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Ready-to-start proposals are listed below.

Topic
Dynamics, control and simulation of airships with and without thrust-vector control: forward flight, hover and transition (funded project I-PROP) Inquire
Study and implementation of aerodynamic models for simulation of lighter-than-air flying vehicles Inquire
Wind-tunnel testing of airship envelopes Inquire
Detailed sizing, lofting and virtual characterization of an airship flying demonstrator featuring ion-plasma thrusters (funded project I-PROP) Inquire
Formation flying of fixed-wing UAVs: swarm architecture and on-trajectory guidance Inquire
A virtual model of a CS23 aircraft with distributed electric propulsion for automated certification: implementation and testing (funded project DIGACE) Inquire

Ongoing

Candidate Topic Tutor/s End time (due)
Marianicole Volpicelli Status e possibili sviluppi di infrastrutture energetiche aeroportuali (presso Azienda To70, Milano) Carlo E.D. Riboldi (tutor accademico) Summer 2024
Raoul Gonzalez Garcia Simulation of the dynamics of an air-launched slender body, in free fall or with additional initial kinetic energy Carlo E.D. Riboldi Summer 2024
Steven Horner Design preliminare e studio delle prestazioni dinamiche di un missile terra-aria Carlo E.D. Riboldi Summer 2024
Giuseppe Familiari Preliminary design and sizing of High-Altitude Airships featuring ionic plasma thrusters (EU-funded project I-PROP) Carlo E.D. Riboldi Summer 2024
Eric Landolfi Dynamic simulation and study of the response of a tethered glider Alessandro Croce/Carlo E.D. Riboldi Autumn 2024
Marco Funaro In-swarm coordination within swarms of fixed-wing UAVs Carlo E.D. Riboldi Winter 2024
Alessandro Di Blasio Collision avoidance within swarms of fixed-wing UAVs Carlo E.D. Riboldi Winter 2024
Mattia Luraschi Airship design methods: from preliminary sizing to detailed lofting Carlo E.D. Riboldi Winter 2024

Completed

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Candidate Title Supervisor/Tutors Year Download
Daniele Chelodi Preliminary design of a fixed wing eVTOL UAV with autocharging capabilities (in cooperation with MENAPS, France) Carlo E.D. Riboldi 2024 Download
Anas M.S.M. Shehata Preliminary sizing, mass lofting and trimming of a small-scale airship featuring ion-plasma propulsion (EU-funded project I-PROP) Carlo E.D. Riboldi 2024 Download
Ricardo Cantù Medrano Reliability, availability and maintainability analysis of an oil & gas production plant (in cooperation with Pansoinco s.r.l.) Carlo E.D. Riboldi 2024 Download
Elia Marinsalda Problemi di tempo minimo e intelligenza artificiale con applicazione alla guida di droni (in collaborazione con InvolveSpace) Carlo E.D. Riboldi 2024 Download
Furkan Uslu Fixed-Wing UAV Swarm Obstacle Avoidance Using Inverted Proportional Navigation Guidance Carlo E.D. Riboldi 2024 Download not available
Riccardo Andrew Oggioni, Elisa Giulia Garbin Wind tunnel testing of propeller interaction for a novel push-pull aircraft configuration Maurizio Boffadossi/Carlo E.D. Riboldi 2024 Download not available
Marco Tomasoni Dynamic simulation, flight control, and guidance synthesis for fixed-wing UAV swarms Carlo E.D. Riboldi 2023 Download not available
Filippo Cassera Layout analysis and flight control of airships with distributed thrust Carlo E.D. Riboldi 2023 Download not available
Guillermo García Gironés Missile dynamics modeling: model-based control of thrust-vector Carlo E.D. Riboldi/Stefano Cacciola 2023 Download not available
Fabrizio Ciccocelli Design of lighter-than-air flying systems with innovative propulsion and energy storage Carlo E.D. Riboldi 2023 Download not available
Ilaria Spadafora Preliminary design and configurational analysis of airships with novel propulsion techniques Carlo E.D. Riboldi/Stefano Cacciola 2022 Download not available
Edoardo Generali Simulazione tridimensionale di flare e contatto per aeroplani in atterraggio Stefano Cacciola/Carlo E.D. Riboldi 2022 Download not available
Marco Milanesi Orientable thrust on airships: dynamics modelling and simulation Carlo E.D. Riboldi 2022 Download not available
Pedro Pablo Javier Zepeda Nunez Aircraft noise modeling through simulation for route optimization Alberto Rolando/Carlo E.D. Riboldi 2022 Download not available
Stefano Agnati Aeroswitch project: fidelization of the flight simulator of a Distributed Electric Propulsion airplane Lorenzo Trainelli/Stefano Cacciola, Carlo E.D. Riboldi 2022 Download not available
Lorenzo Ceffa Analysis and optimisation of the take-off manoeuvre for a three-surfaces aircraft with redundant longitudinal control Carlo E.D. Riboldi/Stefano Cacciola 2021 Download
Davide Olivieri Preliminary design of an electrically propelled LTA for low-atmosphere operation Carlo E.D. Riboldi 2021 Download
Gregory Regazzoni Conceptual design of a rocket-deployed high-altitude airship for long-endurance missions Alberto Rolando/Carlo E.D. Riboldi 2021 Download not available
Lorenzo Alberti AeroSwitch project: Development of the flight simulator of a distributed electric propulsion demonstrator Carlo E.D. Riboldi/Lorenzo Trainelli 2021 Download not available
Lorenzo Mainini An elemental approach to the simulation of LTA aircraft dynamics Carlo E.D. Riboldi/Stefano Cacciola 2020 Download not available
Matteo Arnoldi Dynamic modeling of a three-surface aircraft with controlled canard Stefano Cacciola/Carlo E.D. Riboldi 2020 Download not available
Sergio Stefanelli Enhanced general procedures for optimal design of aircraft propellers Lorenzo Trainelli/Carlo E.D. Riboldi 2020 Download not available
Paolo Valsecchi Ingegneria e progettazione del dirigibile: analisi storica e prospettive future Carlo E.D. Riboldi 2020 Download
Jaime de Zubeldia Martin Optimal design methods with choice of aerodynamic profiles for aircraft propellers Lorenzo Trainelli/Carlo E.D. Riboldi 2020 Download not available
Luca Mariani Measuring the environmental effects of electric propulsion for aircraft on acoustic and atmospheric emissions Carlo E.D. Riboldi/Lorenzo Trainelli, Alberto Rolando 2019 Download not available
Marco Fogazzi Validation of a rotorcraft simulation tool and application to the observation of non measurable flight parameters Lorenzo Trainelli/Carlo E.D. Riboldi, Giorgio Maisano 2019 Download
Davide Comincini Modular approach to hydrogen hybrid-electric aircraft design Lorenzo Trainelli/Carlo E.D. Riboldi, Alberto Rolando 2018 Download not available
Andrea Bavetta Flight mechanics modeling and control study of a three-surface aircraft Carlo E.D. Riboldi/Stefano Cacciola 2018 Download
Niccolò Rossi Conceptual design of hybrid-electric aircraft Lorenzo Trainelli/Carlo E.D. Riboldi, Alberto Rolando 2018 Download not available
Gabriele Poiana Hybrid-electric aircraft power-train modeling and simulation Lorenzo Trainelli/Carlo E.D. Riboldi, Alberto Rolando 2018 Download
Federico Bigoni Impact of hybrid-electric aircraft operations Lorenzo Trainelli/Carlo E.D. Riboldi, Alberto Rolando 2018 Download
Nicola Tarraran Optimal approach to propeller design Lorenzo Trainelli/Carlo E.D. Riboldi 2017 Download
Davide Pinato Sintesi e controllo di modelli ridotti per la dinamica di elicottero Carlo E.D. Riboldi/Lorenzo Trainelli 2017 Download
Francesco Salucci Observing rotorcraft non-measurable parameters in terminal approach maneuvers through rotor states Lorenzo Trainelli/Carlo E.D. Riboldi 2017 Download
Carlo Capocchiano Trimmaggio e risposta alla raffica di un modello multi-corpo di elicottero Carlo E.D. Riboldi/Alessandro Croce, Lorenzo Trainelli 2016 Download
Mattia Bucari Stima di parametri aeromeccanici di elicotteri in manovra terminale mediante misure di stato del rotore Lorenzo Trainelli/Carlo E.D. Riboldi 2015 Download
Leonardo Tasca LiDAR technology with un-frozen turbulence for wind turbine predictive control Carlo L. Bottasso/Carlo E.D. Riboldi 2014 Download
Marco Salvetti Individual pitch control for the reduction of ultimate loads on wind turbines Carlo L. Bottasso/Carlo E.D. Riboldi 2014 Download not available
Luca Guerinoni Ottimizzazione di procedure di frenata di emergenza per aerogeneratori Ferruccio Resta/Carlo L. Bottasso, Carlo E.D. Riboldi 2012 Download
Pietro Pizzinelli LiDAR-enabled predictive control of wind turbines Carlo L. Bottasso/Carlo E.D. Riboldi, Marco Lovera 2012 Download
Giulio Giansiracusa Tecniche di controllo predittivo per aerogeneratori con ausilio di strumentazione LiDAR Carlo L. Bottasso/Carlo E.D. Riboldi 2011 Download
José Fernandez-Bolanos Maya, Francisco Velasquez-Buendia Observation of yaw misalignment from the aero-elastic response of a wind Turbine Carlo L. Bottasso/Carlo E.D. Riboldi, Federico Gualdoni 2011 Download not available
Mario Gutierrez, Alvaro Perez-Sanchez Studio sugli effetti degli errori di modello in un osservatore del vento per aerogeneratore Carlo L. Bottasso/Carlo E.D. Riboldi, Stefano Cacciola 2010 Download not available
Valentina Ronchi Osservatori del vento per il controllo di aerogeneratori Carlo L. Bottasso/Carlo E.D. Riboldi 2009 Download
Davide Devecchi Tecniche di controllo aeroelastico con passo individuale delle pale per aerogeneratori Carlo L. Bottasso/Alessandro Croce, Carlo E.D. Riboldi 2009 Download