Francesco Romano
Institut für Raumfahrtsysteme
Pfaffenwaldring 29, 70569
Stuttgart, Germany
T +49 (0)711 685 62399
B [email protected]
Current Position
Since Ph.D. Candidate in Space Propulsion: RAM Augmented Inductively Heated Plasma
November Thruster, Institute of Space Systems IRS, University of Stuttgart, Germany.
2014
Education
2012-2014 Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering, University of Padua, Italy, 138/120 ECTS.
Major Courses: Space Propulsion and Labs, Gas & Plasma Dynamics, Orbital Mechanics, Aerospace Systems, Control, Vibration.
10/2013- Master Thesis, University of Stuttgart, Germany.
06/2014 System analysis and Test-bed for an Air-Breathing Electric Propulsion System.
04-09/2012 Erasmus Student, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany.
Major Courses: Space Propulsion, Launchers, Astrodynamics, Payloads, Aircraft Design, Computational Tools, Space Systems.
2007-2011 Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering, University of Padua, Italy.
2003-2013 Diploma in Organ and Organ composition, Conservatory of Rovigo and Udine, Italy.
2002-2007 High school diploma in Aeronautic Technician, ITI A. Malignani, Udine, Italy.
Master Thesis
Title System Analysis and Test Bed for an Air-Breathing Electric Propulsion System
Supervisors Dr. Georg Herdrich, Dipl.-Ing. Bartomeu Massuti-Ballester, Dr. Tony Schönherr and Dr. Daniele Pavarin
Description Phase 0/A study of an Air-Breathing Electric Propulsion System (RAM-EP) for small Satellites in Very
Low Earth Orbits (VLEO). Study conducted with the 20 kW inductively plasma generator IPG6-S.
Bachelor Thesis
Title The James Webb Space Telescope
Supervisor Prof. Giannandrea Bianchini
Description Study of systems and instrumentations of the James Webb Space Telescope, with particular attention on the
peculiar systems and breakthrough technologies developed for it.
Publications, Projects and Experiences
Conference F. Romano, T. Binder, G. Herdrich, S. Fasoulas and T. Schönherr, Air-Intake Design Investigation for
Paper an Air-Breathing Electric Propulsion System, 34th IEPC - International Electric Propulsion Conference,
Kobe, Japan, 4-10/10/2015, July 2015
Conference F. Romano, B. Massuti-Ballester, T. Schönherr and G. Herdrich, System Analysis and Test Bed for
Paper an Air-Breathing Electric Propulsion System, 5th RGCEP - Russian-German Conference on Electric
Propulsion and their Applications, Dresden, Germany, 07-12/09/2014, Nov. 2014)
Paper T. Schönherr, K. Komurasaki, F. Romano, B. Massuti-Ballester, G. Herdrich, Analysis of AtmosphereCo-Author Breathing Electric Propulsion, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, vol.43, no.1, 01/2015.
Workshop 2nd Planetary Probe Design Workshop, responsible of de-orbit propulsion and orbital dynamics, University
of Stuttgart, Germany, 03/2014
Project Research for an optimal configuration of electrodes on a plasma thruster with helicon source, University
of Padua, CISAS, 11/2012-02/2013
Project Earth-Moon free return trajectory - Matlab, University of Padua, 01/2012
Report Near-Infrared Spectrograph of the James Webb Space Telescope, TU-Dresden, 07/2012
Languages
Italian Mother tongue
English Advanced
German Good
Computer skills
Environment
Softwares
Format
OS
C, MATLAB/Simulink
CATIA, GridPro, Gmsh, Ansys, LS DYNA, Solidworks, Patran, AutoCAD
LATEX, MS Office
Mac OS X, Windows, Linux/Unix
Prizes & Awards
Prize Prize "Freunde der Universität Stuttgart" for the best Master Thesis, July 2015
Award A 3 year Ph.D. Scholarship from Landesgraduiertenförderung of the University of Stuttgart
Qualities
Personal Fast in learning new languages, good software engineering skills, strong in problem-solving and communiskills cation skills, eager to learn and develop new skills.
Experience Organist (in Italy and Germany) and Organ Teacher.
International Erasmus at TU-Dresden (Classes and Exams), Germany for 5 months;
Master Thesis at University of Stuttgart, Germany for 8 months;
Conference Paper Presentation at 34th IEPC in Kobe, Japan, July 2014;
Conference Paper Presentation at 5th RGCEP in Dresden, Germany, September 2014;
Organ Masterclass in Tongeren and Spa, Belgium, August 2013.
Sports & Running, Swimming, Organ and Piano player, Chess, Nature, Photography, Traveling, Classic Cars.
Fun