Simone Pirrotta

Simone Pirrotta was born in Messina, Italy, in 1977. He earned his master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Catania, Italy in 2002. He is a Ph.D. student in Chemistry and Materials Engineering at the University of Messina, Italy. His thesis is on the development of optoelectronic measurement systems based on Fibre Bragg Grating sensors. His research activities and publications concern optical fiber sensors in collaboration with Ente per le Nuove tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente (ENEA), Rome, Italy, and applied mechanics in collaboration with Alenia Spazio, Rome, Italy, for the development of mechanisms for satellite antennas.