UNISON Italy

Involved Universities

Who are we?

UNISON UNIsec Student OrganisatioN

UNISON was established by UNISEC in 2003 to support Japanese students who are eager to participate in aerospace development activities. UNISON is an organization established by students and managed only by students. UNISON offers students the opportunity to participate in big projects and other activities related to space development. These experiences enable them to exchange their creative ideas and corporate with each other. We expect that they broaden their outlooks and deepen their relationships through the opportunities. Besides, we try to bring up those who will develop new technological fields by themselves in the future. UNISON Italy was established in July 2015 in correlation with UNISEC Italy due to the collaboration between the Faculties of Aerospace Engineering of University of Bologna and La Sapienza, University or Rome. The Polytechnic University of Turin joined UNISEC Italy university consortium since October 2015 and now is ready to start all the UNISON related activities.

Student Activities
Partecipation in International Competitions
CANSAT/CUBESAT Activities
Conferences and online tutoring

Representatives

Marcello Valdatta

Student representative for University of Bologne

Marcello Valdatta is a BSc student of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Bologna. He had a trainee at the Space Science and Technology Institute in Vilnius (Lithuania) and now he is working as a Space Systems R&D developer at NPC – “Spacemind”, Imola (Italy).

Alice Pellegrino

Italian representative for UNISEC Italy / Student representative for “La Sapienza”, University of Rome

Alice Pellegrino graduated in the BSc in Aerospace Engineering at Sapienza, University of Rome (Italy) in March 2015. In September 2015, she started the Sapienza’s MSc in Space and Astronautical Engineering and she is the current Italian Student Representative for UNISEC Italy.

Luigi Mascolo

Student representative for Polytechnic of Turin

Luigi Mascolo graduated in the BSc in Aerospace Engineering at the Polytechnic of Turin (PoliTo) in March 2015. He is nowadays enrolled in the MSc in Aerospace and Astronautical Engineering, specialising in Space, at the PoliTo and he is the current PoliTo Student Representative for UNISEC.

LEANDRO IORIO

Student representative for University of Rome “Tor Vergata”

Leandro Iorio graduated in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata” in July 2017. Since 2017, he has been Ph.D. student in Industrial Engineering about “Smart Composite Structures” for aerospace applications, with particular regard to the satellite sector.

Repesentative professors

Fabio Santoni received the Dr. Eng. degree in Aeronautical Engineering (cumlaude) and the PhD in Aerospace Engineering both at Universita’ di Roma “La Sapienza”, in 1992 and 1996. In 1996 he was visiting scholar at Stanford University, were he participated in the small satellite programs Sapphire and Opal. He had technical managenent responsibiliy in the education program UNISAT at University of Rome “La Sapienza”, till 2009. He is presently Associate Professor in Aerospace Systems at the Dipartimento di Ingegneria Astronautica, Elettrica ed Energetica (DIAEE) of University of Rome “La Sapienza”, where he established the Aerospace Systems Laboratory. His research activity is mainly devoted to nanospacecraft design, attitude determination and control, space debris observation, mitigation and remediation techniques, including end-of-life disposal and active debris removal.

Fabio Santoni

Sabrina Corpino is Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (DIMEAS) of Politecnico di Torino. Her main scientific interests lie in the areas of Systems analysis, Design Methodologies for Aerospace Systems, and Techniques for Space Systems Simulation and Verification. She is involved in many research programs with major aerospace companies and institutions. Dr Corpino is working in the CubeSat field since the concept was born in the early 2000’s. She is currently coordinating an international project on Interplanetary CubeSats with Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NASA/JPL. She is the academic advisor of the CubeSat student team of Politecnico di Torino. Main achievements to date are the launch into orbit of the first Italian CubeSat in 2012 and the development of a second CubeSat for ESA to be launched in 2016.
Résumé

Sabrina Corpino

Paolo Tortora is Associate Professor at University of Bologna since 2006, where he carries out his research in the field of Space Systems. His research interests include small satellites and innovative spacecraft subsystems, including the ground segment, and planetary exploration with particular reference to radio science experiments. Scientific director of several national and international research projects, he collaborates with European and US-based companies and space agencies. Author of more than 150 publications, including 90 indexed on Scopus (h-index = 15, August 2016).

Paolo Tortora

Denise Bellisario is Researcher of the Department of Industrial Engineering of the University of Rome Tor Vergata since 2015. Her research activities are focused on materials and manufacturing technologies applied to aerospace and non-aerospace systems. In particular, the main scientific interests in aerospace concern SMART materials and composite structures for deorbiting and grabbing applications, particularly in satellite integration. She is involved in many national and international research projects and she collaborates with national and international companies and space organizations. Denise Bellisario is UNISON Italy academic referent for the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

Denise Bellisario