NAVAID ALI

PhD Student

PhD program:: XXXIX
email: navaid.ali@uniroma1.it
phone: +393294265739
building: Via Anguillarese, 301, 00123 Roma RM
room: ENEA Casaccia, Rome, Italy




supervisor: Prof. Domenico Borello
co-supervisor: Prof. Antonella Ingenito
joint PhD: Dr. Davide Pumiglia / Dr. Massimiliano Della Pietro

Research: Evaluation of the electrochemical performance of solid oxide cells operating in reversible mode: quantification of degradation phenomena and development of mitigation strategies.

NAVAID ALI
Aerospace Engineer
alinavaid1987@gmail.com, navaid.ali1@gmail.com, Phone : +39-3294265739

EDUCATION
M.S in Aerospace Engineering
Faculty of Scuola di Ingegneria Aerospaziale
La Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy, Sept 2018 – Jan 2022
Grade:110 with honors/110
Awarded: Laureato Eccellente Facolta Di Ingeneria Aerospaziale, 2020-2021
Thesis title: I-RIT: Iodine Enabled RF-Ion Propulsion Technology for CubeSat Exploration
B.Tech in Mechanical and Automation Engineering
GGS IPU University New Delhi, India, Sept 2007 – June 2011
Grade: First Division

EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor
Suresh Gyan Vihar University
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sep 2011 – June 2016 * Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Assistant Professor
Arya College of Engineering & Technology Rajasthan Technical University
Department of Mechanical Engineering
July 2016 – Nov 2017 * Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

RESEARCH INTEREST
Electric Propulsion
Ion Propulsion Technology - (Plasma Physics)
Radio-frequency ion thruster Hall Effect thruster
Helicon thruster Discharge chamber Ion optics
Impedance modelling Analytical modelling
Numerical performance modelling Propellant options
Feed System Development Solar Cells Battery storage
Plasma Simulation- DSMC , PIC , ES-PIC , MHD
VLASOV Equation
DIGITAL SKILLS
Solid Works Catia V5 Ansys CFD
COMSOL Multiphysics
Ansys EM Suit CST Simulia OpenFoam
C++ Python MATLAB Simulink
Latex Origin Pro

PROJECTS
Project - Masters
Guidance of the Soyuz reentry capsule to a specific landing point.
March–June 2020
Re-Entry Trajectory control Inputs Optimal Control Algorithm MATLAB Simulink
Project - Bachelors
Analysis of improving the efficiency of the Internal Combustion Engine
Jan–May 2011
Thermo-Electric Generator Turbo-Charger Design and fabrication of automatic underwater vehicle
Aug-Nov 2010
DC Motors Camera Navigation Design and fabrication of Epicyclic Gear Train
May–July 2009
Solid works Milling machining Sun Gear Spur Gear Planet Gear Annular Gear

LANGUAGES
English ○
Italian ○
German ○
Parallel programming - MPI , OpenMPI , CUDA

CERTIFICATES
ΠHVAC (DESIGN) Certified professional by MEP Trainings New Delhi,
HVAC (DESIGN) Certified professional by MEP Training New Delhi, Registration No:- 180-116-04-01-H visit
www.meptrainings.com
ΠIndustrial Automation and Robotics
AICTE recognised Govt. of India Short Term Course (NITTR CHANDIGARH) Serial No.ICT-4279/15
ΠInduction Teacher Training Program AICTE recognised by Govt. of India Short Term Course
(NITTR CHANDIGARH) Serial No.EC-2105/13 INTERNSHIP
A study of tractor assembly line, their maintenance and overhauling methods was done.
This was undertaken as part of six week training at ESCORTS LIMITED, FARIDABAD.
01/06/2010 - 20/07/2010
REFEREES
Prof. Giovanni Palmerini
@ giovanni.palmerini@uniroma1.it
# School of Aerospace Engineering
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Via Salaria 851, 00138 ROMA T (+39) 06 44589762 F (+39) 06 44589757
Prof. Antonella Ingenito
@ antonella.ingenito@uniroma1.it
# School of Aerospace Engineering
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Via Salaria 851, 00138 ROMA T (+39) 06 44589762 F (+39) 06 44589757
Prof. Luigi Schirone
@ luigi.schirone@uniroma1.it
# School of Aerospace Engineering
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Via Salaria 851, 00138 ROMA T (+39) 06 44589762 F (+39) 06 44589757
EXTRACURRICULAR (FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS)
• Thrust Areas of Research in Engineering and Science through ICT at Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
• Industrial Automation and Robotics through ICT at Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
• Induction Teacher Training Program through ICT- AICTE recognized by Govt. of India (NITTR CHANDIGARH)

PUBLICATIONS

• Navaid Ali, A. I. (2022). Modelling and design of a discharge chamber for low pressure inductively coupled iodine enabled rf gridded ion thruster. Under prgress.
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• EPIC - The Electric Propulsion Innovation Competitiveness workshop (Space Electric Propulsion Strategic Research
Cluster H2020 - State of Art of Electric Propulsion in Europe). (Napples, Italy, 2023).

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