Mariano Andrenucci
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| Born | Mariano Andrenucci September 2, 1944 Taranto, Italy |
| 💀Died | March 3, 2024 (aged 79) Marina di Carrara, ItalyMarch 3, 2024 (aged 79) |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Italian |
| 🎓 Alma mater | University of Pisa |
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Mariano Andrenucci (September 2, 1944 – March 3, 2024) was an Italian aerospace engineer, Professor of Space Systems and Electric Propulsion at the University of Pisa. He has been on the Faculty of Engineering since 1977, and was visiting professor of Spacecraft Propulsion at Syracuse University, USA, in 1983. In 1991 and again in 2007 he was General Chairman of the International Electric Propulsion Conference. Professor Andrenucci was also the founder of the Centrospazio Research Centre in Pisa in 1989 and of the Alta company in the year 2000, later to become SITAEL (2015). In 2011, he was awarded with the Ernst Stuhlinger Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Electric Propulsion. Professor Andrenucci has authored or co-authored more than 200 scientific publications in the field of space propulsion.[1]
Career
Professor Andrenucci was the father of space electric propulsion in Italy and one of the most prominent figures in this field on the international scene. During his career he guided the development of multiple electric propulsion systems, pioneering tests on Magnetoplasmadynamic Thrusters, FEEP thrusters and Hall thrusters.[2]
Awards
ERPS Stuhlinger Medal (2011)
References
- ↑ Mariano Andrenucci, Biography. Search this book on
- ↑ Federation, International Astronautical. "IAF : C4.5 A LIFETIME WORTH OF SPACE: IN MEMORY OF PROF. MARIANO ANDRENUCCI". www.iafastro.org.
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