Alberto Bernabeo

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School: Science, Engineering and Technology
Department: Aviation
Position: Senior Program Manager
Location: RMIT Saigon South
Email: alberto.bernabeo2@rmit.edu.vn
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6927-1616

Dr Alberto Bernabeo has more than 35 years of experience as Airline and Business Aviation Commander, Instructor, Examiner, and Auditor, including Postholder positions. He was also a Product Assurance Manager for a successful scientific satellite mission.

Dr Bernabeo has a broad international and multicultural experience from working in various multicultural environments and dealing with various Organisations, Entities and Authorities.

  • Doctor in Physics of the Earth System, University of Bologna, Italy
  • Master in Science Journalism and Science Communication, University of Ferrara, Italy
  • Master in Environmental Studies, University of Bologna, Italy
  • Master in Geography, University of Bologna, Italy
  • Degree in “Education sciences and teacher education”- Cultural Operator/Expert in Education Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy
  • Postgraduate Master in Corporate Business (Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship), University of Bologna, Italy
  • Laurea in Aeronautical Engineering- Aircraft Systems, Polytechnic of Milano, Italy

  • Aerodynamics
  • Aircraft Performance
  • Aircraft general knowledge
  • Airline Management
  • Air Navigation and Electronic Flight Systems
  • Crew Resource Management
  • Flight planning/performance
  • Flight Physiology
  • Flight Safety
  • Instrument Pilot Operations
  • Mass and Balance. Load and Trim sheet
  • Operational Procedures
  • Principles of Flight
  • Aircraft systems including Engines and Aircraft Construction Technologies
  • Laboratory of Air Navigation and ATC communication
  • Aircraft Instruments
  • Meteorology
  • Air Law
  • VFR/IFR communication
  • Quality assurance in aviation

  • Virtual and Augmented reality training for aviation crew members 
  • Effective solutions for the training of young and inexperienced pilots. To develop innovative training solutions for the next generation of pilots. The project intends to explore innovative training solutions for young and inexperienced pilots by taking into consideration generational differences and the use of enhanced instructional technologies
  • The impact of climate change and weather on air transport: reduction of CO2 emissions
  • Studying and testing of a green trainer to transform small general aviation aircraft for training into no-emission aerial vehicles
  • Volcanic eruptions detection by RPAS/UAV of chemical composition of particles with direct threat to the safety of aircraft in flight and health effects on human beings
  • Quality control and quality assurance Implementation
  • Risk Assessment and Safety Management System Implementation
  • Key Performance Indicators in Aviation Processes
  • Capacity, Efficiency, and Ecology of the Aviation System
  • Climate change
  • Meteorology
  • Agriculture

  • Bernabeo R. A, Bobba F., Gaia E, Ercoli Finzi A., “Columbus APM Training Facilities Design: Optimization Costs versus Utilisation Time”, (Torino, Italy)
  • Bernabeo R. A., “Training Activities for Columbus Attached Laboratory” (Bologna, Italy) 
  • Bernabeo R. A, “Interface Simulators for Columbus Attached Laboratory” (Bologna, Italy) 
  • Bernabeo R. A, “Soluzioni per la Sicurezza e Air Bag” (Modena, Italy)  
  • Battocchio L., Bernabeo R. A, Persiani F., “Simulator for Payload Development, Operations and Training“ (Perugia, Italy) 
  • Battocchio L., Bernabeo R. A, Persiani F, “Interface Simulator for Payload Development, Operations and Training“, (Torino, Italy) 
  • Gabrynowicz J., Bernabeo R. A, Bosi P., “Remote sensing and Law: a comparison between policies in U.S.A. and Italy”, Proceedings of the 48th International Congress IAF `97 - (Torino, Italy) 
  • DeRemer D., McLean D.W., “Global Navigation for Pilots”, chapter of the textbook adopted at the University of North Dakota (U.S.A.). 
  • BERNABEO R. A, 53rd IAC/ IAA.6-IAA.6.2. System Safety and Risk Management “Safety and Risk Management in Small Scientific Space Missions: Preventative and corrective role in terms of quality control and budget constraints”, CNR (Milano, Italy). 
  • Tavani, Marco; Barbiellini, Guido; Argan, A.; Auricchio, Natalia; Bernabeo, Alberto R.; Bulgarelli, A.; Caraveo, Patricia A.; Celesti, Enrico; Chen, A.; Cocco, Valter; Costa, Enrico; Del Monte, Ettore; De Paris, G.; Di Cocco, Guido; Fedel, Giulio; Feroci, Marco; Fiorini, Mauro; Froysland, T.; Galli, Marcello; Gianotti, Fulvio; Giuliani, A.; Labanti, Claudio; Lapshov, Igor; Lazzarotto, F.; Lipari, P.; Longo, Francesco; Mastropietro, Marcello; Mattaini, E.; Mauri, A.; Mereghetti, Sandro; Morelli, Ennio; Morselli, Aldo; Pacciani, Luigi; Pellizzoni, A.; Perotti, Francesco; Picozza, Piergiorgio; Pittori, C.; Pontoni, C.; Porrovecchio, G.; Preger, B.; Prest, Michela; Rapisarda, Massimo; Rossi, Elio; Rubini, Alda; Sant'Ambrogio, E.; Soffitta, Paolo; Soli, L.; Traci, Alessandro; Trifoglio, Massimo; Vallazza, Erik; Vercellone, Stefano; Zambra, A.; Zanello, D. The AGILE instrument, Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 4851, pp. 1151-1162 for CNR- (Milano, Italy) 
  • Marco Tavani, Guido Barbiellini, A. Argan, Natalia Auricchio, Alberto R. Bernabeo, A. Bulgarelli, Patricia A. Caraveo, Enrico Celesti, A. Chen, Valter Cocco, Enrico Costa, Ettore Del Monte, G. De Paris, Guido Di Cocco, Giulio Fedel, Marco Feroci, Mauro Fiorini, T. Froysland, Marcello Galli, Fulvio Gianotti, A. Giuliani, Claudio Labanti, Igor Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, P. Lipari,Francesco Longo, Marcello Mastropietro, E. Mattaini, A. Mauri, Sandro Mereghetti, Ennio Morelli, Aldo Morselli, Luigi Pacciani, A. Pellizzoni,Francesco Perotti, Piergiorgio Picozza, C. Pittori, C. Pontoni, G. Porrovecchio,B. Preger, Michela Prest, Massimo Rapisarda, Elio Rossi, Alda Rubini, E. Sant' Ambrogio, Paolo Soffitta, L. Soli, Alessandro Traci, Massimo Trifoglio,Erik Vallazza, Stefano Vercellone, A. Zambra, D. Zanello, Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, Article date 03/2003; DOI:10.1117/12.461312  
  • Marco Tavani, Guido Barbiellini, A. Argan, Natalia Auricchio, Alberto R. Bernabeo, A. Bulgarelli, Patricia A. Caraveo, Enrico Celesti, A. Chen, Valter Cocco,Enrico Costa, Ettore Del Monte, The AGILE instrument 
  • BERNABEO R. A, FASTI ORSONI M. N. Zita, La Lavagna Interattiva Multimediale (LIM) nella didattica e la sperimentazione in ambito di difficoltà dell’apprendimento, Locarno (Switzerland)
  • BERNABEO R. A, Very light airplanes (VLA) and Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for geographic and territory proximal remote sensing missions: Safety and Risk Management with Preventative and corrective role in terms of planning, running and control of the territory under budget constraints, Bologna (Italy) 
  • BERNABEO R. A, OUR COMMON FUTURE: Remotely piloted aircraft are now an. essential tool. Unmanned aerial vehicles for predicting and evaluating volcanic ashes, landslides and flood patterns are key to disaster management and a host of other applications, included in the April Issue of THE INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF WEATHER, CLIMATE, AND HYDROLOGY TECHNOLOGIES AND SERVICES 
  • BERNABEO R. A, Bombardi T., Persiani C.A.., Piancastelli L.., An augmented reality interface proposal to improve air transportation safety (Article), Far East Journal of Electronics and Communications, Volume 12, Issue 2, 1 June 2014, Pages 79-97, ISSN: 09737006, Source Type: Journal, Original language: English, Publisher: Pushpa Publishing House
  • Piancastelli  L.,Bernabeo R.A., Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Noise reduction and control in DCFS FBW with hardware and digital fuzzy filters, Source of the Document: ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 10 (8), pp. 3418-3424, Source Type: Journal Original language: English, Document Type: Article 
  • Piancastelli L., Bernabeo R.A., Frizziero L., Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, UAV remote control distraction prevention through synthetic augmented virtual imaging and oculus rift-style headsets, Source of the Document: ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 10 (10), pp. 4359-4365, Source Type: Journal, Original language: English 
  • BERNABEO R. A, Sofia Michaelides-Mateou, The use of interactive whiteboards as a pedagogical tool in teaching aviation courses, World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education, WIETE Vol.15, No.1, 2017 
  • Piancastelli L., Bernabeo R.A., Cremonini, M.b , Cassani, S.c , Calzini, F.c , Pezzuti, E.d, (2018), Optimized parachute recovery systems for remote piloted aerial systems, Source of the Document: ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 13 (16), pp. 4590- 4597, Publisher: Asian Research Publishing Network© 2006-2018 Asian Research Publishing Network (ARPN) 2-s2.0-85053142817, Document Type: Article, Source: Scopus 
  • Bernabeo, R.A. , Khalifeh, H.A.a , Andretta, A.b , Al Khatib, I.T.a , Ghori, M.H.a (2018), The impact of climate change and weather on air transport in the UAE: Reduction of CO2 emissions, 2018 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences, ASET 2018, pp. 1-7, Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2-s2.0-85049967868, DOI: 10.1109/ICASET.2018.8376810, Document Type: Article, Source: Scopus 
  • Bernabeo, R.A. , Piancastelli, L.b , Malik, Z.H.a , Al Azad, A.a , Yaseen, J.A.a, Study and testing of a green trainer to transform small general aviation aircraft for training into a no-emission aerial vehicles, (2018) 2018 Advances in Science and Engineering Technology International Conferences, ASET 2018, pp. 1-3, Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. © 2018 IEEE. 2-s2.0-85049997577, DOI: 10.1109/ICASET.2018.8376811, Document Type: Conference Paper, Source: Scopus
  • Bernabeo, R.A , Smitha Dev, Kirk Webster, FACTORS THAT LEAD TO STUDENTS’ BURNOUT- DIFFERENCE IN BURNOUT LEVELS AMONG MALE AND FEMALE AVIATION STUDENTS AND OTHER STUDENTS FROM UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE U.A.E. (2020), Proceedings of EDULEARN20 Conference 6th-7th July 2020, pp. 3884-3892, ISBN: 978-84-09-17979-4, ISSN: 2340-1117, DOI: 10.21125/edulearn.2020.1060, Document Type: Proceedings of EDULEARN20 Conference 6th-7th July 2020 
  • DeRemer D., McLean D.W., “Global Navigation for Pilots”, chapter of the textbook adopted at the University of North Dakota (U.S.A.). 
  • Abdel-Mohsen O. Mohamed, Evan K. Paleologos, Fares M. Howari, “Pollution Assessment for Sustainable Practices” in Applied Sciences and Engineering (Elsevier ISBN: 9780128095829)”- chapter 11 main author 

 

Dr. Bernabeo R. Alberto, while writing scientific publications, was able to successfully secure research grants and is now actively continuing his research in the following subjects:

  • The impact of climate change and weather on air transport: reduction of CO2 emissions;
  • Volcanic eruptions: detection by RPAS/UAV of chemical composition of particles with direct threat to the safety of aircraft in flight and health effects on human beings;
  • Study and testing of a green trainer to transform small general aviation aircraft for training into no-emission aerial vehicles
  • Awardee with other ADU Aviation Faculty members of the prestigious ADEK Award for Research Excellence (AARE-2018) for the project: Commercial Space Operation from an Abu Dhabi Space Port – Impact Analysis on the existing Air Traffic with regard to Safety and the Environment

  • The Royal Aeronautical Society (RAes) focal point
  • The Abu Dhabi University (ADU)-Emirates Space Innovation Group (ESIG) focal point for the UAE Space Agency
  • The UAE Space Agency ESIG workshop-Abu Dhabi University organiser and Co-Chair
  • The General Civil Aviation Authority GCAA/IACT focal point, delivering Aviation and Environment, Leadership courses
  • The ADU-Etihad Liaison
  • The ADU-Etihad “millennials’ learning” project organiser involving different ADU colleges
  • The Organiser of the 1st Aviation ADU-Etihad (EAT) Advisory Board Meeting
  • The Virtual and Augmented reality (VR/AR) for Engineering event organiser

  • Airliners - Quality assurance coordinator/Auditor, 2000-2012
  • Space sector- Product Assurance Quality Manger, 2000-2003
  • Maserati Industries - Quality Manager, 1992-1994

  • 1981 - present: Flight Instructor, Flight schools, USA and Italy 
  • 2016 - 2022: Associate Professor in Aviation/Abu Dhabi University-Etihad Liason, University of Abu Dhabi, Department of Aviation Engineering - Abu Dhabi (UAE)
  • 2013 - 2016: RPAS/UAV theoretical teacher, Italy
  • 1994 - 2014: Professor/Instructor, University of Bologna, Department of Aerospace Engineering – Forli`, Italy
  • 2012 - 2013: Quality Auditor, Quality assurance Manager Flight operations and Crew training, Belleair Europe, Milan (Italy) 
  • 2009 - 2010: Commander/Instructor, Eurofly Service, Torino, Italy
  • 2008 - 2009: Flight Operations/Crew training Postholder - Safety Officer, Commander, Action Air, Milan, Italy
  • 2005 - 2007: Commander/Instructor/Operation Engineer/Quality Assurance, Myair, Verona, Italy
  • 2001 - 2008: Type Rating Examiner, Type rating Instructor, Synthetic Flight Instructor, Flight Safety International, Le Bourget, Paris, France
  • 2000 - 2003: Product Assurance Quality Manager, National Research Center, Milan, Italy
  • 2002 - 2003: Flight Operations Postholder, Miniliner, Orio al Serio, Bergamo, Italy
  • 1998 - 2001: Head of Air Nav. Dept - Airline Flight Instructor – Technical Pilot, Gandalf Airlines, Orio al Serio, Bergamo, Italy
  • 1997 - 2000: Commander - Instructor – Technical Pilot - Director of the Company Technical  Department, EX.AV.-EXECUTIVE AVIATION, Milano, Italy