Dr. Francesco Papini has been a Senior Application Engineer at Ansys since 2023, focusing on the thermal and electromagnetic analysis of electric motors. E-motor design and analysis have been the core of Francesco’s professional activities for the last 15 years. After gaining his PhD from the University of Pisa in 2010, he joined the GE Global Research Centre where he was involved in all kinds of applications, from multi-MW wind turbines to fractional-HP refrigerator compressors. In 2018 he joined the Italian automotive industry, designing electric propulsion motors for HEV/BEV vehicles as well as other e-mobility solutions.