FINALIZED Projects, Collaborations and Activities:

• iCardioCloud. Bringing cardiovascular virtual reality to clinical bedside practice through cloud platform: implementation of a US excellence paradigm into Lombardia SSR, Regione Lombardia & Fondazione Cariplo, 2014-2016

• Advanced mechanical modeling of new materials and technologies for the solution of 2020 European challenges, MIUR (Italian Department of University Research), 2012-2016

• ISOBIO: Isogeometric Methods for Biomechanics, 2010 ERC Starting Grant, FP7 “Ideas” Programme, European Research Council, 2010-2015

• Isogeometric Discretizations in Continuum Mechanics, FIRB Futuro in Ricerca, MIUR (Italian Department of University Research), 2010-2015

• Fab@Hospital. Hospital Factory for Manufacturing Customized, Patient Specific 3D Anatomo-Functional Model and Prostheses”, CNR (National Research Council), 2014

• Advanced Fatigue Investigations for Innovative Applications of Shape Memory Alloys, Galileo Cooperation Program between Italy and France in conjuction with Prof. Andrei Constantinescu (Laboratoire de Mécanique des Solides - CNRS UMR 7649, Ecole Polytechnique), 2014

• PAtient Specific Computational Analysis of Aortic hemodynamics over Large data sets, Regione Lombardia & Cineca, 2013-2014

• Shape-memory alloys innovative solutions in chirurgical practice: design and realization of new chirurgical-diagnostical devices, spin-off project, approved by MIUR & Regione Lombardia, 2008

• Aortic VAlve Sparing: toward an innovative PROsthesis design (through the exploitation of advanced materials and computational mechanics), Fondazione Cariplo, 2009-2013

• Shape-memory-alloy advanced modeling for civil, industrial and biomedical engineering applications, MIUR (Italian Department of University Research), 2010-2011

• SMARTeR: Shape Memory Alloys to Regulate Transient Responses in civil engineering, European Science Foundation through IMATI, 2007-2009

• Feasibility study for the design of an opening and sliding mechanism for wardrobe doors, with innovative and universal features such that the same mechanism may work for a wide variety of doors, without requiring custom-made solutions, Società HITALFA srl in collaboration with Department of Structural Mechanics & Smarrita Camilla design + NONESISTE DesignLab, 2008

• Polymer active surfaces using shape memory alloys, Agom international srl through Eucentre, 2008

• Shape memory alloy: constitutive modeling validation, SAES Getters (Lainate), 2008

• SME Project – Analysis of actuators based on the shape memory effect, Nokia Corporation (Finland), 2007

• SMA active microactuators and devices for biomedical applications: constitutive modeling, structural analysis, design, use of laser techniques for prototype implementation and experimental validation, MIUR-PRIN, 2006-2008

• Superelastic behavior of shape memory alloys: 3D numerical model development and device simulation, CNR (National Council of Research), 2005-2007

• Shape Memory Alloys: constitutive modeling, structural analysis, experimental validation and design of innovative biomedical devices, MIUR-PRIN, 2004-2006

• Naval use of polyurethane composites, Fast-Form s.r.l. (Pompei), 2004

• Design indications for autoclaves, Fedegari Autoclavi (Albuzzano), 2003