Roberto Sabatini

Biography

Roberto Sabatini is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Aviation in the School of Engineering (College of Science, Engineering and Health). He is the Head of Group for Intelligent Transport Systems (Aero & Surface) and the Research Program Leader for Aviation and Aerospace Systems. Additionally, he leads the Air Traffic Management (ATM) and Aircraft/Autonomous Systems Laboratory in the Sir Lawrence Wackett Aerospace Research Centre. His main areas of expertise include aviation/aerospace and intelligent transport systems design and operations, with an solid track record in civil and military avionics/mission systems; Communications, Navigation and Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM); and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). During his career, Professor Sabatini was responsible for numerous research and development programs on a variety of cyber-physical and autonomous systems for aerospace, defence and transport applications, and he has authored or co-authored more than 300 publications.Before joining RMIT University, Professor Sabatini served as an Air Force Senior Officer, Flight Test Engineer and R&D/Acquisition Manager in the Italian Ministry of Defence and in the US Department of Defence. He holds the qualifications of Fixed-Wing Pilot, Flight Test Engineer, Weapon Employment Officer, Airborne Parachutist and NATO Electronic Warfare Officer. Additionally, Professor Sabatini was Co-Principal Investigator and Technical Program Manager of Cranfield University's task-force working to the European Union Clean Sky Joint Technology Initiative for Aeronautics and Air Transport (Systems for Green Operations Integrated Technology Demonstrator – Greener Aircraft Trajectories Under ATM Constraints) and led the research team working to the development of ATM and avionics systems compliant with the requirements of SESAR and NextGen.

Research Interest

Aerospace Systems