Edmondo Minisci is Lecturer in Multi-disciplinary Design Optimisation at the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering of University of Strathclyde. Affiliated to the Centre for Future Air-Space Transportation Technology, cFASTT, he has more than 10 years experience in the field of CFD based analysis and design, working on the analysis of single-stage to orbit lifting body configurations and bi-rotoric small/medium size UAVs, as well as of on the multi-objective design optimization of marine and aeronautical propellers, subsonic airfoils and wings, (re)-entry vehicles and wind turbines. He is currently involved in projects regarding: a) global optimization of trans-atmospheric and interplanetary trajectories, b) uncertainty based multidisciplinary design optimisation of space transportation systems and wind turbines, and c) modelling and simulation of (re-)entering space objects (space-debris and asteroids).
Dr Minisci is also founder member and former general manager of OPTIMAD Engineering S.r.l. - Italian SME, Spin-off of the Politecnico di Torino, active in the field of aerodynamic analysis, design, and optimization.