Working Groups
COMMUNICATION
Representative: Giulia Luraghi
The aim of the COMMUNICATION WG is to manage all dissemination activities such as membership promotion (new members and renewals), communication/promotion of all actions related to ESB-ITA and other WGs, organisation of online seminars for members, management of communication channels (website, YouTube, LinkedIn, newsletter).
MENTORING
Representative: Marco Palanca
The aim of the MENTORING WG is to promote interactions between senior and junior researchers in order to create a network of guidance/support for the professional development of italian researchers registered within the ESB-ITA. The actions foreseen will concern, and be not only limited to: meeting initiatives (face-to-face or virtual) for mentoring actions between national members; invitations to senior researchers to share their experience and professional path; organisation of events/workshops/meetings with winners, reviewers and/or funders of funded projects (e.g. Marie Curie, ERC, etc.) dedicated to illustrating calls for proposals and promoting proposal writing.
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Ludovica Cacopardo
Università di Pisa, Centro di Ricerca ‘E. Piaggio’, Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione |
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Dario Carbonaro
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Aerospaziale, PolitoBIOMed Lab, Politecnico di Torino |
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Anna Corti
Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano |
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Giuseppe De Nisco
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Aerospaziale, PolitoBIOMed Lab, Politecnico di Torino |
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Cristina Falcinelli
Dipartimento di Ingegneria e Geologia, Università G d’Annunzio Chieti-Pescara |
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Benigno Marco Fanni
BioCardioLab Bioengineering Unit, Fondazione Monasterio |
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Diana Massai (Invited Member)
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Aerospaziale, PolitoBIOMed Lab, Politecnico di Torino |
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Margherita Pasini
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università di Bologna |
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Martina Schembri
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Architettura, Università di Pavia |
NETWORKING
Representative: Mara Terzini
The aim of the NETWORKING WG is to strengthen and develop joint actions with other scientific societies, such as and not limited to: establishing a network of contacts with other national ESB Chapters, mutual participation in conferences, defining invitations aimed at multidisciplinarity and mutual exchange, setting up special awards, organising joint schools/seminars/events.
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Alessandra Aldieri
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Aerospaziale, PolitoBIOMed Lab, Politecnico di Torino |
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Simone Borrelli
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Aerospaziale, PolitoBIOMed Lab, Politecnico di Torino |
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Alessandro Caimi
Università degli studi di Pavia |
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Linda Carpenedo
Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica, Politecnico di Milano |
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Monika Colombo
Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering, Aarhus University |
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Michele Conconi
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università di Bologna |
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Alessio Gizzi (Invited Member)
Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma |
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Giovanni Putame
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Aerospaziale, PolitoBIOMed Lab, Politecnico di Torino |
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Emanuele Vignali
BioCardioLab Bioengineering Unit, Fondazione Monasterio |
CONFERENCE PLANNING
The CONFERENCE PLANNING group develops and maintains guidelines for the preparation and execution of ESB-ITA conferences. Its goal is to streamline the organization process and support hosts in delivering successful scientific meetings.































