Paolo Tortora

Full Professor

Department of Industrial Engineering

Academic discipline: IIND-01/E Aerospace Equipment and Systems

Head of CIRI AEROSPAZIALE-AEROSPACE

Research

Keywords: micro space systems avionic systems radio science experiments microsatellites interplanetary probes

Design, manufacturing and test of microsatellites and space microsystems, including their ground segment.
Design of avionic and communication systems for space microsystems; and implementation and validation of estimation and control algorithms.
Participation to radio science experiments on exploration missions in the solar system; in particular:
- NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini/Huygens mission (Saturn system),
- NASA Juno mission (Jupiter system)
- ESA BepiColombo mission (Mercury)
- ESA JUICE mission (Jupiter and the moons Callisto and Ganymede),
- NASA Clipper mission (Jupiter and the moon Europa),
- ESA Hera (Didymos binary asteroid system).