Dr Edmondo Minisci

Lecturer

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Personal statement

I'm the director of the Intelligent Computational Engineering Laboratory (ICE-Lab) and I have 15+ years of experience in the field of model based analysis and design optimisation of complex mechanical systems/devices.

I'm also founder member and former general manager of OPTIMAD Engineering S.r.l. – Italian SME, Spin-off of the Politecnico di Torino, active in the field of aerodynamic analysis, design, and optimization.

Expertise

Has expertise in:

Multi-Objective Optimisation
Nature Inspired Optimisation Algorithms
Uncertainty treatment
Design Under Uncertainties
Multidisciplinary Design Optimisation
Uncertainty based Multidisciplinary Design Optimisation
Design Optimisation of Aerospace Transportation Systems
Design Optimisation of Wind turbines
Trajectory Optimisation
Shape Optimisation
(Re-)Entry of Space Objects
Meta-modelling Techniques
Surrogate based Optimisation and Uncertainty Treatment
Multi-Fidelity Optimisation Approaches

Publications

Aerodynamic design optimization of wind turbine airfoils under aleatory and epistemic uncertainty: Caboni M., Minisci E., Riccardi A.; The Science of Making Torque from the Wind 2018, (2018)
Low-fidelity modelling for aerodynamic characteristics of re-entry objects: Benedetti Gianluca, Viola Nicole, Minisci Edmondo, Falchi Alessandro, Vasile Massimiliano; Stardust Final ConferenceAstrophysics and Space Science Proceedings Vol 52, (2018); http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69956-1_15
HDMR-based sensitivity analysis and uncertainty quantification of GOCE aerodynamics using DSMC: Falchi Alessandro, Minisci Edmondo, Kubicek Martin, Vasile Massimiliano, Lemmens Stijn; Stardust Final ConferenceAstrophysics and Space Science Proceedings Vol 52, (2018); http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69956-1_18
GTOC9 : Methods and results from University of Strathclyde (team Strath++): Ortega Absil Carlos, Ricciardi Lorenzo A., Di Carlo Marilena, Greco Cristian, Serra Romain, Polnik Mateusz, Vroom Aram, Riccardi Annalisa, Minisci Edmondo, Vasile Massimiliano; Acta Futura, pp. 57-70, (2018); http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1139246
GTOC 9 : Results from University of Strathclyde (team Strath++): Ortega Absil Carlos, Ricciardi Lorenzo A., Di Carlo Marilena, Greco Cristian, Serra Romain, Polnik Mateusz, Vroom Aram, Riccardi Annalisa, Minisci Edmondo, Vasile Massimiliano; Acta Futura Vol 11, pp. 57-70, (2018); http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1139246
Uncertainty treatment in the GOCE re-entry: Minisci Edmondo, Serra Romain, Vasile Massimiliano, Riccardi Annalisa, Grey Stuart, Lemmens Stijn; 1st IAA Conference on Space Situational Awareness (ICSSA), (2017)

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Teaching

Current

"Engineering Analysis" Teaching Subject Group Coordinator

Current

"Introduction to Engineering Optimisation" (UG/PG Level)

"Mathematical Modelling And Analysis – Part2 (Engineering Analysis)" (UG Level)

Past

"System Engineering, Mechanical systems part" (UG Level)

“Engineering Analysis 3 – Part2 (Introduction to CFD)” (UG Level)

“Flight mechanics 3” (UG Level)

"Helicopter Flight Mechanics", tutorials (UG/PG Level)

Research interests

I'm currently involved in projects regarding:

global optimisation of trans-atmospheric and interplanetary trajectories;
multi-disciplinary robust design of space transportation systems and wind turbines; and
(re-)entry modelling and simulation of space objects (debris and asteroids) and design for demise.

Professional activities

EUROGEN 2017: Participant; 4/2016
University of Sassari: Visiting researcher; 15/10/2015
Stardust Final Conference on Asteroids and Space Debris: Participant; 10/2015
EUROGEN 2015: Chair; 14/9/2015
Universty of Cagliari: Visiting researcher; 5/5/2015
EUROGEN 2013 - Evolutionary and deterministic methods for design, optimization and Control with applications to Industrial and Societal Problems: Participant; 4/2012

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Projects

Optimising Industrial Service Workforces using Mobile App Data: Roper, Richard (Principal Investigator) Minisci, Edmondo (Co-investigator) Riccardi, Annalisa (Co-investigator); Period 01-Mar-2018 - 01-Sep-2018
Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP - University of Strathclyde) | Lyden, Andrew Francis: Tuohy, Paul Gerard (Principal Investigator) Minisci, Edmondo (Co-investigator) Lyden, Andrew Francis (Research Co-investigator); Period 01-Oct-2015 - 01-Apr-2019
Doctoral Training Partnership (DTA - University of Strathclyde) | Pepper, Russell Stuart: Tuohy, Paul Gerard (Principal Investigator) Minisci, Edmondo (Co-investigator) Pepper, Russell Stuart (Research Co-investigator); Period 01-Oct-2015 - 01-Apr-2019
NSTP Small Satellite Launcher (FSPL-UK): Maddock, Christie (Principal Investigator) Minisci, Edmondo (Co-investigator); Period 26-Apr-2016 - 29-Nov-2016
Uncertainty based Multidisciplinary Design Optimisation of Space Transportation systems: Minisci, Edmondo (Principal Investigator); Period 01-Mar-2015 - 28-Feb-2018
Uncertainty Treatment and OPtimisation in Aerospace Engineering (UTOPIAE) (H2020 MCSA ETN): Vasile, Massimiliano (Principal Investigator) Akartunali, Kerem (Co-investigator) Maddock, Christie (Co-investigator) Minisci, Edmondo (Co-investigator) Revie, Matthew (Co-investigator); Period 01-Jan-2017 - 31-Dec-2020

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
James Weir Building

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