Dr Edmondo Minisci

Senior 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
Multidisciplinary Design Optimisation Under Uncertainties
MDOuU of Aerospace Transportation Systems and Renewable Energy Systems
Trajectory and Shape Optimisation
(Re-)Entry of Space Objects
Meta-modelling Techniques
Computational Intelligence
Machine Learning
Multi-Fidelity Optimisation Approaches
Engineering Design

Publications

Improved collaborative optimization in multidisciplinary design optimization problems: Zhang Shuai, Minisci Edmondo, Liu Mingyong, Huang Yunke, Riccardi A; 8th International Systems & Concurrent Engineering for Space Applications Conference (2018)
Optimisation based analysis of the effect of particle spatial distribution on the elastic behaviour of PRMMC: Gentile Lorenzo, Giugliano Dario, Cestino Enrico, Frulla Giacomo, Minisci Edmondo; 6th European Conference on Computational Mechanics and 7th European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics 2018 (2018)
Optimal sizing of electric multirotor configurations: Avanzini Giulio, de Angelis Emanuele L, Giulietti Fabrizio, Minisci Edmondo; 8th EASN-CEAS International Workshop on Manufacturing for Growth & Innovation (2018)
Aerodynamic design optimization of wind turbine airfoils under aleatory and epistemic uncertainty: Caboni M, Minisci E, Riccardi A; The Science of Making Torque from 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 Conference (2018) (2018); https://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 Conference (2018) (2018); https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69956-1_18

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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

Currently involved in projects regarding:

global optimisation of trans-atmospheric and interplanetary trajectories;
multidisciplinary design optimisation under uncertainties of space transportation systems and wind turbines;
(re-)entry modelling and simulation of space objects (debris and asteroids) and design for demise; and
machine learning techniques for data analytics and meta-modelling.

Professional activities

Space Junk: The Odds of Being Hit: Recipient; 15/5/2018
4th International Workshop on Space Debris Re-entry: Participant; 28/2/2018
Numerical Computations: Theory and Algorithms (NUMTA2019): Participant; 10/2018
Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering (Organisational unit): Advisor; 3/2017
Nonlinear approaches to attitude control using magnetic and mechanical actuation: Examiner; 3/2017
EUROGEN 2017: Participant; 4/2016

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Projects

Stardust-R (Stardust Reloaded) H2020 MCSA ITN 2018: Vasile, Massimiliano (Principal Investigator) Fossati, Marco (Co-investigator) Grey, Stuart (Co-investigator) Minisci, Edmondo (Co-investigator) Riccardi, Annalisa (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2019 - 31-Jan-2022
Probabilistic Assessment of Destructive Re-entry (PADRE): Minisci, Edmondo (Principal Investigator) Riccardi, Annalisa (Co-investigator) Vasile, Massimiliano (Co-investigator); 15-Jan-2018 - 21-Jan-2019
WARC2 - Design Optimisation: Riccardi, Annalisa (Principal Investigator) Dempster, William (Co-investigator) Minisci, Edmondo (Co-investigator) Nash, David (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2018 - 30-Jan-2021
Optimising Industrial Service Workforces using Mobile App Data: Roper, Marc (Principal Investigator) Minisci, Edmondo (Co-investigator) Riccardi, Annalisa (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2018 - 01-Jan-2019
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); 01-Jan-2017 - 31-Jan-2020
NSTP Small Satellite Launcher (FSPL-UK): Maddock, Christie (Principal Investigator) Minisci, Edmondo (Co-investigator); 26-Jan-2016 - 29-Jan-2016

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Address

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
James Weir Building

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