20th PEGASUS Student Conference at UPC in Terrassa

Saturday, April 27th

 ESEIAAT TR1 Building

• 8:30 Registration

Assembly Hall

• 8:45 Welcome words - Raffaello Mariani and Mykola Ivchenko, Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH)

Rooms 1.07, 1.08, 1.09 and 1.06

9:00 to 10h30’ - Parallel Sessions I in TR1 Building 

• Space Engineering and Technology - Network and Radio, room 1.07
  • 09:00 Bonaca, Alessio - Alma Mater Studiorum - "Analysis of the atmospheric and cryovolcanic properties of Enceladus by radio occultation experiments of Cassini"
  • 09:30 Barraque, Anna - ISAE-Supaero - "The use of AI in the detection of cyber intrusions in orbital systems"
  • 10:00 Barzaghi, Astrid - Politecnico di Milano - "Crosslink proximity navigation in small-body dynamics: performance assessment and optimization"
• Space Engineering and Technology - Radar, room 1.08
  • 09:00 Carletti, Lorenzo - Alma Mater Studiorum - "Ephemeris reconstruction of asteroid 65803 Didymos using astrometric and radiometric data"
  • 09:30 Gargiulo, Vittorio - Sapienza - Università di Roma - "Joint analysis of Europa Clipper and JUICE missions to contrain the Galilean moons’ ephemerides"
  • 10:00 Pelliccia, Francesca - Università di Napoli Federico II - "Near-zero inclination geosynchronous Synthetic Aperture Radar: Theory and Feasibility study"
• Space Propulsion, room 1.09
  • 09:00 Nava, Michele & Lauriola, Michele - Politecnico di Milano - "Feasibility study of a high-performance Microwave Electrothermal Thruster operating with N2O for space applications"
  • 09:30 Manent, Guillame - ESTACA (Cranfield) - A Proposed Methodology and Design for the Preliminary Sizing of a Medium-Sized Reusable European Launcher
  • 10:00 Capogna, Riccardo - Politecnico di Milano - "High-Order Onboard Guidance Scheme for Fuel-Optimal Low-Thrust Trajectories"
• Aerodynamics and Aicraft Performance, room 1.06
  • 09:00 Kania, Katarzyna - Warsaw Technical University - The Numerical Aerodynamic Analysis Of The Rearwing Impact On The Forewing In A Tandem-Wing Configuration
  • 09:30 Ravaioli, Alex - Alma Mater Studiorum - "Numerical investigation of two-dimensional diffusers at low Reynolds numbers"
  • 10:00 Martinez, Alvaro - Universidad de Sevilla - "Single-segment Analysis for the Performance Optimization of a Tilt-Rotor All-Electric RPAS. ProVANT-EMERGENTIa Project"

10: 30 Coffee Break at TR1 Building Hall

10:45 to 12:15- Parallel Sessions II in TR1 Buiding.

• Space Engineering and Technology - Trajectories and Orbits, room 1.07
  • 10:45 Alliri, Maria Pilar - KTH Royal Institute of Technology - "GTO to GEO Optimal Trajectory Profiles and Electric Propulsion System Configuration"
  • 11:15 Papalia, Giuseppe - Politecnico di Torino - "Propellant-Efficient Orbit Insertion Manoeuvres for Saturn-Titan Missions"
  • 11:45 Zamora-Caballero, Gonzalo - Universidad de Sevilla - "Solar Sail Trajectory Optimization for Near-Earth Asteroid Exploration considering Single-Body and Multiple-Body Missions"
• High Speed Flow Aerodynamics, room 1.08
  • 10:45 Chu, Bo Kiu - University of Glasgow - "Hypersonic Jet Impingement During Landing on the Lunar South Pole Terrain"
  • 11:15 Angiero, Tani - Politecnico di Torino - “Numerical and experimental comparison between a convergent and a convergent-divergent primary nozzle for a supersonic axisymmetric ejector”
  • 11:45 Lee Ryu, Jun Ho - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - “Backward-facing step effects in shock-wave/turbulent boundary-layer interactions”
• Propulsion - Physics, room 1.09
  • 10:45 Forti, Edoardo - Sapienza - Università di Roma - "Impact of non-ideal fluid modeling on droplet vaporization for aerospace fuels"
  • 11:15 Suryadeb, Malik - ENSMA - "Experimental study of flame/wall interaction for hydrogen/air mixtures"
  • 11:45 Trucchi, Matteo - Sapienza - Università di Roma - "Internal Flow Dynamics in Liquid Swirl Injectors with Coaxial Gas Flow"
• Structures and Optimization, room 1.06
  • 10:45 Galfione, Alessio - KTH Royal Institute of Technology - "Numerical Models for Crack Growth in Thermoplastic Composite Panels: A Comparative Study and Some Improvements"
  • 11:15 Valencia Ibanez, Santiago - TU Delft - "Optimization Strategies for System Architecting Problems"
  • 11:45 Melone, Giuseppe- Università di Napoli Federico II - "Design of Cryogenic Hydrogen Tanks for Aircraft Applications"

12:15 Coffee Break at TR1 Building Hall

12:30 to 14:00 - Parallel Sessions III in TR1 Building

• Space Engineering and Technology - Guidance, room 1.07
  • 12:30 Shi, Adele - ISAE-Supaero - “Pilot project on EO multi mission model”
  • 13:00 Marsili, Irene - Universitá di Pisa - "Design, realisation and testing of a yaw-stabilised modular stratospheric platform"
  • 13:30 Leonardi, Francesco - ISAE-Supaero - "Innovative on-board guidance algorithm for complex attitude profiles using convex optimization"
• Aviation and Operations, room 1.08
  • 12:30 Scheers, Elise - TU Delft - "Coupled Hybrid Electric Aircraft Design and Strategic Airline Planning"
  • 13:00 Merola, Salvatore - Università di Napoli Federico II - "Application of Transfer Learning on a R-CNN for Aircraft Maintenance"
  • 13:30 Šitkauskaitė, Aivara - Vilnius Gediminas Technical University - “Data-Based Flight Optimization Model for Scheduling: Noise management at Vilnius Airport”
• Aircraft Design, room 1.09
  • 12:30 Such García, Joan Albert & Cerdán Torres, José Domingo - Universidad Politécnica de Valencia - "Design and development of an Unmanned Air Vehicle with Distributed Propulsion and Hydrogen Fuel Cell power supply"
  • 13:00 Pukkala, Juha Toivo Oskari - KTH Royal Institute of Technology - “Structural Design of a Light Fixed Wing UAV”
  • 13:30 Jutras, Timothy - Warsaw Technical University - “Impact of three-surface configurations on aircraft aerodynamics, stability, and performance”
• Electric Propulsion, room 1.06
  • 12:30 Manzolillo, Luciano - Università di Pisa - "Hall Thruster Magnetic Circuit Design Optimization"
  • 13:00 Navarro Zea, Mario - Universidad de Sevilla - "Comparative analysis of performances of different motor-propeller combinations for the characterization of electric motors efficiency"

14:00 to 15:00 Lunch at the TR1 Gardens

Conference Room

15:00 to 16:30 - Student Conference Award Committee (only for Committee)

Assembly Hall

15:00 to 16:30 - Student Projects Workshop:

• • Cosmic Research - Alba Badia (President), Arnau Pena & Aleix Ribas
  • UPC Space Program - Ariadna Anguita & Albert Soler, General Coordinators of the Association
  • Motospirit ESEIAAT, - Lucia Sagué (Aerodynamics) & Nurka Galí (Mechanics)
  • Trencalòs, Martí Badia (President) & Martí Sol (Treasurer)

16:30 to 17:00 - Award Ceremony, including words from AIAA, Pr. Cees Bil

TR1 Gardens

17:00 to 18:30 - Afterwork Wrap-up Drinks & Bites
Cultural activity - Human Towers "Bergants del Campus de Terrassa"