• Title: Program Manager, Hall Effect Propulsion. Program Manager, Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics.
• Place of birth: La Spezia, Italy
• Date of birth: November 17th 1969
• Phone: +39 050 985097
• Fax: +39 050 974094
• E-Mail: l.biagioni@cpr.it , lbiagion@syr.edu

Education

• February 1997: Laurea degree in Aerospace Engineering, Universita' degli Studi di Pisa, graduation score 110/110 cum laude. The thesis project was in the field of experimental hypersonic aerothermodynamics and included studying, designing and installing Centrospazio High Enthalpy Arc-heated Tunnel (HEAT).
• January 1998 - present: Aerospace Engineering PhD program, Universita' degli Studi di Pisa.
• January 1999 - June 1999: Advanced Degree program, Partial Differential Equations and Computational Fluid Dynamics, Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa, Italy).

Professional Experience

• September 1999 - present: Centrospazio-CPR (Pisa, Italy). Program Manager.
• June 1999 - August 1999: Syracuse University (Syracuse NY, USA). Visiting Scientist.
• June 1998 - present: Cimatec (La Spezia, Italy). Consultant, auditing of EC research & development projects, technology transfer.
• January 1998 - June 1999: Centrospazio-CPR (Pisa, Italy). Project Manager.
• August 1997 - December 1997: Syracuse University (Syracuse NY, USA). Teaching Assistant.
• March 1997 - December 1997: Centrospazio-CPR (Pisa, Italy). Research Engineer.
• February 1994 - October 1996: Consultant, structural analysis (FEM) for civil engineering firms.

Professional Interests

Fluid Dynamics:

• Hypersonic aerothermodynamics.
• Turbulent flows.
• Cavitation and bubbly flows, with applications to turbomachinery.

Space Technologies:

• Hall effect thrusters (Stationary Plasma Thruster, SPT)
• Vacuum technology and space simulation.
• Computational plasma physics, with applications to electric propulsion.

Others:

• Genetic algorithms optimization.
• Continuous wavelet transforms for experimental data analysis.
• High dexterity robotic wrists and actuators.

For further information, please check the Publications and Downloads page.

Languages

English, fluent.

French.

Affiliations

AIAA - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

ASME - American Society of Mechanical Engineers.