• Place of birth: Lucca, Italy
• Date of birth: 1971
• Phone: +39 050 985072
• Fax: +39 050 974863
• E-mail: f.ceccanti@cpr.it

Education

• ·       January 2001 – Present: Graduate Student, University of Pisa. Aerospace Engineering PhD program on “Low Thrust Manoeuvres Optimisation Methods for Novel Missions”

• ·       April 2000 - Laurea Degree in Aerospace Engineering, Major Space Engineering, University of Pisa (Italy). Graduation thesis on “FEEP systems application to MITA Platform based microsatellites”.

• ·       1990 - Diploma di Maturità Scientifica, Liceo Scientifico “G. Marconi”, S. Miniato (PI, Italy).

• ·       1988 - Research Science Institute, Center for Excellence in Education, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.

Professional
experience

• ·       September 2001 - Present: Centrospazio/Alta (Pisa, Italy), Project Manager. Miniaturised Electric Propulsion Systems. Electric Propulsion sistems applications. FEEP Electric Propulsion System Development. FEEP Micropropulsion Assembly for GOCE Activities.

• ·       June 2000 - September 2001: Centrospazio (Pisa, Italy), Research Engineer. Mission analysis and system design. Preliminary study for an International Space Station (ISS)-based advanced vehicle using Electric Propulsion. FEEP Cluster design.

Main work interests

• Mission Analysis.
• Space systems design.
• Electric Propulsion.
• Optimization methods for engineering.

Languages

Italian, mother tongue
English

Hobbies

Flute playing, cooking, wine tasting and fine dining.