Ricardo Toshiyuki Irita

Graduation Degree (1996), Master Degree (1999) and PhD (2003) in Electrical Engineering at the São Paulos University. Since 2002 he is a Senior Engineer at the National Institute of Space Research (INPE / MCTIC), where he participates in projects such as Electric Propulsion, Electrostatic Energy Analyzers (ELISA) and Radiometer for space use. He has knowledge in the elaboration of thermionic models ion sources (hollow cathode, heating and ignition system), data acquisition and control systems of low thrusters (mN). Since 2017, he has been working in the development of the Interface Command and Data Handling (ICDH) of the ELISA project using FPGA technology. In addition, at the same time, he acts in the development of control system and data acquisition of the space Radiometer. As a complementary knowledge, he has experience in the area of Biomedical Engineering (medical imaging, radiography / mammography, image processing, biomechanical monitoring and computational simulation). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)