Academic experience
August 2014-present. Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Porto, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto (Portugal), under the supervision of Professor António Pedro Aguiar.
February 2014-July 2014. Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the Università del Salento, Department of Innovation Engineering, Lecce (Italy), under the supervision of Professor Giuseppe Notarstefano.
January-September, 2012. Visiting scholar at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering, hosted by Prof. J. Hauser. Research topic: Minimum-time problem for a racing car.
March-April, 2010. Visiting scholar at the University of Paris Sud SUPELEC, Automatic Control Department, hosted by Prof. A. Chaillet. Research topics: Switched systems, Stability analysis and control synthesis.
Education
April 2010 - January 2014. PhD degree in Information Engineering, University of Salento, Lecce.
Title thesis: Optimal control methods for dynamics exploration and trajectory optimization of car vehicles.
Advisor: Prof. Giuseppe Notarstefano.
2006 - 2009. Master's degree in Automation Engineering, University of Salento, Lecce.
Title thesis: Trajectory analysis and optimization of a rigid car model by use of nonlinear optimal control techniques.
Advisor: Prof. Giuseppe Notarstefano
2002 - 2006. Bachelor's degree in Information Engineering, University of Salento, Lecce.
Title thesis: Measures for the Automation of an Experimental Plant for Treatment of Chlorine Dioxide.
Advisor: Prof. Aimé Lay-Ekuakille.
Professional Experience
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