Roberta Fusaro

Roberta Fusaro is a Fixed-term researcher and Junior project manager in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (DIMEAS) at the Polytechnic University of Turin. She specializes in aerospace engineering with a focus on hypersonic vehicles, sustainable aviation technologies, and emissions analysis.

Her research interests span aerospace engineering, aircraft design, economic sustainability, environmental sustainability, and hypersonic vehicles. Dr. Fusaro's work particularly emphasizes nitrogen oxides emissions estimation for advanced propulsion systems, multidisciplinary design methodologies for reusable space vehicles, and sustainable supersonic aircraft development. Her research aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goals 7 (Affordable and clean energy), 11 (Sustainable cities and communities), and 13 (Climate action).

Analysis of her recent publications (2023-2025) reveals a strong focus on sustainable aerospace technologies, with particular emphasis on emissions modeling for hydrogen-fueled propulsion systems, conceptual design methodologies for hypersonic vehicles, sonic boom analysis, and economic sustainability of high-speed flight. Her work demonstrates interdisciplinary integration of environmental concerns with advanced aerospace engineering.

• Member of research group for eVTOLUTION project (2024-2027) - EU Horizon Europe funding
• Scientific Head for I-DREAM project (2020) - Commercial research contract

Dr. Fusaro actively supervises five PhD students working on supersonic aircraft design, noise prediction methodologies, and sustainable aviation technologies. She teaches courses on operational challenges of commercial high-speed flight, technological challenges of hypersonic flight, and technology roadmaps for space exploration across multiple academic programs at the university. Her research group, 'Design and Development of Aerospace Systems and Technologies,' focuses on next-generation aerospace vehicles with particular expertise in sustainable propulsion systems and conceptual design frameworks.