Porzia Federica Maffione
Polytechnic of Turin
Italy
Biography
Porzia Federica Maffione completed her Master’s degree in Mechatronic Engineering from Polytechnic of Turin. Her project thesis was on space propulsion for human spaceflight with VASIMR and the aim of this project was to study the optimization problem with indirect method. Currently, she is doing PhD at Polytechnic of Turin on astrodynamics and space robotics. Her first publication was on optimal low-thrust trajectories.
Abstract
Abstract : A GUI for optimization of low-thrust trajectories for nuclear and solar electric propulsion