
Vincenzo Messina
Research Technician in Chemical Propulsion

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Research Assistant and Doctoral Candidate at the Chair of Spacecraft Systems, Technical University of Munich
Education

Liceo Scientifico “G. D’Alessandro” - Bagheria
2011 - 2016Maturità scientifica 100/100Scientific High School

Politecnico di Torino
2016 - 20191° livello - Laurea L Ingegneria aerospaziale | Percorso giovani talentiFinal essay: “Nuclear Thermal Rocket for martian mission”Young Talent Project: selective (top 5%) program for talented students co-founded by Politecnico of Turin together with the bank Foundation CRT. Apart from a scholarship per year, the project provides stimulating additional activities, visits to excellent research centers and companies (e.g. CERN) and extra courses.

University of Southampton
2021 -Master of Science - MS Space Systems Engineering - Exchange SemesterThesis: "Design of a propellant delivery system for porous electrospray thrusters"Master’s thesis developed at the University of Southampton, dealing with a project on the design, manufacturing and testing of a propellant delivery system for porous electrospray thruster. The system uses the EMI-BF4 with a propellant mass flow rate of 10 micrograms/second. Furthermore, the project is in collaboration with the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign and it has, also, the objective of… Show more Thesis: "Design of a propellant delivery system for porous electrospray thrusters"Master’s thesis developed at the University of Southampton, dealing with a project on the design, manufacturing and testing of a propellant delivery system for porous electrospray thruster. The system uses the EMI-BF4 with a propellant mass flow rate of 10 micrograms/second. Furthermore, the project is in collaboration with the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign and it has, also, the objective of developing a single shared propellant tank that feeds both a chemical catalytic decomposition thruster and an electric porous electrospray thruster. Show less

Technical University of Munich
2022 - 2026Doctoral Candidate Space Engineering
Politecnico di Milano
2019 - 2021Master of Science - MS Space engineering 110/110Thesis: "Design of a propellant delivery system for porous electrospray thrusters"
Experience

University of Southampton
Dec 2021 - May 2022Research Technician in Chemical PropulsionHigh-performance satellite thrusters to enable greater manoeuvrability and exploration freedom to low-mass satellites - Design, manufacturing and testing of a 50N hybrid thruster using High-Test Peroxide, as oxidiser, and paraffin or high density polyethylene, as fuel.

Technical University of Munich
Sept 2022 - nowMy research focuses on the development of new algorithms and methods for optimizing the operations and coordination of a federation of satellites in a decentralized manner, where each satellite operates autonomously and independently while still achieving a collective goal. Focusing on the allocation of resources for fulfilling various mission objectives. - Main Teaching Assistant for the course Spacecraft Design: Fundamentals and Space Mission Design.- Support Teaching Assistant for the course Systems Engineering: Fundamentals.
Research Associate
Sept 2022 - nowTeaching Assistant
Sept 2022 - now
Licenses & Certifications

IELTS 6.5
IELTS OfficialNov 2018
ESA Academy’s Online Space Debris Training Course 2021
European Space Agency - ESAMay 2021
Career Service Award
Politecnico di MilanoDec 2020
Introductory Certificate in Project Management
IPMA ItalyFeb 2021
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Vincenzo MessinaProject Management Championship Italy 2021 IPMA Young Crew Italy Jul 2021 The winning team of IPMA Project Management Championship 2021
Volunteer Experience
Scout
Issued by AGESCI
Associated with Vincenzo MessinaBlood Donor
Issued by Associazione Volontari Italiani del Sangue on Dec 2017
Associated with Vincenzo Messina
Languages
- inInglese
- itItaliano
- esEspañol
- alAlemán
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