
Sara Rustici received her degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Pisa, specializing in structures, materials, and fatigue. Since 2011, she has worked in Leonardo’s Helicopters Division, serving as fatigue chief project engineer. Her recent focus is unmanned helicopter technologies alongside her role as Compliance Verification Engineer for fatigue.
Leonardo Helicopters’ 20-year, 650+ test campaign characterizing tooth-root bending fatigue strength across gear materials, heat treatments, and finishing processes (notably shot peening and superfinishing) to support aerospace gear design.