Alfonso PAGANI

Politecnico di Torino • Professor of spacecraft structures at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Alfonso Pagani is professor of spacecraft structures at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Politecnico di Torino. He earned a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from City University of London in 2016, following an earlier Ph.D. in Fluid-dynamics (Aeroelasticity) from Politecnico di Torino.

As an active fellow of the Italian Association of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIDAA), Prof. Pagani served as LOC member and IPC co-chair for IAC 2024 in Milan.

He is associate editor for Aerotecnica Missili & Spazio, Advances in Aircraft and Spacecraft Structures and the International Journal of Dynamics and Control. His research at the MUL2 Lab (www.mul2.com) focuses on spacecraft structures, space mechanisms, and advanced materials mechanics. His work spans both fundamental and applied studies, and he has established numerous collaborations with international institutions and industry. His contributions have earned him several prestigious awards, including the Wiley Best Paper Award (2023) and the Ian Marshall Award (2013).

Prof. Pagani is Principal Investigator of the EU-H2020 ERC-StG project PRE-ECO, which explores innovative approaches to designing variable stiffness structures for aerospace applications (www.pre-eco.eu). He also serves as deputy for Spoke 8 in the Extended Partnership Space It Up!, a program funded by the Italian Space Agency to advance human and robotic space exploration.

He has held visiting research positions at leading institutions worldwide. In 2018, he joined the California Institute of Technology as a visiting associate to study deployable space booms. He also conducted research at Purdue University (2016), RMIT Melbourne (2014), and Universidade do Porto (2013), focusing on topics such as the micro-mechanics of fibre-reinforced composites.

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