Ingegneria dei Microsistemi

RELAZIONE SULLA ATTIVITÀ DIDATTICA E DI RICERCA

SCHEDA DIDATTICA

Materials and Nanotechnology section:
1) Instructor:
Prof. Marco MARINELLI
Course: MECHANICS AND THERMODYNAMICS
Hours of lesson: 45
Contents:
Mechanics: Statics and dynamics of systems. Oscillatine systems. Thermodynamic systems. Heat propagation: convection, conduction, irradiation. Thermodynamic transformations.
Final test: YES

2) Instructor:
Prof. Enrico MILANI
Course: ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS
Hours of lesson: 45
Contents:
Dielectric materials. Ferroelectric materials. Magnetism and matter. Diamagnetic, paramagnetic and ferromagnetic materials. Wave propagation. Electromagnetic waves and matter. Radiation pressure. Black body radiation: laws of Planck and Stefan-Boltzmann. Emission and absorption. Elements of special relativity. Classic and relativistic Doppler effect.
Final test: YES

3) Instructor:
Prof. Libero PALLADINO
Course: EXPERIMENTS AND DATA PROCESSING
Hours of lesson: 80
Contents:
Collection of experimental data. Errors and error propagation. Data distribution. Practical experiments in mechanics, biology and electronics.
Final test: YES

4) Instructor:
Prof. Aldo TUCCIARONE
Course: MODERN PHYSICS-DIAMOND MICROSENSORS
Hours of lesson: 45
Contents:
Principles of modern physics and application to microsystems. Elements of relativity. The theory of quanta. Matter waves. Atomic structure. Nuclei. Radioactive decay. Radiation sources. Radiation-matter interaction. Ultrasounds. Properties of diamond, an “extreme” material. Diamond applications to microsensoring in harsh environment of both radiation and other physical/chemical quantities (e.g. pressure, temperature, gas species, etc).
Final test: YES

5) Instructor:
Prof. Giuseppe BALESTRINO
Course: STRUCTURE OF MATTER AND MATERIAL NANOENGINEERING
Hours of lesson: 50
Contents:
Crystalline and amorphous solids. Metals and semiconductors. Microelectronic materials. Magnetic materials. Superconductors.
Final test: YES

6) Instructor:
Prof. Arnaldo D'AMICO
Course: FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRONICS
Hours of lesson: 50
Contents:
Electronic materials. Generators. Partitors. Laplace and Fourier transforms. Two-gate electric nets model. Inverse transfer. Scattering matrix. Passive elements gates. LP,HP filters. Series and parallel resonant filters, Q. factor. Diode and applications. Transistors. MOS +JFET. Two active devices configurations. Counter-reaction.
Final test: YES

7) Instructor:
Prof. Arnaldo D'AMICO
Course: SENSORS AND APPLICATIONS
Hours of lesson: 50
Contents:
Noise. Basic active devices. MISFET. Biologic sensors. Microtechnologies and nanotechnologies. Physical sensors. Thermocouples. Chemical sensors.
Final test: YES

8) Instructor:
Prof. Corrado DI NATALE
Course: SENSORI AND DETECTORS
Hours of lesson: 50
Contents:
Performance of physical, chemical and biological sensors. General criteria for the use of sensors in electronic circuits. In-depth treatment of chemical sensors.
Final test: YES

9) Instructor:
Dott. Ing. Giovanni SAGGIO
Course: LABORATORY COURSE OF ELECTRONIC MEASUREMENTS
Hours of lesson: 50
Contents:
Experimental techniques in electronic measurements.
Final test: YES

Bio-Micromeccatronics Section:
1) Instructor:
Prof. Carlo Alberto AVIZZANO
Course: MECCATRONICS
Hours of lesson: 150
Contents:
Design of meccatronic systems
Final test: YES

2) Instructor:
Prof. Paolo DARIO
Course: BIOMEDICAL ROBOTICS
Hours of lesson: 150
Contents:
Introduction to robotics with special attention to biomedical robotics
Final test: YES

3) Instructor:
Prof. Arianna MENCIASSI
Course: MECCATRONIC TECHNOLOGIES FOR BIOMEDICAL DEVICES
Hours of lesson: 32
Contents:
Biomedical devices. Overview of MST fabrication processes: lithography, silicon microprocessing, LIGA, forming, laser-induced processes, mechanical microprocessing, photostructuration, micro-EDM, stereolithography, other methods of rapid prototyping. Examples in the biomedical sector.
Final test: YES

4) Instructor:
Prof. Prof. Angelo M. SABATINI
Course: MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS AND COMPUTATIONAL METHODS FOR EVALUATING HUMAN MOTOR PERFORMANCE
Hours of lesson: 30
Contents:
Introduction to fundamental concepts and principal measurement instruments available to bioengineers and physicians researching complex human motor activities, both in normal and pathologic conditions.
Final test: YES

5) Instructor:
Dott.ssa Cecilia LASCHI
Course: Seminars on ARTIFICIAL PERCEPTION IN ROBOTICS
Hours of lesson: 6
Contents:
Introduction to robotics; perception theory; techniques for artificial sensory
Final test: YES

Selected students participate in the annual Summer School in Robotic Sciences (40h)

RESEARCH SECTION
Financial support and declaration of interest from the “SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT'ANNA DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO” of PISA
Each year from the 16th cycle, the Scuola S. Anna of Pisa, encourages its graduates (usually two per year) take the admission examination, and financially supports them with grants using its own research funds.