About ISAE-SUPAERO

Annafederica Urbano serves as a professor in the Space Advanced Concept Laboratory at ISAE SUPAERO's Department of Control and Design of Aerospace Vehicles (DCAS) since 2019. Her expertise spans space propulsion and transportation systems, with a Ph.D. from La Sapienza University of Rome focused on methane liquid rocket engines' regenerative cooling systems. Her research specializes in numerical simulation of reactive and two-phase flows in liquid rocket engines, encompassing supercritical combustion, thermoacoustic instabilities, nucleate boiling in micro-gravity, two-phase compressible flows, transcritical fluids, and heat transfer deterioration. Her significant contributions to the field are evidenced by her authorship of over 40 journal and conference papers, including 16 ranked-A publications, establishing her as a leading authority in aerospace engineering and rocket propulsion systems.

Eric Poquillon serves as an Experimental Flight Dynamics Professor at ISAE-SUPAERO, bringing over 20 years of expertise in flight testing and aircraft certification. His extensive career includes significant roles at DGA Essais en vol (French Flight Test Center), where he conducted certification flight tests for major transport aircraft manufacturers including Airbus, Boeing, and Bombardier. He holds an Engineering degree from Ecole Centrale de Paris, a Flight Test Engineer License from EPNER, and a Master's in Business Administration. At ISAE-SUPAERO, he teaches flight dynamics and flight testing methods for both piloted aircraft and micro UAVs while serving as Headmaster of the TAS-AERO Advanced Master Program. His expertise extends to developing MOOCs on flight mechanics through Coursera, making aerospace education accessible to a global audience. His contributions to aviation safety and regulation include significant work on FAR/JAR/CS regulations and coordination of JAA/EASA Flight Panel on major Airbus projects

Yves Gourinat brings extensive expertise in aerospace engineering, having spent seven years at Aerospatiale-Aircraft (now Airbus SAS) working on composite structures, followed by a decade as associate professor specializing in Launch Vehicle Dynamics and Human Spaceflight, including Soyuz-Mir training. In 2003, he established the nonlinear dynamics and shell-fluid interaction team at ISAE-SUPAERO, University of Toulouse, where he later served as Director of the Aeronautical-Astronautical Doctoral School and Deputy Director of the Clément Ader Institute. Since 2020, he has led the R&D group focused on future aircraft and biodynamics. His academic credentials include an ENSMA Engineering degree, a doctorate in Physics of Structures, and qualification as a Professor of Universities. His contributions to aerospace science encompass 162 internationally referenced scientific publications, earning him prestigious recognitions including the 2011 Frank J Malina Astronautics Medal from the International Astronautical Federation, appointment as Officer of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques, and election as Corresponding Member of the Air & Space Academy.