Personal Information

Nationality: Italian

Birth: February, 4th 1976 in Matera, Italy

Work Experience

Dates

June 2007 onwards

Name and address of employer

Italian Space Agency - Viale Liegi, 26 I-00198 Rome, Italy

Type of business or sector

Space Sector - System engineering, project management, thermal control design

Occupation or position held

Researcher / Technologist

Main activities and responsibilities

Employed at the “Exploration and Observation of the Universe” division: supporting ASI program managers of both scientific and industrial contracts, mainly in the following activities:

§Management of the Italian participation in space exploration programs: Dawn, ExoMars, BepiColombo, AMS-02
Coordinating scientific and industrial teams’ efforts on the development of scientific payloads:

VIR-MS, imaging spectrometer: PI Angioletta Coradini, on board of NASA’s Dawm mission

LMC, life marker chip: PI Mark Sims, on board of ESA’s ExoMars mission

MIMA, imaging spectrometer: PI Giancarlo Bellucci, formerly on board of ESA’s ExoMars mission

ISA, accelerometer: PI Valerio Iafolla, on board of ESA’s BepiColombo mission

SERENA, particles detector: PI Stefano Orsini, on board of ESA’s BepiColombo mission

Italian-funded suite of detectors: PI Roberto Battiston, on board of AMS-02 mission

GReAT, experiment on equivalent principle, partnership with research centres in US

Italian-funded parts: on board of JAXA CALET mission, electron and gamma-ray telescope on ISS

§Technical support on related issues

AMS-02: member of the team performing the Space Environmental Tests at the Large Space Simulator in ESA/ESTEC and final integration at Kennedy Space Centre

BepiColombo: member of the team conducting Radiation Environment Test at the DAFNE accelerator facility in INFN Frascati Laboratories

Global Exploration Stategy: member of the ASI working team supporting Italian delegation to International Space Exploration Coordination Group

§Liason between industry and scientific community

Dawn and Bepicolombo: participating to the activities of the Science Team, operations planning

§Interface with other agencies

In particular, ESA, NASA, JAXA, DLR, CNES

Collaborating on the validation and exploitation of the ASI concurrent design facility (Concurrent Engineering Facility – CEF) based on the standard ESA IDM approach; in particular, in charge of the Thermal Control System design.

Most recent internal studies carried out at CEF: Moon robotic exploration program, Moon Rover,
two SAR missions for Earth observation

Dates

January 2006 – March 2009

Name and address of employer

ISPESL (Italian Institute for Prevention and Safety at Work) – via Fontana Candida,1 I-00040 Monteporzio Catone (Rome), Italy

Type of business or sector

Injury Prevention in working environments employing ionizing and non-ionizing radiation sources
Safety Inspections

Occupation or position held

Researcher / Expert in Radiation Protection

Main activities and responsibilities

Employed at RINI (Ionizing and non-Ionizing Radiations) laboratory. From June 2007, part-time.

§In charge of Quality Assurance (measurement procedures and equipment) for the calibration of Ionising and Non-Ionising Radiation equipment and dose counting instruments

§Member of a team of officers in charge of verification of safety requirements in:

Industrial and medical facilities employing ionizing radiations sources

NuclearMagnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) equipments

§Developed checklists to grant standardized inspections procedures, published in specialist press

Dates

July 2005 – December 2005

Name and address of employer

Radiation Protection, Dr. Francesca Romeo – via Lucana, 343 I-75100 Matera, Italy

Type of business or sector

Safety in environments employing ionizing radiation sources

Occupation or position held

Trainee in Radiation Protection

Main activities and responsibilities

Assisted the Expert in taking care of the tasks agreed with the costumer. Acquired skills in the following:

§Materials technology for radioactive and hazardous materials management in observance of the applicable Italian regulations (D.Lgs. n°626/94 and n°230/95)

§Safety rules for the design and management of radiation diagnostic plants, , radiopharmaceutical production plants, nuclear medicine wards, PET (Positron Emission Tomography) equipments, magnetic resonance imaging machineries.

In the period May 2005 – December 2006 attended part-time the “Laboratorio di Fisica Medica e Sistemi Esperti” of Regina Elena Institute at IFO (Istituti Fisioterapici Ospedalieri) in Rome, involved in the training on Radiation Protection subjects - in order to take a state exam to be certified as “Esperto Qualificato in Radioprotezione” (Expert in Radiation Protection) as required by Italian regulations. In the period November 2005 – December 2005 involved in the training on measurement techniques of natural radioactivity due to gases ²²²Rn and ²²⁰Rn, at RINI laboratories in ISPESL

Dates

December 2003 – July 2005

Name and address of employer

“Consorzio CETMA” Research Centre – c/o Cittadella della Ricerca, S.S.7 Km.706+030
I-72100 Brindisi, Italy

Type of business or sector

Materials Engineering, Industrial Design

Occupation or position held

Mechanical Engineer

Main activities and responsibilities

Employed in the Materials and Structures Engineering Department. Dealt with different projects with several purposes and fields of application.

§TEPLAN Project: thermo-destroyer employing plasma torches for the destruction of wastes produced on board of ships. Assistant project manager; held relations with suppliers; researched legal framework (IMO conventions); designed the exhaust treatment system and the pre-treatment system of the incoming flow of wastes; performed plasma-chamber CFD analyses

§MITRAS Project: strategies for the reinforcement of concrete structures by means of composites. Responsible for vacuum infusion technique; mechanical testing of reinforced structures; carried out numeric structural modelling, FEM

Dates

February 2003 – May 2003

Name and address of employer

ESA European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) – Keplerlaan, 1 NL-2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands

Type of business or sector

Space Sector

Occupation or position held

Internship

Main activities and responsibilities

At the Propulsion Section of the Mechanical Engineering Department

§Developed a parametric model of the heat rejection for a spacecraft equipped with an electric engine powered by a nuclear reactor. Report title: “Analysis and design of the Heat Rejection System for a Nuclear Electric propelled Spacecraft”

Dates

February 2002 – August 2002

Name and address of employer

Politecnico di Torino, Department of Energetics – corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 I-10129 Turin, Italy

CRF S.C.p.A. (Centro Ricerche Fiat) – Strada Torino, 50 I-10043 Orbassano (TO), Italy

Type of business or sector

Automotive

Occupation or position held

Mechanical Engineer

Main activities and responsibilities

Received a research grant and worked on the development of innovative Diesel engines in conjunction with CRF – Centro Ricerche FIAT

§Responsible for the development of a simulation tool for internal combustion engines

§The tool was used to evaluate several options on the development of a small Diesel engine being investigated at CRF at that time (eventually become 1300cc Common Rail Multijet Diesel engine)

Education and Training

Dates

April 2009 – June 2009

Title of qualification awarded

Attended the Course:“The Logic of Microspace, Small and Low Cost Space Systems” held at the Italian Space Agency premises in Rome, Italy

Principal subjects covered

System engineering and project management for small space platforms; STK training. The course is held by Dr.Rick Fleeter (AeroAstro Inc. president) who provides an interdisciplinary  insight (both technical and economic) of the use microsatellites for several applications

Name and type of organization providing education and training 

Italian Space Agency and AeroAstro Inc.

Dates

April 2009 – October 2009

Title of qualification awarded

Attended the Course: Alpbach Summer School (2008), Theme: “Sample Return from Moon, Asteroids and Comets” held in Alpbach, Austria

Principal subjects covered

The ESA-endorsed summer school provided knowledge and tools for the design of exploration missions to small bodies complying with both scientific and technical requirements. To work in a team is a fundamental skill developed by attending the School

Name and type of organization providing education and training 

European Space Agency, FFG (Austrian Research Promotion Agency), ISSI (International Space Science Institute)

Dates

July 2003

Title of qualification awarded

MSS03 - Master of Space Studies

Principal subjects covered

The Master of Space Studies (MSS) is a post-graduate master course for preparing Space Sector managers, based on a unique approach: Interdisciplinary, Intercultural and International

§Subjects: technical, scientific, medical, legal, economic and financial

§Valuable professional visits: the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guyana; the cosmonaut training centre in Star City, Russia; major industries such as Krunichev and NPO Energia in Russia, and EADS Launch Vehicles and Snecma Moteurs in France

§Received a grant from ESA

§Team project on future Navigation Systems, then published

§Individual project developed at ESA’s Technology and Research centre (see “Work Experience”)

Name and type of organization providing education and training 

International Space University, Strasbourg, France

Level of national or international classification

Very Good – Total points gained: 75.7/100

Dates

December 2001

Title of qualification awarded

MEng - Master in Mechanical Engineering

Principal subjects covered

Majoring in “Energy”, 5 year degree

§Subjects: material science and technology; mechanical design of automotive components and mechanical structures, CAD, CAM; energy management techniques; management and software design of test beds for automotive engines; designed industrial plants; safety of the work environment; heat transfer; thermo fluid dynamics, CFD

§Grant-awarded Collaborations: teaching assistant for the course “Mathematical Analysis I”; staff assistant at the University Language Centre

§Degree Thesis title: “Three-zone Heat Release Analysis of Combustion in Compression Ignition Engines” performed at the Department of Energetics, Politecnico di Torino

Name and type of organization providing education and training 

Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

Level of national or international classification

110/110 summa cum laude

Professional Memberships

Dates

January 2003

Title of qualification awarded

Italian Professional Engineers Association (“Ordine degli Ingegneri”)

Certified Engineer since September 2002, member of the Italian Professional Engineers Association, since January 2003, chartered in the Professional Engineers register of the province of Matera, n° 820

Dates

September 2008

Title of qualification awarded

Expert in Radiation Protection, III degree (“Elenco nazionale degli Esperti Qualificati di III grado”)

Certified Expert in Radiation Protection in conformity with the Italian regulations D.Lgs. n° 230/1995 and its modifications (in actuation of the European directives: 89/618/Euratom, 90/641/Euratom, 92/3/Euratom and 96/29/Euratom); since September 2008, registered in the Italian directory “Esperti Qualificati di terzo grado” (expert in radiation protection, 3^rd degree), n° 594

Personal skills and competences

Language skills

European level (*)

Mother Tongue: Italian

^(*)   Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level – see prospect attached

IT skills

Social and Organizational skills

Open-minded and driven by a strong cosmopolitan spirit, I am always ready to undertake new activities with complete dedication and enthusiasm. Always accessible, I am ready to operate and take decisions in a team or autonomously.

I have worked in several team projects during University training, and recently in the frame of both ASI’s Concurrent Engineering Facility and ESA’s Concurrent Design Facility.

In particular, monitoring industrial and scientific contracts allowed me to develop effective managing abilities in order to meet project’s goals with the available resources.

Taking advantage of my previous experiences, I am deeply interested in working and developing new skills, both technical and managerial, in an multicultural and international environment

Licences

Driving licence: categories A and B

Yachtmaster Ocean Qualification

Additional Information

Space Related Publications

§“Navigation Systems for Future Space Transportation Vehicles”, M. Salatti et al. (Team Project 2), proceedings, 8th ISU International Annual Simposium, Strasbourg, May 2003

§“Navigation Systems for Future Space Vehicles - Requirements and Recommendations”, Report, M. Salatti et al. (Team Project 2), Master of Space Studies 2002/03, International Space University, Strasbourg, July 2003

§“Analysis and design of the Heat Rejection System for a Nuclear Electric propelled Spacecraft”, M. Salatti, Student Participation Programme, 54th IAC (International Astronautical Congress), Bremen, October 2003

§“9th ILEWG (International Lunar Exploration Working Group) International Conference on Exploration and Utilization of the Moon (ICEUM 9/ ILC 2007)” abstract book, M. Salatti et al., Sorrento, October 2007

§“Unmanned lunar exploration: from scientific needs to a preliminary mission study for the Italian lunar rover”, M. Salatti et al., submitted to the IAC (International Astronautical Congress), Prague, September 2010

§“First Studies of ASI Concurrent Engineering Facility (CEF)”, Salatti M. et al., 4th International Workshop on System & Concurrent Engineering for Space Applications (SECESA 2010), Lausanne, October 2010

§“A multiple-rendezvous, sample-return mission to 2 near-Earth asteroids”, Salatti M. et al. Advanced Space Research, accepted for publication, February 2011

Other Publications (Italian)

§“Processi di audit interni in un sito di risonanza magnetica”, M. Salatti et al., Notiziario di Radioprotezione Anpeq. 75 (2006)

§“Il nuovo archivio elettronico dell’ISPESL relativo alle apparecchiature diagnostiche a risonanza magnetica installate sul territorio nazionale”, M. Salatti et al., FOGLI DI INFORMAZIONE n° 2/2007 (aprile-giugno 2007)

§“Standardizzazione dell’Attività Ispettiva dell’ISPESL nel settore della Risonanza Magnetica”, M. Salatti, FOGLI DI INFORMAZIONE n° 3/2007 (luglio-settembre 2007)

§“Indicazioni per l’applicazione di una strategia di sicurezza finalizzata alla prevenzione di eventi anomali a fini di minaccia nelle strutture sanitarie che utilizzano radiazioni ionizzanti”, M. Salatti, lavori, Convegno AIRP, Vasto, Ottobre 2007

Personal Interests

Outdoor activities and sports, swimming, tennis; riding my motorcycle; travelling, reading, singing, playing the guitar, dancing

References

Dr. Enrico Flamini

Italian Space Agency

Chief Scientist

Viale Liegi, 26 I-00198 Rome, Italy

Dr. Sylvie Espinasse

European Space Agency

Human Spaceflight Directorate

Keplerlaan, 1 NL-2201 Noordwijk, Netherlands

Dr. Denis Moura

Project Officer for Space Programmes

European Defence Agency

Rue des Drapiers 17-23 B-1050 Brussels, Belgium

Prof. Roberto Battiston

professor of Physics

University of Perugia

Department of Phisics

Via A. Pascoli  I-06123 Perugia, Italy

Dr. Valerio Antonio Iafolla

Pricnipal Inestgator

IFSI / INAF

Via del Fosso del Cavaliere, 100 I-00133 Rome, Italy

Prof. Giancarlo Genta

Director - Automotive Engineering University Centre

Politecnico di Torino

Department of Mechanics

Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 I-10129 Turin, Italy