Davide Ferretto has been an Assistant Professor of Aerospace Systems since 2021 at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering of Politecnico di Torino, Italy. His research focuses on commercial high-speed aviation, as well as on sustainable aviation topics within the broad domain of new modes of air transport, including non-conventional aircraft configuration. Since 2014, he has also been involved in studies associated with the exploitation of model-based systems engineering tools and methods within the conceptual and preliminary design of aerospace systems.