Federico Pinchetti

Master in Aerospace Engineering at University of Pisa, Italy (December 2006 - April 2009)

• Major Subjects: Chemical and Electrical Space Propulsion, Control, Orbital Mechanics
• Thesis: "Investigation of Fast Discharge Control Algorithms for High Precision Inertial Sensors"

MSc thesis project at EADS Astrium in Friedrichshafen, Germany (September 2008 - February 2009)

• Design of an on-board algorithm for the LISA Pathfinder mission.
• Analysis of the force coupling in different actuation modes and design of a new actuation mode.
• Improvement of the pre-existing actuation strategies and the system modelling.

Researcher at Technische Universiteit Delft, Netherlands (September 2009 - June 2011)

• Preliminary study for extended object and wave-front estimation in astronomical systems within a control-system framework.
• Identification of different research possibilities to achieve the project goals.

Engineer at Astos Solutions in Stuttgart, Germany (July 2011 - December 2011)

• Support for the LTP Discharge group in EADS Astrium in Friedrichshafen
• Data and System Simulation analysis

Researcher at the Institute of Flight Mechanics and Control (iFR), Universitaet Stuttgart, Germany (February 2012 - Present).