Report PhD Activities
Formative activities: doctorate courses attended
a.y.2014/2015
• PhD Plus programme, University of Pisa, 32 hours
• Electroactive polymer devices for biomedical and bioinspired mecha-tronic systems, University of Pisa, 9 hours
• Approcci ingegneristici per lo sviluppo di metodiche alternative alla sperimentazione in vivo, Scuola annuale di Bioingengeria, 24 hours
a.y.2015/2016
• Academic Writing and Academic Presentation skills, University of Pisa, 40 hours
• Meccanica dei continui, University of Pisa, 16 hours
a.y.2016/2017
• Rapid prototyping for engineers, University of Pisa, 12 hours • Nanoscale biohybrid engineering, University of Pisa, 20 hours • Finite-element modeling for engineers, University of Pisa, 16 hours
Research experience in other institutions
Jun.2017-Sept.2017 Visiting PhD student
Soft Matter Group, School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London, London
Research topic:”Design and fabrication of a DE based suction cup with application in Soft Robotics”.
Tutoring and supplementary teaching activities
a.y.2014/15-a.y.2016/17 Didactical support for the university course ”Chemical Bioengineering”, (6 CFU), BSc in Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering,
University of Pisa.
a.y.2015/16 Didactical support for the university course ”Neural Engineering”, (6 CFU), MSc in Bionics Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Pisa.
a.y.2014/15-a.y.2016/17 Tutoring activities for students of Biomedical Engineering for the preparation of the final thesis.
Conferences attended
1. Congresso del Gruppo Nazionale della Bioingegneria 2106 June 22-26, Naples, Italy. Con-tribution: ”Prototypes design and fabrication of bio-inspired distributed actuation sys-tems”.
2. EuroEAP Conference, 2017 June 6-7, Cartagena, Spain. Contribution: ”Soft platforms for objects transportation”.
3. Beyond Bionics, May 2017, Dublin, Ireland. Contribution: ”Slowbots: low-gear pest busters”.
4. RUBBERY ROBOTICS, June 2017, Bristol, England.
Publications
International
Journals
1. De Acutis A., Calabrese L., Baù A., Tincani V., Pugno N.M.,Bicchi A. and De Rossi D. (2018). Design and proof of concept for multi degree of freedom Hydrostatically Coupled Di-electric Elastomer Actuators with roto-translational kinematics for object handling.
Smart Material and Structures. (Accepted for publication but not yet published)
2. De Acutis A., De Maria C., Vozzi G. (2017). Multimaterial and Multiscale Rapid Proto-typing of Patient-Specific Scaffold. Advances in Science and Technology, Vol. 100, pp. 151-158.
3. Abbonante V., Di Buduo C.A., Gruppi C., De Maria C., Spedden E., De Acutis A., et al. (2017). A new path to platelet production through matrix sensing. Haematologica, (102(7), 1150-60).
International
Conferences
1. De Acutis A., Calabrese L., Baù A., Tincani V., Pugno N.M., Bicchi A. and De Rossi D. (2017, June). Soft platforms for objects transportation. EuroEAP International Conference.
Others
1. De Maria C., De Acutis A., Vozzi G., Indirect rapid prototyping for tissue engineering in Essentials of 3D Biofabrication and Translation, August 07 2015, Pages 153-164.
2. De Maria C., De Acutis A., Carrabba M., Criscenti G., Vozzi G, Machine design for mul-timaterial processing in Nanobiomaterials in Soft Tissue Engineering: Applications of Nanobiomaterials, 2016, Editor: Grumezescu AM, Pages 111-140.
3. De Acutis A. and De Rossi D., e-Garments: Future as “Second Skin”?. Smart Textiles: Fundamentals, Design, and Interaction, 2017, Pages 383-96, Springer International Pub-lishing.
4. De Maria C., Chiesa I., Angeli S., De Acutis A., Montemurro F., Mattei G., Smith A.M., Siani A. and Vozzi G., Characterization and biofabrication of a pH-sesible hydrogel, Congresso del Gruppo Nazionale della Bioingegneria, June 2016, Napoli, Italy
5. De Acutis A., Baù A. and G. Vozzi, Prototypes design and fabrication of bio-inspired distributed actuation systems, Congresso del Gruppo Nazionale della Bioingegneria, June 2016, Napoli, Italy.
