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Saetti, Umberto

Saetti, Umberto

Assistant Professor
Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center
Aerospace Engineering
Maryland Robotics Center
3182 Glenn L. Martin Hall

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering with a minor in Computational Science (Pennsylvania State University)
  • M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (Pennsylvania State University)
  • M.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering (Pennsylvania State University)
  • B.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • 2024 Aerospace Control and Guidance Systems Committee (ACGSC) Dave Ward Memorial Lecture Award
  • 2024 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) Award
  • 2022 Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

  • Associate Editor, Journal of the Americal Helicopter Society

  • Rotary- and flapping-wing vehicles
  • Modeling, simulation, and order reduction
  • Flight dynamics and control
  • Aeromechanics
  • Rotorcraft handling qualities
  • System identification
  • Time-periodic systems
  • Human-machine interaction
  • Virtual, augmented, and extended reality (VR/AR/XR)

ENAE 635 - Helicopter Stability and Control

ENAE 432 - Control of Aerospace Systems

Saetti Recognized with ACGSC 2024 Dave Ward Memorial Lecture Award

Award recognizes significant contributions by young members in the development of flight dynamics, control, and guidance system technologies.