Academic Qualifications

Professor in Flight Mechanics at Politecnico di Torino
Visiting Professor in Automatic Flight Control Systems at West Virginia University
Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering (with a dissertation on Multivariable Adaptive Neural Control for Helicopter Flight Dynamics) – Politecnico di Torino
BS and MS Magna cum laude in Aeronautical Engineering – Politecnico di Torino

Flight Test Experience

EASA CVE (Compliance Verification Engineer) in EASA PANEL 1 (Flight Testing) for various EASA DOA with pivileges in CS-23,CS-25, CS-27 and CS-29. Flight test campaigns conducted as FTE and/or CVE for Leonardo AW109 (SP, E), AW 139, Airbus Helicopters AS350 (B2, B3, B3e), AS355 (F1, NP) , AS 332 L, L1, L2, EC225LP, Eurocopter EC120B, de Havilland DHC-6 (serie 200), Cessna 414 (A), Cessna 172, Pilatus PC6, Pilatus PC12, Dassault Falcon 2000

Publications
Author of more than 130 international journal and conference papers in the areas of Atmospheric Flight Mechanics, Aircraft Modeling & Simulation, Aircraft Guidance Navigation & Control, Flight Testing and Space Exploration
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Professional Affiliations
Member – Society of Flight Test Engineers (SFTE)