williams (Purdue University) and Kyle Hanquist |
| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00–11:20 | Conjugate Heat Transfer Framework Coupling SU2-NEMO and PATO through preCICE | Domenico Di Marzio (University of Strathclyde), Raghava Davuluri, Kyle Hanquist and Marco Fossati |
| 11:20–11:40 | A Solver for the Finite-Rate Non-Equilibrium Baer–Nunziato Model | Giuseppe Sirianni (Politecnico di Milano), Matteo Bouhuis and Barbara Re |
| 11:40–12:00 | Towards Modeling Transient Quenching of H₂–Air Premixed Flames | Tahsin Berk Kiymaz (Eindhoven University of Technology) |
| 12:00–12:20 | Real-Gas and Condensing Flows in the SU2 Incompressible Solver: A Tabulated Homogeneous Relaxation Model for Heat Exchanger Applications | Giuseppe Petruccelli (VITO), Nitish Anand |
| 12:20–13:40 | Lunch | |
| 13:40–14:10 | INVITED — From Visualization to Engineering Workflows: Shaping the Future of SU2 Post-Processing | Jens Warkall (Tecplot) |
| 14:10–14:40 | INVITED — Connecting Geometric Insight with Numerical Improvements in SU2-NEMO | Rick Gulati (BlueChips) |
| 14:40–15:00 | A Hierarchical, Solver-Agnostic Framework for Composable Multi-Physics Simulation with SU2 | Afshawn Lotfi (Open Orion) |
| 15:00–17:30 | SU2 Hands-On Session | |
| 19:30– | Dinner | |
Invited presentations are 30 minutes; regular presentations are 20 minutes. Affiliation is shown for the first author/presenter only.
How to reach?
From Milano Cadorna and Central Station: Direct train connections to the BOVISA-POLITECNICO train station. Exiting the station, turn right and down the steps, you will see Building BL28 (see the map)
From Malpensa (MXP) airport: MXP airport is connected to the Bovisa-Politecnico station through the Malpensa Express train – travel time approx. 30 minutes.
From Linate (LIN) airport: LIN airport is connected to the Campus via metro and regional rail lines (one interchange in DATEO station)– travel time approx. 45 min.
In front of Building 28, there is a large parking area available for cars and bicycles
Where to stay
Some notes on where to stay in Milano to reach Politecnico Bovisa: