Marie Curie European Joint Doctoral program in Biomedical Engineering at the Department of Automatic Control (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona) and the BioRobotics Institute (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa).The PhD was part of the European project ATLAS on “AuTonomous intraLuminAl Surgery”. Responsible for: - development and clinical validation of a virtual simulator for colonoscopy, reproducing 3D reconstructed colons with realistic FEM based deformation… Show more Marie Curie European Joint Doctoral program in Biomedical Engineering at the Department of Automatic Control (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona) and the BioRobotics Institute (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa).The PhD was part of the European project ATLAS on “AuTonomous intraLuminAl Surgery”. Responsible for: - development and clinical validation of a virtual simulator for colonoscopy, reproducing 3D reconstructed colons with realistic FEM based deformation and visual rendering;- development and testing of a framework for assessing Human Machine Interfaces for robotic colonoscopy. Collection and analysis of multiple data related to clinical performances, control, wearable sensors and surveys from 42 clinicians using the framework.- international collaborations with scientists, engineers and clinicians from >15 research centers, hospitals, universities and companies for different projects related to intraluminal robotic surgery.- Tutoring 5 MSc students and lecturing MSc courses.Thesis title: "Automatic handsfree visualization of a 6 DoF agent within a complex anatomical space"Tools: Simulation, SOFA, Unity, FEM, 3D reconstruction, data analysis, haptic, physiological data, clinical validation, Matlab, Python, C#]Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Alicia Casals (UPC), Prof. Dr. Arianna Menciassi (SSSA), Prof. Gastone Ciuti (SSSA), Dr. Albert Hernansanz (UPC)Project website: https://atlas-itn.eu/ Show less

Research project in collaboration with the CNR of Palermo, on the electromechanical design, and fabrication, of an ingestible micro-robotic capsule for the collection of intestinal microbiota samples. Responsible for:- design of the endoscopic capsule, including a magnetic system of actuation, supported by the implementation of magnetic analytical models, and the performance of Finite Element Analysis.- prototype fabrication and laboratory testing - project coordination… Show more Research project in collaboration with the CNR of Palermo, on the electromechanical design, and fabrication, of an ingestible micro-robotic capsule for the collection of intestinal microbiota samples. Responsible for:- design of the endoscopic capsule, including a magnetic system of actuation, supported by the implementation of magnetic analytical models, and the performance of Finite Element Analysis.- prototype fabrication and laboratory testing - project coordination including intern students mentoringTools: Magnetic simulation, CAD design, FEM, analytical models, Comsol, SolidWorks, Matlab, 3D printing.Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Arianna Menciassi (SSSA), Prof. Dr. Gastone Ciuti (SSSA) Show less

Master thesis project on design, fabrication and in-vivo testing of an implantable robotic device for tissue regeneration.Responsable for:- Definition of clinical needs, translating them into specifications for a medical device- Electromechanical design and fabrication of a related prototype- Design and application of test methods for ex-vivo implant evaluation- Management of the in-vivo study for testing the device using large animals- Collection, analysis and… Show more Master thesis project on design, fabrication and in-vivo testing of an implantable robotic device for tissue regeneration.Responsable for:- Definition of clinical needs, translating them into specifications for a medical device- Electromechanical design and fabrication of a related prototype- Design and application of test methods for ex-vivo implant evaluation- Management of the in-vivo study for testing the device using large animals- Collection, analysis and interpretation of experimental data, including histological samplesAchievements:- Competencies in designing and developing a robotic device, holistically caring of the mechanics, electronics and software aspects- Acquisition of project management skills, coordinating the senior engineers, the surgical team and other involved technical teams- Capability of organizing several parallel tasks with their related deadlines, within a tight laboratory scheduleTools: Solidworks, Raspberry Pi, Python, Matlab, 3D printing, CNC machining toolsSupervisor: Prof. Pierre E. Dupont (Harvard Medical School), Prof. Alessio Artoni (University of Pisa), Prof. Arianna Menciassi (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna) Show less

Responsible for:- implementation of a bio-inspired algorithm for real-time neuromorphic encoding and decoding of camera images;Achievements:- presentation of the research work at two international Human Brain Project (HPB) scientific schools and at the HPB students conference;Tools: Neuromorphic, neural models, spiking networks, LabVIEW, NI MyRIO, Matlab

Intern for ROBOY team project. Responsible for:- Implementation and analysis of an algorithm for control of an anthropomimetic tendon-driven robot- Flashing and reconfiguration of motor controller firmware- Extension of the existing software tools to provide user level access to the feature implementedAchievements:- Proficiency in the use of Robot Operating System (ROS)- Analysis of existing code, assembly of complex, disjoint information- Overview of the… Show more Intern for ROBOY team project. Responsible for:- Implementation and analysis of an algorithm for control of an anthropomimetic tendon-driven robot- Flashing and reconfiguration of motor controller firmware- Extension of the existing software tools to provide user level access to the feature implementedAchievements:- Proficiency in the use of Robot Operating System (ROS)- Analysis of existing code, assembly of complex, disjoint information- Overview of the Flexray ad SPI field buses- Basic electronics, soldering and debugging electronic circuitsTools: C++, Python, ROS, ROS control, git, MPLAB, UniFlashSupervisors: Raphael Dürscheid, Rafael Hostettler Show less