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Internships and master theses
Proposals for the curricular internship and for the master thesis.
Before applying, no more than three exams may be left before graduation.
Image motion compensation driven by optical flow
Tutor: Achille Ballabeni
In brief
Close the piezo stage loop on motion estimated from the images, instead of on a predicted profile.
Open for details →Risk thresholds for autonomous collision avoidance
Tutor: Alice Ponti
In brief
What lowering the risk threshold costs in manoeuvres and propellant, on a set of virtual conjunctions.
Open for details →Magnetic attitude control verified on CubeDyna
Tutor: Dario Modenini
In brief
A magnetic-only control law for a CubeSat, verified on CubeDyna inside the Helmholtz cage.
Open for details →Astrometric reduction of event camera observations
Tutor: Stefano Palmiotto
In brief
Bring the BOPAS pipeline onto event sensors and find out how much accuracy is gained or lost.
Open for details →Robotic testbed validation of pose estimation algorithms
Tutor: Alessandro Lotti
In brief
Test a pose estimation network on robotic testbed images, against the true pose from optical tracking.
Open for details →Apply
Pick the proposal you are interested in and tell us a little about yourself. We reply by email.
Completed theses
What has been done here in recent years. Title and year only: we do not publish names.
- 2026 Numerical simulation of satellite Forward Motion Compensation
- 2026 Pointing budget and radiation analysis for CubeSat missions
- 2025 A testbed for on-orbit optical tracking simulation of resident space objects
- 2025 Application of relative orbital elements theory for maneuver reconfiguration in rendezvous operations
- 2025 CycleGAN Enhanced Computer Vision Pipeline for Spacecraft Pose Estimation
- 2025 Deep learning-based spacecraft detection algorithm optimized for embedded hardware
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- 2025 Experimental investigation of line-of-sight motion reconstruction from satellite images
- 2024 Attitude/orbit dynamic simulator for the INNOVATOR mission
- 2024 Orbit determination through optical measurements from the Loiano observatory
- 2024 Tools for Advanced Chain Access Analysis on Satellite Constellations
- 2023 Image Simulator for Resident Space Objects
- 2023 Satellite attitude control using magnetic torquers and reaction wheels
- 2022 Design of a UHF-band transceiver module for nano-satellite applications
- 2022 Spacecraft Collision Probability Calculation from Conjunction Data Message and High Precision Orbit Propagator
- 2021 A collision simulator based on Two-Line-Elements
- 2021 Development and experimental testing of nanosatellites attitude control using mixed magnetic/mechanical actuation
- 2020 Development and testing of ground segment software for mission control of small Earth orbiting satellites
- 2020 Robotic exploration of lunar caves: concept analysis of the communication system for an ESA Moon mission
- 2019 An optical navigation filter simulator for a CubeSat mission to Didymos binary asteroid system
- 2019 Experimental study of high test peroxide micro-thrusters for small satellites
- 2019 Methodology to calibrate S-band dish antennas for micro-satellite missions
- 2019 Numerical investigation of magnetic only attitude control for small satellites
- 2019 Orbit determination for LEO satellites using Two Line Elements and SGP4
- 2019 Sviluppo e validazione sperimentale di un banco prova di dinamica d’assetto per nanosatelliti
- 2018 Microcontroller based flow control for spacecraft electric propulsion
How it works
- Open the proposal you are interested in and fill in the form, telling us where you are in your studies.
- We reply to arrange a meeting and work out together whether the topic is the right one for you.
- Supervisor and co-supervisor are assigned, and objectives defined.
- Regular progress meetings, with access to the lab facilities.
See also: Internships and bachelor theses