Doctoral( research( and( companies:( coopera2on( for( industrial( development( and(innova2on! ! !!!!!!!!!!Roberto!Montanari!and!Maria!Riche/a! PhD!Programme!of!Industrial!Engineering! University!of!!Rome!–!Tor!Vergata,!!!ITALY! The!problems!of!modern!industry!are!more!and!more!complex! and!require!an!intersectorial(approach(that!puts!together! different!competences.!! ! In!several!cases!the!experimental!techniques!and!the!methods! of!calculus,!modelling!and!simulaIon,!typical!of!engineering! must!be!supported!by!knowledges!specific!of!other!disciplines.! Therefore,!experts!of!chemistry,!applied!physics!and!medicine! are!present!in!the!PhD!scienIfic!panel.!! ! PhD!ScienIfic!Panel! In addition to professors of our university (Rome - Tor Vergata), experts of different scientific areas of other italian and foreign universities, research centres and institutions are present in the scientific panel. In particular a strong doctoral activity is carried out at TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE WILDAU , GERMANY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ENGINEERING VAUD, UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, USA LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE , RUSSIAN FEDERATION UNIVERSITY S. MARY'S, HALIFAX , CANADA The!PhD!programme!of!Industrial!Engineering!is!like!a!“melIng! pot”!where!different!competences!and!experIses!meet!!to! produce!new!projects!and!to!realize!machines,!products!and! services!of!pracIcal!use.!! ! The!research!acIvity!is!carried!out!by!PhD!students!under!the! supervision!and!with!the!help!of!tutors.!!!! !! We!believe!that!students!at!the!end!of!their!doctoral!route!! must!be!able!to!solve!industrial!problems.!!This!is!of!the!utmost! importance!!independently!on!their!future!employment,!in! academy!(a!li/le!part)!or!in!industry!(the!large!part).!! ! The! research! in! Industrial! Engineering! requires! an! intersectorial! and! interdisciplinary! approach! because! real! industrial! problems! oUen! present! many! different! and! interrelated! aspects;! rarely! they! are! restricted! to! single! topics. ! Aiming!to!this!target,!problems!and!ideas!are!discussed!and! compared! in! periodic! meeIngs!of!the!PhD!Programme!on! themes! of! large! interest! such! as! the! engineering! research! for! medicine,! the! producIon! and! conversion! of! energy,! new!materials!etc.! ! To!explain!what!are!such!meeIngs!we!report!here!the!list! of!presentaIons!of!the!last!two.!! ( Mee2ng(Research(ac2vity(of(interest(for(medicine((16th(of((July(2014)! (! 1B(((((((Synthe2c(diamond(based(dosimetric(systems(for(radia2on(therapy(techniques! !!!!!!!!!!M.D.!Falco!!!!! (2B((((Scaffold(fabrica2on(for(cardiac(2ssue(engineering! !!!!!!!!!M.!Casalboni,!F.!De!Ma/eis,!R.!Francini,!P.!Prosposito! 3B((((((Biomedical(applica2ons(of(nanomaterials! (((((((!!P.G.!Medaglia! 4B((((((Surface(analysis:(applica2on(for(biomaterials! !!!!!!!!!!S.!Kaciulis,!S.K.!Balijepalli,!A.!Mezzi! 5B((((((Neurological(diseases.(A(Physical(approach(to(their(interpreta2on! !!!!!!!!!M.!Riche/a,!S.!Mei! (6B((((Preven2on(of(demen2a.(Predisposing(factors(and(es2ma2on(screening! !!!!!!!!!S.!Mugnaini! !7]!Neuropsycology(and(postural(disease(as(marker(of(early(diagnosis(of(demen2a! ((((((((L.!Polverigiani,!D.!Cestra! (8B((((Neurophysiology(instruments(for(human(cogni2ve(performances(evalua2on! !!!!!!!!E.!Staderini! (9B(((Improving(the(diagnos2c(power(of(otoacus2c(emissions! ((((((((A.!MoleI! 10B(((Technology(in(sport(medicine! (((((((((M.!Febbi! 11B(((RealB2me(breath(analysis(for(the(iden2fica2on(of(alcohol(and(drugs( (((((((((M.!CaresIa,!M.!Gelfusa,!A.!Malizia,!O.!Cenciarelli,!R.!Pizzoferrato,!P.!Gaudio! 12B((((Medicine(Oriented(Interferometry(and(Measurement(Technologies( ((((((((((K.!Lietzau! 13B((((Polymer(based(Biosystems(for(Medical(Applica2ons! ((((((((!!C.!Rogge!! 14B(((((PolyMed(B(NEMO(Network( !!!!!!!!!!A.H.!Foitzik!! 15B(((((Hemodynamics(in(prosthe2c(aor2c(devices! !!!!!!!!!!R.!Verzicco! 16B(((((Real(2me(processing(of(biomedical(and(biomechanical(signals! !!!!!!!!!!V.!Bonaiuto,!S.!Bifare`! 17B((((((Robo2cs(and(bioengineering:(challenges,(examples(and(applica2ons! !!!!!!!!!!!P.!Dario,!A.!Menciassi,!L.!Rico`! 18B((((Mechanical(characteriza2on(of(human(den2n(! ((((((((((R.!Montanari! 19B((FEM(and(experimental(inves2ga2on(of(stress(distribu2on(and(curing(contrac2on(in(pa]ern(resin(for(dental(implant(techniques! !!!!!!!!!!!R.!Pizzoferrato,!P.P.!ValenIni! 20B((Simula2on(of(thermal(behaviour(of(teeth(during(reconstruc2on(procedure(and(measurement(of(thermophysical(proper2es(of(involved(materials! !!!!!!!!!!P.!Coppa,!G.L.!Bovesecchi,!E.!Armellin,!S.G.!Condò,!L.!Cerroni,!G.!Pasquantonio! (! Mee2ng:(Research(Ac2vity(on(Energy((17th(of((October(2014)( ( ! 1B(Energy(efficiency(and(renewable(sources(integra2on(in(the(distributed(genera2on(concept:(a(new(paradigma! L.!Bartolucci,!G.!Bruni,!F.!Codignole!Luz,!S.!Cordiner,!J.!Luiz!Rossi,!A.!Manni,!V.!Mulone,!M.!Nobile,!V.!Rocco,!F.!Spagnolo! !! 2B(Power(electronic(converters(for(distributed(genera2on(and(future(electricity(networks! S.!Bifare`,!V.!Bonaiuto! !! 3B(Advanced(energy(systems! M.!Gambini,!M.!Vellini! !! 4B(Light(management(for(photovoltaics(using(surface(nanostructures! M.!Casalboni,!R.!De!Angelis,!F.!Ma/eis,!,!L.!D'Amico,!P.!Prosposito! !! 5B(Diagnos2cs(and(sta2s2cal(tools(for(control,(security,(safety(and(design(for(magne2c(fusion(reactor( P.!Gaudio,!M.!Gelfusa,!A.!Malizia,!M.!Riche/a,!I.!Lupelli,!E.!Peluso,!D.!Di!Giovanni,!S.!Talebzadeh,!M.!Del!Vecchio! !! 6B(Metallurgical(research(for(fission(and(fusion(nuclear(reactors:(1B(FIMEC(test,((2B(thick(W(coa2ngs(on(metal(substrates,(( ((((3B(liquid(eutec2c(PbBBi(alloy,(4B(welding(of(martensi2c(steels.! S.K.!Balijepalli,!G.!Barbieri,!M.!Cesaroni,!G.!Costanza,!L.!Ciambella,!S.!Kaciulis,!G.!Maddaluno,!A.!Mezzi,!R.!Montanari,!M.E.!Tata,!A.!Varone! !! 7B(New(genera2on(ion(conduc2ng(polymer(electrolytes(for(electrochemical(energy(technology! L.!Di!Vona! !! 8B(Thermal(conduc2vity,(viscosity(and(specific(heat(of(molten(salts(to(be(used(as(heat(transfer(and(storage(fluids(in(the(solar(thermodynamic(systems( (parabolic(trough)! G.!Bovesecchi,!!P.!Coppa,!S.!Pistacchio! !! 8B(Research(fields(at(Is2tuto(Motori(of(CNR! V.!Rocco! !! 9B(Metal((foams(for(energy(applica2ons! S.K.!Balijepalli,!G.!Barbieri,!G.!Costanza,!S.!Kaciulis,!!!G.!Lapi,!R.!!Montanari,!M.E.!Tata! !! 10B(Fission(and(Fusion(Reactors:(Advanced(Diagnos2cs(based(on(Novel(Synthe2c(Diamond(Detectors! ! Some presentations are given by students, others by professors. Some topics represent just new ideas to develop, other topics correspond to industrial products realized on the basis of the research work carried out in the frame of PhD. !! ! This practice is very useful for both students and professors. On the one hand students go beyond the specific subject of their thesis to get a more general vision fundamental for developing capability and flexibility in problem solving at the basis of their future work in academy, research centres and industry. On the other hand it is possible to achieve relevant technical results. Some examples are given in the next slides. DiagnosIcs!in!nuclear!fusion!reactors! Neutron!detecIon! ! Main!diagnosIc!of!the!fusion!process! ! Thermal!neutron!detecIon! ! “Fast”!neutron!detecIon!(~!14!MeV)! VUV!/!EUV!diamond!detectors! ! CharacterizaIon!of!the!plasma! Joint European Torus (JET) Chulam (UK) In(next(genera2on(fusion(reactors((ITER)(the( neutron(flux(is(expected(to(be(too(high(for( conven2onal(solid(state(detectors.(( ITER Reactor Diamond!based!detectors! Synthe2c(single(crystal(diamond(Scho]ky(diode( Fabricated!by!Plasma!CVD!at!Rome!“Tor!Vergata!University!Laboratory”! Schottky contact Output Ohmic contact CVD P CVD P+ HPHT substrate 10 #1 10 #2 10 #3 10 #4 10 #5 10 #6 124 12.4 10 100 " Visible blind " Low sensitivity to neutrons and ! rays " Fast response " Radiation hard * 1.24 0.124 1000 10000 * R e s pons ivity(A /W ) 10 0 UV, Extreme-UV, Soft X detectors E ne rg y*(e V ) Neutron!detectors! Thermal Neutrons n! Contacts! T! HPHT!substrate! !!!n!+!12C!→!!!+!9Be!–!5.7!MeV! !n!+!6Li!→!TriIum!+!!!+!4.8! Mev! «sandwich» ! detector n! 20000 Intrinsic!CVD! !! Counts B]doped!CVD! HPHT! 180 16000 160 14000 140 12000 120 10000 100 2.07 MeV α 8000 6LiF! 200 x 100 2.73 MeV Tritium 18000 HPHT! B]doped!CVD! 9Be! CVD!Intrinsic! CVD!B]doped! HPHT!substrate! Intrinsic!CVD! 6LiF! Contacts! 6LiF! CVD!Intrinsic! CVD!B]doped! Fast Neutrons n! 12 6000 12 9 C(n, α0) Be 4000 T! 80 C(n, n')3α 2000 0 60 40 20 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Energy (MeV) 7 8 9 10 0 11 Dose!measurements!for!radiotherapy! Measurements!of!the!delivered!dose!in!water!!are! rouInely!performed!in!Radiotherapy!!wards:! ! • Treatment(Planning(System((TPS)(commissioning( • Beam(quality(control( !! The(quan2ty(to(be(measured:(absorbed(dose(in(water!! D = Energy!per!unit!mass!deposited!in!water!by!the!radiaIon! W ! Synthe2c(single(crystal(diamond(dosimeter( 8 mm ! epoxy resin ! ! ! ! ! 1.5 mm ! diamond plate Fabricated!by!Plasma!CVD!at!Rome!“Tor!Vergata! University!Laboratory”! 27 mm ! ! PMMA ! ! ! ! triaxial cable ! a) ΔEW Δm Commercialized(by(PTWBFreiburg( microDiamondTM((60019)( microDiamond!dosimeter! PTW]Freiburg!leaflet:!www.ptw.de! microDiamond!dosimeter! Commercial(device(presented( for(the(first(2me(at:( •!AAPM!2013!conference! (American!AssociaIon!of! Physicist!in!Medicine)!! •!ESTRO!2014!conference! (European!Society!for! Radiotherapy!and!Oncology! ArIficial!Lymphe!Node!(ALN)! This was a large project (Federal Funding) with several companies, one of them an Incorporated Company (ProBioGen), the Charite Clinic, and two Universities of Applied Science (Wildau and Berlin), as well as one of the large European Research Institutes in Microelectronics (IHP). Prof. A.H. Foitzik – University of Wildau Direct!measurement!of!stroke!propulsion!in!real!swimming!by! means!of!a!non!invasive!gauge! ! ( ( ( The(athlete(can(swim(freely(and(the(data(are( stored(in(the(system.(They(can(be(acquired(by(a( PC(via(a(Bluetooth(radio(link(It(is(based(on(two( differen2al(pressure(sensors(receiving(the(input( from(two(special(mini(paddles(on(the(hands(of( the(swimmer.(These(sensors(measure(the( pressure(difference(between(palm(and(back(of( the(hand,(which(determines(the(thrust.(! ! Real!Ime!processing!of!biomedical!and!biomechanical!signals! Goal: Design of combined system based on an Inertial Movement Unit (IMU) and a surface electromyography (EMG) device to study the effects of muscular activity on the cinematic. Useful for athletes performance evaluation. !Neurophysiology(instruments(for(human(cogni2ve( performances(evalua2on! ! Prof.!!Enrico!M.!Staderini! HEIG]VD!–HES]SO!Western!Switzerland! University!of!Applied!Sciences! Yverdon]les]Bains–Vaud!–Switzerland! ! New indoor navigation aid ( The(new(indoor(naviga2on(aid,(produced(and(promoted(by( WINA,((enables(blind(and(vision(impaired(people(find(their(way( inside(indoor(places(like(public(areas,(railway(sta2ons,(airports,( theatres,(commercial(centres(etc.(! Instead of using satellites, a series of sensors (antennas) are placed on the ceiling of the indoor environment (or outdoor along sideways) and blind people are given “electronic white sticks”, i.e. small remote controllers with a headphone. New!indoor!navigaIon!aid!! Unlike GPS satellites which are sending signals to the navigation systems, sensors are continuously calling all the systems (tags) in the area asking for calling back. When a given tag calls back (replies) its signal is received by all the sensors at once and its position is found by triangulation on the radio pulse flight time. In this way the central system is continuously aware of the position of all the tags in the area. The remote command is also tagged and the obstacles in the environment are known to the system. So it can guide the owner of the remote command (the blind person) into the environment. New!indoor!navigaIon!aid!! In a typical area all the fixed objects are made known to the central system and all the mobile objects (like chairs, doors, windows, curtains, stores, etc.) are tagged. ! Prof.!!Enrico!M.!Staderini! HEIG]VD!–HES]SO!Western!Switzerland! University!of!Applied!Sciences! Yverdon]les]Bains–Vaud!–Switzerland! Advanced!energy!systems! Introduction LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) is an excellent support tool able to analyse, through a detached procedure, environmental impacts of a manufacturing system throughout its whole life span and to quantify correlated environmental effects. This research activity is in progress for over several years and it is borne out by technical works and by international esteems. Authors have applied this methodology to different studies (glass production for drink containers, analysis of possible energy scenarios, based on hydrogen, in urban districts, etc.) Objectives The LCA methodology was applied for the analysis of three models of high performance two-wheeled sport vehicle (manufactured by MV Agusta) in order to compare, through the procedure defined by 14040 and 14044 UNI standards and by means of GaBi 4.4. Software, the life cycle of these models from an energy and environmental standpoint. The analysis demonstrated that the new vehicles assured both an improvement of technical features and a strong reduction of energy and environmental impact across the whole life span. Energy (net calorific value) 1 CML2001, Photochem. Ozone Creation Potential (POCP) Three-cylinder, new model, Life Cycle Effects 0,8 0,6 Mass 0,4 0,2 CML2001, Ozone Layer Depletion Potential (ODP) CML2001, Global Warming Potential (GWP 100 years) 0 CML2001, Acidification Potential (AP) CML2001, Eutrophication Potential (EP) Four-cylinder, new model, Life Cycle Effects Four-cylinder, old model, Life Cycle Effects Environmental Life Cycle Effects of three models of two-wheeled vehicle Energy efficiency and renewable sources integration in the distributed generation ! Research!on!renewable!sources!integraIon!and!development!of!smart! microgrids.! ! Distributed!generaIon!of!energy!and!opImized!exploitment.! ! Logic!and!control!soluIons!to!maximize!the!efficiency!of!the!integrated! system!and!its!components.! ! ! Industrial!partners:!Ericsson,!Dantherm,!MES,!Enel!GP!and!Emitec! ! UniversiIes!and!Research!Centres:!Argonne,!West!Virginia!University,! University!of!Nevada!at!Reno,!Enea,!CNR! ! FCPoweredRBS!(Telecom!applicaIons)!System!layout! Offgrid!Telecom!StaIons!!A!EU!project:!FCpoweredRBS! • 2!full!size!systems!in! UniRoma2!and!JRC! • Widest!laItude!range!covered! (in!Italy)! • Two!Telco!Operators!involved! • Industrial!Partners:! – – – – Ericsson!telecommunicaIon;! Dantherm!(DK)! GreenHydrogen!(DK)! MES!(CH)! • ScienIfic!Partners! – EU!Joint!Research!Center!Pe/en! Power conditioning and distribution unit for new generation of Microsatellites 4 . . . 1 SOLAR ARRAY SECTION Unregulated bus To load BUCK CONVERTER BATTERY Vsa Isa Iout Ib MPPT & CONVERTER CONTROLLER Vb Δv4 Δv1 . . . BATTERY CONTROLLER Goal: Design of the control strategy for Solar Array using an independent Maximum Power Point Tracking system for each section and distribute the battery charge current between the power sources in order to evenly divide the switching losses on the power semiconductors of the converters and, thus, extending their life time. Aluminium Foam Sandwiches (AFS) Project MISE 3.5 Energy saving in transport: new materials and components Aluminium Foam Sandwiches (AFS), offer a great potential for applications in the automotive industry. AFS are light weight, energy absorbing and incombustible and have good sound absorbing properties. Prof.!R.!Montanari! FIMEC!indentaIon!test! The indentation test is one of the most common techniques for the mechanical characterization of materials. FIMEC is a flat-ended cylindrical indentation technique which employs a cylindrical punch made of sintered tungsten carbide. Measured properties of a material yield stress; elastic modulus E; ductile to brittle transition temperature (DBTT); surface creep; stress relaxation. Prof.!R.!Montanari! FIMEC!has!been!used!to!determine!on!a!local!scale!the!properIes!of!welding! joints!and!of!mechanical!parts!produced!by!foundry!processes.! 2 1 Prof.!R.!Montanari! Membrane!development!and!scale]up!for!Polymer!Electrolyte! Membrane!Fuel!Cells! Membrane(produc2on(on(con2nuous(line(((((((Prof.!M.L.!Di!Vona((( Product:( The!current]voltage!characterisIcs!of!membrane]electrode]assemblies! containing!new!membranes!at!80°C!are!among!the!best!in!the!literature! and!!were!able!to!operate!at!temperature!exceeding!100°C!showing! interesIng!cell!performance.! ( Membrane!development!and!scale]up!for!Polymer!Electrolyte! Membrane!Fuel!Cells! CollaboraIons!:!! ! FUMATECH!!(FuncIonal!Membranes!and!Plant!Technology)!is!the!leading!manufacturer! of!ion!exchange!polymers!and!membranes!in!Europe!(www.fumatech.de).!! FUMATECH!provides!coaIng!services!for!e.g.!toll!producIon!of!tailored!membranes!as! well!as!for!the!producIon!of!catalyst!coated!membranes.!! ! MATGAS!2000!A.I.E.!(www.matgas.com)!!is!an!Industrial]Academic]!research!insItute! and!brings!together!basic!research!projects,!technological!development!and!business! management!models.!MATGAS!is!expert!in!tesIng!and!characterizaIon!of!single!H2! cell! ! AnI]reflecIon!coaIngs! ! An!an%reflec%ve!or!an%reflec%on!(AR)!coa%ng! is!a!type!of!op%cal!coa%ng!applied!to!the! surface!of!lenses!and!other!op%cal!devices! such!as!solar!cells!to!reduce!reflec%on.!This! improves!the!efficiency!of!the!system!since! less!light!is!lost. Bioinspired!anI]reflecIon!coaIngs! ! ! Moth s eye surface nanostructuring allows transmittance enahncement as high as 5%. We obtained 2D structures with pitch in the range 500 nm -2 µm and 100-200 nm in height. The coating is made of an hybrid sol-gel material. AnI]reflecIon!coaIngs! The work was done in collaboration with RSE (Research Energy System) as part of the activities of the system research project "Electricity from solar energy" Annual Plan of Implementation 2013, agreement Ministry of Economic Development Conclusions! We can conclude that cooperation between Industry and PhD Program is very useful for both of them and it is able to realize new products, processes and innovation and at the same time it is a wonderful training for students Thank You for Your attention!
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