CV: PhD Student

Personal Information

Nationality

Italian

Date of birth

24/07/1981

Applying for

Engineering position. My areas of interest are guidance, navigation and control systems, avionics, simulation and modeling.

Personal Skills

Competences

Solid bases in linear and nonlinear control theory, good knowledge of avionics and of navigation systems, experience in modeling and simulation of dynamic systems.

Problem solving

Determination and resourcefulness tested during my engineering studies.

Teamwork

Good disposition to cooperation, developed through the successful undertaking of a number of team projects.

Communication

Writing skills matured through the production of scientific publications. Good oral communication skills expressed through public presentations.

Scientific research

Research skills acquired during my MSc and PhD activity through the review of scientific publications.

Willingness to learn

I am keen to develop my understanding and acquire new skills.

Computer skills

Proficient in working with Matlab/Simulink and programming in C language. Thorough knowledge of the Windows environment and of the MS Office and OpenOffice software.

Languages

Italian

Mother tongue

English

Excellent, both written and spoken (TOEFL - 273/300)

Portuguese

Excellent, both written and spoken (Advanced Level Portuguese Course at Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal – 18/20)

Spanish

Basic, both written and spoken

Education and Training

Oct 2007 - current

PhD student

Institution

Institute for Systems and Robotics – Lisboa, Portugal

Research fields

Navigation and control of underwater vehicles, multiple vehicle coordination.

Sep 2005 - Sep 2007

MSc in Aerospace Engineering

Institution

Instituto Superior Técnico – Lisboa, Portugal

Main subjects

Control, avionics, electronics

Thesis title

“Coordinated Motion Control of Multiple AUVs”

Subject

Design of motion control and cooperation strategies for autonomous underwater vehicles

Level

17/20

Sep 2004 - Oct 2007

MSc in Aerospace Engineering

Institution

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Main subjects

Control, avionics, system identification

Thesis title

“Formation control of autonomous underwater vehicles”

Subject

Synchronized path generation for autonomous underwater vehicles

Level

108/110

Sep 1999 - Jul 2004

BSc in Aerospace Engineering

Institution

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Main subjects

Aerodynamics, structures, control, mechanics

Thesis title

“Project of an optical guidance system for air to air missiles”

Subject

Design of a guidance system based on infra-red sensors

Level

103/110

Sep 1994 - Jul 1999

Diploma di Maturità Scientifica (Science High School Graduation)

Institution

Liceo Scientifico F. Severi – Milano, Italy

Level

100/100

Awards

2007 - Pegasus (Partnership of a European Group of Aeronautics and Space UniversitieS) Award for European Cooperation

2005 - T.I.M.E. grant to pursue a double degree in Aerospace Engineering at Politecnico di Milano and Instituto Superior Técnico de Lisboa

Publications

Vanni F., A. P. Aguiar and A. M. Pascoal,
Cooperative Path-Following of Underactuated Autonomous Marine Vehicles with Logic-based Communication,
in Proceedings of the IFAC Workshop on Navigation, Guidance and Control of Underwater Vehicles (NGCUV'08), Lake Killaloe, Ireland, Apr. 2008.

Vanni F., A. P. Aguiar and A. M. Pascoal,
Nonlinear Motion Control of Multiple Autonomous Underwater Vehicles,
in Proceedings of the IFAC Conference on Control Applications in Marine Systems (CAMS'07), Bol, Croatia, Sep. 2007.

Aguiar A.P., R. Ghabcheloo, A. M. Pascoal, C. Silvestre and F. Vanni
Coordinated Path Following of Multiple Marine Vehicles: Theoretical Issues and Practical Constraints,
in Proceedings of the 52nd Internationales Wissenschaftliches Kolloquium, Ilmenau, Germany, Sep. 2007.

Vanni F., A. P. Aguiar and A. M. Pascoal,

GREX project: Way-point guidance control,

Technical report. ISR/IST Lisbon, Portugal, Jan. 2007.