Virtual Testing and Manufacturing of Aerospace Structures and Materials
Session Keynote Speaker: Emilio Di Lorenzo
Dr. Emilio Di Lorenzo is currently employed at Siemens Industry Software in Genoa (Italy). He is working as Research Engineering Manager for the Structural Dynamics and Environmental Testing research team which is distributed between Italy, Spain and Belgium (Leuven). He holds a joint PhD degree in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering obtained at the University of Naples (Italy) and at KU Leuven (Belgium) in 2017. His research is focusing on structural dynamics, innovative testing technologies and digital twins.
Virtual Shaker Testing: A Real-Time Framework for Predicting Spacecraft Vibration Tests.
GNSS Frontiers: From Earth to Lunar Exploration and Beyond
Session Keynote Speaker: Andrea Piccolo
A. Piccolo is a Technical and Scientific Officer at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy. His specialties include GNSS Spaceborne receivers, Space Service Volume, LEO-PNT, Galileo PRS, and the development of new Galileo services. He graduated with an M.Sc. in Telecommunications Engineering from Politecnico di Milano in 2014. He worked as a Radio Navigation System Engineer at Thales Alenia Space Italy, focusing on GNSS Spaceborne receivers and Galileo Navigation Signal Generation Unit (NSGU) product development from 2015 to 2023.
Galileo Space Service Volume Analysis for Earth Orbit Rising Missions
Additive manufacturing for metals, alloys and ceramics for aerospace applications
Session Keynote Speaker: James Paul Rouse
Dr James Paul Rouse graduated from the University of Nottingham in July 2010 Master degree in Mechanical Engineering and completed his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (also at the University of Nottingham) in January 2014. In October 2018 Dr Rouse began a 3 year Nottingham Research Fellowship appointment funded by the University of Nottingham (with technical support from Rolls-Royce), leading to an appointment as an academic at the university in 2021. He is currently an associate professor working in the university’s Mechanical and Aerospace Systems Research Group. His research interests focus on the development of novel material characterisation/modelling methods (particularly for high temperature applications), the integration of these models in efficient finite element system models, and the evaluation of uncertainty and error in these modelling practices.
Testing in Aerospace
Novel Testing Methods for Mechanical Assessment of Additively Manufactured Materials in Aerospace Relevant Contexts – Experience and Development at the University of Nottingham
Session Keynote Speaker: Chris Bennett
Chris Bennett is Professor of Solid Mechanics, Director of the UTC in Gas Turbine Transmission Systems and Director of the Institute of Aerospace Technology at The University of Nottingham. His research interests include fusion and non-fusion welding processes and the development of experimental facilities and models to provide deep insight into the material behaviour and evolution during these processes. He also has a broad interest in the application of numerical modelling (particularly finite element modelling) to engineering problems which include contact, wear and fatigue of aeroengine components. Linked to this is experience and expertise in novel characterisation methods for a range of material systems and components in representative environments for gas turbine applications. He has a long history of working closely with industry and has been PI on a number of collaborative research projects funded by the ATI and direct funded by industry. He is currently PI on the Clean Aviation project HEAVEN and ATI project MUSIC.
Pathways towards the ultimate Energy Efficient Aircraft of the Future
Session Keynote Speaker: Daniel Reckzeh
Daniel Reckzeh speaks in his role as representative of the German Society for Aeronautics and Astronautics (DGLR). He is member of the DGLR presidential board and member of the senate. He leads the DGLR technical area group “large aircraft” from which the experts study for the presented keynote originates.
The Energy-Efficient Aircraft of the Future: A Long-Term Perspective