Personal information

Nationality

Colombian / With work permit in Schengen area

Date of birth

8^th September 1982.

Gender

Male.

Desired employment / Occupational field

Research and development on control systems.

Work experience

Dates

February 2012 – Present

Occupation or position held

GNC Project Engineer

Main activities and responsibilities

Design and implementation of a 6DOF Control algorithm (position and attitude) during the Descent and Landing phase for a planetary Lander reaching the surface of the Moon’s south pole. The activity is developed as a contribution to preliminary System Requirements Review for phase B1 of Lunar Lander ESA mission. Navigation and Guidance algorithms are developed by industrial partners.

Name and address of employer

Deimos-Space, Madrid, Spain.

Type of business or sector

European Space Industry.

Dates

Jan 2010 – February 2012.

Occupation or position held

Research Assistant.

Main activities and responsibilities

Study, design and implementation of the Guidance, Navigation and Control (position and attitude) of an atmospheric interplanetary entry capsule. The activities started from the analytical study of the problem and concluded with the implementation of an algorithm written in C.

Name and address of employer

Politecnico di Torino, in collaboration with Thales Alenia Space, Turin, Italy.

Type of business or sector

Academic/Industry Collaboration.

Dates

Jan 2007 – Dec 2009.

Occupation or position held

Research Assistant.

Main activities and responsibilities

Digital control design. In particular the thermodynamic analysis and simulation of an optical cavity and subsequent design and implementation of a multivariable temperature controller using modern model-based digital control techniques (cavity stability within 1 part in 10¹²).

Name and address of employer

Politecnico di Torino, in collaboration with The National Institute of Metrological Research, Turin, Italy.

Type of business or sector

Academic/Industry Collaboration.

Dates

Jan 2009 – Dec 2009.

Occupation or position held

Research Assistant.

Main activities and responsibilities

Digital control design. In particular the thermodynamic analysis and simulation of a highly-sensitive (Resolution below 1mN) thrust measuring instrument and the design and implementation of the instrument automation system.

Name and address of employer

Politecnico di Torino in collaboration with Thales Alenia Space, Turin, Italy.

Type of business or sector

Academic/Industry Collaboration.

Dates

Jan 2006 – Dec 2006.

Occupation or position held

Research Assistant.

Main activities and responsibilities

Electronic design and Matlab-Java Programming. In particular the design and implementation of a metal detector for an anti-personnel landmine detection robot platform, and java-based functions for Matlab parallel computing.

Name and address of employer

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in cooperation with the National Department of Science, Technology and Innovation, Bogotá, Colombia.

Type of business or sector

Academic.

Education and training

Dates

2007 – Thesis discussed on April 2010.

Title of qualification awarded

Research Doctorate on Systems and Computer Engineering.

Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Study of control systems with special emphasis on applied model-based digital control systems. Study of related subjects such as modeling, estimation and data mining. Thesis: The design and implementation of a temperature control system for an ultrastable reference optical cavity.

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy.

Dates

Gen 2006 to Dec 2006. Thesis presented on Dec 2008.

Title of qualification awarded

Master of Science on Electronic Engineering.

Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Thesis: Study and implementation of a fault diagnosis module to be added to the “Embedded Model Control Architecture”, developed at Politecnico di Torino.

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.

Dates

2000 – 2005.

Title of qualification awarded

Bachelor of Electronic Engineer.

Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Thesis: Electrode matrix for the perception of images using the sense of touch. Awarded by three different institutions (see awards).

Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.

Awards

Associated with Ph.D.

Dec 2008. “Quality Prize” by Politecnico di Torino for cumulative accomplishments during the first two years of Doctorate program.

Associated with bachelor thesis

Sept 2006. 3rd place, “Otto de Greiff” Contest: Nation-wide (Colombia), multi-disciplinary contest for best bachelor thesis.

Apr 2006. Honour mention for the final thesis during bachelor’s graduation ceremony. Javeriana University, Bogota, Colombia.

Oct 2005. Honorary Award, 2nd Colombian National Bioengineering Congress, Bogotá, Colombia.

Teaching Experience

Dates

Academic years 2008/2009 and 2010/2011.

Occupation or position held

Teaching Assistant.

Main activities and responsibilities

Assistance for courses “Control Systems” and “Fundamentals of Automation”. Introduction to Matlab and Simulink. Language: Italian.

Name and address of employer

Politecnico di Torino. Turin, Italy.

Dates

Aug 2006 – Dec 2006.

Occupation or position held

Teaching Assistant

Main activities and responsibilities

Teacher of the course “Research Methods in Engineering”. Introduction to the development of electronic design projects.

Name and address of employer

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.

Personal skills and competences

Mother tongue(s)

Spanish

Other languages

English, Italian, Catalan

Organisational skills and competences

I enjoy working in teams, as well as leading them. When doing so, I usually play an active role and promote a fluent and dynamic exchange of information. In general, my contributions are valued and taken into account for the selection of the path to be followed.

Technical skills and competences

Development of embedded systems on NI Labview, PIC Microcontrollers and DSP’s of Analog Devices. Design of circuit boards using ORCAD. Numerical simulation of multi-physic systems using Comsol. Design of 3D objects using SolidWorks.

Computer languages

Language

Level

C

Proficient

C++

Independent

Matlab

Proficient

Simulink C Custom Blocks

Proficient

Java

Basic

Other skills and competences

Ultimate Frisbee (highly competitive team sport), eight years of experience.

Annex 1

 List of Publications

International Journals

OSPINA J.A.; CANUTO E, “Multilayer control of an optical reference cavity for space applications”, IEEE Trans. Ind. Elec.2010, Vol. 57 (7), pp. 2507-2518

CANUTO E; MUSSO F; OSPINA J.A., “Embedded Model Control: sub-micro radian horizontality of the thrust-stand Nanobalance”, IEEE Trans. Ind. Elec., pp. 3435-3446, 2008, Vol. 55.

OSPINA J.A.; CANUTO E, “Uncertainty on differential measurements and its reduction using the calibration by comparison method”, METROLOGIA, pp. 389-394, 2008, Vol. 45.

Congresses proceedings

CANUTO E, OSPINA J.A.; BUONOCORE M. “Model-based aerodynamic angles attitude control of an atmospheric entry capsule”. AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference: 978-1-62410-184-7

CANUTO E, OSPINA J.A.; BUONOCORE M.Model-based aerodynamic-angle attitude control of an atmospheric entry capsule. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference: 978-1-60086-938-9

CANUTO E., ACUNA BRAVO W., MOLANO JIMENEZ A., OSPINA J., PEREZ MONTENEGRO C., Embedded Model Control urges disturbance modelling and rejection, Technical Committee on Control Theory, CAA (CHN), 30 th Chinese Control Conference , Yantai (Cina) 22 -24 Luglio 2011, pp. 7, 2011, pagine da 6267 a 6273, ISBN: 9789881725592

OSPINA J.A.; CANUTO E,; ACUNA WILBER, “Avoiding saturation-to-zero of heaters in temperature regulators”. 14th IEEE Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2009), Mallorca, Spain, 22-26 Sept 2009. 

OSPINA J.A.; CANUTO E, “Uncertainty Reduction on Temperature Differential Measurements Using the Calibration by Comparison Method”. In Proc. of the American Control Conference (ACC) 2009.pp. 2809 – 2810. St. Louis Missouri, USA, 10-12 June, 2009. 

OSPINA J.A.; CANUTO E, “Embedded Model Control and the error loop”, World Scientific Publishing Co. (GBR), 8th International FLINS conference, Madrid, Spagna 22-24 Settembre 2008, pp. 975-980, 2008, ISBN: 13-978-981-27

OSPINA J.A.; CANUTO E; ACUNA-BRAVO W; MOLANO A, “A tutorial introduction to Embedded Model Control”, XIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Control Automatico, Merida, Venezuela 25-29 November 2008, 2008

CANUTO E; CASTILLO S; OSPINA J.A.; SECHI G; ATTINA P; PIERMARIA M, “SIMBOL-X: A Spacecraft formation for X-Ray observations”, XIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Control Automatico, Merida, Venezuela 25-29 November 2008, 2008

ACUNA BRAVO W; CANUTO E; MALAN S; OSPINA J.A.; COLOMBO D; FORESTELLO D; MORSELLI R, “Dynamic Modeling of Complex Hydraulic Systems”, XIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Control Automatico, Merida, Venezuela 25-29 November 2008, 2008

OSPINA J.A.; CANUTO E, “Thermal dynamics and active control of an optical reference cavity for space applications”, EUSPEN Topical Meeting: Thermal Effects in Precision Systems, Maastricht, (The Netherlands) 3-4 Dicembre 2007, pp. 26-28, 2007

OSPINA J.A.; CANUTO E, “Thermistor calibration oriented to differential temperature measurements”, Topical Meeting: Thermal Effects in Precision Systems, Maastricht, The Netherlands 3-4 December 2007, pp. 63-65, 2007

CANUTO E; OSPINA J.A.; RIPA A; MUSSO F; ALASIA F; BERTINETTO F; BISI M; CORDIALE P, “Multilayer control of an optical reference cavity for space applications”, In: Proc. 12th IEEE Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2007),  Patras (Greece) 25-28 September 2007, pp. 77-84, 2007, ISBN: 1-4244-8026-1