Dr Edmondo Minisci

Senior Lecturer

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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Personal statement

I have 20+ years of experience in the field of model based analysis and design optimisation of complex mechanical/aerospace systems/devices.

At the Intelligent Computational Engineering Laboratory (ICE-Lab), whithin the Aerospace Centre of Excellence.

Please do not hesitate to contact me for research or knowledge exchange collaborations or to discuss a possible PhD project.

 

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Area of Expertise

  • 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 and Design for Demise
  • Meta-modelling Techniques
  • Computational Intelligence
  • Machine Learning
  • Multi-Fidelity Optimisation Approaches
  • Engineering Design Optimisation
  • Intelligent Control
 

Prize And Awards

Sir Arthur C Clarke Award for Space Achievement (Academic Study/Research)
Recipient
1/6/2015
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)
Recipient
2004

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Publications

Automatic design of interpretable control laws through parametrized genetic programming with adjoint state method gradient evaluation
Marchetti Francesco, Pietropolli Gloria, Camerota Verdù Federico Julian, Castelli Mauro, Minisci Edmondo
Applied Soft Computing Journal Vol 159 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2024.111654
Opensource machine learning metamodels for assessing blade performance impairment due to general leading edge degradation
Castorrini A, Ortolani A, Minisci E, Campobasso M S
Journal of Physics: Conference Series Vol 2767 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/2767/5/052055
Analogies between simple mechanical systems and electrohydraulic and electromechanical servomechanism
Alimhillaj Parid, Minisci Edmondo, Dallavedova Matteo DL, Dorri Altin
International Journal of Mechanics and Control Vol 25, pp. 45-52 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.69076/jomac.2024.0007
A laboratory scale Foucault pendulum for the measurement of frame-dragging
Cartmell Matthew P, Minisci Edmondo A
Advances in Nonlinear Dynamics, Volume I Third International Nonlinear Dynamics Conference NODYCON Conference Proceedings Series, pp. 735-345 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50631-4_62
A simplified hydraulic capacity-sensitive fluid dynamics numerical model for monitoring aerospace electro-hydraulic actuators
Dalla Vedova Matteo DL, Alimhillaj Parid, Minisci Edmondo, Maggiore Paolo
Proceedings of the Joint International Conference Joint International Conference Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering, pp. 264-274 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48933-4_25
Machine learning based prognostics of on-board electromechanical actuators
Minisci Edmondo, Dalla Vedova Matteo DL, Alimhillaj Parid, Baldo Leonardo, Maggiore Paolo
Proceedings of the Joint International Conference Joint International Conference Lecture Notes on Multidisciplinary Industrial Engineering Vol Part F2090, pp. 148-159 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-48933-4_15

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Research Interests

Currently involved in projects regarding:

  • design optimisation of high lift devices;
  • multidisciplinary design optimisation under uncertainties of wind turbines and aerospace transportation systems;
  • machine learning techniques for data analytics, meta-modelling, and intelligent control; 
  • aerospace tehcnologies and computational intelligence methods for sustainable development, especially precision agriculture and forest management.

Professional Activities

Contributions on Reliability to Recondition the Maintenance Plan and the Design of Systems by Using Evolutionary Algorithms
Examiner
6/2022
Characterization and Capture of Space Debris Objects Using Domain Ontology and Optimal Control
Examiner
3/2022
A Consideration of Geometry in Very-Low Earth Orbit Satellites
Examiner
4/2021
International Conference on Bioinspired Optimisation Methods and Their Applications
Chair
17/11/2020
STARDUST-R GLOBAL VIRTUAL WORKSHOP I
Organiser
2020
5th European Optimisation in Space Engineering Workshop
Organiser
21/11/2019

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Projects

Symbolic Computation for Differential Equation Based Systems
Cartmell, Matthew (Principal Investigator) Minisci, Edmondo (Co-investigator) Wynne, Bradley (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2026
DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Downie, Jenna
Cartmell, Matthew (Principal Investigator) Minisci, Edmondo (Co-investigator) Downie, Jenna (Research Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2026
EPSRC IAA: Uncertainty Quantification of Novel Aeroelastic Systems using Advanced Composite Materials
Yuan, Jie (Principal Investigator) Minisci, Edmondo (Co-investigator) Vasile, Massimiliano (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2022
Optimisation for energy efficiency
Minisci, Edmondo (Principal Investigator)
Short course within the framework of the Scientific School on Energy Efficient Buildings. University of Cagliari.
13-Jan-2021 - 18-Jan-2021
A Distributed Ledger approach to MBSE
Riccardi, Annalisa (Principal Investigator) Arulselvan, Ashwin (Co-investigator) Minisci, Edmondo (Co-investigator)
09-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2022
System Engineering Models meet Knowledge Graphs
Riccardi, Annalisa (Principal Investigator) Minisci, Edmondo (Co-investigator)
01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2022

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Contact

Dr Edmondo Minisci
Senior Lecturer
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Email: edmondo.minisci@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 574 5059