Professor Massimiliano Vasile

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Personal statement

Professor Vasile key expertise is in computational intelligence applied to the solution of complex problems in aerospace engineering. He pioneered the use of global optimisation techniques for the design and optimisation space trajectories and the use of uncertainty quantification technique in conjunction with optimisation for the design and control of complex engineering systems. He developed innovative methods for optimisation under uncertainty based on evidence theory, called Evidence Based Robust Optimisation, he has worked on non-deterministic planning and goal allocation for robots, fault tolerant distributed navigation systems for spacecraft and nonlinear uncertainty quantification in space flight mechanics, with particular application to space debris and asteroid manipulation. He also developed innovative techniques for multi-objective optimal control and multi-objective optimisation under uncertainty. He is currently leading the Stardust network on asteroids and space debris, the UTOPIAE network on uncertainty treatment and optimisation in aerospace engineering and is part of the management team of the EPSRC ENCORE network on resilience in complex engineering systems.

Expertise

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Area of Expertise

Computational optimisation
Multidisciplinary design
Robust design optimisation
Astrodynamics and mission analysis
Computational intelligence
Development of computational tools for system,component and process design and optimisation
Integrated design of new products and processes
Reliability analysis of products and processes, enhanced product quality
Analysis of new mission concepts
Autonomous control of processes and systems
Autonomous activity planning and scheduling, support to multi-criteria decision making

Prize And Awards

Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society: Recipient; 29/10/2024
Innovative Computational Methods in Dynamical Astronomy: Recipient; 13/5/2023
AIAA Associate Fellow: Recipient; 1/10/2022
Senior IEEE member: Recipient; 27/9/2022
Best Paper Award in "Innovation in Smart Cities and Systems": Recipient; 1/9/2022
Best interactive paper award - IAC 2021: Recipient; 2021

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Publications

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Publications

Semi-analytical attitude propagation of low-altitude Earth orbiting objects: Cavallari I, Feng J, Vasile M; Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation Vol 142 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnsns.2024.108550
Multi agent collaborative search algorithm with adaptive weights: Cao Li, Wang Maocai, Vasile Massimiliano, Dai Guangming; Expert Systems Vol 41 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1111/exsy.13709
Treatment of epistemic uncertainty in conjunction analysis with Dempster-Shafer theory: Sánchez Luis, Vasile Massimiliano, Sanvido Silvia, Merz Klaus, Taillan Christophe; Advances in Space Research Vol 74, pp. 5639-5686 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2024.09.014
Extending a risk metric for individual missions to evaluate overall risk in orbit: Wilson Callum, Vasile Massimiliano, Feng Jinglang, McNally Keiran, Maric Nina, Horstmann Andre; 75th International Astronautical Congress (2024)
Generation and classification of critical points in uncertain N-body problems via machine learning: Wilson Callum, Vasile Massimiliano; 75th International Astronautical Congress (2024)
Design of robust ballistic landings on the secondary of a binary asteroid: Fodde Iosto, Feng Jinglang, Vasile Massimiliano, Gil-Fernández Jesús; Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics Vol 47, pp. 2041-2057 (2024); https://doi.org/10.2514/1.g007786

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Research

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Professional Activities

2nd International Workshop on AI for Space Sustainability: Member of programme committee; 30/10/2024
1st International Workshop on AI for Space Sustainability: Member of programme committee; 2024
NASA Visit to the University of Strathclyde: Organiser; 8/11/2023
Italian Embassy Scientific Attaché Visit: Organiser; 7/11/2023
International Funding Opportunities for Space Research: Organiser; 20/12/2022
OAS Artificial Intelligence Workshop: Organiser; 14/12/2022

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Projects

Space Solar Mission Analysis: Vasile, Massimiliano (Principal Investigator); 01-Aug-2024 - 14-Feb-2025
AI-based multi-sensor data fusion for autonomous navigation around asteroids: Feng, Jinglang (Principal Investigator) Vasile, Massimiliano (Co-investigator) Wu, Yue (Co-investigator) Zabalza, Jaime (Co-investigator); 01-Jul-2024 - 30-Jun-2027
SOLERO - Solar Power Satellite vs the Space Environment: Vasile, Massimiliano (Principal Investigator) Feng, Jinglang (Co-investigator); 01-Apr-2024 - 31-Mar-2027
Protecting Earth from the uncertAinty of spaCe debris re-Entry: Fossati, Marco (Principal Investigator) Bi, Sifeng (Co-investigator) Vasile, Massimiliano (Co-investigator); 01-Apr-2024 - 31-Mar-2027
AI for Space Operations, Safety and Sustainability (A14S3): Vasile, Massimiliano (Principal Investigator) Clemente, Carmine (Co-investigator) Feng, Jinglang (Co-investigator) Maddock, Christie (Co-investigator) Marshall, Stephen (Co-investigator) Murray, Paul (Co-investigator) Riccardi, Annalisa (Co-investigator); 01-Mar-2024 - 31-Mar-2025
Generative Astrodynamics: Vasile, Massimiliano (Principal Investigator); 19-Feb-2024 - 19-Jan-2025