Author Biographies

Sara De Silvestri, Biomedical Engineer, received her MSc. degree (2019) in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Bologna. Her academic interests are in signal processing for wearable devices, machine learning, and neuroscience. For her MSc thesis, she designed and tested an experimental protocol for the clinical evaluation of patients with neurological vision impairments from head, ocular, and body movements. Afterward, she joined the Center for Advanced Technology in Health and Well-being at IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele in Milan (IT), where she collaborated on and managed Horizon 2020 projects. She first served as a researcher for a H2020 project on wearable sensors and smart devices for healthy aging and independent living. In 2021, as part of the H2020 project Flying Forward 2020, she started working on drones from the perspective of a hospital designing drone use cases for the transport of biomedical material and for security purposes. She successfully led the research center's effort in the design and the experimental campaign of drone services, acquiring knowledge on drone safety, European regulations, and business exploitation in the field. In 2023, she joined the University of Bologna as technical project manager of a national project on digital health prevention.
Pasquale Junior Capasso (M) holds a BSc in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Naples "Federico II", awarded in 2017. His thesis, "A Monocular Optical Method for Autonomous UAS Navigation", aimed at the acquisition and mapping of various environments. Subsequently, he earned an MSc in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Naples "Federico II" in 2020. The main target of the master's thesis was the calculation of the structural intensity field considering different types of modeling of fiber composite structures. The work was conducted through an internship carried out abroad (September 2019–February 2020) in collaboration with the Technical University of Darmstadt. As a UNINA team member, he took part in the Horizon 2020 project within the STRATOFLY Academy coordinated by the Polytechnic of Turin and in collaboration with CIRA. Pasquale joined EuroUSC-IT in October 2020 and, as Project Manager, he has and is working on several EU projects (FF2020, SAFELAND, ICARUS, CERTIFLIGHT, etc.). Moreover, he is a member of several standardization bodies' (e.g., EUROCAE, ISO, ASD-STAN) working groups. He supports drone operators in the authorization process required by EU Regulation 947/2019 for operations in the "specific" category. Moreover, he supports drone operators in establishing the required processes and procedures to apply for an LUC and drone manufacturers in complying with Special Condition Light UAS to obtain a Design Verification Report from the EASA.
Alessandra Gargiulo, Biomedical Engineer, received her Bachelor's Degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Naples Federico II in 2018. Subsequently, she obtained her MSc Degree (2021) in Biomedical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano, specializing in Technologies for Electronics. Her academic interests included signal processing and wearable devices. Her MSc thesis focused on emotion recognition through the analysis of biomedical signals. She analyzed signals from an existing dataset and signals acquired in the SpinLab laboratory at Politecnico di Milano, using a dedicated protocol. This analysis led to the identification of indices associated with the autonomous nervous system that better distinguish emotions. Afterwards, she joined the Center for Advanced Technologies in Health and Well-being at IRCSS Ospedale San Raffaele in Milan (IT). There, she collaborated on Horizon 2020 projects and served as a researcher on various healthcare-related projects. These projects included areas such as telemedicine, wearable sensors, smart devices for healthy aging and independent living, identification of neurocognitive diseases, and the use of drones for the transport of biomedical materials and security purposes.
Sara Molinari received a Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering at Politecnico di Milano in 2020. Subsequently, in 2023, she obtained a Master's Degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Rome "La Sapienza", specializing in Management and Operations in Civil Aviation and Flight Systems. Her thesis was about the risk assessment of blood samples drone delivery in urban environments using the SORA methodology. Sara joined EuroUSC Italia in April 2023 as a Safety and Compliance Engineer. In this role, she actively contributes to various European Union projects. Moreover, she supports drone operators in the authorization process required by EU Regulation 947/2019 for operations in a "specific" category and in establishing the required process and procedures to apply for a Light UAS Operator Certificate (LUC).
Alberto Sanna graduated in Nuclear Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. He is the Director of the Center for Advanced Technology in Health and Well-being, Milan, Italy, and coordinates international projects in three main research programs: SMARTer and SAFer HOSPITAL, SMARTer and HEALTHIer LIFE, and SMARTer and HEALTHIer CITY. He has been deeply involved in European Research Framework Programs FP5, FP6, and FP7 and is currently active in 11 Horizon 2020. He has presented his research activities at 150+ top-level international congresses and has been constantly active in academic teaching as a contract professor in Information Technology, Design, and Medicine courses. He is the author of edutainment video games and formats and is an avant-garde photographer investigating the role of visual arts in sociotechnological ecosystems.
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