Education and Research Interests

Education and Degrees

1983 MSc in Physics Engineering from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.

1986 PhD in Theoretical Mechanics from Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Moscow, Russia

1998 Diploma recognized as PhD in Aerospace Engineering from University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal

2021 Habilitation in Mechanicsl Engineering, University of Beira Interior

Specialization

Main field

• Astrodynamics

• space flight mechanics

• rigid body dynamics

• attitude control systems for satellites

• tethered systems

• large space structures

• motion control of a solar sail

Other fields

• e-learning in engineering education

Current research interests

dynamics of multibody systems in space, spacecraft dynamics and control, dynamics of large space structures, motion in complex gravitational fields