Vincenzo Messina

Vincenzo Messina

Research Technician in Chemical Propulsion

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  • About me

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

  • Education

    • Liceo Scientifico “G. D’Alessandro” - Bagheria

      2011 - 2016
      Maturità scientifica 100/100

      Scientific High School

    • Politecnico di Torino

      2016 - 2019
      1° livello - Laurea L Ingegneria aerospaziale | Percorso giovani talenti

      Final 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 Semester

      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… 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 - 2026
      Doctoral Candidate Space Engineering
    • Politecnico di Milano

      2019 - 2021
      Master of Science - MS Space engineering 110/110

      Thesis: "Design of a propellant delivery system for porous electrospray thrusters"

  • Experience

    • University of Southampton

      Dec 2021 - May 2022
      Research Technician in Chemical Propulsion

      High-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 - now

      My 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 - now
      • Teaching Assistant

        Sept 2022 - now
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • IELTS 6.5

      IELTS Official
      Nov 2018
    • ESA Academy’s Online Space Debris Training Course 2021

      European Space Agency - ESA
      May 2021
    • Career Service Award

      Politecnico di Milano
      Dec 2020
    • Introductory Certificate in Project Management

      IPMA Italy
      Feb 2021
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Vincenzo Messina
      Project 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
      AGESCIAssociated with Vincenzo Messina
    • Blood Donor

      Issued by Associazione Volontari Italiani del Sangue on Dec 2017
      Associazione Volontari Italiani del SangueAssociated with Vincenzo Messina