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Not only smart grid: the many links between electronics, software and power systems
Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma via Alvaro del Portillo, 21, Rome, --, ItalyLocandina_Seminaio_Ragaini_A3 Abstract The power system, including generation, transmission, distribution, and utilization of electric power, is the most complex machine ever built. However, many of the subtleties in its inner workings remain hidden but to those directly working in its operation. Even electronic engineers and computer scientists sometines neglect the many aspects in which information and energy technologies overlap. On the other hand, power engineers sometimes give information technologies for granted, and don't appreciate their specific needs and contributions. This lecture aims to contribute filling this gap, providing some examples of technological challenges where electronics, computing hardware and software are essential to make power systems work: from control of power electronics to fault protection, from optimization of power plant operatons to predictive maintenance. The electrical system can provide computer and software engineers endless problems which are interesting (and fun) to work on, and at the same time give power engineers new directions in which the power grid can evolve.
Wireless Industrial Sensor Networks Workshop
Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma via Alvaro del Portillo, 21, Rome, --, ItalyDownload PDF Abstract: The ballooning IoT phenomena today encompasses wide ranging application scenarios in many sectors, including Smart Cities, Home & Building Automation, Smart Things, Asset Tracking and Industry 4.0. The key elements behind this growth story include the miniaturized and more intelligent sensing and processing hardware based on silicon technologies, several robust and reliable connectivity protocols, and highly refined signal conditioning and power and energy management. The Smart City, Home & Building Automation strategy for a more efficient and sustainable society involves interfacing state-of-the-art metering ICs featuring highly accurate monitoring and control functionality with broader systems integrating microcontrollers, sensors, safety and protection devices in wireless and power-line transmission networks. In Industry 4.0, the concept of Predictive Maintenance to improve industrial tool management is also gaining traction. This technology involves the diagnosis of key symptomatic indicators to allow advanced planning of costly machine care and maintenance, in order to reduce unnecessary or untimely downtime and avoid unrecoverable failures. ST is well positioned to address these markets with state-of-the-art technologies and a wide range of products, thanks to its profound understanding of the building blocks associated with each of these ecosystems. KEYWORDS: #MCU, #ARM, #Cortex #Connectivity, #NFC, #RFID #Bluetooth, #BLE mesh, #RF Sub-GHz, #Sigfox , #LoRA, #Sensors, #MEMS, #Motion, #Environment, #ToF, #Proximity, #Microphone Biography Filippo Colaianni received his M.S. degree in Engineering from the University of Catania, in 2001. He is currently the Technical Marketing Manager at STMicroelectronics, for IoT, Smart City and Home Building Automation, Asset Tracking applications segments. He is responsible for project management, promotion and demand creation for IoT and Industry 4.0, and has accumulated a deep working knowledge of ARM Cortex-M MCU, Connectivity and Sensors products in this role.
Webinar-L’evoluzione del sistema energetico: la diffusione delle sorgenti di energia rinnovabile, le opportunità e le sfide da affrontare per la gestione e il controllo del sistema elettrico
JOIN LIVE Stiamo attraversando un periodo di grandi cambiamenti nel settore dell’energia e del mondo industriale: la liberalizzazione del mercato elettrico, l’attenzione alle tematiche ambientali, il consolidato utilizzo delle energie rinnovabili, l’uso razionale dell’energia, lo sviluppo di reti elettriche “smart”, l’automazione industriale, i sistemi di trasporto sostenibili ed intelligenti, le applicazioni dell’Information & Communication Technology (reti, data mining, IOT). Il Webinar, dopo una breve introduzione sul sistema elettrico, affronta tematiche di modellistica e controllo ottimo delle sorgenti di energia rinnovabile (intermittenti e poco predicibili) integrate con sistemi di accumulo elettrochimico e di controllo del carico elettrico e termico. L’interazione dell’energia elettrica con sistemi di trasformazione power-to-gas completa un’iniziale panoramica di questi temi di grande attualità che coinvolgono ricercatori di differenti discipline. Saluti di benvenuto Introduzione “Il settore energetico elettrico e lo sviluppo delle rinnovabili: prospettive ed opportunità per la ricerca” Stefano Massucco, Università di Genova “Modellistica e controllo ottimo delle rinnovabili, dei sistemi di accumulo e del carico elettrico” Francesco Conte, Università di Genova e Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma “Power-to-gas: un sistema per l’accumulo di energia elettrica” Marcello De Falco, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma Discussione Conclusioni
IEEE international Summer School – Florence
onlineThe International Summer School is an event organized by the IEEE Italy Sensors Chapter in 2020 with a special focus on Ultrasonic and Piezoelectric Sensors. Topics: State of the art of applications Technologies of ultrasonic and piezoelectric sensors Piezoelectric materials for sensors and transducers for industry, medicine, robotics, micro fabrication technologies (CMUT, PMUT, screen printing, laser ablation) Equivalent model of sensors; frequency range and signals levels for different applications Analog and digital electronic systems for real time ultrasonic transducer signals conditioning and processing. Ultrasound medical echographic imaging for diagnostics (2D and 3D imaging, vector Doppler imaging) Industrial applications of ultrasonic and piezoelectric sensors Ultrasound guided waves systems and signal processing for Non-Destructive testing and Structural Health Monitoring Tactile sensing Energy harvesting Pressure sensors, flow sensors, microbalances Wearable and IoT applications Biometric imaging Researchers and academics with long experience in these fields will provide online lectures. Two keynote speakers with outstanding CV will give lectures. Finally, two interactive demonstrations of ultrasonic systems will be organized in order to perform experiments remotely.
Wearables Challenge – UCBM
L’IEEE Student Branch dell’Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma e l’IEEE Sensors Council Italy Chapter promuovono la Wearables Challenge. L’obiettivo della Challenge è la realizzazione di sistemi indossabili che consentano: (i) il monitoraggio di parametri vitali o cinematici; (ii) l’acquisizione e il salvataggio dei dati in real-time; (iii) la stima del parametro di interesse. I lavori sviluppati dai partecipanti saranno valutati in base ai seguenti criteri : 1. Indossabilità del dispositivo; 2. Prestazioni del dispositivo; 3. Originalità della soluzione proposta; 4. Esposizione del lavoro svolto. La commissione valutatrice sarà composta da: Dott. Andrea Rossi Prof. Emiliano Schena Dott. Ing. Carlo Massaroni Dott. Ing. Daniela Lo Presti Dott. Ing. Luigi Raiano Ing. Joshua Di Tocco Ing. Martina Zaltieri Dott.ssa Anna Tortoriello Dott.ssa Laura Manzetti Dott. Riccardo Sabbadini MORE JOIN LIVE
Engineering approach – Story of adaptability by Lorenzo Dinia Ph.D.
December 15th, 12:00 - @ucbm T13 Speaker: Lorenzo Dinia Ph.D. A career in engineering can unfold into unexpected paths and suddenly turn into a dreamed opportunity. A comparison between a family-owned business where an engineer is a handyman problem-solver and a corporate company where an engineer is a micro gear within an infinitely bigger system will be illustrated. A quality engineer for medical devices manufacturer is a professional that links the profit driven part of the business and the one trying to be in compliance with the regulatory agencies. The Six Sigma approach is central in this role to improve quality through reducing variation for every process; the reasons will be explained. The 21 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) part 820 introduces a set of regulations from Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the good manufacturing practice (GMP) requirements. An overview of the quality system and its applications will be presented. In US, medical devices manufacturers must comply with these rules with regards to their quality system and the quality engineer is te figure to enforce all GMP policies and procedures. The requirements are intended to ensure that medical devices will be safe and effective and otherwise in compliance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. A quality engineer is a key expert on complaint processing using electro-mechanic knowledge and statistical analysis; control of inspection, measuring, and test equipment including handling, preservation, and storage of equipment so that its accuracy and good condition for use are maintained; calibration to ensure precision and accuracy limits are met; risk assessment applied in any quality related activity just to cite a few. The main tasks of a quality engineer will be introduced. The final aim is to find the optimal tradeoff for the company between boosting the profit and being fully in compliance with regulations. The presentation will provide useful tool to better understand where a quality engineer fits among the needs and expectations of companies, hospital personnel, and regulatory agencies. As for each career, some personal lessons will be drawn. Lorenzo Dinia received his M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering in Rome, earning a 4.0 GPA. In 2014, he received a second M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering from the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. In February 2019, he completed a Ph.D. program in Mathematical Models for Engineering, Electromagnetics and Nanosciences, majoring in Electromagnetics, at Sapienza University of Rome. In October 2018, he also won the "Marabelli prize". The primary topic of his research is the fiber Bragg grating sensor and its applications, mainly related to the conservation of the original condition of artworks and biomedical applications. His research activities focus on finite element analysis, fiber Bragg grating, guiding structures, theoretical scattering models, optical propagation, sensors, biomedical applications, and cultural-heritage applications. He has three years of experience as a medical equipment maintenance Manager at two major hospitals in Rome. He was responsible for coordinating the work of a team of technicians performing corrective and preventive maintenance and quality inspections. During his professional career, he held different engineering roles in the USA, as Process Technical Engineer at a manufacturing company in Brooklyn, as a Field Service Engineer at a packaging company in New Jersey, and, currently, he is working as a Quality Engineer at a company manufacturing medical devices. MORE INFO LINK SOON
SENSE IT 3.0
Naples Naples, ItalyThe event will involve five invited speakers from academia to report the point of view of women involved in the field of sensors with both different years of experience and different academic positions. The first part of the program is devoted to the presentation of Daniela Lo Presti and Elena De Vita. In the second part of the event will be focused on the presentations of Lucia Salvioni, Federica Bianconi and Giuseppina Pacella. The speakers will present the milestones of their impressive academic carreer and how the use of sensors has been crucial in their research topics. The 3rd edition of Sense IT will provide an opportunity to facilitate knowledge sharing fostered by the presentations of the four plenary speakers. In addition, the presence of both young researchers and senior scientists will promote activities of women in programs related to sensors field and more in general in STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) disciplines. https://r8.ieee.org/italy-sensors/sense-it-3-0/
INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL ON WEARABLE SENSORS
Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma via Alvaro del Portillo, 21, Rome, --, ItalyUniversità Campus Bio-Medico di Roma | 10 - 12 July 2024 What is the School about? The school emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of wearable sensors, integrating aspects from engineering, computer science, and health sciences. The school covers the development of wearable devices, exploring materials and fabrication techniques that are suitable for various applications, from clinical settings to sports. The algorithms section delves into the data processing and analysis methods essential for interpreting the vast amounts of data generated by wearable sensors. In clinical settings, wearables are used for continuous monitoring of vital signs, early detection of health conditions, and rehabilitation tracking. In occupational settings, these devices focus on ergonomics, monitoring stress levels, and ensuring the safety of workers in high-risk environments. Lastly, in sports, wearables are tailored for performance optimization, injury prevention, and biomechanical analysis. Main topics Design Principles of Wearable Sensors Data Processing Algorithms for Wearables Wearable Technology in Clinical Applications Occupational Health and Safety Wearables Sports Performance and Biomechanics Innovations in Wearable Sensor Materials and Fabrication Emerging Trends in Wearable Sensors The school’s curriculum is designed for students, researchers, and professionals seeking to advance their knowledge in wearable technology, offering a blend of theoretical knowledge and practical applications to meet the diverse needs of healthcare, workplace safety, and athletic performance. Who is the Summer School for?This School is unique in the intent of establishing synergies between the different actors working in the field of physiological and movements monitoring with wearable sensors. Examples of potential attendees are PhD students, post-doctoral researchers, master students, young professionals, employee of companies, and other professionals with different backgrounds. Venue and duration - Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma - Rome - Italy ( if in person) - MS Teams (if remote) -Duration: 3 days for a total of 24 hours Language: English Registration fees: Attendance in presence: 320 EUR Attendance at distance: 170 EUR Further info and registration at: https://wearableschoolucbm.weebly.com
Measurement systems in human movement analysis
Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma via Alvaro del Portillo, 21, Rome, --, ItalyJOIN LIVE The seminar "Measurement Systems in Human Movement Analysis" will explore the principles, technologies, and applications of measurement systems in the field of biomechanics. Human movement analysis is crucial across several fields, such as measuring sports performance, rehabilitation, ergonomics, and clinical diagnostics. The seminar will place special emphasis on various methods for capturing and analyzing movement data, from motion capture systems to wearable sensors, which are playing an increasingly significant role in clinical and performance assessments. Participants will gain insights into the capabilities and limitations of measurement technologies, learning how to select the measurement system based on specific research objectives. Finally, participants will be introduced to recent research on the use of different measurement systems in clinical and sports fields. Locandina_Seminario_Rossi JOIN LIVE