Thursday, March 10, and Friday, March 11, Prof. Pini Gurfil from Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) has lectured on "Nanosatellite Systems" for Master in Satellite. 

Director of Master, Prof. Paolo Gaudenzi, focused the first lesson on a team building activity.

Additive Manufacturing (AM) refers to a process by which digital 3D design data is used to build up a component in layers by depositing material. The term "3D printing" is increasingly used as a synonym for AM. However, the latter is more accurate in that it describes a professional production technique which is clearly distinguished from conventional methods of material removal. Instead of milling a workpiece from solid block, for example, AM builds up components layer by layer using materials which are available in fine powder form.

Tuesday, February 23, Prof. Clement Fortin from Skoltech (Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology) has lectured on "Perspective of development in materials and structure for space" for Master in Satellite.

Prof. Paolo Gaudenzi, in an interview conducted by Almalaurea, describes the innovations that will characterize the new edition of the Master, as the possibility for students of dealing with the production and realization through 3D additive manufacturing and the new module on the development of applications and services.

At the Aerospace Structure Composite Lab of the University of Rome Sapienza, the structure of a cubesat satellite, manufactured in laminated composite material, is produced. It is provided of piezoelectric sensors embedded into the stacking sequence to monitor his structural behavior and transmit it via wireless radio connection.