Luca Nanu

Ph.D. in Ingegneria Aerospaziale , 37^th cycle (2021-2024)

Ph.D. obtained in 2025

Dissertation:

Design of an innovative urban air mobility vehicle (UAMV) - A control-oriented study (Abstract)

Tutors:

Angelo Lerro Andrea L'Afflitto

Profile

Research topic

Design and development of an eVTOL aircraft for passenger transportation

Research interests

Autonomous Aerial Vehicles

Design and Analysis of Aircraft and RPAS

Biography

He achieved B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2018 and M.Sc. degree in Mechatronic Engineering in 2020, both at Polytechnic of Turin. Among the multidisciplinary topics of M.Sc. degree, he focused on the fields of automatic and digital controls, robotics, modelling and simulation of mechatronic systems and electrical machines. He participated to a student’s team project related to battery aging of automotive electric vehicles, held by CLIK Polytechnic of Turin group, in collaboration with FCA company. His thesis work was related to a robotic system model-based control, called Embedded Model Control, in network controlled system (NCS) scenario.
After graduation, he worked in FCA company (now Stellantis) as consultant for mild-hybrid, plug-in and full electric vehicle prototypes development.
He is now working as PhD fellow in Aerospace Engineering at Polytechnic of Turin, for the design and development of an electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft for people transportation, based on a patented solution for electric propulsion system, called ThrustPod.

Publications

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

Nanu, Luca (2025)
Design of an innovative urban air mobility vehicle (UAMV) - A control-oriented study. relatore: LERRO, ANGELO; L'AFFLITTO, ANDREA; , 37. XXXVII Ciclo, P.: 161
Doctoral Thesis
Nanu, Luca; Colangelo, Luigi; Novara, Carlo; PEREZ MONTENEGRO, CARLOS NORBERTO (2024)
Embedded model control of networked control systems: An experimental robotic application. In: MECHATRONICS, vol. 99. ISSN 0957-4158
Contributo su Rivista
Nanu, L.; Gili, P. (2024)
Novel Test-Bench for UAV Inertia Measurement Employing Direct-Drive Motors. In: 2024 IEEE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON Metrology for AeroSpace, Lublin (POL), 03-05 June 2024, pp. 243-248. ISBN: 979-8-3503-8504-5
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Nanu, Luca; Lerro, Angelo; Gili, Piero (2023)
Design of a Drone for Urban Application Using a Patented Technology. In: 2023 14th International Conference on Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAE)
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Lerro, Angelo; Gili, Piero; Nanu, Luca (2022)
ThrustPod: a novel solution for vertical take-off and landing systems. In: Delft International Conference on Urban Air-Mobility, Delft (NL), March 22-24, 2022
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Nanu, Luca; Lerro, Angelo; Gili, Piero (2022)
Range Estimation Of A Novel Concept Electric Aircraft Based On Modified Breguet Equation. In: ICNAAM 2022, Heraklion, Greece, 19-25 September 2022
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)

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