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
- Analisi dei parametri spinopelvici sul piano coronale nella patologia giunzionale lombare distale in pazienti con scoliosi
- Caratterizzazione biomeccanica tramite Digital Image Correlation di una protesi osteointegrata per amputati transfemorali
- Evaluation of the microstructural pattern and mechanical behaviour of human metastatic vertebrae
- Indagine biomeccanica del dispositivo di fissazione esterna Rekrea per l'allungamento degli arti
- Progettazione di alcune componenti di un dispositivo osteointegrato per amputati transfemorali
Second cycle degree programmes dissertations
- Analisi delle sollecitazioni e dimensionamento di componenti per protesi osteointegrata per amputati transfemorali
- Analisi di fattibilità di un componente di connessione per protesi osteointegrate di arto inferiore
- Biomechanical investigation of monolateral external fixator configurations during bone lengthening treatment
- Biomechanical investigation of the Rekrea fixator using a composite tibia model
- Bone metastatic growth as a phase transition
- Caratterizzazione biomeccanica sperimentale di un dispositivo protesico osteointegrato per amputati transfemorali
- Comparison of the strain distribution after surgical decompressive techniques in the lumbar spine: an in vitro study
- Development and characterization of innovative 3D printed scaffolds for bone regeneration
- Development and mechanical testing of synthetic 3D printed models of healthy and metastatic vertebrae
- Effetto dell'emilaminectomia sul rachide lombare: un'analisi biomeccanica in vitro
- Measuring fracture toughness of mouse bone
- Mechanical characterization of polyacrylamide hydrogels by integrating nanoindentation with confocal microscopy
- Predicting clinical outcome of fracture fixation - A biomechanical study based on retrospective clinical data
- Three-dimensional surface strains distribution on healthy and degenerated human intervertebral discs
- Validation of microFE models of human metastatic vertebrae
PhD programmes thesis
- Numerical simulations of the spine for patient-specific models of severe scoliosis
