Alessandro Lotti

Current position

Research fellow on the topic "Onboard technologies for attitude and orbital control of satellites in very low Earth orbit" at the University of Bologna, Department of Industrial Engineering.

PhD candidate in Aerospace Science and Technology (37^th cycle) at the University of Bologna, Department of Industrial Engineering. Research topic: “autonomous navigation of satellites for proximity and docking operations”.

Previous positions at the University of Bologna

• August – September 2022: teaching tutor at the MUNER Summer School in Industrial Engineering for Advanced Automotive.

• September 2021 – September 2022: teaching tutor for students with additional learning requirements (OFA), course on Calculus and Linear Algebra, Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Economics and Finance.

• February – October 2021: graduate research fellow at CIRI Aerospace on the topic “artificial intelligence techniques for satellite pose estimation from images”, in collaboration with Thales Alenia Space Italy.

• August – September 2021: teaching tutor at the MUNER Summer School in Industrial Engineering for Advanced Automotive.

• December 2018 – October 2019: degree programme tutor for the Bachelor and Master’s Degree courses in Aerospace Engineering.

Previous positions at other organizations / companies

• July – September 2024: tutor at the MUNER Summer School in Industrial Engineering for Advanced Automotive - Secretary of the Admission Committee for the evaluation of CVs and the conduct of interviews, coordination activities between institutions / administration / students / faculty / experts / companies, website management.

• June – September 2023: tutor at the MUNER Summer School in Industrial Engineering for Advanced Automotive - Secretary of the Admission Committee for the evaluation of CVs and the conduct of interviews, coordination activities between institutions / administration / students / faculty / experts / companies, website management.

• October 2022 – June 2023: MATLAB Student Ambassador - Delivery of seminars in both Italian and English on the scientific software MATLAB and Simulink for undergraduate and graduate engineering students at the University of Bologna, covering the following topics: MATLAB fundamentals, numerical computation, and Deep Learning. The Mathworks Srl.

• November 2021 – June 2022: MATLAB Student Ambassador - Delivery of seminars in both Italian and English on the scientific software MATLAB and Simulink for undergraduate and graduate engineering students at the University of Bologna, covering the following topics: MATLAB fundamentals, numerical computation, and Deep Learning. The Mathworks Srl.

• September 2021 – December 2021: Assistant - technical support for the online seminar series "Curriculum of Labor Law and Procedure" promoted by the Research and Training Center on the Public Sector - School of Specialization for Legal Professions and Advanced School of Legal Studies (University of Bologna), occasional collaboration. Alma Mater Foundation.

Other activities

• November 2023 - August 2024: co-organizer of the 2nd IFAC Workshop on Aerospace Control Education, July 22 - 24, 2024, Bertinoro (FC): associate editor, reviewer, and webmaster. Volunteer activity.

• December 2022 - April 2023: co-organizer of the 3rd AIDAA Aerospace PhD Days, April 16 - 19, 2023, Bertinoro (FC).

Prizes and awards

• December 2021 - #T-TEC 2021 (€ 10,000 prize)

Member of the 1st classified team at #TeC 2021, the Open Innovation competition promoted by Leonardo and Telespazio with the proposal “Multi-Purpose Modular Satellite Servicer”: concept for an innovative microsatellite platform providing In Orbit Servicing.

• November 2020 – Study award (€ 1,500 prize)

Recipient of a study award by the Department of Industrial Engineering in recognition of exceptional academic achievement despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic during the second semester of the 2019/2020 academic year.

• May 2017 – AlmaContest (€ 2,750 prize)

Member of the 1st classified team at “AlmaContest 2017” promoted by the University of Bologna, for the category “development of prototypes”, with the proposal “AlmaOrienteering”: an Android application to promote counselling of future students and to ease the search for information about courses, structures, and services.

Education

• 2018 – 2020: Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering at Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna.

Thesis title: “Robotic exploration of lunar caves: concept analysis of the communication system for an ESA Moon mission”.

Exam average: 29.87/30; final grade: 110/110 with honours.

• 2015 – 2018: Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering at Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna.

Thesis title: “Study and implementation of GPS navigation algorithms for orbit determination".

Exam average: 29.40/30; final grade: 110/110 with honours.