Luigi Di Palma
Managing Director
Degree
1998
Degree in Engineering
Luigi is a long-experienced researcher, engineer and manager operating in many industrial sectors especially in aeronautics. He got a Master of Computer Applications focused on automatic calculation from Università degli studi di Perugia (1999) and a full Diploma of Laurea in Engineering from University of Naples (1998).
CIRA
2003-2021
Previous Professional Experience
Luigi has been the head of aerostructure design and dynamics dept at Italian Aerospace Research Center (CIRA), where he has led several development aeronautic programs (2003-2021) involving main industry partners. Luigi has also been researcher and adjunct Professor in Materials Engineering at University of Naples Federico II and Second University of Naples (1998-2001). Member of VulcanAir VF600w vehicle homologation team in 2001 to 2003.
Cleansky2
2016-2021
Research Programs and Projects
He was appointed as Governing Board member of European Commission Clean Sky 2 JU (2018-2021) and member of Clean Sky 2 Fast Rotorcraft Steering Committee as well (2016-2021). Among others, he won and coordinated large programs devoted to the full development of main systems of innovative European aircrafts (respectively the wing of Leonardo’s NGCTR tiltrotor and the landing gear system of Airbus’s Racer compound helicopter), clustering several Italian high skilled and technological companies, universities, and research centers.
Articles and Publications
He is author of 50 scientific international peer-reviewed publications with focus on new materials and innovative aircrafts (manned and unmanned). Speaker and chairman in several international technical congresses. eVtol NASA speaker and Boeing/Airbus simulation working group member.