PhD Days of Curriculum 5 Space sensing and instrumentation
Program Overview & Leadership
The curriculum trains researchers in the design, characterization and development of advanced sensors and payloads for space applications, bridging scientific requirements and the engineering of satellite instrumentation. It covers detection technologies for ionizing radiation (charged particles, X-rays, gamma rays), optical and radio sensors (infrared to ultraviolet, SAR, radio frequency) and non-imaging sensors (magnetic and electric fields, plasmas, gravitational measurements), together with radiation–matter interaction in space-grade materials and electronics.
Full Programme
Introduction & Opening Remarks
10:00 - 10:10 Fabio Gargano (INFN Bari)
PhD Research Program Presentations
10:10 - 10:17 Filipp Dassoni Detection of Space Debris by Networks of Distributed Radars
10:17 - 10:24 Martina Savinelli Design and Prototype Characterization of Innovative High Energy Particle Detectors for Space Application
10:24 - 10:31 Giacomo Bianchi Development of 3D-Integrated Trench-Isolated LGADs for Detecting Low-Energy X-Rays in Space Experiments
10:31 - 10:38 Alessandro Vignato Integration and Calibration of the Hyperspectral Stereo Camera (SHY-4D) for a Lunar Rover
10:38 - 10:45 Giuseppe Aurelio Miserendino Multimessenger Observation of UHE Neutral Messengers
10:45 - 10:52 Lavinia Barria Development of Bent-Crystal Optics for X-ray Spectrometry and Imaging
10:52 - 10:59 Primoz Vodnik A Multidisciplinary Approach to X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy of Planetary Surfaces: Simulations, Laboratory Tests, Artificial Intelligence
10:59 - 11:06 Matteo Reggiani Ab Initio-Guided Design of Radiation-Tolerant High-Entropy Alloys for Space Technologies and Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems in Space (A-GRADES)
11:06 - 11:13 Nicholas Kipyegon Kirui Design, Fabrication and Characterization of Plasmonic Antennas for Infrared Detection in Space Applications
11:13 - 11:20 Kenneth Kirop Kanda Artificial Intelligence for the Analysis of Space Remote Sensing Data
11:20 - 11:30 Fabio Gargano (INFN Bari) Wrap-up & Closing Remarks