Sergio Pellegrino
Joyce and Kent Kresa Professor of Aerospace and Civil Engineering; Jet Propulsion Laboratory Senior Research Scientist; Co-Director, Space-Based Solar Power Project
Laurea, University of Naples, 1982; Ph.D., University of Cambridge, 1986. Professor, Caltech, 2007-2010; Kresa Professor, 2010-; Jet Propulsion Laboratory Senior Research Scientist, 2009-; Co-Director, Space-Based Solar Power Project, 2016-.
Research interests: structural mechanics, lightweight structures, novel concepts for deployable and adaptive space structures, packaging concepts, deployment kinematics and dynamics, analysis and model verification studies, bistable and multistable structures, ultra-thin composite materials, constitutive models, including time-dependent behavior and failure
Overview
Professor Pellegrino's research focuses on lightweight structures and particularly on problems involving packaging, deployment, shape control and stability.
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- Pedivellano, Antonio;Pellegrino, Sergio (2024) Folding kinematics of kirigami-inspired space structuresInternational Journal of Solids and Structures
- Wen, Alexander;Pellegrino, Sergio (2024) Performance and Scaling Metrics for Launch Vibration of Coiled Space Structures with Embedded Friction Damping
- Pederson, John;Pellegrino, Sergio (2024) Thermal Deformation of Ultrathin Composite Structures in a Vacuum Environment
- Palmeri, Flavia;Laurenzi, Susanna et al. (2024) Root Boundary Conditions for Omega Deployable Booms
- Dassanayake, Sahangi P.;Suh, Jong-Eun et al. (2024) Mass, Volume and Natural Frequency Scaling of Deployable Mesh Reflectors
- Dorn, Charles;Pellegrino, Sergio (2023) Multi-configuration rigidity: Theory for statically determinate structuresInternational Journal of Solids and Structures
- Marshall, Michael A.;Pellegrino, Sergio (2023) Slew Maneuver Constraints for Agile Flexible SpacecraftJournal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
- Reddy, Narravula Harshavardhan;Pellegrino, Sergio (2023) Dynamics of the Caltech SSPP deployable structures: structure–mechanism interaction and deployment envelope
- Marshall, Michael A.;Pellegrino, Sergio (2023) Slew Maneuver Constraints for Agile Flexible Spacecraft
- Hasanyan, Armanj D.;Pellegrino, Sergio (2023) Modeling of Damage in Coilable Composite Shell Structures
Related Courses
2023-24
Ae/AM/CE/ME 102 abc – Mechanics of Structures and Solids
Ae 220 – Theory of Structures
2022-23
Ae/AM/CE/ME 102 abc – Mechanics of Structures and Solids
Ae 105 abc – Space Engineering
Ae 220 – Theory of Structures
2021-22
Ae 105 abc – Space Engineering
Ae/AM/CE/ME 214 – Computational Solid Mechanics
Ae/CE 221 – Space Structures
2020-21
Ae/CE 165 ab – Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures