Automation engineer

Researcher

2015: Master's Degree in Automation Engineering, University of Bologna, 110/110 with honors. Thesis: “Strategies for the automated processing of bone tissue portions using CNC machines

• 2020: Qualification to practice the profession of Engineer, Section A – Industrial Engineering Sector, University of Bologna.
• 2013: Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer – CLAD, National Instruments.
• 2011: Degree in Automation Engineering, University of Bologna. Thesis: “Dynamic modeling and simulation of an over-actuated quad copter”

• December 2019 – present: Health researcher at the Musculoskeletal Tissue Bank of the IRCCS Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute. Coordination of clinical, retrospective, prospective, and in vitro studies; development and supervision of clean room processes; management of technical and scientific projects; preparation of documentation for the Ethics Committee, the Regional Transplant Center, and the National Transplant Center; economic analyses and definition of reimbursement rates for new products and services; coordination of clinical, technical, scientific, administrative, and industrial stakeholders.
• August 2016 – December 2019: Project Engineer at the Musculoskeletal Tissue Bank. Participation in the management of the POR-FESR “Custom Implants” project and technical-operational responsibility for the research line “Precision Grafting”, dedicated to the design and construction of custom-made bone allografts using subtractive and robotic technologies. Technical coordination activities, management of reports and progress reports, scientific dissemination, and development of a robotic cell for processing bone tissue in a clean room.
• August 2015 – August 2016: Technical engineer at the Musculoskeletal Tissue Bank. CAD/CAM design, CNC processing of bone grafts, 3 D printing of anatomical models and support for the preparation of regional and European project proposals.
• September 2011 – May 2015: Junior Engineer and CNC biomedical technician at the Pro.Me.Teo/Rizzoli RIT Laboratory of the IRCCS Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute. Development of four-axis CNC milling processes in a clean room environment, design of sterilizable equipment, CAM programming, and creation of anatomical models from CT images.

Italian: mother tongue
English: fluent
French: scholastic

Tissue banking and musculoskeletal allografts; custom-made bone grafts; CAD/CAM and CNC machining; clean room robotics; medical image segmentation; virtual surgical planning; medical 3D printing; patient-specific and graft-specific tools; tissue engineering; decellularized nerves; biomaterials and scaffolds; development and validation of regulated healthcare processes; clinical research; digital health; tissue traceability; project management and technology transfer in the biomedical field.