EDUCATION:University of Padua, Padua, Italy. Laurea (Five Year B.S./M.S. Degree) in Computer Engineering.High School, I.P.S.I.A. G.Colombo, Padua, Italy. Graduation in Electronics.RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:Visitor Researcher under prof. Marcello Romano Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California June 2006 - January 2007Conducted research on docking operations for autonomous spacecraft robots. I designed and developed a new software architecture for the navigation and control of autonomous free-flying robots.Student Researcher under prof. Ruggero FrezzaUniversity of Padua, Padua, Italy July 2005 – February 2006 Project Manager and Developer of path planning and obstacle avoidance for the DARPA Grand Challenge.Student Researcher under prof. Enrico PagelloUniversity of Padua, Padua, ItalyDecember 2001 – December 2004Responsible for path planning, obstacle avoidance and maintenance of non-holonomic robots.SKILLS:Knowledge of C/C++ and assembly programming for Pic, Arm and Z80 microcontrollers. Knowledge of Linux operative systems, distributions Gentoo and Red-Hat. Experience in general software development, Serial Protocol and Drivers. Experience on TCP/UDP networking development (client-server). Experience with HTML. Projecting and developing of electronics circuit.RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:International Middle-Size Challenge Competition, Robocup 2003, Padua, Italy PUBLICATIONS and REPORTS:“Enhancing the ARTISTI Veneti Team for RoboCup2003” E. Pagello, E. Menegatti, A. Allegro, E. Avventi, N. Bellotto, T. Guseo, F. Favaro, M. Pasquotti, A. Pretto, E. Ros, A. Scarpa, A. Zanette and A. D'angelo.“Autonomous Spacecraft Proximity Navigation and Control with a Sense-Reason-Act Paradigm”, A. Allegro, M. Romano, proposal AIM2007