Fabrizio Ponti

• Development of a rechargeable tank for solid iodine for electric thrusters
• Modelling the thermal control and management of the tank
• Setup of a testing facility for plasma thrusters
• Plasma thruster modelling
• Particle in Cell modelling applied to electric propulsion systems
  
• Analysis of the radiative loss effects on the performance of a plasma thruster.
• Preliminary design of a thrust balance to estimate the performance of plasma thrusters.

Solid Rocket Boosters

• Evaluation of the convective heat exchange on a burning surface.
• 2D-unsteady ballistic model to evaluate the burning surface evolution of a geometry characterized by edges (Matlab)

Aerospike

• Evaluation of the aerospike thrust under changing external flow conditions.
• 3D simulation of a clustered aerospike.
• Geometry optimization of a clustered aerospike.

Gas Turbines

• Conversion of a testing facility to SAF or H2 fuels
• Testing and modelling a small scale gas turbine engine.

Aircraft Electrical Systems (in collaboration with Leonardo)

• Modeling and simulation of an aircraft onboard electrical system with impulsive loads (radar, laser, electromechanical actuators).
• Development of a laboratory-scale test bench to study power supply strategies using electrochemical or electromechanical storage systems.
• Design of optimized algorithms for onboard energy management.