Seminars

The talk will give an introductory overview on recent and ongoing research activities of Dr. Romano and his team, particularly in the following three areas:

Numerical-experimental studies

1) Guidance/control for spacecraft proximity maneuvers and experimental testing in a laboratory environment.

Analytical-numerical studies:

2) Use of residual aerodynamic drag for spacecraft maneuvering

3) Exact solutions for the rotational motion of a rigid body

Bio

Dr. Marcello Romano is a Tenured Associate Professor (Full Professorship Promotion is Pending) at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering of the Naval Postgraduate School. He holds a Dottorato di Ricerca (Ph.D.) (2001) and Laurea (Engineering Degree) (1997) in Aerospace Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Before joining the faculty of Naval Postgraduate School in 2004, he has been research fellow of the US National Research Council and visiting research associate at CERN of Geneva, Switzerland, ESA of Cologne, Germany, and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna of Pisa, Italy. During 2011-2012 he spent a one-year sabbatical from NPS as a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Astronautics of the Technical University of Munich, Germany. His main research interests are on the dynamics and control of spacecraft and other autonomous robotic systems. He has been conducting experimental activities with a number of advanced test beds, in laboratories, parabolic flights and on the International Space Station. He authored/co-authored 39 journal publications and 7 patents. He is an Associate Fellow in the AIAA and a Senior Member in the IEEE.