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Publications & Patents

  • Publications
  • Granted Patents:
Publications
  • J. Zhang, E. Fantino, C. Du, Y. Wang, H. Dai, Optimal transfers from an Earth-Moon unstable libration point orbit to the lunar surface, Advances in Space Research, 2025.
  • C. Barbieri, A. Beolchi, I. Bertini, V. Da Deppo, E. Fantino, R. Flores, C. Pernechele, C. Pozzi, Preparing for the 2061 return of Halley’s comet: A rendezvous mission with an innovative imaging system, Planetary and Space Science, 265 (2025), 106165.
  • Darfilal, F. Alhammadi, A. Nabi, J. Huh, E. Fantino, K. Mohamed, H. Alhashmi, S.S.M. Swei, Dual-Mode Green Monopropellant Thrusters for Sustainable Space Exploration: Experimental Research at Khalifa University, IEEE Space Conference. (2025).
  • Nabi, D. Darfilal, F. Alhammadi, E. Fantino, H. Alhashmi, S.S.M. Swei, Modular Automated Test System for Advanced Propulsion and Satellite Subsystems Using NI PXI Data Acquisition Technology, IEEE Space Conference. (2025).
  • Darfilal, F. Alhammadi, A. Nabi, E. Fantino, H. Alhashmi, S.S.M. Swei, Design, Development, and Testing of a Cost-Effective 2U Multidirectional Propulsion Platform for CubeSat Applications, IEEE Space Conference. (2025).
  • Fantino, E., Flores, R., Donnarumma, G., Canales, D., Howell, K.C. (2025). Direct low-energy trajectories to Near-Earth Objects, Acta Astronautica 229, pp.333-344. DOI: 
  • S. Syed, S. Mohammed, D. Sheehan, Gold Nanoparticles Used to Stay Furin in Microgravity ISS, APRSAF-30, Indonesia. (2024).
  • Darfilal, F. Alhammadi, A. Nabi, E. Fantino, O. Khattab, S.S.M. Swei, Design, Development, and Tests of a Cost-Effective 2U Multidirectional Propulsion Platform for CubeSats, International Astronautical Congress (IAC), IAC-24-A1.2.3, Milan, Italy. (2024).
  • Darfilal, F. Alhammadi, S. Alnaqbi, M. Albreiki, A. Nabi, S.S.M. Swei, Development of Green Monopropellant Micro-Thruster, International Astronautical Congress (IAC), IAC-24-A1.2.3, Milan, Italy. (2024).
  • Alkatheeri, A. Nabi, D. Darfilal, E. Fantino, S. Swei, DESIGN, TEST, AND VERIFIACTION OF A REACTION WHEEL FOR CUBESATS, International Astronautical Congress (IAC), IAC-24, Milan, Italy. (2024).
  • Malik, A., Altawil, B., Abdul Samad, Y., Swei, S. (2024). CubeSat-Based Laser Ablation Debris Removal Concept. Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC, 2024-October.
  • Elmubasher, A., Swei, S., (2024). CubeSat-Based Laser Ablation Debris Removal Concept. Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC, 2023-October.
  • Alnaqbi, D. Darfilal, S.S.M. Swei, Propulsion Technologies for CubeSats: Review, Aerospace. 11 (2024) 502. 
  • Alkatheeri, A. Nabi, D. Darfilal, E. Fantino, S. Swei, DESIGN, TEST, AND VERIFIACTION OF A REACTION WHEEL FOR CUBESATS, Space Research Conference (SRC), SRC-24, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (2024).
  • Alkatheeri, A. Nabi, D. Darfilal, E. Fantino, S. Swei, DESIGN, TEST, AND VERIFIACTION OF A REACTION WHEEL FOR CUBESATS, Graduate Student Research Conference (GSRC), GSRC-24, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. (2024).
  • Alnaqbi, M. Albreiki, F. Alhammadi, D. Darfilal, Development of Green Monopropellant Micro-Thruster, PlanetX Conference by the UAE Space Agency, Dubai Airshow, UAE. (2023).
  • Malik, A., Elkaffas, R., Altawil, B., Khattab, O., Tardy, B., Swei, S., Abdul Samad, Y. (2023). Graphene-Enhanced Wood: A Lightweight and Sustainable Material for Spacecraft Structures. Proceedings of the Materials Research Society conference, MRS, 2023-November.
  • Malik, A., Altawil, B., Abdul Samad, Y., Swei, S. (2023). Feasibility Assessment: Innovative CubeSat-Based Robotic Systems for Active Debris Removal to Enable Sustainable Access to LEO. Proceedings of the PlanetX conference by the UAE Space Agency, 2023-November.
  • Malik, A., Swei, S., Design of CubeSat-based Robotic tentacles. (2023). Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC, 2023-October.
  • Canales, D., Fantino, E., Howell, K.C., Flores, R. (2023). Design of optimal spatial low-energy trajectories to Near Earth Objects, paper reference IAC-23-C1.6.1, 74th International Astronautical Congress, Baku (Azerbaijan), October 2-6.
  • Burhani, M.B., Fantino, E., Flores, R., Al-Khateeb, A. (2023). Design of low-thrust interplanetary trajectories based on three-dimensional logarithmic spirals, Graduate Student Research Conference, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), March 19-20.
  • Burhani, M.B., Solano, F., Flores, R., Sanjurjo-Rivo, M., Fantino, E. (2023). Low‐thrust Earth‐Saturn trajectory with multiple gravity assists, 17th International Conference on Space Operations (SpaceOps), Dubai (United Arab Emirates), March 6-10.
  • Alnaqbi, F., Fantino, E., Jarrar, F., Swei, S. (2023). Design and Implementation of a Multi-Mission Torque Model Simulator for Earth Satellites, paper reference IAC-22-C1.IP.2, 73rd International Astronautical Congress, Paris (France), September 18-22.
  • Fantino, E., Burhani, B.M., Flores, R., Alessi, E.M., Solano, F., Sanjurjo-Rivo, M. (2023). End-to-end trajectory concept for close exploration of Saturn’s Inner Large Moons, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation 126, 107458. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cnsns.2023.107458
  • Fantino, E., Alkhaja, A., Khan, A., Burhani, B.M., Flores, R. (2021). From hyperbolic arrival to a lunar tour of the Inner Large Moons of Saturn, paper reference IAC-21-C1.4.2, 72nd International Astronautical Congress, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), October 25-29.
  • Flores, R., Burhani, B.M., Fantino, E. (2021). A Method for Accurate and Efficient Propagation of Satellite Orbits, Alexandria Engineering Journal 60(2), pp. 2661-2676. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aej.2020.12.056.
  • Fantino, E., Salazar, F., Alessi E.M. (2021). Design and performance of low-energy orbits for the exploration of Enceladus, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation 90,105393. DOI: .
  • Almazrouei, A.; Khan, A.; Almesmari, A.; Albuainain, A.; Bushlaibi, A.; Mahmood, A.A.; Alqaraan, A.; Alhammadi, A.; AlBalooshi, A.; Khater, A.; Alharam, A.; AlTawil, B.; Alkhzaimi, B.; Almansoori, E.; Jarrar, F.; Issa, H.; Alblooshi, H.; Ansari, M.T.; Alzaabi, N.; Braik, N.; Dimitropoulos, P.; Marpu, P.; Alialali, R.; Alhammadi, R.; Al-haddad, R.; Almazrouei, S.; Bahumaish, S.; Thu, V.; Alqassab, Y. A Complete Mission Concept Design and Analysis of the Student-Led CubeSat Project: Light-1. Aerospace 2021, 8, 247. https://doi.org/10.3390/aerospace8090247
  • Alhammadi, A.N., Jarrar, F., Al-Shaibah, M. et al. Effect of finite element model details in structural analysis of CubeSats. CEAS Space J 13, 231–246 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12567-020-00339-z
  • Almesmari, A., Jarrar, F., Almaskari, F. et al. Validation and verification of a nanosatellite passive isolator for pyroshock attenuation. CEAS Space J 13, 133–143 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12567-020-00331-7
  • Al Kindi, L., Roberts, M. S. E., di Giovanni, A., Arneodo, F., Al Qasim, A., Al Mannaei, A., Al Marri, N., Al Khouri, F., Ha, S., Panicker, P., Manenti, L., Bruno, G., Torres, R., Kalos, S., Conicella, V., Marpu, P., Vu, T., & Al Blooshi, H. (2020). Space qualifying RAAD CubeSat for the study of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes and other short timescale phenomenon. Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC, 2020-October.
  • Almazrouei, A., Khan, A., Almesmari, A., Giovanni, A. D., Albuainain, A., Bushlaibi, A., Mahmood, A. A., Alqaraan, A., Alhammadi, A., Albalooshi, A., Khater, A., Alharam, A., Almansoori, E., Jarrar, F., Issa, H., Balooshi, H. A., Alkindi, L., Roberts, M., Ansari, M. T., . . . Alqassab, Y. (2020). A 3U CubeSat For Monitoring Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes: Bus Design And Concept Of Operations. Educational Pico and Nano Satellites (4). 71st International Astronautical Congress-The CyberSpace Edition. https://iafastro.directory/iac/paper/id/58385/abstract-pdf/IAC-20,E2,4,11,x58385.brief.pdf
  • Almazrouei, A., Khan, A., Alansari, A., Almemsmari, A., Albuainain, A., Bushlaibi, A., Mahmood, A. A., Alqaraan, A., Alhammadi, A., Alhammadi, A., Albalooshi, A., Khater, A., Alharam, A., Almansoori, E., Jarrar, F., Issa, H., Boiko, I., Ansari, M. T., Alshaibah, M., Dimitropoulos, P., Marpu, P., Ali, R. A., . . . Alqassab, Y. (2020). MYSAT-2: A 2U CubeSat For Evaluating Novel Attitude Control Algorithms. Educational Pico and Nano Satellites (4). 71st International Astronautical Congress-The CyberSpace Edition. https://iafastro.directory/iac/paper/id/58466/abstract-pdf/IAC-20,E2,4,12,x58466.brief.pdf
  • Khan, A., Alkhaja, A., Fantino, E., & Pelaez, J. (2020). Analysis of technologies for orbit insertion at Saturn. Orbital Dynamics (2). 71st International Astronautical Congress-The CyberSpace Edition. https://iafastro.directory/iac/paper/id/57386/abstract-pdf/IAC-20,C1,7,3,x57386.brief.pdf
  • Almesmari, F. Jarrar, F. Almaskari, P. R. Marpu, N. Abdul Shukoor and J. K. Govindan, “Development of a Metal-to-Metal Mid-Field Shock Test Procedure for Nanosatellites,” in IEEE Journal on Miniaturization for Air and Space Systems, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 103-109, Sept. 2020, doi: 10.1109/JMASS.2020.3005190.
  • Alharam, A., Bushlaibi, A., Almansoori, E., Saleh, H., & Marpu, P. (2020, August). AI-Based Novel Camera System with Software Defined Radio Transceiver On-board [Poster Session]. 4th Annual Small Satellite Conference.
  • Almazrouei, A., Khan, A., Almesmari, A., Giovanni, A. D., Albuainain, A., Bushlaibi, A., Mahmood, A. A., Alqaraan, A., Alhammadi, A., Albalooshi, A., Khater, A., Alharam, A., Almansoori, E., Jarrar, F., Issa, H., Balooshi, H. A., Alkindi, L., Roberts, M., Ansari, M.T., Alzaabi, N., Dimitropoulos, P., Marpu, P., Ali, R. A., Zeyad, S., Vu, T., Alqassab, Y. (2020, August). Light-1: A 3U CubeSat for Detecting and Monitoring Terrestrial Gamma Ray Flashes – System Design and Concept of Operations [Poster Session]. 4th Annual Small Satellite Conference.
  • Alhammadi, F. Jarrar and P. Marpu, “Manufacturing, Analysis and Testing of an Additively Manufactured Nanosatellite Structure,” 2020 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences (ASET), 2020, pp. 1-5, doi:10.1109/ASET48392.2020.9118364.
  • Issa, P. Marpu, A. Jallad and A. A. Marar, “Data Processing Work?ow For The Greenhouse Gases Monitoring CubeSat Mission – MeznSat,” 2020 Mediterranean and Middle-East Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (M2GARSS), 2020, pp. 192-195, doi: 10.1109/M2GARSS47143.2020.9105202.
  • Manandhar, P., Alkhaja, A. M., Marpu, P., & Aung, Z. (2020). Towards Rectifying the Effect on Image Registration of Pointing Inaccuracies in Nanosatellites Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks. Journal of Small Satellites, 9(2), 897–910. https://jossonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Final-Manandhar-Towards-Rectifying-the-Effect-on-Image-Registration-of-Pointing-Inaccuracies-in-Nanosatellites-Using-Deep-Convolutional-Neural-Networks.pdf
  • Jallad, A.H., Marpu, P., Abdul Aziz, Z., Al Marar, A. and Awad, M., 2019. MeznSat—A 3U CubeSat for Monitoring Greenhouse Gases Using Short Wave Infra-Red Spectrometry: Mission Concept and Analysis. Aerospace, 6(11), p.118.
  • Di Giovanni, A., Manenti, L., AlKhouri, F., AlKindi, L.R., AlMannaei, A., Al Qasim, A., Benabderrahmane, M.L., Bruno, G., Conicella, V., Fawwaz, O. and Marpu, P., 2019. Characterisation of a CeBr3 (LB) detector for space application. Journal of Instrumentation, 14(09), p.P09017.
  • Roberts, M.S., Arneodo, F., di Giovanni, A., Al Qasim, A., Al Mannaei, A., Almarri, N., Alkindi, L., AlKhouri, F., Panicker, P., Ha, S. and Manenti, L., 2019, October. RAAD: a CubeSat-based soft gamma-ray detector for the study of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes and other short timescale phenomena. In Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XXIII (Vol. 11151, p. 111510Y). International Society for Optics and Photonics.
  • Manandhar, P. and Marpu, P.R., 2019, July. Change Detection and Transfer Learning Approach for Updating the Habitat Maps in UAE. In IGARSS 2019-2019 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (pp. 2427-2430). IEEE.
  • Alhammadi, A., Al-Shaibah, M., Almesmari, A., Vu, T., Tsoupos, A., Jarrar, F. and Marpu, P., 2019. Quasi-Static and Dynamic Response of a 1U Nano-Satellite during Launching. Proceedings of 8th European Conference for Aeronautics and Space Sciences.
  • Niederstrasser, C., Marpu, P. R., Alkhaja, A., Vu, T. T., Kontogiannis, E., & Alshaer, A. A. (2019). The Role of Small Satellites in the Establishment of the Gulf Region’s First Graduate Level Space Studies Program. Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, 2019
  • Almansoori, F., Marpu, P., & Aung, Z. (2018, November). Improved Power Control Approach for Better Data Throughput in CubeSat Nanosatellites. In 2018 International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology (IIT) (pp. 52-57). IEEE.

 

Granted Patents:
  • Shumeiko, A., Jarrar, F., Swei, S., Electrodeless Plasma Thruster with Closed-Ring-Shaped Gas Discharge Chamber, US 2023/0271728 A1, August 2023
  • David Sheehan, Syed Salma Sultana, Praveen Managutti, Nucleation of large-scale protein crystals from nanoparticle seeds, US Publication number: 20250099871, October 2023