Professional Experience

Academic activities

1988-1990 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Applied Mathematics of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University (BMSTU), Moscow, Russia.

1990-1994 Associate Professor, Dept. of Applied Mathematics, BMSTU.

1994-2011 Assistant Professor, Dept. Electromechanical Eng., UBI.

2011-2017 Associate Professor, Dept. Electromechanical Eng., UBI.

2017-now Associate Professor, Dept. Aeronautical Sciences, UBI.

Teaching experience

1988-1994 Courses taught at BMSTU:

Probability and Statistics; Optimization Methods; Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control Theory; Equations of Mathematical Physics; Differential Equations; Mathematical Analysis I - IV; Linear Algebra; Functions of Complex Variable.

1994-now Courses taught at UBI:

Applied Mechanics I and II; Applied Mechanics; Statics; Dynamics of Mechanical Systems; Vibrations and Noise; Astrodynamics; Basic Physics for Design; Research Methods in Industrial Design; Optimization Methods.

Professional Activities

International Astronautical Federation (IAF)

2008-2021 Member of the IAF Astrodynamics Committee.

2013-2018 Vice-Chair of the IAF Astrodynamics Committee.

2018-2021 Chair of the IAF Astrodynamics Committee.

2018-now Member of the IAF Space Universities Administrative Committee.

International Academy of Astronautics (IAA)

2011-2014 Corresponding Member of the IAA

2014-now Full Member of the IAA.

2014-now Member of IAA Publication Commission.

National Institutions

2010-2017 Member of the National Technical Support Group of the FP7 area SPACE (GTA ESPAÇO) – themes “Strengthening Space Foundations” & “GALILEO”.

University of Beira Interior

2005-2017 Scientific Coordinator of the Research Centre for Mechanical and Aerospace Science and Technologies (C-MAST), UBI (Member of the IAF since 2011).

2013-2017 President of the Council of Engineering Faculty, University of Beira Interior.

Membership in Professional Societies: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Associate Fellow), American Astronautical Society, International Physics and Control Society, European Mechanics Society, Portuguese Society for Engineering Education (Founding Member).