EDUCATION
1991 High school certificate in industrial electronics with score of 56/60.
1991 Inscription at Aerospace engineering course at Turin Polytechnic, Turin, ITALY
1998 Degree in Aerospace engineering with score of 101/110.
Thesis about mathematical dynamics model and simulation of rotating hydraulic actuators for airplane flaps system.
LANGUAGES
§ Italian as mother language.
§ Fluent English written, read and spoken.
§ Basic French read and spoken knowledge
COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE
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Good knowledge Windows systems.
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Very good knowledge of all Office, Word, Excel and Power Point packages.
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Good knowledge of Microsoft Project
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Fair knowledge of Turbo Pascal code.
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Basic knowledge of FEMAP and NASTRAN for the structure mechanical analysis
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Basic knowledge of Autocad 2008 and CATIA V5.
ACTUAL WORK STATUS AND EXPERIENCES
From May 2011 till now - Thales Alenia Space Italy - AIT Mechanical System Engineer
on following re-entry technologies ESA projects:
- EXPERT
- IXV
From November 2009 till April 2011– Manitowoc Crane Group Italy - Mobile Cranes Logistic & Procurement Office Manager
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Managing company logistic, procurement and warehouse team members
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Supply Chain Management
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Product configuration management and procurement plan definition
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Components suppliers localization
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Support to engineering office, purchasing office and quality office in the research and validation of new suppliers
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External and internal material flow definition, organization and improvement accordingly with the Lean Manufacturing concepts (Just in Time, Kanban, etc…)
From April 2007 till October 2009 - Manitowoc Crane Group Italy - Mobile Cranes Manufacturing Engineering and Industrialization Manager.
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Planning, definition, preparation and start up of assembly lines for new cranes models.
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Definition of all the equipments needed along the assembly lines, definition of technical specification, costs evaluation, searching of potential suppliers, discussion of technical and economical offers.
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Project management activities for the new cranes models production transferred from the German plant to the Italian one.
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Support the quality department for the keeping of the plant UNI ISO 9001 certification.
1998 -2007 Alenia Spazio (now Thales Alenia Space):
as part of satellite assembly, integration and test (AIT) department on the following projects:
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on ROSETTA Satellite as part of the AIT Team and in charge of the preparation of test specifications (i.e. Acoustic, Sine Vibration, Thermal Balance), integration, alignment and test procedures.
Involved in ROSETTA test campaign at ESA-ESTEC in Noordwijk (NL) from December 1999 to May 2000.
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from 2000 responsible as Thermo-Mechanical AIT and mechanical ground support equipment on GOCE satellite project.
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Involved in the preparation of the GOCE AIT activities planning and conduction from the project early phases till spacecraft construction
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Following partners between several European plant (Germany, France, Switzerland, Spain, Austria) for the activities planning and preparation of joint technical documentation
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Technical evaluation of economical proposals relevant to the provision of satellite mechanical parts and equipment from different project subcontractors
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Interface with the ETS Test Facility (ESTEC - Netherland) in order to discuss and optimize the GOCE mechanical and thermal test flow on both the structural model and flight model campaigns.
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Providing support to ESA (European Space Agency) for the technical interface with the Launcher authority (Russia Space Agency) for the definition of the launch campaign mechanical activities organization and project staff transport from our Turin plant to the Russia Launch Base.
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Participation to the GOCE Test Campaign in ETS in 2004
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Preparation of all the relevant documentation (specification, procedure and report) for the project AIT activities like (mechanical integration, alignment, Acoustic test, Sine Test, Separation Shock Test)
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Participation to several Progress Meeting with ESA, Astrium Gmbh (Friedrichshafen-D), Alcatel Alenia Space France (Cannes), EADS CASA (Madrid-E), APCO (Vevey-CH) and Austrian Aerospace (Wien – A), Eurockot (Bremen – D; Moscow –RU)
Support as mechanical AIT engineer on “virtual spacecraft mock-up” company project.
AREAS OF SPECIALISATION AND EXPERIENCE
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Satellite Thermo-Mechanical AIT/AIV activities (on ESA Rosetta and GOCE spacecraft projects, with participation to several test campaign in ESTEC test facility)
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Preparation of test plan, specification, procedure and report accordingly with ESA-ECSS guidelines.
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Non conformance report preparation and discussion (in support to Product Assurance department)
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Technical documents preparation (environmental test specifications for system and payloads qualification and acceptance, assembly procedures, test reports, MGSE procurement specification)
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Interface with several international companies departments (Engineering, PA, Purchasing, Logistic)
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Selection of test facilities (based on satellite required test environment, facility occupation plan and costs).
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Preparation of the test instrumentation plan together with the engineering specialists
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Optical alignment measurements and evaluation
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Preparation of propulsion system leak test together with the engineering specialists
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Thermo-mechanical test planning, organization and management (AIV plan, AIT plan, daily reports, project progress reports)-
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Support to the preparation and management of PDR (preliminary design review), CDR (critical design review) and FAR (final acceptance review)
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Support to the preparation and management of project progress meeting
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Sub-system (i.e. structure, MLI, Solar Arrays, etc..) and Payloads provision monitoring in order to verify the compatibility with the overall project schedule
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Activities planning and cost evaluation
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Team organization and management
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Evaluation of economical offers and their discussion
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Suppliers management and monitoring
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Organize and handle meeting in an international environment
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Manufacturing/production processes monitoring and control
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Lean Manufacturing concepts and implementation methods (Kanban, Kaizen, 5S, Value Stream Mapping)
Technical publication
Title:Optimised Environmental Test Approaches in the GOCE Project
Authors: Ancona, V., Giordano, P., & Casagrande, C.
Journal: Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Environmental Testing for Space Programmes Noordwijk, The Netherlands (ESA SP-558, June 2004).
Title:GOCE SMmechanical test campaign results engineering evaluation
Authors: Notarnicola Marco; Ullio Roberto; Luison Dario; Casagrande Claudio.
Journal: Proceedings of the European Conference on Spacecraft Structures, Materials and Mechanical Testing 2005 (ESA SP-581). 10-12 May 2005, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
EXTRA WORK ACTIVITES
. 1990-1991 Summer language courses at Moyle Park College, Clondalking, Dublin, Ireland
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Summer homestays in San Jose, California, USA, organized by American Center for Cultural Exchange Ltd.
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1995- Volunteer summer project in Palestine
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1996- Volunteer environmental summer project with US National Forest Service in Idaho USA
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