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António Nunes received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Aerospace Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), University of Lisbon, in 2022 and 2024, respectively. He majored in Space and attended the Space Engineering course at Politecnico di Milano for one semester in 2024, under the Erasmus program. He was awarded the Academic Merit diploma in 2020, 2021, and 2023 and the Academic Excellence diploma in 2022 and 2024, by IST. His master’s thesis was recognized with the Outstanding Master Thesis title by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at IST. He was a monitor in the course of Flight Stability in 2023 and is currently a Research Fellow at the Institute for Systems and Robotics, part of the Laboratory of Robotics and Engineering Systems, Lisbon. His research interests include nonlinear control, guidance and navigation, nonlinear optimization, and orbital mechanics with applications to the control of autonomous spacecraft in multi-body environments.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
ANTÓNIO MARIA WERGIKOSKY NUNES

Citation names

  • Nunes, António

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
241C-DDAB-BC7F
ORCID iD
0009-0003-7470-3163

Telephones

Telephone
  • 926901917 (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Automation and Control Systems

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2024/11/18
Concluded
Engenharia Aeroespacial (Mestrado)
Major in Espaço
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
"Orbital Station-Keeping in the Circular and Elliptic Restricted Three-Body Problems" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
19
2022/07/28
Concluded
Engenharia Aeroespacial (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
18
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution
Employer
2023/05/04 - 2023/07/14 Tutor (University Teacher) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2025/02/01 - Current LARSyS - Laboratory of Robotics and Engineering Systems
10.54499/LA/P/0083/2020
10.54499/UIDP/50009/2020
10.54499/UIDB/50009/2020
Research Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Outputs

Publications

Conference paper
  1. Nunes, António; Batista, Pedro; Brás, Sérgio. "Orbital Station-Keeping in the Earth-Moon System via Nonlinear Backstepping". Paper presented in IEEE 19th International Conference on Control & Automation (ICCA), 2025.
    10.1109/icca65672.2025.11129781
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "Orbital Station-Keeping in the Circular and Elliptic Restricted Three-Body Problems". Master, Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, 2024. https://fenix.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/cursos/meaer21/dissertacao/2535628432474185.
Activities

Association member

Society Organization name Role
2021 - 2022 Semana Aeroespacial, AeroTéc, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa Member of the Logistics and Development team
2020 - 2022 Rocket Experiment Division, AeroTéc, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa Member of the Electronics and Recovery teams

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2021 - 2022 Student Mentoring program at Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa New students at IST
Distinctions

Other distinction

2024 Diploma of Academic Excellence
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2023 Diploma of Academic Merit
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2022 Diploma of Academic Excellence
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2021 Diploma of Academic Merit
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
2020 Diploma of Academic Merit
Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal