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E-mail: [mailto:alessia.polemi@unimore.it alessia.polemi@unimore.it]<br>
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web-site: http://www.dii.unimore.it/polemi<br>
web-site: http://www.dii.unimore.it/polemi<br>
[[Home address:]] <br>
Via San Faustino 123/10<br>
41100 Modena,ITALY<br><br>


===EDUCATION===
===EDUCATION===
Alessia Polemi has achieved the master degree on July 1999 (cum laude) in Telecommunication Engineering at University of Siena, discussing a thesis entitled: "Green’s Functions for phased arrays of dipoles on dielectric slab" (supervisors: Prof. S. Maci, Prof. R. Tiberio, Prof. A. Toccafondi). <br>
* July 1999: M.S. (cum laude) in Telecommunication Engineering at University of Siena. Thesis dissertation: "Green’s Functions for phased arrays of dipoles on dielectric slab" (supervisors: Prof. S. Maci, Prof. R. Tiberio, Prof. A. Toccafondi). <br><br>
* January 2000: national qualification for engineers at the University of Florence. <br><br>
* March 2003: PhD in Information Engineering (curriculum: electromagnetic waves) at the University of Siena. Thesis dissertation: "Frequency Domain Green's Function for Periodic Large Phased Arrays in Multilayered Dielectric Regions " (tutor: Prof. R. Tiberio). <br><br>
* January 2003-October 2006: post-doc researcher at the Department of Information Engineering, University of Siena<br><br>


In January 2000 has achieved the national qualification for engineers at the University of Florence. <br>
===PRESENT EMPLOYMENT===
* November 2006: Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering of University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (scientific area: ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS)


In March 2003 she has received the PhD title in Information Engineering (curriculum: electromagnetic waves) at the University of Siena, defending a thesis entitled "Frequency Domain Green's Function for Periodic Large Phased Arrays in Multilayered Dielectric Regions " (tutor: Prof. R. Tiberio). <br>
* November 2009: tenure track as Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering of University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (scientific area: ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS)


Alessia Polemi has been a post-doc researcher at the Department of Information Engineering, University of Siena from January 2003 to October 2006<br>
* January 2010: Research Scientist at Drexel University, Department of Chemistry


In the academic year 2005/2006, she has been appointed to the Radio Propagation class at the School of Engineering, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. <br><br>
===RESEARCH INTERESTS===
 
* High frequency scattering theories<br>
 
* Asymptotics electromagnetic methods<br>
===PRESENT EMPLOYMENT===
* Numerical electromagnetic methods<br>
Since November 1st, 2006, she is assistant professor at the School of Engineering of University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, in the scientific field ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS (ING-INF/02).<br><br>
* Periodic structures<br>
* Bandgap structures<br>
* Antenna design<br>
* Antenna miniaturization<br>
* Wideband and ultrawideband antennas<br>
* RFID systems<br>
* Printed devices at microwave frequencies<br>
* New emerging waveguides<br>
* Metamaterials <br>
* Plasmon polaritons at optical frequency <br>
* Plasmonic channels <br>
* Molecule-nanoparticle interaction<br>
* Nanoantennas<br>


===RESEARCH INTERESTS===
- High frequency scattering theories<br>
- Asymptotics electromagnetic methods<br>
- Numerical electromagnetic methods<br>
- Periodic structures<br>
- Bandgap structures<br>
- Antenna design<br>
- Antenna miniaturization<br>
- Wideband and ultrawideband antennas<br>
- RFID systems<br>
- Printed devices at microwave frequencies<br>
- New emerging waveguides<br>
- Metamaterials <br>
- Polaritons at optical frequency<br>
Further details in [[Research Activity]] section. <br><br>
Further details in [[Research Activity]] section. <br><br>


===FURTHER INFORMATION===
===PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES===
Since 1999, she has been appointed to the profession of Engineer. <br>
* 1999, appointed to the profession of Engineer <br><br>
 
* 2000, Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) <br><br>
Since 2000, she is member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).<br>
* September 2003-December 2005, president of the academic spin-off company WaveComm srl.<br><br>
 
* 2006, Italian Student Adviser for the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) <br><br>
In the period September 2003-December 2005, she has been president of the academic spin-off company WaveComm srl.<br>
<br><br>
 
Since 2006, she is the Italian Student Adviser for the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). <br><br>


===SOFTWARE SKILLS AND COMPETENCE===
===SOFTWARE SKILLS AND COMPETENCE===
Alessia Polemi has a good knowledge of operating systems such as MS Windows 98/NT/2k/XP/Vista and of the following softwares: MS Office, Maltlab, CorelDraw, Latex, Fortran, C, Mathematica. Furthermore, she has very good competence of the electromagnetic simulation software, such as Ansoft Designer, HFSS, CST Microwave Studio, Grasp, FEKO, MicroWave Office, Wipl-d. <br><br>
* Operating systems MS Windows 98/NT/2k/XP/Vista <br>
* MS Office<br>
* Maltlab<br>
* CorelDraw<br>
* Latex<br>
* Fortran<br>
* C<br>
* Mathematica<br>
* Electromagnetic simulation software<br>
** Ansoft Designer<br>
** HFSS<br>
** CST Microwave Studio<br>
** Grasp<br>
** FEKO<br>
** MicroWave Office<br>
** Wipl-d<br><br>


===TEACHING ACTIVITY===
===TEACHING ACTIVITY===
In the academic year 1999/2000, she has given seminars in the contest of the Electromagnetic Field course at the School of Engineering of University of Siena <br>
* 1999/2000, seminars in the Electromagnetic Field course at the School of Engineering of University of Siena <br>
* 2000/2001, seminars in the Microwave course at the School of Engineering of University of Siena <br>
* 2001/2002, seminars in the Antennas course at the School of Engineering of University of Siena <br>
* 2002/2003, course of Design of Microwave Circuits at the School of Engineering of University of Siena <br>
* 2003, course of Numerical Methods for Electromagnetics at the Master on Microwave Systems on Technologies for Telecommunications, Messina (Italy) <br>
* 2003/2004 and 2004/2005, course of Electromagnetic Modelling at the School of Engineering of University of Siena <br>
* 2005, seminars into the school “High Frequency Methods and Travelling Wave Antennas”, European School of Antennas (ACE – Antenna Centre of Excellence), at University of Siena, about:<br>
** Green’s function of the dielectric slab<br>
** Scattering from a perfectly conducting half-plane<br><br>
* Since 2005: <br>
** course of Radio Propagation class at the School of Engineering of University of Modena and Reggio Emilia<br>
** assisting in the Electromagnetic Field class at the School of Engineering of University of Modena and Reggio Emilia<br>
** Microwave Lab class at the School of Engineering of University of Modena and Reggio Emilia<br><br>


In the academic year 2000/2001, she has given seminars in the contest of the Microwave course at the School of Engineering of University of Siena <br>
Visit the page [[Teaching Activity]] for Teaching Statement . <br><br>


In the academic year 2001/2002, she has given seminars in the contest of the Antennas course at the School of Engineering of University of Siena <br>
===SUPERVISED STUDENTS===
* 2001 M.S. "Giacomo Donzelli", GENERALIZED PENCIL OF FUNCTION TECHNIQUE FOR MULTILAYERED PRINTED STRUCTURES<br>
* 2002 M.S. "Alberto Nencini", ASYMPTOTIC GREEN'S FUNCTION FOR A SECTORAL ARRAY OF ELEMENTARY SOURCES ON A DIELECTRIC SLAB<br>
* 2005 M.S. "Giorgio Carluccio", EXTENSION OF THE INCREMENTAL THEORY OF DIFFRACTION TO COMPLEX SOURCES <br>
* 2006 M.S. "Michele Gravina", ANTENNA FOR BIOMEDICAL RFID APPLICATION<br>
* 2006 M.S. "Daniele Ciccarese", WIMAX: MAN WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY <br>
* 2007 M.S. "Guido Santamaria", ELECTROMAGNETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF TRANSITIONS BETWEEN COAXIAL CABLE AND MICROSTRIP<br>
* 2007 M.S. "Lorenzo Santunione", DESIGN AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A PRINTED DIPOLE ANTENNA WITH UNBALNCED FEEDING<br>
* 2007 Laurea Degree. "Enrico Busi", ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF A PLANAR ANTENNA FOR UWB APPLICATIONS<br>
* 2008 M.S. "Marcello di Clemente", SAW SENSORS<br>
* 2008 Laurea Degree. "Gagliardi Giuseppina", WIDE BAND PATCH ANTENNAS DESIGN<br>
* 2008 M.S. "Javier Molejón Asenjo", DESIGN OF A DUAL BAND ANTENNA FOR RFID APPLICATIONS IN THE UHF BAND <br>
* 2009 M.S. "Luca Morandini", DEVICES FOR THE MONITORING OF ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCES DURING TIMING IN SPORT RACES, THROUGHOUT RFID SYSTEMS<br>
* 2009 M.S. "Erio Gandini", ANALYSIS OF BACKSCATTERING FROM PLANAR FRESNEL LENSES<br><br>


In the academic year 2002/2003, she has been appointed to the course Design of Microwave Circuits at the School of Engineering of University of Siena <br>
===ATTENDED SPECIALIZED PHD COURSES===
 
* 2000, at University of Siena <br>
In 2003, she has been appointed to a course of Numerical Methods for Electromagnetics at the Master on Microwave  Systems on Technologies for Telecommunications, Messina (Italy)<br>
** Functional analysis elements <br>
 
** Interpolation and approximation of curves and surfaces <br>  
In the academic years 2003/2004 and 2004/2005, she has been appointed to the course Electromagnetic Modelling at the School of Engineering of University of Siena <br>
** Optimization Methods <br>
 
** Wavelets <br>
In the academic year 2005 she has given a seminar into the school “High Frequency Methods and Travelling Wave Antennas”, European School of Antennas (ACE – Antenna Centre of Excellence), at University of Siena, about:<br>
** Object Oriented Programming <br>
 
* 2002, at Chalmers University, Gotheborg, Sweden <br>
-Green’s function of the dielectric slab<br>
** Artificial Magnetic Conductors and Soft and Hard surfaces and their Use in Antenna Analysis and Design <br>
 
* 2002, at University of Ancona, PhD School <br>
-Scattering from a perfectly conducting half-plane<br>
** Ground Penetrating Radar <br>
 
*2005, at Denmark Technical University - Ticra, European School of Antennas (ACE - Antenna Center of Excellence) <br>
Since academic year 2005/2006: <br>
** Reflector antennas: analysis and design <br>
- she has been appointed to the Radio Propagation class at the School of Engineering of University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (graduate program)<br>
* 2005, at Politecnico of Turin, European School of Antennas (ACE - Antenna Center of Excellence) <br>
- she has been assisting at the Electromagnetic Field class at the School of Engineering of University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (undergraduate program)<br>
** Computational EM for antenna analysis <br>
- she has been appointed to the Microwave Lab class at the School of Engineering of University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (graduate program)
* 2005, at University of Siena, European School of Antennas (ACE - Antenna Center of Excellence) <br>
<br><br>
** High Frequency Methods and Travelling Wave Antennas <br>
 
* 2006, at University of Dubrovnik, European School of Antennas (ACE - Antenna Center of Excellence) <br>
===MASTER DEGREES TUTORING===
** Advanced Mathematics for Antenna Analysis <br><br>
''Giacomo Donzelli'', GENERALIZED PENCIL OF FUNCTION TECHNIQUE FOR MULTILAYERED PRINTED STRUCTURES (2001) <br>
''Alberto Nencini'', ASYMPTOTIC GREEN'S FUNCTION FOR A SECTORAL ARRAY OF ELEMENTARY SOURCES ON A DIELECTRIC SLAB (2002) <br>
''Giorgio Carluccio'', EXTENSION OF THE INCREMENTAL THEORY OF DIFFRACTION TO COMPLEX SOURCES (2005)<br>
''Michele Gravina'', ANTENNA FOR BIOMEDICAL RFID APPLICATION (2006)<br>
''Daniele Ciccarese'', WIMAX: MAN WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY (2006) <br>
''Guido Santamaria'', ELECTROMAGNETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF TRANSITIONS BETWEEN COAXIAL CABLE AND MICROSTRIP (2007) <br>
''Lorenzo Santunione'', DESIGN AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A PRINTED DIPOLE ANTENNA DI UN'ANTENNA WITH UNBALNCED FEEDING (2007) <br>
''Enrico Busi'', ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF A PLANAR ANTENNA FOR UWB APPLICATIONS (2007) <br>
''Marcello di Clemente'', SAW SENSORS (2007) <br>
''Gagliardi Giuseppina'', WIDE BAND PATCH ANTENNAS DESIGN (2008) <br>
''Javier Molejón Asenjo'', DESIGN OF A DUAL BAND ANTENNA FOR RFID APPLICATIONS IN THE UHF BAND (2008) <br>
''Luca Morandini'', DEVICES FOR THE MONITORING OF ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCES DURING TIMING IN SPORT RACES, THROUGHOUT RFID SYSTEMS (2009) <br>
''Erio Gandini'', ANALYSIS OF BACKSCATTERING FROM PLANAR FRESNEL LENSES (2009) <br><br>
 
===ATTENDED PHD COURSES===
Year 2000, at University of Siena<br>
- Functional analysis elements<br>
- Interpolation and approximation of curves and surfaces <br>
- Optimization Methods<br>
- Wavelets <br>
- Object Oriented Programming<br>
 
Year 2002, at Chalmers University, Gotheborg, Sweden<br>- Artificial Magnetic Conductors and Soft and Hard surfaces and their Use in Antenna Analysis and Design <br>
 
Year 2002, at University of Ancona, PhD School - Ground Penetrating Radar <br>
 
Year 2005, at Denmark Technical University - Ticra, European School of Antennas (ACE - Antenna Center of Excellence) - Reflector antennas: analysis and design <br>
 
Year 2005, at Politecnico of Turin, European School of Antennas (ACE - Antenna Center of Excellence) - Computational EM for antenna analysis <br>
 
Year 2005, at University of Siena, European School of Antennas (ACE - Antenna Center of Excellence) - High Frequency Methods and Travelling Wave Antennas <br>
 
Year 2006, at University of Dubrovnik, European School of Antennas (ACE - Antenna Center of Excellence) - Advanced Mathematics for Antenna Analysis <br><br>


===NATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS===
===NATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS===
Alessia Polemi has been part of the following national research programs:<br>
* 2000-2002. PAR (Piano d’Ateneo per la Ricerca) “Antenna installation for wireless communication systems”<br>
 
* 2000-2002. ASI (Italian Space Agency): “Reflectarrays for satellite applications” <br>
Years 2000-2002. PAR (Piano d’Ateneo per la Ricerca) entitled “Antenna installation for wireless communication systems”<br>
* 2003-2005. PRIN (Progetto di ricerca di interesse nazionale) “Electromagnetic models for analysis of passive reflectarrays”<br>
 
* 2005-2007. PRIN (Progetto di ricerca di interesse nazionale) “Microwave Radiometer for fire monitoring” <br><br>
Years 2000-2002. ASI (Italian Space Agency): “Reflectarrays for satellite applications”
<br>
 
Years 2003-2005. PRIN (Progetto di ricerca di interesse nazionale) entitled “Electromagnetic models for analysis of passive reflectarrays”<br>
 
Years 2005-2007. PRIN (Progetto di ricerca di interesse nazionale) entitled  “Microwave Radiometer for fire monitoring”<br><br>


===INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS===
===INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS===
Alessia Polemi has been part of the following international research programs:<br>
* 2004-2005. ACE Antenna Centre of Excellence, V Framework Program, WP. 1.1.1 Integration, WP. 3.1.1 European School of Antennas<br>
 
* 2005-2006. ACE Antennas Centre of Excellence, VI Framework Program, WP. 3.1.1 European School of Antennas<br>
Years 2004-2005. ACE Antenna Centre of Excellence, V Framework Program, WP. 1.1.1 Integration, WP. 3.1.1 European School of Antennas<br>
* 2005-2007. EAML European Antenna Modeling Library, contract with ESA-ESTEC n.18802/04/NL/JD, WP. 1.6.1.0 5S Green’s Function for stratified environment<br>
 
* 2009-ongoing. EAML European Antenna Modeling Library, TT&C Coverage in Complex Environments with the European Space Agency (ESA)<br>
Years 2005-2006. ACE Antennas Centre of Excellence, VI Framework Program, WP. 3.1.1 European School of Antennas<br>
* 2009-ongoing. EuroStar Project, New production process for medical bags based on RadioFrequency sterilization and ICT<br><br>
 
Years 2005-2007. EAML European Antenna Modeling Library, contract with ESA-ESTEC n.18802/04/NL/JD, WP. 1.6.1.0 5S Green’s Function for stratified environment<br>
 
Years 2009-ongoing. EAML European Antenna Modeling Library, TT&C Coverage in Complex Environments <br>
 
Years 2009-ongoing. EuroStar Project, New production process for medical bags based on RadioFrequency sterilization and ICT<br><br>


===RESEARCH CONTRACTS===
===RESEARCH CONTRACTS===
Years 2000-2001. Research contract between Department of Information Engineering (University of Siena) - IDS spa, in the framework of the agreement with Italian Navy for "Electromagnetic models for prediction of scattering objects" <br>
* 2000-2001. Research contract between Department of Information Engineering (University of Siena) - IDS spa, in the framework of the agreement with Italian Navy for "Electromagnetic models for prediction of scattering objects" <br>
 
* 2000-2002. Research contract Department of Information Engineering (University of Siena) - IDS spa, in the framework of the agreement with IDS spa for "Green’s function for multilayered materials"<br>
Years 2000-2002. Research contract Department of Information Engineering (University of Siena) - IDS spa, in the framework of the agreement with IDS spa for "Green’s function for multilayered materials"<br>
* 2002-2003. Research contract Department of Information Engineering (University of Siena) - IDS spa, in the framework of the agreement with IDS spa for "Incremental Theory of Diffraction for dielectric screens"<br>  
 
* 2003-2004. Research contract with Consorzio Etruria ed Innovazione scpa, entitled "Feasibility and design of an automatic identification system on controlled areas based on the standard ISO/IEC 15693" <br>
Years 2002-2003. Research contract Department of Information Engineering (University of Siena) - IDS spa, in the framework of the agreement with IDS spa for "Incremental Theory of Diffraction for dielectric screens" <br>
* 2004-2005. Research contract with Consorzio Etruria ed Innovazione scpa, entitled "Electromagnetic scattering from non perfectly conducting half-planes and junctions between planes: UTD and ITD formulation" <br>
 
* 2005-2006. Research contract Department of Information Engineering (University of Siena) - IDS spa, in the framework of the agreement with IDS spa for "Green’s functions for dielectric multilayers; extension to magnetic sources" <br>
Years 2003-2004. Research contract with Consorzio Etruria ed Innovazione scpa, entitled "Feasibility and design of an automatic identification system on controlled areas based on the standard ISO/IEC 15693" <br>
* 2007-2008. Research contract Department of Information Engineering (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) -Politecnico di Torino, entitled "Evolution and evolutionary maintenance of European Antenna Modeling Library Components" <br>
 
* 2008. Research contract Department of Information Engineering (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) –MD-Microdetectors (protected by NDA) <br> <br>
Years 2004-2005. Research contract with Consorzio Etruria ed Innovazione scpa, entitled "Electromagnetic scattering from non perfectly conducting half-planes and junctions between planes: UTD and ITD formulation" <br>
 
Years 2005-2006. Research contract Department of Information Engineering (University of Siena) - IDS spa, in the framework of the agreement with IDS spa for "Green’s functions for dielectric multilayers; extension to magnetic sources" <br>
 
Years 2007-2008. Research contract Department of Information Engineering (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) -Politecnico di Torino, entitled "Evolution and evolutionary maintenance of European Antenna Modelling Library Components" <br>
 
Year 2008. Research contract Department of Information Engineering (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) –MD-Microdetectors (protected by NDA)<br><br>


===PUBLICATIONS===
===PUBLICATIONS===

Latest revision as of 23:25, 18 June 2010

(LAST UPDATE: 07/12/2009)

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Office address:
Department of Information Engineering
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Via Vignolese 905
41100 Modena, ITALY
Tel. +39 059 2056326
Fax. +39 059 2056129
Mobile: +39 335 7181823
E-mail: alessia.polemi@unimore.it
web-site: http://www.dii.unimore.it/polemi

EDUCATION

  • July 1999: M.S. (cum laude) in Telecommunication Engineering at University of Siena. Thesis dissertation: "Green’s Functions for phased arrays of dipoles on dielectric slab" (supervisors: Prof. S. Maci, Prof. R. Tiberio, Prof. A. Toccafondi).

  • January 2000: national qualification for engineers at the University of Florence.

  • March 2003: PhD in Information Engineering (curriculum: electromagnetic waves) at the University of Siena. Thesis dissertation: "Frequency Domain Green's Function for Periodic Large Phased Arrays in Multilayered Dielectric Regions " (tutor: Prof. R. Tiberio).

  • January 2003-October 2006: post-doc researcher at the Department of Information Engineering, University of Siena

PRESENT EMPLOYMENT

  • November 2006: Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering of University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (scientific area: ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS)
  • November 2009: tenure track as Assistant Professor at the School of Engineering of University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (scientific area: ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS)
  • January 2010: Research Scientist at Drexel University, Department of Chemistry

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • High frequency scattering theories
  • Asymptotics electromagnetic methods
  • Numerical electromagnetic methods
  • Periodic structures
  • Bandgap structures
  • Antenna design
  • Antenna miniaturization
  • Wideband and ultrawideband antennas
  • RFID systems
  • Printed devices at microwave frequencies
  • New emerging waveguides
  • Metamaterials
  • Plasmon polaritons at optical frequency
  • Plasmonic channels
  • Molecule-nanoparticle interaction
  • Nanoantennas

Further details in Research Activity section.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

  • 1999, appointed to the profession of Engineer

  • 2000, Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)

  • September 2003-December 2005, president of the academic spin-off company WaveComm srl.

  • 2006, Italian Student Adviser for the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)



SOFTWARE SKILLS AND COMPETENCE

  • Operating systems MS Windows 98/NT/2k/XP/Vista
  • MS Office
  • Maltlab
  • CorelDraw
  • Latex
  • Fortran
  • C
  • Mathematica
  • Electromagnetic simulation software
    • Ansoft Designer
    • HFSS
    • CST Microwave Studio
    • Grasp
    • FEKO
    • MicroWave Office
    • Wipl-d

TEACHING ACTIVITY

  • 1999/2000, seminars in the Electromagnetic Field course at the School of Engineering of University of Siena
  • 2000/2001, seminars in the Microwave course at the School of Engineering of University of Siena
  • 2001/2002, seminars in the Antennas course at the School of Engineering of University of Siena
  • 2002/2003, course of Design of Microwave Circuits at the School of Engineering of University of Siena
  • 2003, course of Numerical Methods for Electromagnetics at the Master on Microwave Systems on Technologies for Telecommunications, Messina (Italy)
  • 2003/2004 and 2004/2005, course of Electromagnetic Modelling at the School of Engineering of University of Siena
  • 2005, seminars into the school “High Frequency Methods and Travelling Wave Antennas”, European School of Antennas (ACE – Antenna Centre of Excellence), at University of Siena, about:
    • Green’s function of the dielectric slab
    • Scattering from a perfectly conducting half-plane

  • Since 2005:
    • course of Radio Propagation class at the School of Engineering of University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
    • assisting in the Electromagnetic Field class at the School of Engineering of University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
    • Microwave Lab class at the School of Engineering of University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Visit the page Teaching Activity for Teaching Statement .

SUPERVISED STUDENTS

  • 2001 M.S. "Giacomo Donzelli", GENERALIZED PENCIL OF FUNCTION TECHNIQUE FOR MULTILAYERED PRINTED STRUCTURES
  • 2002 M.S. "Alberto Nencini", ASYMPTOTIC GREEN'S FUNCTION FOR A SECTORAL ARRAY OF ELEMENTARY SOURCES ON A DIELECTRIC SLAB
  • 2005 M.S. "Giorgio Carluccio", EXTENSION OF THE INCREMENTAL THEORY OF DIFFRACTION TO COMPLEX SOURCES
  • 2006 M.S. "Michele Gravina", ANTENNA FOR BIOMEDICAL RFID APPLICATION
  • 2006 M.S. "Daniele Ciccarese", WIMAX: MAN WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY
  • 2007 M.S. "Guido Santamaria", ELECTROMAGNETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF TRANSITIONS BETWEEN COAXIAL CABLE AND MICROSTRIP
  • 2007 M.S. "Lorenzo Santunione", DESIGN AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A PRINTED DIPOLE ANTENNA WITH UNBALNCED FEEDING
  • 2007 Laurea Degree. "Enrico Busi", ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF A PLANAR ANTENNA FOR UWB APPLICATIONS
  • 2008 M.S. "Marcello di Clemente", SAW SENSORS
  • 2008 Laurea Degree. "Gagliardi Giuseppina", WIDE BAND PATCH ANTENNAS DESIGN
  • 2008 M.S. "Javier Molejón Asenjo", DESIGN OF A DUAL BAND ANTENNA FOR RFID APPLICATIONS IN THE UHF BAND
  • 2009 M.S. "Luca Morandini", DEVICES FOR THE MONITORING OF ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCES DURING TIMING IN SPORT RACES, THROUGHOUT RFID SYSTEMS
  • 2009 M.S. "Erio Gandini", ANALYSIS OF BACKSCATTERING FROM PLANAR FRESNEL LENSES

ATTENDED SPECIALIZED PHD COURSES

  • 2000, at University of Siena
    • Functional analysis elements
    • Interpolation and approximation of curves and surfaces
    • Optimization Methods
    • Wavelets
    • Object Oriented Programming
  • 2002, at Chalmers University, Gotheborg, Sweden
    • Artificial Magnetic Conductors and Soft and Hard surfaces and their Use in Antenna Analysis and Design
  • 2002, at University of Ancona, PhD School
    • Ground Penetrating Radar
  • 2005, at Denmark Technical University - Ticra, European School of Antennas (ACE - Antenna Center of Excellence)
    • Reflector antennas: analysis and design
  • 2005, at Politecnico of Turin, European School of Antennas (ACE - Antenna Center of Excellence)
    • Computational EM for antenna analysis
  • 2005, at University of Siena, European School of Antennas (ACE - Antenna Center of Excellence)
    • High Frequency Methods and Travelling Wave Antennas
  • 2006, at University of Dubrovnik, European School of Antennas (ACE - Antenna Center of Excellence)
    • Advanced Mathematics for Antenna Analysis

NATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS

  • 2000-2002. PAR (Piano d’Ateneo per la Ricerca) “Antenna installation for wireless communication systems”
  • 2000-2002. ASI (Italian Space Agency): “Reflectarrays for satellite applications”
  • 2003-2005. PRIN (Progetto di ricerca di interesse nazionale) “Electromagnetic models for analysis of passive reflectarrays”
  • 2005-2007. PRIN (Progetto di ricerca di interesse nazionale) “Microwave Radiometer for fire monitoring”

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS

  • 2004-2005. ACE Antenna Centre of Excellence, V Framework Program, WP. 1.1.1 Integration, WP. 3.1.1 European School of Antennas
  • 2005-2006. ACE Antennas Centre of Excellence, VI Framework Program, WP. 3.1.1 European School of Antennas
  • 2005-2007. EAML European Antenna Modeling Library, contract with ESA-ESTEC n.18802/04/NL/JD, WP. 1.6.1.0 5S Green’s Function for stratified environment
  • 2009-ongoing. EAML European Antenna Modeling Library, TT&C Coverage in Complex Environments with the European Space Agency (ESA)
  • 2009-ongoing. EuroStar Project, New production process for medical bags based on RadioFrequency sterilization and ICT

RESEARCH CONTRACTS

  • 2000-2001. Research contract between Department of Information Engineering (University of Siena) - IDS spa, in the framework of the agreement with Italian Navy for "Electromagnetic models for prediction of scattering objects"
  • 2000-2002. Research contract Department of Information Engineering (University of Siena) - IDS spa, in the framework of the agreement with IDS spa for "Green’s function for multilayered materials"
  • 2002-2003. Research contract Department of Information Engineering (University of Siena) - IDS spa, in the framework of the agreement with IDS spa for "Incremental Theory of Diffraction for dielectric screens"
  • 2003-2004. Research contract with Consorzio Etruria ed Innovazione scpa, entitled "Feasibility and design of an automatic identification system on controlled areas based on the standard ISO/IEC 15693"
  • 2004-2005. Research contract with Consorzio Etruria ed Innovazione scpa, entitled "Electromagnetic scattering from non perfectly conducting half-planes and junctions between planes: UTD and ITD formulation"
  • 2005-2006. Research contract Department of Information Engineering (University of Siena) - IDS spa, in the framework of the agreement with IDS spa for "Green’s functions for dielectric multilayers; extension to magnetic sources"
  • 2007-2008. Research contract Department of Information Engineering (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) -Politecnico di Torino, entitled "Evolution and evolutionary maintenance of European Antenna Modeling Library Components"
  • 2008. Research contract Department of Information Engineering (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) –MD-Microdetectors (protected by NDA)

PUBLICATIONS

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