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
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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
- 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
- Luo, Wen;Pellegrino, Sergio (2022) Formation and propagation of buckles in coilable cylindrical thin shells with a thickness discontinuityInternational Journal of Solids and Structures
- Royer, Fabien;Hutchinson, John W. et al. (2022) Probing the stability of thin-shell space structures under bendingInternational Journal of Solids and Structures
- Lee, Andrew J.;Pellegrino, Sergio (2022) Mass efficiency of strip-based coilable space structuresInternational Journal of Solids and Structures
- Dorn, Charles;Lang, Robert J. et al. (2022) Kirigami tiled surfaces with multiple configurationsProceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
- Pedivellano, Antonio;Pellegrino, Sergio (2022) Deployment Dynamics of Thin-Shell Space StructuresJournal of Spacecraft and Rockets
- Marshall, Michael A.;Madonna, Richard G. et al. (2022) Investigation of Equatorial Medium Earth Orbits for Space Solar PowerIEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
- Royer, Fabien;Pellegrino, Sergio (2022) Probing the Stability of Ladder-Type Coilable Space StructuresAIAA Journal
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