We continue our seminars series, on Monday, May 13th at 13.00
On site: Salón de Grados (Leganés)
For this event in the Aerospace PhD Seminar Series, we had the pleasure of hosting Prof. Claudio Bombardelli, Associate Professor, School of Aerospace Engineering at UPM (Universidad Politécnica Madrid).
The event took place in the Salón de Grados on Monday, May 13th at 13.00 pm and was streamed (Online).
Dr. Claudio Bombardelli received a PhD in Space Science and Technology at the University of Padua, Italy in 2005, spent 5 years as a research fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and 2 years at the European Space Agency to then join the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) where is now Associate Professor. His main interests and contributions include fundamental aspects of orbital mechanics, mission analysis and space situational awareness. He is the inventor of the ion beam shepherd (IBS) system for contactless space debris removal and asteroid deflection.
“Ion Beam Shepherds for Space Debris Mitigation and Asteroid Deflection“
Abstract:
The use of contactless actuation significantly simplifies the tasks of actively removing or repositioning space debris and deflecting asteroids by enabling the transfer of linear and angular momentum without direct mechanical contact. The ion beam shepherd (IBS) concept achieves this efficiently by directing the beam momentum of an ion engine or space plasma thruster toward a target’s surface. This talk provides an overview of the key aspects of IBS technology and its potential applications in space debris mitigation and asteroid deflection.
The seminar began at 13:00.
No previous registration was required.
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