Claudio Bombardelli is a senior researcher in Space Science and Technology at the Technical University of Madrid, with 12 years of research experience in space dynamics, mission analysis, and advanced space technologies. He has so far published 26 papers in peer reviewed ISI-recognized journals and more than 30 papers in conference proceedings. He has been research fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, the European Space Agency, and was recently awarded a "Ramón y Cajal" research fellowship from the Spanish ministry of education. He filed a patent on the Ion Beam Shepherd (IBS) space debris and asteroid deflection concept.
Relevant Publications:
C. Bombardelli, "Optimal Impulsive Collision Avoidance", Advances in the Astronautical Sciences Volume 148. In press.
G. Baù, C. Bombardelli, J. Peláez, "A new set of integrals of motion to propagate the perturbed two-body problem", Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy 116 (1), 53-78.
J. Peláez, M. Hedo, A. Pedro Rodriguez, "A special perturbation method in orbital dynamics", Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy 97 (2), 131-150.