PhD students

Mr. Kamol Dey obtained master degree in Applied Chemistry & Chemical Engineering with a piece of thesis entitled “fabrication and characterization of natural fiber-reinforced polymer matrix based composites” from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Later, he worked on the safe use of radiation onto biopolymers (starch, gelatin, chitosan and alginate) modification.

Mr. Dey carried out research on a project titled “synthesis of TiO2-based nanostructures towards photocatalysis and supercapacitance” supervised by Prof. Dr. Ashok K. Ganguli at the Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali, Punjab, India under the Research Training Fellowship for Developing Country Scientists (RTF-DCS) scheme for 2014-2015. He also finished a project work on “synthesis and characterization of ZnO-chitosan nanocomposite as potential photocatalyst” financed by the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Present research topic:

Nature presents us polymers that provide promising properties but lack of proper mechanical strength and broad processibilty; on the contrast, man-made polymers are typically water intolerant, mechanically irreversible and environmentally unfriendly. Thanks to the decades-long tissue engineering research to grab the synergistic effect of these two originally different polymers to synthesize hydrogel. To address the necessary design prerequisites of a hydrogel in a controllable fashion is a challenging task. Porous hydrogel with a submicrometer to nanometer range of pore diameters maintaining temporary structural integrity within relatively harsh wound environments and degrading precisely matches with tissue regeneration surrounded by enzymes, free radicals, pH as well as temperature fluctuations is of special interest for a precise regulation of mass transport and tissue development. The research focus is to achieve a tradeoff between a denser hydrogel providing better function and a more porous hydrogel providing better biofactor delivery with a PhD topic entitled “development of precision-porous hydrogel with tunable biodegradation rates and matched mechanical properties for tissue engineering applications”.

Ing. Matteo Guindani

Matteo Guindani is a PhD student in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (DRIMI) of the section "Materials for Engineering" at University of Brescia. His Ph.D. thesis is entitled: "Development of new design procedures for the realization of precision engineering rubber components by injection molding".

He carried out both undergraduate and graduate studies at Brescia University. He took master degree (full marks) in Mechanical Engineering in 2013 with a thesis entitled: " Injection molding of tecnology led lens: optimization of the project and of the production process using 3D FEM simulation software".

His research topics are:

• mechanical and thermogravimetric characterization of elastomeric material compounds via specific laboratory tests;

• study of the main technologies of transformation of elastomeric materials;

• study of optimization of the production process and of the project of elastomeric material components using specific FEM software;

• study of the structural design of high performance sealing elastomeric components using specific FEM software.