Thanks to a collaboration with Civil Engineering researchers we are developing strain-gauge like RFID tags useful to be embedded into or over concrete walls, pillars or a around a crack to remotely sense the Health of a Structure. Electromagnetic effort is oriented to govern and shape the antenna backscattering in presence of time-dependent boundary conditions. read more

The concept of distributed antennas is also being applied to the new paradigm of Satellite communication systems. In collaboration with the European Space Agency we are developing simple-shape plug and play antennas provided with tuning capability and suited to be allocated into clusters of any configuration to produce omnidirectional as well directive and tracking patterns. read more

2012 Design of Implanted Tags for Temperature Sensing in Concrete funded by FAMATIM, Italy	2012 Microwave heating of Photovoltaic Panels funded by SASIL, Italy
2011-2014 Modular and customisable accomodation friendly antenna system for satellite avionics funded by ESA-ESTEC	2011-12 Design of Miniaturized RFID antennas for body-worn applications funded by AMEDO (Germany)
2010-11 Electromagnetic Technology for Multiple-Interrogation Active and Passive RFID Systems fundedn PRIN-2008, Principal Investigator team	2010 Electromagnetic Analysis of dual-service HF antennas for Seaport communications funded by Selex Communications
2009-10 Miniaturized Multi-Function Antenna System for Micro/Nano-Satellites funded by European Space Agency	2007 Automatic design of broad-band and miniaturized antennas funded by IDS Ingegneria dei Sistemi
2007 Electromagnetic Analysis of antenna co-location over vehicular platforms funded by Selex Communications	2006 New Multi-band antenna systems for hand-held Galileo receivers Funded by Alcatel Alenia Space
2006 Experimental characterization of a radar for Speed Control funded by Lindblad & Piana	2005 Electromagnetic software for the modeling of periodic structures funded by ESA (via IDS)
2005 Multi-function structural antenna systems for naval Software-Defined Radio funded by Selex Communications, Finmeccanica Group	2003-05 Novel wideband antennas for Naval Communications funded by Marconi-Selenia Communications, Finmeccanica Group
2003-04 Electromagnetic Models of Radiofrequency interstitial Hyperthemia funded by Tecnobiomendica	2003-05 Electromagnetic Modeling of point to multi-point broadband communication funded by PRIN
2001-02 Virtual Bioelectromagnetic Lab: numerical facilities for dosimetric analysis funded by Italian Ministry of University and Research (via IDS)	2001-02 Electromagnetic coupling for HF antennas on aircraft funded by MARCONI MOBILE, Finmeccanica Group
2001 Evaluation of numerical models for the electromagnetic compliance of base station antennas, funded by the Town of Roma, (Italy)	1999-01 Planar arrays for Space Applications funded by Italian Space Agency
1999-02 Microwave antennas for multimedia communications funded by Italian Ministry of University and Research (PRIN)	1999-03 Reflectarray antenna systems for space application funded by Italian Space Agency
1998-99 Numerical modeling of electromagnetic emission from spacecrafts funded by IDS Ingegneria dei Sistemi, Pisa (Italy)	1998 EMC modelling of a RF transmitter for the upgrade of Awacs facility funded by NATO
1998-99 Hybrid electromagnetic simulation tool for the design of corrugated horn antennas with integrated feed funded by European Space Agency	1997 Microwaves antennas in planar technology funded by PRIN