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
- Valutazione in vitro dell’impatto dell’artroplastica totale di ginocchio sulla biomeccanica femoro-rotulea: confronto tra cinematica nativa e protesica, con e senza resurfacing rotuleo
Second cycle degree programmes dissertations
- Accurate Localization of 2D Ultrasound Probes Using Outside-In Tracking For Scanning the Neonatal Hip
- Feasibility study for an osseointegrated prosthesis for transhumeral amputees
- Relationship between implant fit-and-fill and the mechanical stability of a custom-made osseointegrated transfemoral prosthesis
- Sviluppo sistema di attuazione per protesi mioelettrica pediatrica
PhD programmes thesis
- Biomechanical evaluation of patellofemoral kinematics and interface forces under varying loading conditions in total knee arthroplasty with a novel femoral design for kinematic alignment
