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In silico medicine is built step by step, from medical images to computational models, each stage reveals a clearer picture of how the human body works. A small example developed in Wolfram Mathematica shows how clinical images of…
Read more : In-silico medicine and tendon biomechanics
Nature is powerful, and not always in friendly ways. Climate and environmental agents like moisture, heat, and soil acidity can drastically affect the mechanical properties of materials, even those we think of as tough, like metal…
Read more : A real-world application of computational design and 3D printing
I had the privilege of participating in the Wolfram Virtual Technology Conference 2024, held earlier this month, where innovators and thought leaders from across industries gathered to share advancements and ideas centered on…
Read more : Wolfram Virtual Technology Conference
Integrating a fireplace into a central heating system offers a unique and efficient way to distribute warmth throughout an entire home, merging the traditional comfort of a fire with modern heating technology. This system, known as…
Read more : Fireplace. Is it worth it?
I recently joined the NL24 - Nonlinear Computational Solid & Structural Mechanics - course in Pavia. A very high scientific level course due to the expertise of the professors and to the discussed topics, ranging from classical…
Read more : Nonlinear computational solid & structural mechanics
I have been selected as one of the three best Master's Thesis in biomechanics competing for the ESB-ITA Master Thesis Award 2023. The Italian Chapter of the European Society of Biomechanics (ESB) brings together Italian ESB members…
Read more : I have been selected for the ESB-ITA Master Thesis Award
Thermo-fluid-dynamics, also known as thermal-fluid sciences, is an interdisciplinary field that combines principles from thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and heat transfer to study and analyze the behavior of thermal systems. These…
Read more : On the thermo-fluid-dynamics of small thermal systems
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…
Read more : Visitor to the soft tissue mechanics lab
The 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…
Read more : CFD analysis of ventilation inside an operating room
Use of RecurDyn for the analysis of a compliant mechanism by modeling with techniques for the flexible multibody. The following article is an extract from a project carried out for the course of Advanced Techniques for the design…
Read more : RecurDyn and flexural hinges
Analysis of a compliant mechanism using Howell's pseudo-rigid model and comparison with non-linear FEM analysis. The following article is an extract from a project carried out for the course of Advanced Techniques for the design of…
Read more : Pseudo-rigid model for a compliant mechanism
Vento CFD offers software solutions for simulation in the wind tunnel, in the urban environment, indoor comfort and outdoor comfort. The numerical code integrates a structured grid with the immersed boundary method so as to be able…
Read more : Vento CFD: analysis in Wind Engineering
Mathematical modeling of diffusion mechanisms for drug delivery can be very useful for accelerating product development and for better understanding the mechanisms that control drug delivery from advanced delivery systems. The…
Read more : Diffusion and FEA for drug-eluting spheres
Topological optimization analysis aimed at minimizing the mass of a hook fixed some design parameters, such as geometric constraints and load conditions. The following article is an extract from a project carried out for the course…
Read more : Topological optimization for prototyping
Parametric optimization analysis on a hip prosthesis stem subject to two load scenarios aimed at minimizing its mass while maintaining the stress state below the design limits. The following article is an extract from a project…
Read more : Parametric optimization in prosthetic design
FEM analysis aimed at characterizing the mechanical behavior of the stem of a hip prosthesis inserted inside a femur. The following article is an extract from a project carried out for the course of Advanced Techniques for the…
Read more : Mechanical simulation of hip implant
A linear model of lung mechanics is analyzed in the following report. The model corresponds to an RLC circuit with unknown parameters. Parametric identification allows to trace the system governance coefficients once a mathematical…
Read more : Parametric identification for respiratory mechanics
Finite element analysis aimed at characterizing the mechanical properties of a gyroid structure. The gyroid structure has already been presented in the article "Gyroid and minimal surfaces for CAD". The following article is an…
Read more : Mechanical characterization of gyroid lattice structure
Realization of a lattice structure based on the Voronoi tessellation. An analysis is also performed on the optimal position of the points in order to minimize the volume of the body. The following article is an extract from a…
Read more : Voronoi tassellation and lattice structures
Pulmonary ventilation is a critical operation both during surgery and for assisted or replacement ventilation of the patient. This report proposes the analysis of a lung mechanics model through an electrical analogy with an…
Read more : Lung ventilation in Simulink
I just completed the "Simulink Foundamentals" course helded on Matlab training online platform. The course allowed me to hone some skills in using and optimizing the simulation environment developed by MathWorks. Simulink Simulink…
Read more : Simulink Foundamentals
Realization of an elementary cell of a cellular structure characterized by a Giroid geometry in a CAD modeling environment, using Solidworks. The following article is an extract from a project carried out for the course of Advanced…
Read more : Gyroid and minimal surfaces for CAD
In the digital era, even in medicine, numerous images are produced every day and, despite their classification, the segmentation and recognition of objects are less detailed. With the recent development of artificial intelligence…
Read more : Deep learning and segmentation in cell biology
In this period I had the opportunity to gain different experiences in the design and construction of antennas. In particular, the latest experiences have focused on the study and design of patch antennas and antenna arrays.…
Read more : Folded patch antenna prototyping
In most phenomena it is often necessary to take into account, in addition to the mechanical characteristics, various other quantities. For example, it is important to analyze the variation over time of quantities such as…
Read more : Multiphysics computational models and poroelasticity
In this analysis some computational models are introduced for the finite element analysis of isotropic and kinematic hardening behaviors. The response to a cyclic load is analyzed for some stainless steels. These simulations…
Read more : Elasto-plastic numerical models
The latest developments in Computer Aided Engineering, by means of the remarkable progress that several softwares have been made in terms of computational speed and of enlarged ranges of phaenomena that can be simulated and…
Read more : Development and Analysis of an Array of Folded Patch Antennas Using Matlab
In the present analysis several simulation analysis were carried out to analyze the structural response of CF / PEEK laminated composites showing great potential for application in the biomedical field. Background , in a laminated…
Read more : Laminated composites and structural elements
Automated computational modeling (ACM) is a fairly recent technique that exploits a hybrid approach by combining symbolic computation with numerical computation. These potentialities can be exploited in finite element formulations…
Read more : Automated Computational Modeling
Among the exams scheduled for the course of Medical Engineering studies at the University of Rome Tor Vergata there is the course of Wireless Electromagnetics Technologies. The course provides the foundation for current and next…
Read more : Antenna prototyping
This image processing algorithm arises from the need to have a 3D volume starting from the slices of a CT. There are several algorithms online but most require DICOM images. In this case, the reference dataset is made up of 970 png…
Read more : Volumetric image processing over trabecular bone
The following report introduces various simulation campaigns aimed at homogenizing trabecular bone tissue. Background , analyzing the structure of the trabecular bone it is evident how the shape of the pores and the trabecular…
Read more : Numerical homogenization of trabecular bone
Modern computers have all the prerequisites for developing numerical resolution methods for a large class of physical problems that have been left without an analytical solution for years. There are several numerical solution…
Read more : MoM and electric intregrodifferential equations
Among the exams scheduled in the Medical Engineering course at the University of Rome Tor Vergata there is the course of Wireless Electromagnetics Technologies. The course provides the foundation for current and next generation…
Read more : Design with Sensor Array Analyzer
I just finished the "SOLIDWORKS: Designing for Consumer Electronics" course held by Johno Ellison on the LinkedIn Learning platform. The course analyzes the foundations for the design of electronic devices. --- New consumer…
Read more : SOLIDWORKS: Designing for Consumer ElectronicsI just finished the "Mechatronics design in SOLIDWORKS" course held by Justin Flett on LinkedIn Learning. It was a short but very intense course that allowed me to review and keep up to date on the software features. The course…
Read more : Mechatronics design in SOLIDWORKS
See the full repository Design of a prototype for a rehabilitation system for the ankle joint based on US patent 6,277,057B1. Bioprothesis course University of Rome Tor Vergata
Read more : Ankle rehabilitation device