Vito Mario Fico

Vito Mario Fico is an experienced professional in aerospace engineering and research management, currently serving as the R&D EU Programme Manager at Hive Power and an Associate Professor at Universidad Loyola. Previously, Vito held positions as R&D Project Manager at IDENER and Research Department Manager at Skylife Engineering S.L., where responsibilities included overseeing developments in on-board systems and navigation systems. Vito's academic credentials include a PhD in Fault Detection of Electric Motors from Universidad de Sevilla, along with multiple master's degrees in aerospace engineering from prestigious institutions such as Politecnico di Torino and ISAE-SUPAERO. Additionally, Vito has experience as an Invited Researcher at Fraunhofer ENAS and as an Aerospace Engineer at AICIA, focusing on navigation systems and fault detection.