Pietro Pustina is a systems engineer at MBDA IT with eight years of experience bridging advanced control theory and applied engineering. He holds a PhD in Automatic Control from Sapienza University of Rome and has served as an associate researcher at TU Delft and visiting researcher roles including Khalifa University, bringing academic rigor to industry problems. His background combines top honors in control and computer engineering with hands-on expertise in model predictive control and operations research, enabling robust systems design for complex, safety-critical domains. Pietro’s profile reflects a rare blend of high-level research and practical systems engineering—he frequently moves between academic collaborations and industrial delivery, turning theoretical control methods into deployable solutions.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Visiting Researcher, Visiting Researcher at TU Delft | Mechanical Engineering
Visiting Researcher, Visiting Researcher at Khalifa University | Mechanical Engineering
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Automatic Control, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Automatic Control at Sapienza Università di Roma
Model Predictive Control Course, Model Predictive Control Course at Scuola IMT Alti Studi Lucca
B.Sc. in Computer Engineering, 110 cum laude, avg 29.836/30, B.Sc. in Computer Engineering, 110 cum laude, avg 29.836/30 at Università degli studi Roma TRE
ROS2 package for motion capture of soft robots with Optitrack cameras
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