I am starting an internship at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden, for a master’s thesis in biomechanics. KTH KTH (in swedish, Kungliga Tekniska högskolan) know as Royal Institute of Technology is a public research university in Stockholm, in Sweden. It currently carries out research in engineering and technology. It is the largest technical university in Sweden...
Read moreThe introduction of CFD in the design and re-design phases of hospital environments allows us to estimate air speed, temperature and track the spread of pollutants / pathogens. In particular, it is possible to use these tools to optimize the layout of hospital instrumentation for hybrid ventilated operating rooms according to the ISO 5 standard, in order to maximize their...
Read moreCardiovascular diseases are the cause of numerous deaths. Among these, abdominal aortic aneurysms are very dangerous for which adequate techniques for diagnosis and prevention have not yet been developed. The implementation of numerical analyzes can help analyze the influence of geometric and material parameters on the risk of aneurysm rupture. This report considers a simplified model from a geometric, hemodynamic...
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The first mods that are made on a motorcycle are the change of turn indicators. It’s often a painless step and you just need to follow the seller’s instructions. Sometimes, however, the biker is not a motorcycle expert and he can run into problems. This article describes how I designed a small circuit to adapt the flashing signal to a Read more…
This is my diary about my period abroad to develop my master’s thesis work on Vascular Biomechanics at the KTH Solid Mechanics department. I will tell the whole period in several articles, let’s continue with December. You can also read the previous article of November here. Week 13 Today is November 30th, and another month is ended. The daylight starts to be Read more…
I started working as Bioengineering Application Developer for Mathematica in the Wolfram company. Several weeks ago I was contacted by the Numerical Computation group of Wolfram offering me a fixsed term internship to work on computational models for biological tissues. It is a division of the Research and Development department and my position is about finite element modeling (FEM) applied Read more…
I have just described in some previous articles how I have improved my Obsidian setup. Now, I want more. Actually, I can log almost everything in my life into Obsidian, except for workouts and expenses. Both are logged into a spreadsheet with Google Sheets. There doesn’t seem to be an automatic way to import the data so I want to Read more…
This is my diary about my period abroad to develop my master’s thesis work on Vascular Biomechanics at the KTH Solid Mechanics department. I will tell the whole period in several articles, let’s continue with November. You can also read the previous article of October here. Week 9 October 31st, today is Halloween. It’s not such a heartfelt party here, neither for Read more…
I have just completed the CS50 course named “CS50x – CS50’s Introduction to Computer Science” from Harvard held on the edX online platform. edX edX is an online course provider created by Harvard and MIT. It hosts several courses at a level like a university for a wide range of disciplines. They follow a precise approach for teaching: The general Read more…
I just finished the beginner course “Conversational Swedish” on the online platform Udemy to improve the Swedish language. The course allowed me to understand some phrases and how to behave, on a linguistic level, in some of the most common situations during a stay in Sweden. Swedish The Swedish language ( Svenska ) is a North Germanic language. It is Read more…
This is my diary about my period abroad to develop my master’s thesis work on Vascular Biomechanics at the KTH Solid Mechanics department. I will tell the whole period in several articles, let’s continue with October. Week 4 It is Monday, Sep 26th, and a new week it is started. Now it is time to start considering more complex simulations. Read more…
In this article I want to describe my experience with Obsidian. I also include some tips and tricks that can help you turn your Obsidian vault in the best note-taking system ever. Starting from simple note in markdown syntax it is possible to create a full interconnected database in a few simple steps and with little coding knowledge. But before Read more…
During my stay in the KTH Solid Mechanics department I had the opportunity to visit the soft tissue mechanics laboratory and to try an uniaxial tensile test on tissue from a porcine aorta. I had the opportunity to participate in several experiments held by trainee Joey Wollfs. He is currently involved in some experimental activities in testing vascular tissues under Read more…
This is my diary about my period abroad to develop my master’s thesis work on Vascular Biomechanics at the KTH Solid Mechanics department. I will tell the whole period in several articles, let’s start with September. I had the opportunity to go abroad to prepare my master’s thesis project. The project started from a deep interest in the mechano-chemo-biological behavior Read more…
Obsidian is a knowledge base system that allow you to write notes in Markdown. Behind this sentence there is much more as the notes can be interconnected creating a real second brain. This software can be customized with different plugins and features that allow you to extend its potential. For me, starting to use Obsidian was a life changing event: Read more…
I finished my experience in the Summer School entitled “Computational Tissue Biomechanics: From in-vitro experiment to computational analysis“. The course introduces and applies state-of-the-art tools in the continuum mechanical analysis of biological tissues. It is designed for master students and PhD students having a decent background in mechanical engineering and solid mechanics. Furthermore, the course integrates theoretical, numerical, and experimental Read more…
I finished the “Master Swedish in 300 Lessons: Learn Swedish & Speak Swedish” course held on the Udemy online platform. The course allowed me to understand some phrases and how to behave, on a linguistic level, in some of the most common situations during a stay in Sweden. Swedish The Swedish language ( svenska ) is a North Germanic language. Read more…