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
Uncertainty based Multidisciplinary Design Optimisation
UMDO 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

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 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

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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;
(re-)entry modelling and simulation of space objects (debris and asteroids) and design for demise; and
machine learning techniques for data analytics and engineering design.

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

WARC2 - Design Optimisation: Riccardi, Annalisa (Principal Investigator) Dempster, William (Co-investigator) Minisci, Edmondo (Co-investigator) Nash, David (Co-investigator); Period 01-Oct-2018 - 30-Sep-2021
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

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
James Weir Building

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