Phd in AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ENGINEERING

email: paolo.gasbarri@uniroma1.it
phone: 25324
building: RM 80
room: 8

Academic Position and Education
Full Professor in Aerospace Structures
at the Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering Department, University of Rome La Sapienza.

1989 Laurea Degree in Aeronautical Engineering at University of Rome “La Sapienza”
1989 National license to practice engineering
1992 PhD in Aerospace Engineering
1993-1996 System Engineer at Alenia Space
1996-2004 Assistant Professor in Aerospace Structures at Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”
1997 Visiting Professor at the Deutschen Zentrum fur Luft-und Raumfahrt (DLR) (Germany)
2005 Associate Professor in Design of Aerospace Structures at “La Sapienza”.
2011 Visiting Professor at UNISINOS, Applied Mathematics Department, Brazil
2015 Visiting Professor ITA, Istituto Tecnòlogico de Aeronatica, Brazil

Past activites
Before joining the University of Rome, Dr. Paolo Gasbarri was a Research Fellow in Alenia Spazio (now Thales Alenia Space), one of the leading Italian aerospace industries where he was involved in several research areas concerning Space Technology:
1) Design and Analysis of Space Systems;
2) Attitude Control Design;
3) Aerothermodynamics Analysis of Space Reentry Vehicles;
4) Vibration control of Space Structures.

He was also responsible for the following projects:
1)Aerothermodynamic analysis of Italian Reentry Unmanned Capsule, CARINA;
2)Influence of liquid sloshing and structural elastic frequencies on attitude dynamics of ARTEMIS satellite;
3)PICS project (Integrated Platform for Control Systems): The objective of this research was to develop an autonomous spacecraft simulator and test-bed; later the simulator was used in Alenia for the development and validation of control algorithms as well as various hardware elements necessary for satellite attitude control design. The work was successfully implemented on the Italian Army satellite called SICRAL.
4)Experimental qualification tests of the orbital attitude control system of the scientific ESA satellite ARTEMIS

Research
The research activities carried out by Paolo Gasbarri deal with two basic themes:
- Composite structures and aeroelastic optimization of composite wings
- Dynamic behavior of the structures in space environment, and multi-body dynamics

Since 1996 Paolo Gasbarri has carried out many researches in collaboration with aerospace industries and Italian research centers and he was the Coordinator and PI of several national and university research projects on space structures, aeroelasticity of composite wings, structural optimizations, adaptive vibration control, aeroelasticity and robotic spacecraft guidance navigation and control space systems. Consultant for FIAT AVIO in the Italian launcher development “VEGA” (2001). Consultant for the Italian Ministry of Defense for the on orbit tests on the attitude of SICRAL I (2002).


Research Programs Coordination
Paolo Gasbarri coordinates several research programs funded by Italian Ministry of Research, University of Roma La Sapienza, Italian Space Agency and European Space Agency

In the last four years Paolo Gasbarri was the coordinator of the following programs:

1. Guidance, navigation and control of space manipulator, granted by the Italian Ministry of Research;
2. New Design Methodologies to Control Very Large Space Flexible Structures. In cooperation with Thales Alenia Space (IT), ONERA (FR), ESA, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (IT) granted by the European Space Agency;
3. Use of multibody approach for space and terrestrial applications, granted by ESA;
4. Active Debris Removal by Means Robotic Arms", granted by ASTRIUM (Airbus Defence and Space);
5. MAC approach for mode shape re-ordering in DCAP, granted by ESA

Teaching
Paolo Gasbarri has carried out several teaching activities first as an assistant professor and then as associate professor in many courses connected to aerospace structures held in “La Sapienza”. He has taught in undergraduate courses of Aerospace Engineering and in graduate courses in Space Engineering. Currently he is professor in the Course of Design of Aerospace Structures, in the course of Multi-body Structures for Space Applications and also lecturer in the PhD course in Aerospace and Aeronautics Technology at “La Sapienza”.

University Activities
2003-2010 Member of the Faculty Committee for the implementation and development of university-industry cooperation program and the integration of the graduates students in the aerospace industries.
2006-2013 Member of the Board of the PhD Course in Aeronautical and Space Technologies at University of Rome “La Sapienza”.
2004-2010 Member of the Board of Aerospace and Astronautics Department of the University of Roma “La Sapienza”.
2005-2010 Member of the Board of the San Marco Project Research Centre (CRPSM) of the University of Roma “La Sapienza”.
2007-2013 Member of Doctoral Committee in Aeronautics and Space Technology of La Sapienza
2011-2013 Member of the Board of the Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering Department of the University of Roma “La Sapienza”.

International Organizations
1996-2014 Member of the Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics (A.I.D.A.A)
2000-2005 Italian representative at the Structures and Material Panel of the NATO Research Technology Agency (RTO)
2003 Member of the Material and Structures Committee of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF)
2003 Member of the International Organizing Committee of the International Astronautical Congress (IAC)
2006 Corresponding Member of the International Astronautical Academy (IAA)
2007 Chair of the Material and Structures Committee of IAF
2008 Full Member of the International Astronautical Academy (IAA).
2009-Present Member of the Technical Committee of the IAF
2012-Present Member of the board of A.I.D.A.A
2017-2018 Leader Member (Secretary) of the Commission 4 ( Space Systems Operations & Utilization) International Astronautical Academy (IAA).
2019-2023 Vice-Chair of the Commission 4 ( Space Systems Operations & Utilization) International Astronautical Academy (IAA).
2024-present Chair of the Commission 4 ( Space Systems Operations & Utilization) International Astronautical Academy (IAA).
2024-present

Dissemination of research and participation to academic life
In the last seven years Paolo Gasbarri was the advisor of several Italian PhD students. He was also the external advisor for a Brazilian PhD in Applied Mathematics and for a Brazilian Post Doc in Dynamics Simulations of Aerospace Slender Flexible Bodies.

He was also the advisor of about 50 Undergraduate Thesis and of 35 Graduate Thesis.
Co-author of about 60 papers published on referred journals and more than 100 conference papers
Referee of many Internationals Journals in the field of Structures, Applied Mechanics and Space Systems. Member of the board and co-editor editor of Aerotecnica Missili e Spazio, The Journal of Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics since 2008.