Riccardo Carlo Moroni earned a BSc in Biomedical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano in 2020. He subsequently pursued a double MSc degree program in Biomedical Engineering, Materials Engineering, and Nanotechnology at Politecnico di Milano. During his M.Sc. studies, Riccardo focused on the development of 3D bone scaffolds. His thesis research encompassed 3D printing, mechanical testing, and data analysis, culminating in his graduation in 2024. Currently, he is a PhD student at IMP-PAN in Gdańsk under the MetacMed project. His research focuses on the development of additively manufactured metamaterials integrated with fibre Bragg grating (FBG) sensors for monitoring and rehabilitating human joint functions.
Project objectives
- Design a novel auxetic MMs with embedded FBG sensors via FEM simulations, explore a range of the MMs limitations with reference to the best possible representation of the behaviour of tendons or ligaments in joints
- Selection of the most promising MM for manufacturing (with embedded FBG sensors)
- Perform static and dynamic tests for a manufactured specimen to validate the proposed design
Supervision and secondments
Hosted at
Instytut Maszyn Przepływowych im Roberta Szewalskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk (IMP-PAN), Gdansk, Poland
Supervisors
Prof. Katarzyna Majewska
PhD enrolment
IMP-PAN Tricity Doctoral School, Polish Academy of Sciences, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Gdansk, Poland
Secondments
UNICAL, CNRS