Electroactive polymer based smart materials, actuators and sensors; Magnetic control of endoscopic video capsules
Biography
Federico Carpi was born in Italy in 1975. He received from the University of Pisa the degree in Electronic Engineering, the Ph.D. degree in Bioengineering and a second degree in Biomedical Engineering. His main research activities deal with electroactive polymer based materials and devices for biomedical engineering and robotics. In this field, he serves as the research team coordinator of the 'Artificial Muscles & Smart Materials' Group at the University of Pisa and the coordinator of the 'European Scientific Network for Artificial Muscles (ESNAM)'. He is author of several publications and co-Editor of the first book on Dielectric Elastomers as Electromechanical Transducers and the first book on Biomedical Applications of Electroactive Polymer Actuators. As a second field of research, he is studying the development of systems for magnetically controlling the gastrointestinal navigation of endoscopic video capsules. His contributions in this field have been reported in journals and conferences.
Lecture Title(s)
Dielectric elastomer actuators: current achievements and challenges
Biomedical applications of electroactive polymer actuators
Magnetic robotic manoeuvring of gastrointestinal video capsules
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