Personal Information

Nationality

Italian

Date of Birth

Gender

20 February 1987

Female

Work Experience

Date

March 2012 – September 2012

Name and address of the employer

European Space Agency

ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

Occupation or position held

Stagiaire

Main activities and responsibilities

·         Development and maintenance of a tool to study the feasibility of space missions (ALMA-Automatic Knowledge-Based Generator of Launcher Performance Maps);

·         Study and estimation of the necessary launcher’s information for ALMA inputs;

·         Development of launchers’ dynamics model and optimization of requested trajectories;

·         Proposal of further improvements;

·         Close contact with the industry (Astos Solutions);

·         Production of technical documentation, users manual and results statement;

·         Final presentation to TEC-ECN, Guidance Navigation and Control section (ESTEC).

Date

June 2005 – September 2005

Name and address of the employer

System Point srl

Nembro (BG), Italy

Occupation or position held

Stagiaire

Main activities and responsibilities

Assembly and assistance of  domestic and office electronic devices

Education

Date

2010 –  December 2013

Name and address of the organization

Politecnico di Milano

Milano, Italy

Title of qualification awarded

MSc degree in Space Engineering.

Principal subjects / occupational skills covered

Space System Design, Orbital Mechanics,  Attitude Control Systems, Thermal Analysis, Space Propulsion, Telecommunication Systems, Space Technologies and Materials, Aerospace Structures Design, Dynamic and Control of Aerospace Structures.

Thesis

Design, development and evaluation of a GNC functional model for a spacecraft drag sail-based de-orbit system.

Date

March 2011 – July 2011

Name and address of the organization

Politecnico di Milano

Milano, Italy

Occupation or position held

Team Leader and Electrical Power System Analyst

Main activities and responsibilities

·         Phase A study of a multi-objective space mission to Saturn;

·         Feasibility survey of probes’ in situ analysis, landing and sample-return;

·         Coordination and supervision of the team activities;

·         Study and design of the power generation, control and distribution system;

·         Definition of the power and risk budgets;

·         Writing of technical documentation, weekly reports and presentations;

·         Final presentation to a team of ESA experts at ESTEC.

Title of the project

ARCADIA, a mission concept of 2011 Space Systems Design course at Politecnico di Milano.

Date

2010 –  2012

Name of the organization

Politecnico di Milano / ESA / Surrey Satellite Technology

Occupation or position held

Team Coordinator of ESMO propulsion subsystem

Main activities and responsibilities

·         Administration of the team during phase B2 and PDR process

·         Organization, management and supervision of the team activities;

·         Technical documentation of the activities according to the ESA standards;

·         CAD modeling;

·         Subsystems’ compatibility checks;

·         Direct interaction with the other subsystems’ teams;

·         Speaker during ESMO public presentation.

Title of the Project

European Student Moon Orbiter (ESMO)

Date

2006 –2010

Name and address of the organization

Politecnico di Milano

Milano, Italy

Title of qualification awarded

BSc degree in Aerospace Engineering

Principal subjects / occupational skills covered

Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics, Thermodynamics, Aerospace Mechanic, Aerospace Propulsion, Numerical Control, Informatics, Electronics and Automatic Control, Mathematics, Physics.

Thesis

Agglomeration phenomena in solid propellants with modal oxidizer distribution for space exploration.

Level in national classification

94/110

Date

2001 –2006

Name and address of the organization

Istituto di Istruzione Secondaria Superiore “Valle Seriana”

Gazzaniga (BG), Italy

 Title of qualification awarded

High school diploma: Technical expert in Electronics and Telecommunications

Principal subjects / occupational skills covered

Electronics, Telecommunications, Electronics Systems Design, Informatics, Design and Realization of PCB,  Programs development for microcontrollers and PLC.

Final Project

“Il Lessicottero – The rotating writing”. Project, development and control of a rotating structure able to reproduce preset or variable text through the usage of LEDs arrays.

Level in national classification

100/100

Personal skills and competences

Mother tongue

Italian

Languages : self-assessment

European level

English*

Portuguese**

* -TOEIC exam, 2009.

-Summer courses in England: a total of 2 months in an English-family home and daily attendance to English lectures of intermediate and high-intermediate level. Participation certificate issued.

** Self-learning in progress.

Computer skills and competence

·         Matlab, Simulink, C, C++;

·         STK, ASTOS;

·         Catia, Femap, Patran, Nastran, SolidEdge, Comsol Multiphysics, Assembler, OrCAD Layout, LabVIEW;

·         MS Office, Latex, Flash, Photoshop.

Organizational skills and competences

·         Independent despite skilled team player: demonstrated during stagiaire and academic experiences.

·         Organized and efficient: I have successfully completed every project I was involved in.

·         Good communicator: proven in different activities where a close cooperation and interaction were required.

Social skills and competence

Very sociable and adaptable. Willing to travel and to work in multicultural environment. Strong curiosity and desire to learn and develop new skills.

Additional information

·         Sports: volleyball and artistic gymnastic at agonistic level, running, cycling and hiking.

·         Hobbies: astronomy, travelling, reading and technology.

Driving licenses

Category B vehicle