Alessandro Lotti

Current position

PhD student in Aerospace Science and Technology (37^th cycle) at the University of Bologna, Department of Industrial Engineering.

Research topic: “autonomous navigation of satellites for proximity and docking operations”.

Chair for Social Media at WACE 2024 - IFAC Workshop on Aerospace Control Education.

Previous positions at the University of Bologna

• June – September 2023: teaching tutor at the Summer School in Industrial Engineering for Advanced Automotive.

• August – September 2022: teaching tutor at the Summer School in Industrial Engineering for Advanced Automotive.

• October 2021 – September 2022: teaching tutor of Calculus and Linear Algebra, Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Economics and Finance.

• February – October 2021: graduate research fellow at CIRI Aerospace on the topic “artificial intelligence techniques for satellite pose estimation from images”, in collaboration with Thales Alenia Space Italy.

• August – September 2021: teaching tutor at the Summer School in Industrial Engineering for Advanced Automotive.

• December 2018 – October 2019: degree programme tutor for the Bachelor and Master’s Degree courses in Aerospace Engineering.

Previous positions at other organizations / companies

• October 2022 – June 2023: MATLAB Student Ambassador, The Mathworks Srl.

• November 2021 – June 2022: MATLAB Student Ambassador, The Mathworks Srl.

• September 2021 – December 2021: technical support for online seminars, Alma Mater Foundation.

Prizes and awards

• December 2021 - #T-TEC 2021 (€ 10,000 prize)

Member of the 1st classified team at #TeC 2021, the Open Innovation competition promoted by Leonardo and Telespazio with the proposal “Multi-Purpose Modular Satellite Servicer”: concept for an innovative microsatellite platform providing In Orbit Servicing.

• November 2020 – Study award (€ 1,500 prize)

Recipient of a study award by the Department of Industrial Engineering in recognition of exceptional academic achievement despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic during the second semester of the 2019/2020 academic year.

• May 2017 – AlmaContest (€ 2,750 prize)

Member of the 1st classified team at “AlmaContest 2017” promoted by the University of Bologna, for the category “development of prototypes”, with the proposal “AlmaOrienteering”: an Android application to promote counselling of future students and to ease the search for information about courses, structures, and services.

Education

• 2018 – 2020: Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering at Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna.

Thesis title: “Robotic exploration of lunar caves: concept analysis of the communication system for an ESA Moon mission”.

Exam average: 29.87/30; final grade: 110/110 with honours.

• 2015 – 2018: Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering at Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna.

Thesis title: “Study and implementation of GPS navigation algorithms for orbit determination".

Exam average: 29.40/30; final grade: 110/110 with honours.