Dr Edmondo Minisci
Senior Lecturer
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Personal statement
Personal statement
I have 25+ 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.
I welcome enquiries from prospective PhD students interested in working on design of aeronautical vehicles of any size, multi-fidelity methods, intelligent control, and engineering methods for sustainable agriculture and forestry.
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Prize And Awards
- IOCAE2026 - Best Oral Presentation Award
- Recipient
- 6/2026
- NATO STO “Panel Excellence” Award (2024)
- Recipient
- 2024
- 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
- Modeling and Evaluation of Aircraft Flight Dynamics in Spatially Varying Atmospheric Conditions for Embedded Sensors Calibration
- Alimhillaj Parid, Aimasso Alessandro, Dalla Vedova Matteo Davide Lorenzo, Maggiore Paolo, Poçari Spartak, Minisci Edmondo
- 2026 IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON Metrology for AeroSpace (2026)
- Soil Salinity Mapping Using Multi-Source Remote Sensing Imagery and AI-Based Techniques
- Khan Ahmad, Nikravesh Gholamreza, Furnari Luca, Riccardi Annalisa, Minisci Edmondo, Mendicino Giuseppe, Senatore Alfonso
- The 5th International "Numerical Computations: Theory and Algorithms" Conference and Summer School (2026)
- Study on the optimisation of a regional energy system using the VEDA-TIMES modelling framework
- Buonomo Pier Luca Maria, Zyśk Janusz, Minisci Edmondo, Maaloufa Youssef, Mounir Soumia, Piga Manuela, Maurelli Giovanni, Raczyński Maciej, Wyrwa Artur, Ricciu Roberto
- 11th AIGE/IIETA International Conference and 21st AIGE 2026 Conference (2026)
- Multi-level precipitation-reactive control of wind turbines for blade life extension
- Minisci Edmondo, Taylor C James, Campobasso M Sergio
- CONTROL 2026: 15th United Kingdom Automatic Control Council (UKACC) International Conference on Control (2026)
- Interpretable machine learning for nonlinear control via Kolmogorov–Arnold decomposition
- Minisci Edmondo, Avanzini Giulio
- MDPI 1st International Online Conference on Aerospace (2026)
- Interpretable surrogate modelling for multirotor design exploration : combining HDMR and Kolmogorov–Arnold decomposition
- Alimhillaj Parid, Minisci Edmondo, Dalla Vedova Matteo Davide Lorenzo, Ferro Carlo Giovanni, Maggiore Paolo
- MDPI 1st International Online Conference on Aerospace (2026)
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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
- University of Cagliari
- Visiting researcher
- 15/6/2026
- Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering (Organisational unit)
- Member
- 2026
- Spacecraft Systems Design for LuNaDrone: A Deployable Lunar Hopper
- Examiner
- 11/2025
- Multi-Fidelity Methods for Engineering Design
- Speaker
- 23/10/2025
- Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering (Organisational unit)
- Chair
- 10/2025
- Engineering and Biodiversity
- Presenter
- 10/2025
Projects
- Explainable AI for Wildfire Early Warning: Trustworthy Prediction Models for Copernicus Emergency Management
- Riccardi, Annalisa (Principal Investigator) Minisci, Edmondo (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2026 - 01-Jan-2029
- Optimising Blade and Hub Design for Enhanced Performance of a Ring-Shrouded HAWT
- Ordonez Sanchez, Stephanie Eugenia (Principal Investigator) Minisci, Edmondo (Co-investigator)
- 02-Jan-2026 - 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
- 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
- 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
- Advanced Natural Language Models for Enhanced Knowledge Management in Satellite Communications | Darm, Paul
- Riccardi, Annalisa (Principal Investigator) Minisci, Edmondo (Co-investigator) Darm, Paul (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2025
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Contact
Dr
Edmondo
Minisci
Senior Lecturer
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Email: edmondo.minisci@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 574 5059