Salvatore Esposito

Ph.D. in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni , 37^th cycle (2021-2024)

Ph.D. obtained in 2025

Dissertation:

The Impact of Plasma Formation on the Radar Cross-Section of Objects in Hypersonic Sub-Orbital Flight

Tutors:

Giuseppe Vecchi Domenic D'Ambrosio

Profile

Research topic

Communications and radar tracking of objects in hypersonic sub-orbital flight

Research interests

Computational Electromagnetics (CEM) and EM simulation

Modeling, simulation and CAD

Biography

Salvatore Esposito completed his bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering at the University of Naples Federico II (UniNA). He has a Master's degree in aerospace engineering from the Politecnico di Torino (PoliTO), where he specialized in aerogasdynamics. Currently, he is pursuing his Ph.D. in Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering at the Politecnico di Torino. His research is focused on plasma formation in hypersonic flows and on the scattering of electromagnetic waves in plasma fields.

Awards and Honors

2023 IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON Technologies for Defense and Security: Best paper presented by a young researcher (2023)

Teaching

Teachings

Master of Science

Fluidodinamica nel volo spaziale. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso

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Publications

Works published during the Ph.D. View all publications in Porto@Iris

Esposito, S.; Scarabosio, A.; Vecchi, G.; D'Ambrosio, D. (2024)
Non-equilibrium plasma distribution in the wake of a slender blunted-nose cone in hypersonic flight and its effect on the radar cross section. In: AEROSPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, vol. 155. ISSN 1270-9638
Contributo su Rivista
Esposito, S.; D'Ambrosio, D.; Scarabosio, A.; Vecchi, G. (2024)
Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves in Hypersonic Plasma: Numerical Simulations and Analysis. In: AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, Orlando, FL (USA), 8-12 January 2024, pp. 1-15. ISBN: 9781624107115
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Esposito, S.; D'Ambrosio, Domenic (2023)
A Study on Plasma Formation on Hypersonic Vehicles using Computational Fluid Dynamics. In: Aerospace Europe Conference 2023 – 10ᵀᴴ EUCASS – 9ᵀᴴ CEAS, Lausanne, Switzerland, 9-13 July, 2023
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Esposito, Salvatore; D’Ambrosio, Domenic; Vecchi, Giuseppe; Scarabosio, Andrea (2023)
Plasma Effects on Electromagnetic Wave Scattering in Suborbital Hypersonic Flight. In: 2023 IEEE International Workshop on Technologies for Defense and Security (TechDefense), Roma, Italy, 20-22 November, 2023, pp. 268-273. ISBN: 979-8-3503-1939-2
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)