I'm Matteo, and I'm a MASc student in Electrical and Computer engineering (with an aeronautics focus) at the University of Waterloo in Canada. I hold a B.Eng in Computer systems from Carleton University, and I am a member of the PMC for the Apache NuttX RTOS project.
I was part of Carleton's rocketry design team, CUInSpace, where I led a team of engineering students in the development of a real-time telemetry system using the Apache NuttX RTOS. I also helped design InSpace's hybrid control system for remotely controlling the fill and ignition operations of the team's first hybrid rocket (nitrous and paraffin wax propulsion system). Alongside the ground systems, I designed the critical flight system for keeping our ox tank vent valve shut during flight. Both systems performed successfully at the team's first hybrid launch at Launch Canada 2025!
Now I build my own rockets and flight computer systems, my latest one being my L1 rocket "Albie" and its flight computer, Pygmy!
If you haven't heard of NuttX, check it out!
If you like what I'm doing or have questions about anything I've done, feel welcome to email me! I document some of my projects or cool things I've encountered on my blog.
- My thesis
- Raspberry Pi 4B support for the Apache NuttX RTOS
- Improving the user experience of Apache NuttX
- Rocket flight computers
- Multi-agent system control methods
- FreeCAD & mechanical design
- Italian