Bio
Antonio Rizza is a PhD student at Politecnico di Milano. Since his graduation in Space Engineer in 2020 he is a member of the Deep-space Astrodynamics Research and Technology (DART) Group working on autonomous CubeSats in deep-space. His research interest are focused on CubeSats autonomy, and proximity operations to small Solar System bodies with particular attention on goal-oriented guidance strategies. He has done a visiting research period at Stanford Unviersity within the Space Rendezvous Laboratory (SLAB) where he researched on goal-oriented path planning based on Sequential Convex Programming. He has been GNC Engineer for Milani mission phase A, B and C, and AOCS Engineer for LUMIO mission phase B.
Education
M.Sc. in Space Engineering at Politecnico di MilanoB.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering at Politecnico di Milano
Research Lines
Autonomous exploration of small Solar System bodies Autonomous AOCS subsystems for interplanetary CubeSats