Prof. Annafederica Urbano is a full professor in Launchers and Space Systems at ISAE-Supaero. She carries out her research activities in the SaCLaB. A. Urbano is an expert in space propulsion and space transportation systems. Her research areas of expertise are related with the numerical simulation of reactive and two-phase flows in liquid rocket engines: supercritical combustion, thermoacoustic instabilities, nucleate boiling in micro-gravity, two phase compressible flows. Part of her activity is also devoted to space system analysis : multi-disciplinary analysis and optimization, surrogate models from CFD and artificial intelligence. A. Urbano is responsible for the SaCLaB2 chair funded by Ariane Group and Airbus Defence and Space. In 2025, A. Urbano received the price Edmond Brum from the French Science Academy. She is a member of the space propulsion committee of the IAF and she leads the ESA topical team “Propellant Management Physics”.
