Giacomo Colombatti is an experienced researcher with more than 20 years of activity at the Center of studies for Space (CISAS) “G.Colombo” of the University of Padova and an assistant professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering (of same University). He is expert in space sensor development (from designing to realisation to testing) and in planetary atmospheric data analysis. He was the Lead CoI for the MarsTem temperature sensor for the Exomars2016 mission and wasinvolved in testing campaigns conducted in Mars like environment, both in laboratory (Aarhus wind tunnel facility) and on site (Ibn Battuta Space Center in Moroccan desert).
He is expert in analysis of data for planetary probe trajectory reconstruction using different filtering techniques; he is also expert in space tether modelling and in the analysis of the dynamics of the system (in particular worked on two EU projects: Bets and ETPack, still undergoing and now is a team member of the ETPACK-F EU funded project for the realization of a flight model of the Electrodynamic system).
He was a member of the research group of more than 10 international and national projects, of which one FP7 (BETs) and one H2020 (ETPack) and several projects funded by National (ASI) and European (ESA, in particular) Agencies.
He also studies the dynamics of lighter than air vehicles, both for earth and space applications. He is involved in developing control algorithms and techniques for different types of airships.
Recently he is involved in several projects aiming on earth environment analysis using UAV (in particular quad- and esa-copters) for the analysis of pollution due to different sources (artificial light, air and soil pollution).
He has been tutor for several student projects in the use of drones and environmental pollution.

VENOM: Venture the ExtractioN of Organic Molecules.
Our goal is to develop a new miniaturized lab-on-a-chip breadboard able to provide a
highly-integrated multiparametric in situ platform utilizing immuno- and enzyme-assay
to detect, identify and assess biogenic compounds at parts-per-billion sensitivity from icy
samples extracted from the surface of Europa or from the plume of Enceladus.
Possible theses:
- Thermomechanical design of the watertight Main Frame
- Thermomechanical design of the sample collection system
- Design of the carousel containing the sample holder
- Mission design through the geysers of Enceladus

Thesis on orbital dynamics:
-Design and simulation of a multiple flyby mission to visit Hilda-class asteroids; characterized in being in the vicinity of Lagrangian points L4 and L5 of the Sun-Jupiter system
- Design and simulation of a multiple flyby mission for "minor" Jovian satellites.Study of the dynamics of fragments and debris due to collisions of cubsats and satellites.
- Dynamics of orbital mission around the moon (L2 and flower constellations)
- Dynamics of orbital mission through Enceladus geysers
- Apophis asteroid interception mission study.