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Alessandro
Donati
Kayser
Italia SRL
Piazza
185º R. A. Folgore,
2/3
– 57128 Livorno
Italia
www.kayser.it
T.: +39 0586
876111
Fax.:
+39 0586 876208
a.donati@kayser.it
Kayser
is a small, independent system engineering company. Main area of business is in
the study, design, manufacturing, integration and testing of systems for space,
advanced industrial research and environmental monitoring. The broad background
of its staff includes expertise in physics, computer science, aeronautics,
electronics, optics. In the environmental monitoring field, the company gained a
strong experience in the remote sensing techniques for atmospheric pollution
monitoring, especially on the DOAS, FTIR and LIDAR techniques. Additionally, the
company is currently involved in the European R&D project EMECAP in the
framework of which the company acts as designer and developer of a portable
atmospheric mercury mini-analyzer. The company know-how in the environmental
monitoring field is completed by a strong experience in field measurement
campaigns and feasibility studies for the application of measurement techniques.
Kayser
Italia is a small, independent system engineering company. It has been
incorporated in 1986; since 1995 the company is 100% Italian property.
Main
area of business is in the study, design, manufacturing, integration and testing
of HW and SW systems and subsystems for space application, environmental
monitoring and advanced industrial research.
The
broad background of its staff, including expertise in physics, computer science,
aeronautics, electronics, optics and a deep know-how gained during many
challenging projects have contributed to the continuous growth and success of
the company. The company is located in Livorno, Toscana, Italy, 20 Km south of
Pisa, in a building of 1500 m².
The
personnel contributes to the success of the company in different areas in the
following competencies: system engineering, electronics design of analogue,
digital and power circuits, electronic design with FPGA and microprocessors,
firmware and software, communications (PCM telemetry, RF links, etc.),
implementation of LAN and WAN, mechanical and thermal design, product assurance
and quality control.
Electronic
laboratory instrumentation is periodically calibrated and includes: analogue / digital
oscilloscopes, multimeters, frequency meters, logic analysers, spectrum
analysers, data acquisition systems, signal conditioners, power supplies,
sensors, calibrators. Development tools for microprocessors and FPGA are
extensively used.
Manufacturing
and testing of PCBs and harness is in accordance with ESA PSS standards.
Periodic certification for manufacturing personnel and for P.A. inspector is
maintained regularly. The company is certified ISO 9000.
Equipment
includes: more then 30 LAN connected PCs, a server dedicated as
supervisor of the ESA FOTONET WAN and an Internet server dedicated to the EU
Telecities project. Many workstations dedicated to CAE, CAD, CAM, ATE. Software
includes: Design software, Programming languages, Office automation,
Internally developed software.
Industrial
applications: Power plants, Car, Railway, Aircraft, Military. Environmental
control and monitoring applications: Development of optical technologies
for pollution monitoring, Geomagnetic surveillance of sea and land. Space
applications : Microsatellites,
Microgravity experiments, Mission and operations, Electronic Ground
Support Equipment.
The
company has matured experience both as prime contractor and subcontractor for
space projects. Actually it has a record of 14 space flights with 8 different
payloads and most of them fall into the Life Science (i.e. incubators for
biological samples).
The
company has matured experience both as prime contractor and associate contractor
to major European projects in various sectors.
CV
of the Key Proposer Alessandro
Donati
Alessandro
Donati KAYSER ITALIA Responsible for Industrial Market achieved the Doctor
Degree in Computer Science at University of Pisa in 1987 and the Post Doctor
Specialization in Optics at University of Firenze in 1987.
Previous
experiences: design and development of a relational data-base at Italian
Ministry of Defence, Software engineer at IN.TE.S.A. SpA. – Torino designing
and developing transmission software procedures on the Italian IBM network,
Sales officer of computer integrated solutions et BULL HN Information Systems
Italia SpA.
Kayser
Italia R&D Experiences:
project manager of many European and national research and development projects,
among them: SPOT, VEMIA, MARIS, EQUALITY, EXPERTISE, MOPI, MICROTRANS, LAPMI,
EMECAP. Detailed experience maturated in the development of opto-electronic
systems for atmospheric remote sensing systems, especially based on FTIR, DOAS
and LIDAR techniques.
Publications
[Kayser1]
E. Simeone, A. Donati - Kayser Italia, S.r.l. Livorno,E. Simeone, A. Donati -
Kayser Italia, S.r.l. Livorno: "Signal optimization, noise reduction and
systematic error compensation methods in long-path DOAS measurements", SPIE
- EUROPTO98, "Remote Sensing” session, Barcelona - September 1998. Ref. Paper 3493-21
[Kayser2]
N. Beverini1,3, O. Faggioni2,3, C. Carmisciano3, E.
Alzetta1, E. Maccioni1,
M. Francesconi1, A. Donati4, E.
Simeone4, F. Strumia1:
"A project for a new alkali vapour magnetometer, optically pumped by
a diode laser", Annali di Geofisica , Vol. 41, N. 3, August 1998
[Kayser3]
E. Simeone, A. Donati - Kayser Italia, S.r.l. Livorno:
“SPOT: Innovazioni tecnologiche sulla tecnica DOAS per misure su lungo
percorso” Giornate di Studio “Progettare la qualita’ dell’aria”,
Lipari (ME), 25-26-27 Settembre 1997.
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