I'm Gaetano. I'm an aerospace engineer, and I teach what I use at work every day.
I develop control systems for satellites in orbit. And I've been explaining maths and physics since I was in high school.
- Now
- Head of the GNC department · satellite platforms
- Studies
- Politecnico di Milano · Aerospace Engineering
- Side
- Podcast "Attitude Control"
That is Gaetano. I am Erwin, the GL cat!
I studied Aerospace Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano. For some years now I have been head of the GNC department — guidance, navigation and control — on satellite platforms: I work both on low-Earth-orbit constellations and on deep-space missions — interplanetary probes, the Moon, asteroids. In practice, together with my team, I write the software that lets a platform know where it is, where it is going and how to correct itself when something goes wrong.
I also host a podcast, Attitude Control, where I talk about the most interesting and amazing things in space and space engineering. The way I explain things there — starting from physical intuition, not from formulas — is the same way I teach in my lessons.
All of this matters for one reason only: it makes a difference in the lessons. I don't teach textbook maths. I teach the maths I use every day to solve real problems. When I explain an integral, I can tell you where it is really used. When we work on a controller, it's one I have just tuned at work.
Not a full-time tutor: a working engineer who also teaches.
I really do what I teach
Every day I write code, debug and run numerical analyses for real missions. When I explain an integral or a control system it isn't textbook theory: it's what I use at work.
I teach at work too
At work I lead senior engineers and train interns and junior colleagues. The explanation techniques that work in a company are the same ones I bring to my lessons.
Clear communication is a priority
I host a podcast where I tell the most fascinating stories of space engineering. Explaining complex things simply is a skill you train every week.
Timeline.
2014 →
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Now
Head of the GNC department
I lead the guidance, navigation and control (GNC) department on satellite platforms — both low-Earth-orbit constellations and deep-space missions to the Moon and asteroids.
Studies
Aerospace Engineering
Degree from the Politecnico di Milano. Since then, ten years of hands-on practice with satellite control systems.
Side project
Podcast "Attitude Control"
I tell the most interesting and amazing things in space and space engineering — the way I explain things there is the same way I teach.
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