Professor Massimiliano Vasile

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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

Has expertise in:

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

Publications

Analytical solutions for low-thrust orbit transfers: Di Carlo Marilena, Vasile Massimiliano; Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy Vol 133 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1007/s10569-021-10033-9
Uncertainty propagation for orbital motion around an asteroid using generalized intrusive polynomial algebra : application to didymos system: Fodde Iosto, Feng Jinglang, Vasile Massimiliano; 8th International Conference on Astrodynamics Tools and Techniques (2021)
On the use of machine learning and evidence theory to improve collision risk management: Sánchez Fernández-Mellado Luis, Vasile Massimiliano; Acta Astronautica Vol 181, pp. 694-706 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2020.08.004
A robust Bayesian agent for optimal collision avoidance manoeuvre planning: Greco C, Sánchez L, Manzi M, Vasile M; 8th European Conference on Space Debris (2021)
A network-based evolutionary model of the space environment: Acciarini Giacomo, Vasile Massimiliano; 8th European Conference on Space Debris, pp. 1-9 (2021)
Global solution of constrained min-max problems with inflationary differential evolution: Filippi Gianluca, Vasile Massimiliano; Optimization and Engineering (2021); https://doi.org/10.1007/s11081-021-09613-3

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Professional activities

Stardust-R Global Virtual Workshop II: Space Traffic Management and Resilient Space Environment: Organiser; 13/9/2021
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
International workshop on satellite constellations and formation flying: Chair; 16/7/2019
17th Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization: Organiser; 28/6/2019

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Projects

Urban and rural UAS-enabled health-care over Scotland CAELUS (ex URANOS): Fossati, Marco (Principal Investigator) Akartunali, Kerem (Co-investigator) Burt, Graeme (Co-investigator) Cashmore, Michael (Co-investigator) Patelli, Edoardo (Co-investigator) Tapinos, Efstathios (Co-investigator) Vasile, Massimiliano (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2022
Artifical Intelligence for Space Traffice Management: Vasile, Massimiliano (Principal Investigator) Grey, Stuart (Co-investigator) Minisci, Edmondo (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2023
Using Chatbot Technology To Assure Quality Knowledge Capture From Space: Vasile, Massimiliano (Principal Investigator) Azzopardi, Leif (Co-investigator) Minisci, Edmondo (Co-investigator) Moshfeghi, Yashar (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2023
SST-UKSA-DORBIT-NORSS: Vasile, Massimiliano (Principal Investigator) Clemente, Carmine (Co-investigator) Ilioudis, Christos (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2021
Bounded stability of motions around minor bodies: Feng, Jinglang (Principal Investigator) Vasile, Massimiliano (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2023
Assessment of a very high power cargo transportation system to Mars: Maddock, Christie (Principal Investigator) Minisci, Edmondo (Co-investigator) Vasile, Massimiliano (Co-investigator) Ricciardi, Lorenzo Angelo (Research Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2020 - 15-Jan-2020

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
James Weir Building

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