Dissertation topics suggested by the teacher.
Evaluation of the mechanical competence of vertebrae affected by metastases
Several topics available for experimental projects focusing on the morphological and biomechanical characterisation of healthy and pathological vertebrae.
Candidates: undergraduates in biomedical engineering, master students in biomedical engineering, master students in mechanical engineering
Development and validation of an osseointegrated prosthesis for transfemoral amputees
This is a collaborative project with INAIL and Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute aiming to develop an innovative prosthesis, directly attached to the host bone, for patients who suffered an amputation of the lower limb. Several topics are available, focusing on the development of the device, and on its biomechanical and functional assessment.
Candidates: undergraduates in biomedical engineering, master students in biomedical engineering, master students in mechanical engineering
Design of a biomechanically optimized scaffold for mandibular reconstruction
In this research project, in collaboration with the Julius Wolff Institute (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin), the candidates will design a scaffold for mandibular reconstruction and relative fixation system. Using computational models (e.g, finite element modeling), they will have to test whether the scaffold can biomechanically support the bone regeneration process in such a complex clinical scenario. The project includes close collaboration with clinical partners from the Oro-Maxillofacial Surgery Department of the Charité.
Candidates: master students in biomedical engineering, master students in mechanical engineering
Recent dissertations supervised by the teacher.
First cycle degree programmes dissertations
- La cinematica dell’articolazione femoro-rotulea: analisi in vitro del movimento articolare in funzione di differenti modalità di contrazione del muscolo del quadricipite
Second cycle degree programmes dissertations
- Biomechanical investigation of monolateral external fixator configurations during bone lengthening treatment
- Biomechanical investigation of the Rekrea fixator using a composite tibia model
- Caratterizzazione biomeccanica sperimentale di dispositivi per amputati transfemorali
- Caratterizzazione morfologica della tibia umana
- Comparison of the strain distribution after surgical decompressive techniques in the lumbar spine: an in vitro study
- Design and development of usability tests for moldable bone substitute
- Development and characterization of innovative 3D printed scaffolds for bone regeneration
- Development and characterization of a novel composite material for bone regeneration and local drug delivery
- Development and mechanical testing of synthetic 3D printed models of healthy and metastatic vertebrae
- Measuring fracture toughness of mouse bone
- Mechanical characterization of polyacrylamide hydrogels by integrating nanoindentation with confocal microscopy
- Pivot helmet technology: from head-first impact experiments to the development of a biofidelic testing method
- Predicting clinical outcome of fracture fixation - A biomechanical study based on retrospective clinical data
PhD programmes thesis
- Understanding the causes of junctional failure in lumbar spine surgery through retrospective clinical analyses and ex-vivo tests
