Education

2006–2008 Master of Engineering in Space Engineering, 110/110 Summa cum Laude, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Title of thesis: Trajectory planning techniques for autonomous vehicles in complex environments (original title: Tecniche di pianificazione di traiettoria per velivoli autonomi in ambienti complessi), developed in cooperation with Alenia Aeronautica
 

2006–2008 Master of Engineering in Space Engineering, 110/110 Summa cum Laude, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy
Achieved through the double degree program with the Alta Scuola Politecnica (ASP). During this program I also worked on a multidisciplinary project concerning the feasibility study and the preliminary design of a sensor-vision-enabled autonomous robotic shrouded helicopter for civil applications in urban environments.
 

2003–2006 Bachelor of Engineering in Aerospace Engineering, 110/110 Summa cum Laude, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
Title of thesis: Design of a two-seater sailplane – Design of the horizontal stabilizer and elevator (original title: Progetto di un aliante biposto – Progettazione e realizzazione del piano di coda orizzontale)
 

1998–2003 Maturità scientifica, 94/100, Liceo Scientifico G. Marinelli, Udine, Italy
 The course of study included computer science (“Piano Nazionale di Informatica”) and two foreign languages (English and German)

Work Experiences
2009–current Politecnico di Milano, Milano: Researcher
2008–current Molinari Consulting SAS, Udine: General Partner
2008–current CISC Udine, Udine: Webmaster
2008–2009 Alenia Aeronautica, Torino: Trainee, 900 hours.
2006–current Istituto Comprensivo Battaglia Terme, Padova: Webmaster
2004–2005 S.Fo.Pe.S.S.L., Agrigento: Webmaster
2003–current IT consultant for a small business working in construction safety
2003–2006 Esse–Ti Snc, Bari: Webmaster
 2002 E–Tree, Treviso: two-week internship in the company, specialized in web products

Other Education
2004 Issued the ULM flight license by the Aero Club d'Italia (Certificato per il volo da diporto o sportivo)
 01/04/2003 European Computer Driving License, ECDL

Language skills
Italian: Native language
English: Excellent writing and speaking, issued on March 7th 2003 the FCE, First Certificate of English, by the University of Cambridge
German: Functional writing and speaking, issued on May 9th 2003 the Zertifikat Deutsch, by the Goethe Institut
 Portuguese: Basic knowledge

Computer skills
Operating Systems
Expert user of Windows (beta tester for Windows Vista and Windows Seven), averagely skilled user of Linux
 Programming languages Extensive experience with Visual Basic, also experience with languages such as C, C++, Pascal

Software
Extensive experience using and programming MATLAB and Simulink toolbox
Experience with solid modeling tools UGS SolidEdge and DassaultSystemes Catia and with FEM tools FEMAP, NASTRAN and COMSOL Multiphysics (FEMLAB)
Good knowledge of HTML language and web developing tools such as Macromedia Fireworks and Microsoft FrontPage
Extensive knowledge of 2D graphic software such as Adobe Photoshop, Jasc Paint Shop Pro, Corel Draw, The GIMP and similar
Basic knowledge of 3D graphic software Alias|Wavefront Maya (now Autodesk Maya)
 Extensive experience with office suites such as Microsoft Office (beta tester for Office 2000) and with LATEX document preparation system

Interests
 I am interested mainly in the world of space and aviation, in particular navigation and avionic systems (also for unmanned flight) and payload & system integration for planes, UAV and satellites. I am also prepared to travel and to move abroad.

Hobbies and sports
 Semi-agonistic swimmer in '95 and '96, fencer with relevant results in regional championships from 1998 till 2003, scuba diver (PADI Advanced Open Water Diver), enjoy photography and playing violin.