Ricardo Tubío-Pardavila – Curriculum Vitæ

Education PhD on Systems EngineeringAddress Rúa Instituto Oceanográfico, #5, 4B

Vigo, Pontevedra (Spain), 36202Date of Birth July 17th 1984Nationality Spain (EU Citizen)Mobile Phone +34 674 44 20 57Email mailto:rtpardavila@gmail.com

skype rtpardavila

Personal Profile

I have a strong background on the design and development of CubeSat missions, which I have improved byworking as a post-doctoral reseracher and lecturer at the AerospaceDepartment of theCalifornia PolytechnicState University. Currently, I am seeking for a position in industry mostly focused on the development ofCubeSat-related technologies andmissions. My expertise lays within the following three areas:

• Systems Engineering for Space Missions - ECSS based,

• Spacecraft Survivability: MMOD and Radiation,

• Software Engineering and Networking.

Adaptable, self-motivated, dedicated, and a hard-working individual; with a good comprehension of the sys-tems engineering process when applied to small space missions. Management and leadership skills devel-oped through team coordination for small spacemissions; having worked remotely for most of them. Teach-ing classes and attending to several conferences have helpedme on improving other skills like interpersonalcommunication and self-organization.

ContentsCubeSat Missions & Projects 2

Professional Experience 3

Academics & Personal Skills 5

Publications 7

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CubeSat Missions & Projects

TheDustCubeMission - UVIGO1

Contractor ESA2 - Pre-phase A

Mission Deep Space (Dydimos Binary System)

Platform 3U CubeSat

Payload Laser Interferometer

Role Systems Engineering Advisor

The SatNet Network - CalPoly3 and UVIGO

Contractor Open Source + ESEO4 Mission (ESA) - Integration/Testing

Objective Networked and Autonomous Space Operations

Platform Open Source Software (Apache v2 License)

Role Main Developer and Designer

TheHumSAT System - UVIGO and INPE5

Contractor INTA6 and ESA -OPERATIONAL

Mission CubeSat Constellation and LEO Demonstrator

Platform 1U CubeSat Demonstrators

Payload Software Defined Radio

Role Systems Eng. Coordinator & Software Developer

The XaTcobeoMission - UVIGO and INTA

Contractor INTA and ESA (VEGAMaiden Flight) -DISPOSED

Mission Low-Earth Orbit Technology Demonstrator

Platform 1U CubeSat

Payload Software Defined Radio and Radiation Sensors

Role Systems Eng. Coordinator & Software Developer

1University of Vigo, Spain2European Space Agency3California Polytechnic State University, USA4European Students Earth Orbiter5Space Research National Institute, Brazil6Aerospace Technology National Institute, Spain

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Professional Experience10/2015 Agrupación Aerospacial - Universidade de Vigo06/2016 External Advisor

• External advisor on Systems Engineering for the DustCube project.

• This is part of the AIM (Asteroid Impact Misson) by ESA and NASA to go to the DydimosBinary Asteroid System at the end of the decade.

• University of Vigo is conducting pre-phase A studies on the feasibility of a CubeSat(DustCube) to be sent together with the main space probe.

• ConsortiumwithMICOS (industrial partner from Switzerland) andUniversity of Bologna(Italy).

09/2013 California Polytechnic State University & Fundación Barrié09/2015 Post-doctoral Researcher

• Principal Investigator and Lead Programmer for the SATNet network.

– Post-doctoral research project funded by the Fundación Barrié (Spain)

• Part of the ESEOmission of the European Space Agency (ESA): ESEO website

• Design and implementation of a network of Ground Stations for remote operations.

• Open Source-based project:

– Project community hosted at GitHub: github.com/satnet-project– Python web services with Django and PostrgreSQL– User interface through AngularJS andWebSockets

• Cooperation with University of Vigo (Spain) and University of Forlí (Italy).

03/2011 University of Vigo (ESA Project)03/2013 Systems Engineering Team Coordinator

• HUMSAT Project (humsat.org):

– GEOID project by the Education office of ESA (GEOID).* The University of Vigo was the prime contractor.

– Selected as part of the BSTI initiative by the Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA)part of the United Nations (UN) (HUMSAT).

– Objective: design of a constellation of 13 CubeSats for data transport to and fromremote unattended sensors.

• Main responsibilities:

– coordination of the systems engineering team (10/15 people),– project manager assistant,– periodical reviews of the design conducted by ESA staff,– elaboration of a proposal for the FP7 framework by the European Commission:

* 17 universities coordinated from Europe and the U.S.* Coordination with the company LIQUIFER GmbH (liquifer.com).

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12/2011 University of Vigo03/2013 Systems Engineering Team Coordinator & Software Developer

• The HumSAT/D project:

– First CubeSat of the constellation for technology demonstration.– Flight heritage from the XaTcobeo project.– Successfully launched on November 2014, status: DISPOSED.– Cooperation with INTA (National Institute for Aerospace Technology, Spain).

• Main responsibilities:

– coordination of the systems engineering team (5 to 10 people),– project manager assistant,– adaptation of the design of the XaTcobeo system,– Ground Segment software coordinator (5 people): Software Design (architecture) &Implementation (Java).

09/2008 University of Vigo11/2011 Systems Engineering Team Coordinator & Software Developer

• The XaTcobeo project (xatcobeo.com):

– First non-military satellite of an institution from Spain.– 1U CubeSat with hard-rad on-board computer.– Payload designed by UVIGO and INTA.– Included in the VEGAMaiden Flight:

* Launcher integration process supervised by ESA staff.– Cooperation with INTA (National Institute for Aerospace Technology, Spain):

* Design reviews conducted and supervised by INTA.– Mission successfully completed, current operational status: DISPOSED (natural re-entry on mid-2014).

• Main responsibilities:

– coordination of the systems engineering team (5 to 10 people),– project manager assistant,– overall system design (space and ground segments; user access to scientific data).– Ground Segment software coordinator (5 people): Software Design (architecture) &Implementation (Java).

03/2013 CTAG (Galician Automotive Technology Centre)09/2013 R&D Engineering - Intervehicular Communications Project

• IEEE 802.11p protocol implementation (Atheros hardware)

• Linux Kernel drivers (2.6.14 and 3.2) Programming: C and Bash scripting

• Verification using IEEE 802.11p compliant equipement

09/2007 University of Vigo09/2008 R&D Engineer & Software Developer

• Java Programming, Systems Engineering and Networking.

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Academics & Personal SkillsUniversity Positions12/2012 University of Vigo01/2013 Proposal Elaborator - FP7 – Marie Curie project proposal

• Cooperation with: University of Würzburg (Germany, prime contractor), University ofDelft (The Netherlands) and Technion University (Israel).

01/2014 California Polytechnic State University04/2016 Lecturer

• Several courses from 2014/Winter to 2016/Winter:

– AERO-446, AERO-450: Systems Engineering– AERO-512: Software Applications for Space Vehicles– AERO-465, AERO-562: Spacecraft Operations Laboratory– AERO-447,448,449: Spacecraft Design Senior Laboratory

01/2008 University of Vigo06/2011 Partial-Time Lecturer

• Java Programming (2008), Systems Engineering (2009) and Networking (2011)

Education2009 University of Vigo (Spain)2013 PhD on Systems Engineering - Graduated with Honors

Systems Engineering process base don ECSS standards and applied to the design, manufac-turing, integration, validation and operation of pico-, nano- and micro-satellites. Applicationduring the design of the HUMSAT constellation.

2010 University of Vigo (Spain)2012 MsC on Radio Communications Engineering - GPA: 97.5/100

• Electromagnetics Engineering andWave Propagation

• Link budget, Antenna Design and Radio Design

2008 University of Vigo (Spain)2009 MsC on Telematics Engineering - (PROJECT PENDING) - GPA: 95/100

• Advanced network design concepts

• Applications development for networking environments

2002 University of Vigo (Spain)2007 MsC on Telecommunications Engineering - Graduated with Honors

• MsCThesis: Software module for the integration of personalized commercials over DVB-Tstreaming in real time

• Composition techniques with XML for the overlaying of personalized commercials on aDVB-2 transmission.

• Utilizatiton of MPEG-4, XML, C and ECMAScript.

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Awards• Post-Doctoral Scholarship (2013) - Fundación Barrié

– Awarded to the 5 winners of a yearly contest evaluated by R&D experts.

• Distinguished citizen of the Vigo City (2012)

– Awarded to the whole XaTcobeo team due to the launch of the first CubeSat at the University ofVigo (newspaper announcement).

LanguagesSpanish & Galician: native speakerEnglish: fluent, B2 (w/ honors, LCCI diploma), living since 9/13 in CaliforniaFrench & Portuguese: basic

Software EngineeringProgramming Languages: Python (2&3), Java, XML, CLinux Programming: Kernel/C programming, Bash automationUI Development: XML, HTML5, CSS3/SASS, JavaScript/jQuery/Angular JSBackend Development: Django for PythonDistributed Systems: REST, AJAX andWebSocket/PUSHLinux LAMP Stack: Apache Web Server w/PostgreSQL or w/MySQLContinuous Integration Tools: GitHub, Travis CI, Circle CI, Coveralls, Landscape, Inch CIDocument Edition: LATEX, Google Drive, Microsoft Office SuiteSimulation: Python andMatlab

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PublicationsInternational Journals[1] R. Tubío-Pardavila, R.Walker, andF. e. a. Aguado-Agelet, “Thehumsat systemand the esa geoid initiative,”

ESA Bulletin, pp. 44–50, February 2012.

[2] A. Vazquez-Vázquez and R. e. a. Tubío-Pardavila, “Design of a polarization diversity system for groundstations of cubesat space systems,” Antennas andWireless Propagation Letters, IEEE, vol. 11, pp. 917–920,2012.

[3] M. López-Nores, J. Pazos-Arias, Y. Blanco-Fernández, J. García-Duque, R. Tubío-Pardavila, and M. Rey-López, “Themispot system: Personalized publicity and marketing over interactive digital tv,” Communi-cations in Computer and Information Science, vol. 23, pp. 315–327, 2009.

[4] R. Tubío-Pardavila, R. Sotelo, Y. Blanco-Fernández, M. López-Nores, A. Gil-Solla, J. Pazos-Arias, andM. Ramos-Cabrer, “A tv-anytime metadata approach to tv program recommendation for groups,” Con-sumer Electronics, 2008. ISCE 2008. IEEE International Symposium on, pp. 1–3, April 2008.

[5] R. Tubío-Pardavila, R. Sotelo, Y. Blanco-Fernández, M. López-Nores, A. Gil-Solla, J. Pazos-Arias, andM. Ramos-Cabrer, “Mispot: Enhanced availability and quality in delivering personalized m-learninglinked to tv programs,”Advanced LearningTechnologies, IEEE International Conference on, vol. 0, pp. 617–619, 2008.

International Conferences[1] F. Aguado-Agelet, , and R. e. a. Tubío-Pardavila. Root case analysis applied for small satellites - hum-

sat/demo case. International Workshop on Micro/Nano Satellite Testing Standardization - Kyushu Insti-tute of Technology, December 2012.

[2] F. Aguado-Agelet, A. J. Vázquez-Vázquez, and R. Tubío-Pardavila. Ground segment: Genso - global edu-cation network for satellite operations. 7th International Workshop and Advanced School on SpaceflightDynamics and Control, March 2012.

[3] R. Tubío-Pardavila and F. e. a. Aguado-Agelet. Presentation of the xatcobeo project. 6th Annual CubeSatDevelopers’ Workshop, April 2009.

[4] R. Tubío-Pardavila and F. e. a. Aguado-Agelet. Humsat: Nanosatellite constellation applied to humani-tarian support. 62snd International Astronautical Congress, International Astronautical Federation, 2011.

[5] R. Tubío-Pardavila and F. e. a. Aguado-Agelet. Bi-directional communications over the satnet network.ITU Symposium andWorkshop on small satellite regulation and communication systems, 2015.

[6] R. Tubío-Pardavila and J. e. a. Espindola-Díaz. Integration of the inpe ground station into the satnet net-work for supporting small satellites programs in brazil. Second IAA Latin American CubeSat Workshop,2016.

[7] R. Tubío-Pardavila and J. e. a. Puig-Suari. The satnet network: a decentralized ground station network forremote cubesat operations. 1st Latin American IAA Conference, 2014.

[8] R. Tubío-Pardavila and J. e. a. Puig-Suari. The satnet network: Open source for sharing cubesat groundstations. ESA 4S Symposium, 2014.

[9] R. Tubío-Pardavila and J. e. a. Puig-Suari. The satnet project: Towards an open-source ground stationsnetwork for cubesats. 11th Annual CubeSat Developers Workshop, 2014.

[10] R. Tubío-Pardavila and J. e. a. Puig-Suari. Assisted automatic operations scheduling through the satnetnetwork. GSSAW 2015 (Los Ángeles), 2015.

[11] R. Tubío-Pardavila, S. Vigil, and J. e. a. Puig-Suari. The humsat system: a cubesat-based constellation forin-situ and inexpensive environmental measurements. AGU Fall Meeting, 2014.

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Thesis Conducted[1] N. Escudero-Graña, R. Tubío-Pardavila, and F. Aguado-Agelet. Análisis de misión basado en el manejo

de stk, July 2011.

[2] A. González-Muiño, R. Tubío-Pardavila, and F. Aguado-Agelet. Technical specification of the xatcobeosystem, December 2009.

[3] H. Iglesias-López, R. Tubío-Pardavila, and F. Aguado-Agelet. Design of the architecture for the xatcobeosystem, phases 0+a and b., December 2010.

[4] F. J. Navas-Santamaría, R. Tubío-Pardavila, and F. Aguado-Agelet. Capas de presentación y negocio paraherramienta de trazabilidad de documentos, January 2011.

[5] J. Navas-Santamaría, R. Tubío-Pardavila, and F. Aguado-Agelet. Especificación y desarrollo de unaherramienta web de trazabilidad de documentos e implementación de un sistema integrado de rep-resentación gráfica del conjunto de datos manejado, January 2011.

[6] J. �.Nieto-González, R. Tubío-Pardavila, andF. Aguado-Agelet. Definición eléctrica del sistema xatcobeoy modelo de cableado, March 2010.

[7] D. Patiño-Quintela, R. Tubío-Pardavila, and F. Aguado-Agelet. Communications subsystem design anddata analysis for the xatcobeo system, phase c., March 2010.

[8] D. Rodríguez Rodríguez, R. Tubío-Pardavila, and F. Aguado-Agelet. Especificación y desarrollo de unaherramienta web de trazabilidad de documentos e implementación del sistema de gestión de la infor-mación manejada por el mismo, January 2011.

[9] �. Souto-Vieites, R. Tubío-Pardavila, and F. Aguado-Agelet. Deseño e implementación dun toolbox enmatlab para o cálculo do balance de enlace para cubesats, September 2011.

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