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Curriculum Vitae - Camilla Colombo ................................................................................................................................... 1
Personal information .......................................................................................................................................................... 1
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1. Professional experience .............................................................................................................................................. 3
4. Grants and industrial contracts .................................................................................................................................. 6
5. Participation to research and industrial projects ....................................................................................................... 9
6. Teaching for undergrad and postgrad courses ......................................................................................................... 10
7. Supervision of reserachers ....................................................................................................................................... 11
7.1. Group projects ................................................................................................................................................ 11
7.2. Student internships and individual projects.................................................................................................... 12
7.6. Research assistants ......................................................................................................................................... 15
8. Invited seminars and technical boards ..................................................................................................................... 16
9. Organisation and chair at scientific meetings ........................................................................................................... 17
10. Continuous development courses for professionals ........................................................................................... 18
11.1. PhD committee and PhD internal examiner.................................................................................................... 20
12. International collaborations ................................................................................................................................ 20
16.1. Research .......................................................................................................................................................... 22
16.6. Language competence .................................................................................................................................... 22
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1. Professional experience
From 22 Jul 2016 Associate Professor Department of Aerospace Science and Technology, Politecnico di Milano (Italy) ING-IND / 03 Flight Mechanics, 09/A1 - Aeronautical, aerospace and naval engineering Main line of investigation: Orbital dynamics under the effects of perturbations, long-term orbit propagation, space debris modelling and mitigation, trajectory design, asteroid deflection missions, planetary protection, solar sails, mission analysis. web: www.compass.polimi.it
10 Apr 2019 – 09 Sep 2019 Maternity leave
From 22 Jul 2016 Visiting Lecturer in Spacecraft Engineering, Visiting Academic Aeronautics, Astronautics and Computational Engineering Research Unit, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton (UK) Main duties: Co-supervision of PhD students on space debris modelling and mtigation, microwave radiometer using formation flight interferometry for geostationary atmospheric sounding. web: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/engineering/about/staff/cc2r11.page
1 Mar 2016 – 21 Jul 2016
Associate Professor in Spacecraft Engineering Aeronautics, Astronautics and Computational Engineering Research Unit, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton (UK) web: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/engineering/about/staff/cc2r11.page
1 Jun 2012 – 29 Feb 2016
Lecturer in Spacecraft Engineering Aeronautics, Astronautics and Computational Engineering Research Unit, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton (UK) Main line of investigation: End-of-life disposal of highly elliptical orbit and Libration point orbit missions, space debris modelling and mitigation, spacecraft design for demise, fragment clouds propagation, solar sail missions. web: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/engineering/about/staff/cc2r11.page
1 Jun 2013 – 31 May 2015
Marie Curie Research Fellow Department of Aerospace Science and technology, Politecnico di Milano, Milano (Italy) Position funded by the FP7/EU Marie Curie grant 302270 (SpaceDebECM - Space Debris Evolution, Collision risk, and Mitigation). Main line of investigation: End-of-life spacecraft disposal, space debris modelling and mitigation, debris clouds propagation, semi-analytical methods, global and local optimisation of space trajectories. web: www.polimi.it, http://spacedebris-ecm.com/
1 Aug 2009 – 31 May 2012 Research Fellow Advanced Space Concepts Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow (UK) Position funded by the European Research Council, as part of project VISIONSPACE, Visionary Space Systems: Orbital Dynamics at Extremes of Spacecraft Length-Scale (227571) (PI: Prof. Colin McInnes). web: www.strath.ac.uk/space
1 Nov 2005 – 31 Oct 2008 Research Associate Space Advanced Research Team, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow (UK), web: www.gla.ac.uk Position funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, grant GR/S83999/01 on Optimal Interception & Deviation of Potentially Hazardous Near Earth Objects (PI: Prof. Gianmarco Radice). web: http://gow.epsrc.ac.uk/NGBOViewGrant.aspx?GrantRef=GR/S83999/01
2006 – current University lecturing for undergrad, postgrad and PhD courses
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2012 – current Lecturer for continuous development courses for professionals For detailed list see Section 0 - Continuous development courses for professionals. Course customers: - Leonardo Selex, Parabiago, Italy. - HIWING Technology Academy, Politecnico di Milano, Italy. - DFH - China Academy of Space Technology, Beijing, China. - European Space Agency/ESTEC: Space Systems Engineering Young Graduate Trainee
3 day-course, Noordwijk, NL. - European Space Agency/ESTEC: Space Systems Engineering 5-day course, Noordwijk,
NL. - European Space Agency/ESAC: Space Systems Engineering 5-day course, Madrid,
Spain. - Airbus Space Systems/UK, Space Systems Engineering 5-day course, Airbus,
Stevenage, UK. - iMEXa, Torino (Italy) course on optimisation and orbital dynamics. - University of Southampton, Space Systems Engineering 5-day course, Southampton,
UK.
2. Education
Nov. 2005 – Jan. 2010
Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK web: www.gla.ac.uk Ph.D. thesis: “Optimal trajectory design for interception and deflection of near-Earth objects” (Supervisors: Dr. Gianmarco Radice, Dr. Massimiliano Vasile). Ph.D. awarded 1 Jul. 2010.
Jan. – Mar. 2008 Ph.D. Part Appointment Department of Energy, Politecnico di Torino, Torino (Italy), web: www.polito.it “Optimisation methods for space trajectories” (Advisor: Prof. Lorenzo Casalino).
Sep. 1999 – Oct. 2005 B.Eng, M.Eng in Aerospace Engineering (Laurea 5 anni Vecchio ordinamento) Politecnico di Milano, Milano (Italy), web: www.polimi.it M.Sc. thesis: “Development of an optimiser for low-thrust trajectories based on differential dynamic programming” (Supervisor: Dr. Massimiliano Vasile, Co-supervisor: Dr. Paolo De Pascale). Grade: 100/100.
3. Fellowship, awards and technical boards
3.1. Scientific awards 2019 – current Young Scientist community at the World Economic Forum
Selected among scientist in Europe age under 40 to be part of the Young Scientist cohort (40 scientists). The Young Scientists community was created in 2009 to engage rising-star researchers in the work of the World Economic Forum. The aims are to: - communicate cutting-edge research and position science discourse within the
context of scientific evidence, - develop leadership skills and a fuller understanding of global, regional and industry
agendas. - build a diverse global community of next-generation scientific leaders, committed to
engaging in collaborations related to collectively identified issues web: https://www.weforum.org/communities/young-scientists
Nov. 2019 Gave Inaugural Lecture for the Opening of the 157th Academic Year at Politecnico di Milano.
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Video at: https://youtu.be/FQhNw0vF0mY
Jun. 2013 – May 2015 Intra-European Fellowship - FP7 EU Marie Curie grant 302270: SpaceDebECM - Space Debris Evolution, Collision risk, and Mitigation. Total contribution: EUR 185,763. Web: http://cordis.europa.eu/projects/rcn/104431_en.html, http://spacedebris-ecm.com/
2014 Winner of the SGAC-IAASS Space Safety Paper Competition (technical merit, accuracy, quality and relevance to the conference topics) at 7th International IAASS Space Safety Conference "Space Safety is no accident", Friedrichshafen, Germany, 20-22 Oct., 2014.
2012 Selected to present a poster to the Members of Parliament for the SET for Britain Exhibition in the Engineering Section held at the House of Commons, London, UK, 12 Mar. 2012.
2011 Group award: Sir Arthur C. Clarke Award for the Advanced Space Concepts Laboratory for Achievement in Space Research (undertakes frontier research on visionary space systems), 04 Jul. 2011.
2011 Best Paper Prize at the 8th IAA Symposium on Small Satellites, 7 Apr. 2011. Paper: Lücking, C. M., Colombo, C., McInnes, C. R., “A Passive De-orbiting Strategy for High Altitude CubeSat Missions through a Deployable Reflective Balloon”, IAA-B8-0504.
2009 William Wilson Scott Award “Scholarship supporting women who have the potential to deliver strong results in the field of engineering”. Price awarded: 1000 £, Apr. 2009
2007 Group award: Hans von Muldau Team Award for the best team project: “Preliminary Mission Analysis for the ESMO Mission”. Awarded during the 58th International Astronautical Congress, Hyderabad, India.
2007 Travel Grant of the Royal Academy of Engineering to attend the 58th International Astronautical Congress, Hyderabad, India, 2007.
2006 8th ESA student Participation Program for the 57th International Astronautical Congress, Valencia, Spain.
2005 Group award: Hans von Muldau Team Award for the best team project: “Survival and Operations of a Micro-Lander During the Night on the Dark Side of the Moon”. Awarded during the 56th International Astronautical Congress, Fukuoka, Japan, 2005.
3.2. Fellow of scientific societies and commission of trust 2006 Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).
2017 – current Member of the Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIDAA).
2009 – current Member of the Società Italiana di Meccanica Celeste e Astrodinamica (SIMCA).
2008 – current Reviewer for international journals: Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Journal of Advances in Space Research, Acta Astronautica, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Spectrum, Journal of Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy.
3.3. Technical boards 2017 - current Delegate for the Italian Space Agency at the Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination
Committee (IADC) as part of the working group 2 on modelling of the space debris environment.
2017 - current Delegate for the Italian Space Agency at the COPUOS Science and Technical Sub-Committee Space Mission Planning Advisory Group (SMPAG) on threat to Earth by hazardous Near-Earth Objects.
2015 - 2016 Delegate for UK Space Agency at the Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) as part of the working group 2 on modelling of the space debris environment.
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2015 - 2016 Delegate for the UK Space Agency to the COPUOS Science and Technical Sub-Committee Space Mission Planning Advisory Group (SMPAG) on threat to Earth by hazardous Near-Earth Objects.
2016 Member of the “Regulatory Advisory Group” from the UK Space Innovation and Growth Strategy to discuss the competitiveness of the UK’s space regulatory regime
2015 UK Space Agency representative at “European Campaign on Mega Constellations” meeting at ESA
3.4. Teaching qualifications 27 July 2016 Associate Fellow recognition with the UK Higher Education Academy in recognition of
attainment against the UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and learning support in higher education, Recognition reference: PR110341
2014 – 2020 Italian National Scientific Qualification at a level of assistant professor 09/A1 Aeronautical and Aerospace Engineering and Naval Architecture - II Level.
4. Grants and industrial contracts
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Table 1. Past and on-going successful grants. Amount: T = Total amount of the grant, HI = sum granted to Host Institution. ESA = European Space Agency. EC: European Commission.
Project Title Funding source Amount (Euros) Period Role of the PI Consortium
1. COMPASS: Control for Orbit Manoeuvring through Perturbations for Application to Space Systems
EC H2020 ERC Starting Grant 2015
T: 1,499,021 08/2016 – 07/2021 Principal investigator Politecnico di Milano
12/2019 – 02/2021 Coordinator of PoliMi contribution
Airbus Defence and Space, Politecnico di Milano.
3. Sunrise European Space Agency and OneWeb
T: HI: 108,086
03/2019 – current
Coordinator of PoliMi contribution
D-Orbit, Politecnico di Milano.
4. SST Fragmentation Services, within the activities that the Italian Space Agency (ASI) carries out within the EUSST consortium
Italian Space Agency T: 12,000 HI: 4,000
23/11/2018 – 25/01/2019
Principal investigator and consortium coordinator
Politecnico di Milano, IFAC-CNR, Uni. of Padova
5. ReDSHIFT: Revolutionary Design of Spacecraft through Holistic Integration of Future Technologies
EC H2020-PROTEC-2015
T: 3,230,294 HI: 264,457
01/2016 – 03/2019 Coordinator of PoliMi contribution and proposal preparation. Leader of task on Dissemination
IFAC-CNR, Belstead Research Ltd, Deimos Space, Deimos Castilla La Mancha, DLR, LUXSpace, PHS Space Limited, Uni. of Thessalonikis, Technical Uni. of Braunschweig, Uni. of Koeln, Uni. of Padova, Uni. of Southampton, Politecnico di Milano
6. Environmental aspects of passive de-orbiting devices
European Space Agency
T: 200,000 HI: 47,000
01/2017 – 10/2017 Principal investigator and consortium coordinator
Politecnico di Milano, IFAC-CNR, Lux Space, Uni. di Padova, Uni. Politécnica de Madrid.
7. Life cycle assessment of space debris European Space Agency
T: 75,000 HI: 11,164
06/2016 – 02/2018 Coordinator of PoliMi and Uni of Southampton contributions
Deloitte, Politecnico di Milano, Uni. of Southampton.
8. Space debris and small satellites constellation evolution model through density approach
European Space Agency, Network
partner initiative for PhD project co-
supervised with ESA
T: 51,377 02/2017 – 01/2020 Principal investigator Politecnico di Milano
9. Orbit propagation and uncertainty modelling for planetary protection compliance
European Space Agency, Network
T: 30,000 11/2016 – 10/2019 Principal investigator Politecnico di Milano
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14. End-of-life disposal concepts for Libration point orbits and highly elliptical orbit missions
European Space Agency
T: 200,000 HI: 76,000
02/2013 – 12/2014 Principal investigator and consortium coordinator
Uni. of Southampton, SpaceDyS, Uni. of Strathclyde
15. End-of-life disposal concepts for Libration point orbits and highly elliptical orbit missions
European Space Agency
T: 40,000 HI: 15,000
05/2014 – 12/2014 Principal investigator and consortium coordinator
Uni. of Southampton, SpaceDyS, Uni. of Strathclyde
16. Assessment study for fragmentation analysis for low Earth and geostationary Earth orbits
European Space Agency
T: 250,000 HI: 80,000
2012 – 2014 Co-investigator IFAC-CNR, ISTI-CNR, Uni. of Southampton
17. Disposal strategies analysis for medium Earth orbits
European Space Agency
T: 150,000 HI: 34,000
2012 – 2013 Co-investigator IFAC-CNR, ISTI-CNR, Uni. of Southampton, Uni. of Strathclyde, IMCCE
18. Effective solutions to asteroid manipulation SySNova
European Space Agency
HI: 1790 2012 – 2013 Consultant Uni. of Strathclyde, Uni. of Southampton, GMV-SKY Portugal, Astrium UK
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5. Participation to research and industrial projects
Description of selected projects from Section 4. Grants and industrial contracts
Aug. 2016 – Jul. 2021 European Commission – COMPASS: Control for Orbit Manoeuvring through Perturbations for Application to Space Systems Space benefits mankind through the services it provides to Earth. Future space activities progress thanks to space transfer and are safeguarded by space situation awareness. Natural orbit perturbations are responsible for the trajectory divergence from the nominal two-body problem, increasing the requirements for orbit control; whereas, in space situation awareness, they influence the orbit evolution of space debris that could cause hazard to operational spacecraft and near Earth objects that may intersect the Earth. However, this project proposes to leverage the dynamics of natural orbit perturbations to significantly reduce current extreme high mission cost and create new opportunities for space exploration and exploitation. The COMPASS project will bridge over the disciplines of orbital dynamics, dynamical systems theory, optimisation and space mission design by developing novel techniques for orbit manoeuvring by “surfing” through orbit perturbations. The use of semi-analytical techniques and tools of dynamical systems theory will lay the foundation for a new understanding of the dynamics of orbit perturbations. We will develop an optimiser that progressively explores the phase space and, though spacecraft parameters and propulsion manoeuvres, governs the effect of perturbations to reach the desired orbit. It is the ambition of COMPASS to radically change the current space mission design philosophy: from counteracting disturbances, to exploiting natural and artificial perturbations. web: www.compass.polimi.it
Dec. 2019 – Feb. 2021 European Space Agency – Formation Flying L-band Aperture Synthesis (FFLAS) The use of multiple satellites flying in close formation in low Earth orbits allows setting-up virtual architectures that may enable several interferometry applications of interest for Earth observation and monitoring. The practical realisation of such typology of missions requires advanced solutions for the relative Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) systems of the satellites composing the formation, given the requirements posed by the scientific instruments as well as the mission operational constraints. With regard to cooperative formations composed by more than two satellites, this project aims at investigating possible architectures for the relative navigation subsystem, control strategies for the reconfiguration of the formation, and policies for the safety management to ensure the satellite-satellite collision avoidance in presence of anomalies during the mission life-time. The European Space Agency (ESA) Formation Flying L-band Aperture Synthesis mission will be considered, which foresees the use of three SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) like satellites flying in a tight rigid formation in the low Earth orbit region. The GNC algorithms to enable the formation-flying activities required by the interferometry payload will be designed. The performances of such algorithms will be assessed in a high-fidelity simulation environment.
Mar. 2019 – current
European Space Agency – Project Sunrise: Mission analysis and relative motion payload design for OneWeb constellation and large constellation active debris removal. Phase 0 and Phase A mission design
Apr. 2015 – Apr. 2016
European Space Agency – “Technology for Improving Re-Entry Predictions of European Upper Stages through Dedicated Observations”. This project aims at improving the re-entry prediction of spent upper stages in GTOs, relying solely on the public available TLE catalogue and at devising observations strategies (with current sensors or additional ones) to further improve the orbit knowledge and ultimately increase the accuracy of re-entry prediction. My role is to study the dynamics of GTO re-entry to develop TLE-based methods for parameter estimation and state determination employing semi-analytical techniques for orbit propagation, implemented in the code PlanODyn I developed.
Apr. 2015 – Dec. 2015
European Space Agency – “Planetary Protection Compliance Verification Software”. Though this contract my team developed a software in modern Fortran that will be used by the European Space Agency to verify the compliance, for interplanetary missions and missions to
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the Lagrangian points, with planetary protection requirements. Through the software SNAPPshot, a Monte Carlo analysis is performed on the dispersion of the initial conditions and spacecraft parameters. The close approaches are characterised on the b-plane to detect conditions of impacts and resonances. The tool has been applied to Solo, BepiColombo and Gaia missions.
2005 – 2015 I participated to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th Editions of the Global Trajectory Optimisation Competitions, organised by the Advanced Concepts Team, ESA/ESTEC. Investigation of approaches for quickly identifying first guess solutions of a complex global optimisation problem. Application and development of techniques for the global search and local refinement of interplanetary trajectories. I participated as team member to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th edition, I participated as a leader of the team from the University of Southampton to the 8th Edition. Web: http://sophia.estec.esa.int/gtoc_portal/
25 Feb. 2013 – 17 Dec. 2014
European Space Agency – “End-Of-Life Disposal Concepts for Lagrange-Point and Highly Elliptical Orbit Missions”. Design and optimisation of trajectories for the disposal of Libration Point Orbit and Highly Elliptical Orbit missions exploiting the effect of the multi-body dynamics and orbit perturbations. Studied options for disposal of some selected ESA missions: INTEGRAL, XMM, Gaia, SOHO, Herschel, LISA Pathfinder.
26 Sep. 2012 – 31 Sep. 2014
European Space Agency – “Disposal strategies analysis for Medium Earth Orbits”. Study of disposal of Global Navigation Satellite System Galileo constellation though low-thrust propulsion and the exploitation of solar radiation pressure.
Feb. – Jun. 2012 UK Space Agency – ”CubeSat low cost Inter-Orbit Transfer Demonstrator”. Project framework: UK National Space Technology Strategy theme for Access to Space and ‘inter-orbital transfer’. Investigation of novel mission concepts for passive (solar and drag sail) and hybrid (low-thrust and solar sail) transfers of CubeSat from LEO to GTO, to increase CubeSat launch opportunities. First technology demonstrator proposed for low cost CubeSat in-orbit transfer. Role: responsible of mission analysis of the GTO to LEO passive transfer.
2006 – 2008 Phase A feasibility study for the European Student Moon Orbiter (ESMO) mission, supported by the European Space Agency. My work focused on the design of impulsive trajectories to the Moon through the Lagrangian point L1 and the study for favourable conditions for launch.
Feb. – Jul. 2004
I worked on the mission analysis and design of the Hevelius, Lunar Microsatellite Mission (http://hevelius.altervista.org/index2.htm).
Nov. 2004 I cooperated in a study proposal on Moon Exploration, for the ESA Academia Exploration Workshop on Lunar Exploration.
6. Teaching for undergrad and postgrad courses
2019-2020 Lecturer: Orbital Mechanics, Politecnico di Milano, MSc 1st year, 10 CFU
Lecturer: Introduction to Space Mission Analysis, Politecnico di Milano, BEng 3rd year, 1 CFU
Lecturer: Final degree test (space mission analysis), BEng 3rd year, 1 CFU
Lecturer: Master Universitario di II livello in Mathematical and Physical methods for Space Sciences (MPM Space Sciences). web: https://mpmss.i-learn.unito.it/
Lecturer: Perturbation methods for astrodynamical and engineering applications, PhD course
2018-2019 Lecturer: Orbital Mechanics, Politecnico di Milano, MSc 1st year, 10 CFU
Lecturer: Introduction to Space Mission Analysis, Politecnico di Milano, BEng 3rd year, 1 CFU
Lecturer: Final degree test (space mission analysis), BEng 3rd year, 1 CFU
2017-2018 Lecturer: Orbital Mechanics, Politecnico di Milano, MSc 1st year, 10 CFU
Lecturer: Introduction to Space Mission Analysis, Politecnico di Milano, BEng 3rd year, 1 CFU
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Lecturer: Final degree test (space mission analysis), BEng 3rd year, 1 CFU
Lecturer: Perturbation methods for astrodynamical applications, PhD course
2016-2017 Lecturer: Orbital Mechanics, Politecnico di Milano, MSc 1st year, 10 CFU
Lecturer: Introduction to Space Mission Analysis, Politecnico di Milano, BEng 3rd year, 1 CFU
Lecturer: Final degree test (space mission analysis), BEng 3rd year, 1 CFU
2015-2016 Lecturer: Astronautics, University of Southampton, SESA2024
Lecturer: Spacecraft Systems and Design, University of Southampton, SESA3025
Lecturer and module coordinator: Spacecraft Orbital Mechanics and Control, University of Southampton, SESA6076
2013-2014 Lab tutor: Space Mission Analysis, Politecnico di Milano, year 3
2012-2013 Lecturer: Spacecraft Engineering Design, University of Southampton, SESA6036
Lecturer: Astronautics 3, University of Southampton, Aerospace Engineering, Part 3/4, SESA3005.
Lecturer: Astronautics 3, University of Southampton, Physics with Space Science, Part 3/4, SESA3010.
2008-2009 Tutor of Space System Design, University of Glasgow, (M.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering and Management)
2007-2008 Tutor of Engineering – Computing, Matlab M2, University of Glasgow, (2nd year B.Eng. and M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering
2006-2007 Tutor of Space System Design, University of Glasgow, (M.Sc. in Space Mission Analysis & Design)
Tutor of Mathematics 2, University of Glasgow, (2nd year B.Eng. and M.Eng. in Aeronautical Engineering)
Demonstrator of Engineering skills I – Computing, Matlab, University of Glasgow, (2nd year B.Eng. and M.Eng. in Aeronautical Engineering)
Tutor of Aerospace Design Project 2, University of Glasgow, (2nd year B.Eng. and M.Eng. in Aeronautical Engineering)
2005-2006 Tutor: Space System Design, University of Glasgow (M.Sc. in Space Mission Analysis & Design)
Tutor: Mathematics 2, University of Glasgow, (2nd year B.Eng. and M.Eng. in Aeronautical Engineering)
Demonstrator: Engineering skills I – Computing, Matlab, University of Glasgow, (2nd year B.Eng. and M.Eng. in Aeronautical Engineering)
7. Supervision of reserachers
7.1. Group projects Supervised group projects on pre-phase A of some space missions:
2015 – 2016 “Design of a small satellite constellation for global web coverage”, Group design project (M.Eng. in Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Southampton, UK)
2008 – 2009 “Moon Mission according to the requirements of Google Moon X Prize”, Space systems design group project (M.Sc. in Space Mission Analysis & Design, University of Glasgow, UK)
2006 – 2007 “Apophis Tracking Mission”, Space systems design group project (M.Sc. in Space Mission Analysis & Design, University of Glasgow, UK)
2006 – 2007 “Conceptual Design of a Space Elevator”, Aerospace design group project (B.Eng. in Space Mission Analysis & Design, University of Glasgow, UK)
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2005 – 2006 “Asteroid Hopper Mission”, Space systems design group project (M.Sc. in Space Mission Analysis & Design, University of Glasgow, UK).
7.2. Student internships and individual projects
Politecnico di Milano 2016 – current Politecnico di Milano, Italy, supervised several individual projects and internships:
▪ Mayeul Langlois d'Estaintot, Aeronautic Aerospace Automotive Railway Engineering School, Paris, Jan. 2017 – July 2017, “Numerical analysis of the effects of drag and its interaction with solar radiation pressure and Earth’s oblateness”. Supervisor: C. Colombo, S. Frey.
▪ Pierre Dussolliet-Berthod, ISAE - École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d'Aérotechnique, Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, Jun. 2017 – Sep. 2017, “COMPASS – the Space for us: development of the COMPASS game”. This work concerned the development of a software tool for research dissemination on the use of Space and spacecraft to the general public. Supervisor: C. Colombo, I. Gkolias.
▪ Thibaut Desfachelles, ISAE - Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d'Aérotechnique, Jun. 2018 – Sep. 2018, “COMPASS game: It's getting crowded out there. An insight into the space debris population evolution”. Supervisors: I. Gkolias, C. Colombo.
▪ Bastien Wioland, ISAE - Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d'Aérotechnique, Jun. 2018 – Jul. 2019, “COMPASS game: Interplanetary travel simulator”. Supervisors: J. L. Gonzalo Gomez, N. Miguel, C. Colombo.
▪ Esther Galliot, ISAE - Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d'Aérotechnique, Jun. 2018 – Sep. 2019, “COMPASS game: Could you live without satellites? Exploring satellite services provided in our daily life“. Supervisors: M. Trisolini, G. Gaias, C. Colombo.
▪ Yohan Brunet, ISAE-SUPAERO, Mar. 2019 – Jun. 2019, “Robustness analysis of Highly Eccentric Orbits’ re-entry trajectories”, Supervisor: I. Gkolias, S. Frey, C. Colombo.
▪ Florian Fife, ISAE - Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d'Aérotechnique, Jun. 2019 – Sep. 2019, “COMPASS game: Orbit and ground track visualisation for satellite constellations”. Supervisors: I. Gkolias, M. Nugnes, C. Colombo.
▪ Marc Le Boursicaud, ISAE - Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et d'Aérotechnique, Jun. 2019 – Sep. 2019, “COMPASS game: Collision avoidance and asteroid deflection”. Supervisors: J. L. Gonzalo Gomez, G. Gaias, C. Colombo.
University of Southampton 2012 – 2016 University of Southampton, UK, supervised 7 individual projects and 3 internships:
▪ Oct. 2015 – Apr. 2016: “Optimisation of satellite constellation for remote sensing”, 3rd year individual project, Jonathan Ashwell, University of Southampton, UK.
▪ Oct. 2015 – Apr. 2016: “Low-thrust trajectories for preliminary mission design”, 3rd year individual project, Joe Cobb, University of Southampton, UK.
▪ Oct. 2015 – Apr. 2016: “Space-based detection of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids”, 3rd year individual project, Tristan Cockerill, University of Southampton, UK.
▪ Oct. 2015 – Apr. 2016: “Robust deflection of potentially hazardous asteroids”, 3rd year individual project, Robert Cooper, University of Southampton, UK.
▪ Oct. 2015 – Apr. 2016: “Preliminary design for low-thrust trajectories for mission to Mars”, 3rd year individual project, Alexander Fforde, University of Southampton, UK.
▪ Oct. 2015 – Apr. 2016: “Comparison of solar sail strategies for deorbiting”, 3rd year individual project, James Perkins, University of Southampton, UK.
▪ Jun. – Sep. 2015: “Design of a device for end-of-life disposal of small spacecraft”, De Bras De Fer Thibault, École National Supérieure de Mecanique et D’Aérotechnique, France.
▪ Jun. – Sep. 2015: “Study of the re-entry for SOHO mission and Ariane upper stages”, Richaud-Morhet Mathilde, École National Supérieure de Mécanique et D’Aérotechnique, France.
▪ Jun. – Sep. 2015: “Multi-body software for planetary protection verification”, Denis Francis, École National Supérieure de Mécanique et D’Aérotechnique, France.
▪ Sep. 2012 – May. 2013: “Transverse Halo Orbit Ring about the Earth”, Nikolay Tenev, 3th year individual project, University of Southampton, UK.
Politecnico di Milano 2013 – 2015 Politecnico di Milano, Italy, supervised 3 individual projects:
▪ Feb. - Apr. 2015: "Potentially hazardous asteroids detection from space-based network on distant retrograde orbits", Sowmya Thyagarajan, Amity Institute of Space Science and Technology, India.
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▪ Jun. – Sep. 2014: “Exploitation of resonances due to tesseral harmonics for GTO deorbit”, Sébastien Pouchoulin, École National Superieure de Mécanique et D’Aerotechnique, France.
▪ Jun. – Sep. 2013: “Transfer from Highly Elliptical Orbits to Libration Point Orbits in the Sun-Earth-Moon System”, Lukas Gössnitzer, internship, University of Southampton, UK.
University of Strathclyde 2010 – 2011 University of Strathclyde, UK, supervised 3 individual projects
▪ Jul. – Sep. 2011: “Sun apogee-pointing orbits for Earth observation through solar radiation pressure and J2 perturbation”, Robin Adey-Johnson, internship, University of Edinburgh.
▪ Jun.-Aug. 2011: “Optimal control for inclination raising with solar sail under the effect of atmospheric drag”, Valentin Stolbunov, internship, University of Toronto, Canada.
▪ Apr.-May 2010: “Thermal Creep in a ChipSat”, Alison Marr, 4th year project, Bath University.
University of Glasgow 2006 – 2007 University of Glasgow, UK, supervised 2 individual projects
▪ January - April 2007: “Earth-Moon transfers using chemical propulsion through the Lagrangian point L1”, for Mission Analysis of the Phase A Feasibility Study of the ESA European Student Moon Orbiter (ESMO) Mission, 4th year internship at University of Glasgow, Jeannette Heiligers, Delft University of Technology. This project investigated the option of a chemical transfer to the Moon through L1, minimising the required ∆v through differential evolution and genetic algorithms.
▪ April - June 2006: “Assessment of the optimality of the shape-based method for the preliminary design of low-thrust trajectories”, 4th year project, Craig Sankey, University of Glasgow. Verification of the optimality of low-thrust trajectories computed through a shape-based method through the optimal control theory.
7.3. Master theses
Politecnico di Milano 2016 – current Politecnico di Milano, Italy, supervised several MEng theses:
2019 ▪ Chignoli L., “Multi-kinetic impactor for asteroid deflection with impact cratering physics uncertainties”, MSc
thesis, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, Dec. 18, 2019. Supervisors: Colombo C., Gonzalo J. L. ▪ Masat A., “B-plane orbital resonance analysis and applications”, MSc thesis, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, Dec.
18, 2019. Supervisors: Colombo C., Romano M. ▪ Cavallari I., “Predictive Autonomous Orbit Control: Integration of Mixed In-track Cross-track Station-keeping
Manoeuvres”, MSc thesis, Politecnico di Milano, CNES Italy, Oct. 03, 2019. Supervisors: Colombo C., Thomassin J. (CNES), Lizy-Destrez S. (ISAE SUPAERO), http://hdl.handle.net/10589/149500.
▪ Borelli G., “Low thrust multi-revolution transfer design using artificial potential guidance in the phase space”, MSc thesis, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, Jul. 25, 2019. Supervisors: Colombo C., Nugnes M., http://hdl.handle.net/10589/148360.
▪ Garcia Salcedo A. J., “Stable attitude orbits in solar radiation pressure and drag dominated regions”, MSc thesis, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, Jul. 25, 2019. Supervisors: Colombo C., Miguel N. http://hdl.handle.net/10589/148362.
▪ Scalera M., “Social value rating of Earth remote sensing missions through the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030”, MSc thesis, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, Jul. 25, 2019. Supervisors: Colombo C., Nugnes M., http://hdl.handle.net/10589/148384.
▪ Latino A., “Ejecta orbital and bouncing dynamics around asteroid Ryugu”, MSc thesis, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, Jul. 25, 2019. Supervisors: Colombo C., Soldini S. Tsuda Y., http://hdl.handle.net/10589/148377.
▪ Aresu M., “Optimised design procedure for large constellations based on parametric approach”, MSc thesis, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, Apr. 16, 2019. Supervisors: Colombo C., Huang S., http://hdl.handle.net/10589/145952.
▪ Nicoli M., “First Order Analytical Solution for Distant Retrograde Orbits in the Circular Restricted Three-Body Problem”, MSc thesis, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, Apr. 16, 2019. Supervisors: C. Colombo C., Alessi E. M. (IFAC-CNR), Lara M., http://hdl.handle.net/10589/145925.
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2018 ▪ Scala F., “Analytical design of end-of-life disposal manoeuvres for Highly Elliptical Orbits under the influence
of the third body's attraction and planet's oblateness”, MSc thesis, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, Dec. 20, 2018. Supervisors: Colombo C., Gkolias I., http://hdl.handle.net/10589/145309.
▪ Contini C., “Attitude and Orbital Dynamics Coupling for High Area-to-Mass Ratio Spacecraft for the OUFTI-Next 3U CubeSat and the ZodiArt iSEE MicroSat missions”, MSc thesis, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, Dec. 20, 2018. Supervisors: Colombo C., Kerschen G. (University of Liège), http://hdl.handle.net /10589/143992.
▪ Petit M., “Optimal deflection of resonant Near-Earth objects Using the b-plane”, MSc thesis, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, Jul. 25, 2018. Supervisor: Colombo C., http://hdl.handle.net/10589/141507.
▪ Bolsi L., “Optimal deflection of Near-Earth objects though a kinetic impactor performing gravity assists”, MSc thesis, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, Oct. 3, 2018. Supervisors: Colombo C., http://hdl.handle.net /10589/142580.
▪ Roccioletti M. P., “Mission analysis and concept design for a reflective balloon mission”, MSc thesis, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, Jul. 25, 2018. Supervisor: Colombo C., http://hdl.handle.net /10589/141506.
▪ Valiante G., “Orbit relative control by means of electrospray propulsion”, MSc thesis, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, Dec. 20, 2018. Supervisors: Colombo C., Ryan C. (University of Southampton), Gaias G. http://hdl.handle.net/10589/143986.
▪ Nugnes M., “A Global Navigation Satellite System Constellation Tool for Failure Modes Impact on Earth Coverage”, MSc thesis, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, Apr. 19, 2018. Supervisors: C. Colombo, M. Tipaldi (OHB Systems), http://hdl.handle.net/10589/140388.
▪ De Marco G., “End-of-Life Disposal Design for Spacecraft at Libration Points Orbits and an Interpretation of Their Probability of Earth Return”, MSc thesis, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, Apr. 19, 2018. Supervisor: C. Colombo, http://hdl.handle.net /10589/139492.
2017 ▪ Benetti M., “Feasibility study of an electrospray propulsion system for a 6U CubeSat to the Moon.”, MSc
thesis, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, Apr. 28, 2017. Supervisor: C. Colombo, http://hdl.handle.net/10589/134039.
University of Southampton 2012 – 2016 University of Southampton, UK, supervised 4 MEng theses:
▪ Sep. 2015 – Sep. 2016: “High-Order Continuous Runge-Kutta Methods and their Applicability to Planetary Protection using SNAPPshot”, Nathaniel Stephen Cziranka Crooks
▪ Sep. 2015 – Sep. 2016: “Spatial density approach for space debris launch modelling”, Richard Hilton Ottaway ▪ May. – Oct. 2015: “Geostationary Transfer Orbit and Medium Earth Orbit disposal through luni-solar
perturbations and solar radiation pressure”, Pattareeya Srongprapa, Delft University of Technology, The Netherland.
▪ Sep. 2012 – Apr. 2013: “Distant periodic orbits for asteroid deflection”, Michele Stramacchia, M.Eng. thesis, Politecnico di Milano, Milano.
7.4. PhD researchers Supervision of 8 PhD researchers and co-supervision of 6 PhD researchers
Topics of PhD supervised: Modelling of cloud of debris fragments, Control with solar radiation pressure, Dynamics and applications of high area-to-mas spacecraft, Self-organising swarm for Earth observation, Optimisation of spacecraft for demise and re-entry, Predictive control of the space debris population, Radiometric forces on satellite on a chip, Planetary protection verification, Trajectory optimisation through maps, Design of constellation of satellites.
2020 – current Ph.D. Supervision: “N-satellite formation-flying for interferometry applications in low Earth orbits”, Francesca Scala, Politecnico di Milano. PhD Co-supervisor: Dr. Gabriella Gaias.
2018 – current Ph.D. Supervision: “Robust design of low thrust trajectories enhancing the effect of orbital perturbations”, Marco Nugnes, Politecnico di Milano.
2016 – 2020 Ph.D. Supervision: “Orbit Propagation and Uncertainty Modelling for Planetary protection compliance verification”, Matteo Romano, Politecnico di Milano. PhD Co-supervisor: Jose Manuel Sánchez Pérez, European Space Agency.
2016 – 2020 Ph.D. Supervision: “Fly-by design in gravity-assist manoeuvres and planetary moon missions enabled by maps”, Davide Menzio, Politecnico di Milano.
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2016 – current Ph.D. Supervision: “Design and optimisation of spacecraft constellations”, Simeng Huang, Politecnico di Milano.
2017 – current Ph.D. Supervision: “Space debris evolution model through continuum approach”, Stefan Frey, Politecnico di Milano. PhD co-supervision: Stijn Lemmens, Dr. Holger Krag, European Space Agency.
2012 – 2016 Ph.D. Supervision: “Design and Control of Solar Radiation Pressure Assisted Missions in the Sun-Earth Restricted Three-Body Problem”, Dr. Stefania Soldini, University of Southampton. PhD co-supervision: Prof. Scott Walker.
2012 – 2015 Ph.D. Supervision: “Space debris cloud evolution in Low Earth Orbit”, Dr. Francesca Letizia, University of Southampton. PhD co-supervision: Prof. Hugh Lewis.
2014 – 2019 Ph.D. Co-Supervision: “Microwave Aperture Synthesis with Formation Flight”, Ahmed Kiyoshi Sugihara El Maghraby, University of Southampton. PhD supervision: Dr. Angelo Grubisic, prof. Adrian Tatnal.
2014 – 2019 Ph.D. Co-Supervision: “Space System Design for Demise and Survival”, Mirko Trisolini, University of Southampton. PhD supervision: Prof. Hugh Lewis.
2014 – 2019 Ph.D. Co-Supervision: “Adaptive remediation of the space debris environment using feedback control”, Gian Luigi Somma, University of Southampton. PhD supervision: Prof. Hugh Lewis.
2009 – 2012 Ph.D. Co-supervision: “Dynamics and control of high area-to-mass spacecraft and applications”, Charlotte Lücking, University of Strathclyde. PhD supervision: Prof. Colin McInnes.
2011 – 2014 Ph.D. Co-supervision: “Self-organising swarm control for Earth observation and telecoms”, Garrie Mushet, University of Strathclyde. PhD supervision: Prof. Colin McInnes.
2009 – 2011 PGR Supervision: "Radiometric forces on small spacecraft with direct simulation Monte Carlo", Craig White and Abdul Ahmad, University of Strathclyde. PhD supervision: Prof. Jason Reese.
7.5. Postdoctoral fellows Supervision of 6 postdoc fellows:
16 Feb 2018. – 31. Dec. 2019 Narcís Miguel Baños, “Solar sail for spacecraft end-of-life deorbiting: modelling, design and interaction with space debris”, Politecnico di Milano.
01 Feb. 2018 – current Juan Luis Gonzalo Gomez, “Dynamics and control for asteroid exploration and orbit manipulation missions”, Politecnico di Milano.
16 Feb. 2018 – current Mirko Trisolini, “Re-entry of space debris and asteroid through density-based method”, Politecnico di Milano.
01 Apr 2018 – 31 Aug 2019 Gabriella Gaias, “Autonomous trajectory control enhanced by orbit perturbations for nano and micro satellites mission”, Politecnico di Milano.
01 Mar. 2017 – current Ioannis Gkolias, “Characterisation and optimisation of the orbital dynamics of the circumterrestrial space for passive debris mitigation”, Politecnico di Milano.
2015 – 2016 Francesca Letizia, “Orbital dynamics of space debris and planetary protection”, University of Southampton.
7.6. Research assistants Supervision of 1 graduate research assistants:
16 Nov. 2019 – current Giacomo Borelli, “Payload design of servicer spacecraft for active debris removal of large constellation satellites”,Politecnico di Milano.
7.7. Visiting PhD researchers Supervisor of 6 visiting PhD researchers
1 Mar. 2020 – 1 Aug. 2020 Xu Yun, PhD student from Tsinghua University, visit at Politecnico di Milano: “Microwave Interferometric Radiometry with Satellite Formation Flight for Earth Observation”, PhD supervisor: prof. Wang Zhaokui, Supervisors: C. Colombo, G. Gaias.
Sep 2018 – Sep. 2019 Lincheng Li, PhD student from Beijing Institute of Technology, visit at Politecnico di Milano: “Low thrust station-keeping and disposal design for geosynchronous satellites”, Supervisors: C. Colombo, I. Gkolias
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Mar. 2018 – May 2018 Thibaut Maury, PhD student from Université de Bordeaux, CyVi group – ArianeGroup, visit at Politecnico di Milano: “Assessing the impact of space debris on orbital resource in Life Cycle Assessment: a proposed method and case study”, Supervisor: C. Colombo, M. Trisolini
Oct 2017 – Dec. 2017 Rita Neves, PhD student from University of Cranfield, visit at Politecnico di Milano: “Techniques for distant encounters in the circular-restricted three-body problem: the Keplerian map”, Supervisors: J. P. Sanchez, C. Colombo, E. M. Alessi
Sep. 2016 – Dec. 2016 Tong Luo, PhD student from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Beihang University), visit at Politecnico di Milano: “Inclined frozen orbits with solar radiation pressure and J2 perturbations”, Supervisor: C. Colombo.
7.8. Visiting professors Feb 2018 – Jun. 2018 Martin Fidel Lara Coira, visiting researcher from University of La Rioja Spain, Politecnico
di Milano: Feb 2018 – Jun. 2018, “Semi-analytical methods and dynamical system theory to orbit and attitude problems”, Collaboration with all COMPASS team.
8. Invited seminars and technical boards
25 Sep. 2019 Invited speaker at the ERC session “Empowering scientists to dream the future - the ERC”, EU Research & Innovation Days. Together with other ERC grantees and the ERC president Jen-Pierre Bourguignon, video and link.
19 Sep. 2019 Speaker: “Come sulla Terra, così nello Spazio: #NoPollution #PlasticFree #WaterIsLife”. Environmental sustainability project promoted by the Department of Aerospace Sciences and Technologies, Politecnico di Milano, link.
21 Mar. 2019 Keynote speaker at “Numerical Models and Methods in Earth and Space Sciences” Università di Tor Vergata, Roma, March 2019, Camilla Colombo and COMPASS team, “COMPASS: Control for orbit manoeuvring enhancing natural perturbations”.
31 Mar. 2017 Invited speaker at CNES, “Luni-solar perturbations for missions design in highly elliptical orbits”, CNES CCT ORB Seminar: Highly Elliptical Orbits, 31 March 2017.
27-28 Apr. 2017 Invited speaker at University of Barcelona, “Luni-solar perturbations for missions design in highly elliptical orbits”, Barcelona Mathematical Days Conference organized by the Catalan Mathematical Society, 27-28 Abril 2017.
4 Jul. 2017 Invited speaker at ESOC/ESA, “Libration Point Orbit end-of-life disposal in heliocentric orbit: the Gaia mission”, CNES/ESOC CCT ORB Seminar: Deep Space Missions: End of Life and Planetary Protection, 4 July 2017.
4 Jul. 2017 Invited speaker at ESOC/ESA, “Planetary protection with SNAPPshot”, CNES/ESOC CCT ORB Seminar: Deep Space Missions: End of Life and Planetary Protection, 4 July 2017.
Apr. 2017 Italian Space Agency delegate at the “Inter Agency Debris Committee” at the 35th Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) Meeting, Apr. 2017, ESOC/ESA, Darmstadt, Germany.
Feb. 2017 Italian Space Agency Delegate to the COPUOS Science and Technical Sub-Committee Space Mission Planning Advisory Group (SMPAG) on threat to Earth by hazardous Near-Earth Objects, Feb. 2017, United Nations, Vienna.
Mar. 2016 UK Space Agency representative and Member of the “Inter Agency Debris Committee” at the 34th Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) Meeting, 29 Mar. - 1 Apr. 2016, Oxford, UK.
27 Mar. 2016 Public event speaker, “DIY Space Exploration event, Edinburgh International Science Festival”, 27 Mar. 2016, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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2016-02-29 Member of the “Regulatory Advisory Group” from the UK space Innovation and Growth Strategy to discuss the competitiveness of the UK’s space regulatory regime. Meeting co-chaired by Bird & Bird and UK Space Agency, 26 Feb. 2016, London, UK.
2016-02 UK Delegate to the COPUOS Science and Technical Sub-Committee Space Mission Planning Advisory Group (SMPAG) on threat to Earth by hazardous Near-Earth Objects, 16-18 Feb. 2016, United Nations, Vienna.
2015-07-16/17 UK Space Agency representative at “European Campaign on Mega Constellations” meeting at the ESOC /European Space Agency.
2015-03-30 UK Space Agency representative and Member of the “Inter Agency Debris Committee” at the 33rd Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) Meeting, 30 Mar. - 2 Apr. 2015, Houston, Texas.
2015-07-15 Invited speaker for a discussion panel on, “Opportunities and Threats: Nanosats and Space Debris”, UK Space Conference 15 Jul. 2015, Liverpool. Panel chair: Prof. Richard Crowther, Chief Engineer, UK Space Agency.
2015-10-05/06 Technical briefing on “SSA: long-term propagation, orbit determination and mitigation”, DSTL Astrodynamics Community of Interest (ACI) Workshop”, 5-6 Oct. 2015, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Space Campus, UK.
2015-06-17 Technical briefing on “Research in Space Situational Awareness – space debris”, DSTL ATV5 Re-entry and Astrodynamics Academic Workshop, 17 Jun. 2015, RAF High Wycombe, UK.
2015-03-09 Invited seminar at the School of EEE of Nanyang Technological University and visit of the Nanyang Executive Centre, Singapore.
2014-05-06 Keynote talk: “Space debris detection, evolution and disposal”, 1st Stardust Global Virtual Workshop (SGVW-1) on Asteroids and Space Debris, Glasgow, Scotland, 6-9 May 2014
2014-02-03 Invited seminar, “Applications of solar system dynamics”, Astrodynamics workshop, Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, Barcelona, 3-7 Feb. 2014.
2013-11-14 Invited talk on “End-of-life disposal concepts for Lagrange-points and HEO missions”, GreenOPS, 14 Nov. 2013, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
2012-11-26 Keynote talk: "Orbital dynamics of high area-to-mass spacecraft and future applications", XVI Brazilian Colloquium on Orbital Dynamics, 26 – 30 Nov., 2012, Serra Negra, San Paolo, Brazil.
2010-11-1/3 Invited talk at the International Workshop on Satellite Constellation and Formation Flying, (Taipei, Taiwan), presentation on “Orbit evolution, maintenance and disposal of SpaceChip swarms”.
2010-02 Invited Keynote talk at the ChipSat Workshop at Brown University (Providence, USA), presentation on “Orbital dynamics of ‘Smart Dust’ spacecraft”.
2010-02 Invited member of a discussion panel on the future of ChipSat mission capabilities at the ChipSat Workshop at Brown University (Providence, USA).
9. Organisation and chair at scientific meetings
2019-12-11 Chairman of a technical session at “International Orbital Debris Conference”, Sugar Land, Texas, 9-12 Dec. 2019
14 May - 8 June 2018
Part of the organising committee of the 4-week workshop “Near-Earth Objects: Properties, Detection, Resources, Impacts and Defending Earth”, Organised by Andreas Burkert, Camilla Colombo, Robert Jedicke, Detlef Koschny, Richard Wainscoat, Munich Institute for Astro and Particle Physics (MIAPP), Munich, Germany. http://www.munich-iapp.de/programmes-topical-workshops/2018/near-earth-objects-properties-detection-resources-impacts-and-defending-earth/
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25-27 Jun 2018 Chairman of a technical session on “Modelling and dynamics” at the Workshop on Debris Modelling and Remediation, 26 Jun. 2019, CNES, Paris.
2016-01-20 Chairman of a technical session at “2nd Stardust Global Virtual Workshop (SGVW-2) on Asteroids and Space Debris”, Southampton, UK, 19-22 Jan 2016.
2014-05-08 Chairman of a technical session at “1st Stardust Global Virtual Workshop (SGVW-1) on Asteroids and Space Debris”, Glasgow, Scotland, 6-9 May 2014.
2014-02-19 Organisation of the video-conference at Politecnico di Milano within the Space Horizons workshop “Space Infrastructure“, Brown University, Providence.
2013-02-21 Organisation of the video-conference at the University of Southampton within the Space Horizons workshop “Micro Meets Macro, workshop on MicroSatellites Enhancing Macro Missions”, Brown University, Providence.
2012-02-16 Organisation of the video-conference at the University of Strathclyde within the Space Horizons workshop “Micro-rover workshop”, Brown University, Providence.
2011-06-08 Chairman of “Low Energy Transfers II” technical session at “New Trends in Astrodynamics VI” Conference, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, June 6-8, 2011
2011-02-17 Organisation of the video-conference at the University of Strathclyde within the Delta-V workshop, Brown University, Providence
2008 Chairman of “Optimization, Guidance” technical session at “New Trends in Astrodynamics V” Conference, Milano, June 30, July 1-2.
10. Continuous development courses for professionals
2017 Leonardo Selex, Parabiago, Italy, May 2017, lecture on “Remote sensing missions”.
HIWING Technology Academy, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, 20 Nov. – 6 Dec 2017, “General Design and Flight Control Theory for Aerospace Vehicle” lectures on “Spacecraft constellations”, “Orbit perturbations”, “Impact of the mission analysis on spacecraft design. Case study: remote sensing missions”, “Space debris”, “Planetary protection”.
DFH - China Academy of Space Technology, Beijing, China, 03 Oct – 03 Nov 2017, web: http://www.cast.cn/item/list.asp?id=1561. Lectures on “Space debris”, “Planetary protection”, “the COMPASS project”
2016 ESA/ESTEC YGT Space Systems Engineering 3-day course, ESTEC, Noordwijk, 1–3 Jun. 2016, lectures on “Inputs on Celestial Mechanics” and “Space Mission Orbit Design”.
2015 ESA/ESTEC YGT Space Systems Engineering 3-day course, ESTEC, Noordwijk, 9–11 Nov. 2015, lectures on “Inputs on Celestial Mechanics” and “Space Mission Orbit Design”.
University of Southampton Space Systems Engineering 5-day course, University of Southampton, UK, 7–11 Sep. 2015, lectures on “Inputs on Celestial Mechanics” and “Space Mission Orbit Design”.
ESA/ESTEC Space Systems Engineering 5-day course, ESTEC, Noordwijk, 1–5 Jun. 2015, lectures on “Induced Space Environment”, “Inputs on Celestial Mechanics” and “Space Mission Orbit Design”.
ESA/ESTEC YGT Space Systems Engineering 3-day course, ESTEC, Noordwijk, 30 Mar. – 1 Apr. 2015, lectures on “Inputs on Celestial Mechanics” and “Space Mission Orbit Design”.
2014 Airbus Space Systems Engineering 5-day course, Airbus, Stevenage, UK, 3–7 Nov. 2014, lectures on “Induced Space Environment”, “Inputs on Celestial Mechanics” and “Space Mission Orbit Design”.
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ESA/ESTEC YGT Space Systems Engineering 3-day course, ESTEC, Noordwijk, 14–16 Oct. 2014, lectures on “Inputs on Celestial Mechanics” and “Space Mission Orbit Design”.
ESA/ESAC Space Systems Engineering 5-day course, ESAC, Madrid, Spain, 22–26 Sep. 2014, lectures on “Induced Space Environment”, “Inputs on Celestial Mechanics” and “Space Mission Orbit Design”.
ESA/ESTEC Space Systems Engineering 5-day course, ESTEC, Noordwijk, 2–6 Jun. 2014, lectures on “Induced Space Environment”, “Inputs on Celestial Mechanics” and “Space Mission Orbit Design”.
ESA/ESTEC YGT Space Systems Engineering 3-day course, ESTEC, Noordwijk, 25–27 Feb. 2014, lectures on “Inputs on Celestial Mechanics” and “Space Mission Orbit Design”.
2013 ESA/ESAC Space Systems Engineering 5-day course, ESAC, Madrid, Spain, 30 Sep.–4 Oct., lectures on “Induced Space Environment”, “Inputs on Celestial Mechanics” and “Space Mission Orbit Design”.
ESA/ESTEC YGT Space Systems Engineering 3-day course, ESTEC, Noordwijk, 25–27 Mar. 2013, lectures on “Inputs on Celestial Mechanics” and “Space Mission Orbit Design”.
ESA/ESTEC YGT Space Systems Engineering 3-day course, ESTEC, Noordwijk, 27–29 Nov. 2013, lectures on “Inputs on Celestial Mechanics” and “Space Mission Orbit Design”.
2012 iMEXa, Torino (Italy), 24 Aug. 2012, lectures on “Optimal trajectory design for interception and deflection of Near Earth Objects” and “Orbital dynamics of high area-to-mass spacecraft and future applications”
ESA/ESTEC Young Graduate Trainee (YGT) Space Systems Engineering 3-day course, ESTEC, Noordwijk, 18 Sep. –20 Sep., lectures on “Inputs on Celestial Mechanics” and “Space Mission Orbit Design”.
11. Institutional responsibilities
22 Lug. 2016 – current Director of the COMPASS team at Politecnico di Milano composed of 5 postdoc researchers and 7 PhD students. Web: www.compass.polimi.it
22 Lug. 2016 – current Member of the Space Mission Engineering Laboratory at Politecnico di Milano.
01 Jun. 2012 – 21 Lug. 2016 Member of the Astronautics Research Group at the University of Southampton, UK. Web: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/engineering/research/groups/astro.page
01 Aug. 2009 – 31 May 2012 Member of the Advanced Space Compass Laboratory at the University of Strathclyde. Web: https://www.strath.ac.uk/advancedspaceconceptslaboratory/
01 Nov. 2005 – 31 Jul 2009 Member of the Space Advanced Research Team at the University of Glasgow, UK.
2017 – current Member of PhD Board (Collegio di Dottorato), Politecnico di Milano
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2012 – 2016 Graduate student advisor, University of Southampton, UK
2013 – 2014 Lecturer for outreach event at PoliMI summer school, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
2012 – 2013 Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, University of Southampton, UK
2012 – 2013 Organiser of the Internal Seminar, Astronautics group, University of Southampton, UK
2009 – 2012 Manager of the group website, Advanced Space Concept Laboratory, University of Strathclyde, UK
2009 – 2012 Manager/developer of the Matlab toolbox for the Space group, Advanced Space Concept Laboratory, University of Strathclyde, UK.
11.1. PhD committee and PhD internal examiner 2015 – current External examiner for PhD theses at international universities:
PhD external examiner ▪ Delphine Thomasson “Reflexions on the space debris spreading regularity and application to the assessment
of the collision probability in orbit”, 24 Jun 2019, Université de Lille. PhD supervisors: Pierre Debes, Alain Vienne. PhD committee: prof. Camilla Colombo, prof. Anne Lemaître.
▪ Marc Jorba-Cusco, “Periodic time dependent Hamiltonian systems and applications”, PhD supervisors: Àngel Jorba Monte, Ariadna Farrés Basiana, Mar 2019, Universitat de Barcelona.
▪ Massimo Tipaldi, “Model-based autonomy for space systems”, University of Sannio, Benevento, PhD supervisors: prof. Luigi Glielmo, prof. Antonella Santone. PhD committee: prof. Camilla Colombo, prof. Rocco Oliveto, Dr. Antonio Pietrabissa.
PhD internal examiner ▪ Aleksander Lidtke, “High collision probability conjunctions and space debris remediation”. University of
Southampton, 2016. PhD supervisors: prof. Hugh G. Lewis, prof. Roberto Armellin, prof. Adrian Tatnal. Acted as internal examiner for PhD transfer and 9th months report.
▪ Natalia Ortiz Gómez, “Eddy Currents applied to Space Debris Objects”, University of Southampton, 2017. PhD supervisors: Prof. Scott J.I. Walker, Dr. Angelo Grubisic, 2017. Acted as internal examiner for 9th months report.
12. International collaborations
I have established strong collaborations (joined publications and projects) with many universities and research institutions: Uni. of Strathclyde, Uni. of Glasgow (external examiner for a PhD), Uni of Cranfield (student exchange), Uni of Surrey (external examiner for a PhD) in UK, University of Southampton (visiting academic, joint PhD supervision, projects, joint publications), Italian National Research Council (projects, joined publications), Uni of Lecce, Uni. of Padova (projects, joined publications), Uni. Roma Tor Vergata in Italy, Uni. Politècnica de Catalunya (joined publications, external examiner for a PhD) and Uni of Barcelona, Uni of Logroño, Uni of Seville in Spain, IMCCE (1 project, joint publication) and Poitier (exchange students) in France. I collaborate through EC and ESA grants with several companies: SpaceDyS, iMEXa, Dinamica and NEXT in Italy, Elecnor Deimos in Spain (H2020), GMV-SKY in Portugal, SkySentry in USA, Astrium Defence and Space and Bedstead Research Limited in UK. I have strong links with the European Space Agency, indeed some of my research on end-of-life disposal of satellites was applied to the INTEGRAL mission.
13. Knowledge exchange activities
I contributed to a number of knowledge exchange activities within the Advanced Space Concepts Laboratory, for example I participated to some discussion workshops with representatives from UK companies, and universities and the European Space Agency (ESA):
- SME Conference: Shaping the Space Sector from the SME Perspective, Space Innovation & Growth Team Project, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 21 October 2009.
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- Space IGS: Broadening Awareness, Space Special Interest Group, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 5 March 2010.
- 1st Scottish Space Systems Symposium, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 22 June 2010.
- Space IGS: National Space Technology Road Mapping, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, 16 September 2010.
04/2015 – 12/2015 Lead the development of the SNAPPshot software suite, Planetary Protection Compliance Verification Software for the European Space Agency, now in use at ESA for the Planetary Protection Analysis of all interplanetary mission. SNAPPshot (Suite for the Numerical Analysis of Planetary Protection): A tool for the verification of the compliance to planetary protection requirements originally developed at the University of Southampton in the framework of an ESA study and now continued at Politecnico di Milano within COMPASS. It propagates a set of initial condition deriving from an uncertainty distribution and computes the probability of impact with target planets with a given level of confidence. [programming language: Modern Fortran]
14. Outreach activities
I took part to many outreach activities in the UK and in Italy at schools, university organised events, and through engagement with the media such as journalists, magazines and television.
In Sep. 2017, 2018, 2019 I proposed and run a stand with my research team at MEETmeTONIGHT, the night of European Researchers. In Jul. 2017 I participated to NASA Space App in Vicenza as a Judge. In 2018 and 2019 I organised with my reserach team NASA Space App in Politecnico di Milano.
15. Publications
My research is published on 50 international peer reviewed journal publications, 132 publications at international conferences with published proceedings, and several publications in conference symposia with no proceedings. My work is contained in major journals such as the J. of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, Acta Astronautica, Advances in Space Research, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems and Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. I have an h-index of 19 and a total of 1529 citations (according to Google scholar on 10/02/2020). Among them, one articles on my PhD thesis was rated by AIAA as the most downloaded paper in the AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics in 2013 [105 citations on Google Scholar].
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16. Experience
16.1. Research ORBITAL DYNAMICS: Orbital dynamics of spacecraft with high area-to-mass ratio, orbital dynamics of the asteroid deflection problem, orbital dynamics of space debris, perturbations in the Earth environment - PlanODyn suite: analysis of perturbations through averaged dynamics and high-fidelity dynamics (math, algorithm
and code development) - CiELO suite: debris Cloud Evolution in Low Earth Orbits (supervision) - SNAPPshot: Suite for the Numerical Analysis of Planetary Protection (software development supervision and
software design). Software currently in use at the European Space Agency.
TRAJECTORY DESIGN AND OPTIMISATION: Preliminary trajectory design, low-thrust trajectories optimisation, global optimisation, transfer design in multi-body dynamics - DiDyPO suite: low-thrust optimisation through differential dynamic programming (math, algorithm and code
development)
DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND CONTROL: Orbit control through morphing structures, design non-Keplerian orbits - CRUISE: control and end-of-life of Libration Point Orbits through solar radiation pressure (supervision)
SPACE MISSION ANALYSIS AND DESIGN: Multi-criteria comparison among mitigation strategies for dangerous Near Earth Objects, distant periodic orbits for asteroid monitoring, deployable sail structure for end-of-life control.
16.2. Analytical skills Very good analytical skill and ability in building, validating and optimising mathematical models of non-linear systems.
16.3. Computer skills Operating System: Windows, Linux Programming languages: Matlab, C, Fortran Mathematics: Mathematica Microsoft Office, LaTeX, STK, AutoCAD, Simulink, TerminalFour Site Manager.
16.4. Organisational skills Group managing experiences in the supervision of group projects of students, and industrial projects. Supervision of PhD students and postdoc researchers. Legal and financial management of industrial and research projects supported by the university and department legal, financial and administrative teams.
16.5. Collaboration skills Very good team spirit, through teamwork (i.e., collaboration through research, group colloquia and brain storming). Used to work in an international environment, with multidisciplinary collaborations (maths, science, physics, computer science, and engineering).
