Development of low power Hall effect thrusters:- Thruster design activities to meet the customer's requirements- Design of mechanical components/tools for assembly, integration and testing of Hall effect thrusters- Assembly, integration and testing activities- Post-processing of test data- Preparation and review of project related documentation for the customer

Research activities on:- small green rockets (< 150 N, based on high-test peroxide alone and along with hydrocarbons) for satellites attitude control and for orbit demise;- turbopumps (e.g. cavitation induced fluid-dynamic instabilities, rotordynamic forces, fluid-structure interaction). Activities include:- Writing of bid proposals for public tenders (ESA, ASI, EU)- Design of the systems under test, of the experimental activities, of the required tools for components assembly and of the components for test rigs update- Assembling (including the troubleshooting of the test rig)- Testing (according to the test matrix prepared in compliance with the documentation approved by the customers)- Data analysis (e.g. fluid dynamic instabilities, performance characterization, data convolution, etc.) by using specific software developed for the activity (Matlab and VBA)

Research and Development in turbomachinery and rocketry:- Literature survey- Model development- Model Implementation- Experimental work out (cavitation, flow and rotordynamic instabilities)- Results analysis- Proposal preparation and writing- Technical notes preparation.- Procurement.

Research activity on turbopumps and cavitation problematics.