About Riccardo Calaon:
As a Fulbright Fellow and a Ph.D. Candidate in Aerospace Engineering at University of Colorado Boulder, I am passionate about advancing the field of spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control (GN&C). I have a strong background in aerospace engineering, with a master's degree from Università degli Studi di Padova and an exchange period at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
My research focuses on developing and validating novel GN&C algorithms for complex spacecraft with multiple moving subcomponents, such as solar arrays, antennas, and robotic arms. I use high-fidelity simulation of spacecraft dynamics, as well as MATLAB and Simulink, to design, test, and optimize these algorithms. I have contributed to several publications and presentations on this topic, and I am eager to apply my skills and knowledge to real-world space missions. I am currently looking for a position in GN&C of space vehicles, where I can leverage my expertise and enthusiasm to achieve enhanced spacecraft autonomy.
Experience
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
GNC Engineer
- Assisted the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA) GN&C Team through mission Preliminary Design Review (PDR)
- Developed guidance and control algorithms for EMA’s MBR Explorer and its articulating components (gimbaled thruster, gimbaled solar arrays)
- Conducted performance analysis of the MBR Explorer pointing requirements and momentum management
Autonomous Vehicle Systems Laboratory
Graduate Research Assistant
- Investigated path planning algorithms applied to constrained spacecraft attitude dynamics
- Contributed to the development of tools for high-fidelity spacecraft simulation in the Basilisk Astrodynamics Simulation Framework
- Investigated the solution spaces for spacecraft with overly-prescribed pointing constraints
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Graduate Research Assistant
- Interplanetary mission trajectory design
- Orbit insertion and 𝑣∞ reduction via low-thrust propulsion
- Electrodynamic tethered system for orbit insertion around Gas Giants
Education
University of Colorado Boulder
Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering
January 2021 - October 2024
Coursework:
- Astrodynamics
- Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics and Control
- Advanced Aerodynamics and Gasdynamics
- Aeronautical and Space Propulsion
- Linear and Nonlinear Control
- Mechanical and Thermal Measurements
- Aerospace Structures
- Statistical Estimation of Dyn. Systems ○ Algorithmic Motion Planning
- Decision Making Undernder Uncertainty ○ Linear and Nonlinear Control
- Statistical Orbit Determination
- Space Vehicle Guidance and Control ○ Spacecraft Formation Flying
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