Pietro's blog posts
The first spin-off of the STORM Lab gets incorporated
After completing the NSF sponsored I-Corps program, Byron Smith founded EndoInSight, Inc., the first company spinning off from the STORM Lab. Byron and EndoInSight are participating to the Zeroto510 program at the Memphis Bioworks Business Incubator in Memphis, TN. EndoInSight is developing a disposable carbon dioxide insufflator to reduce pain in colonoscopy and widen colorectal…
Posted by Pietro Valdastri on June 4, 2014 in News
Nicolò Garbin and Jacopo Buzzi successfully defended their Master Thesis in Biomedical Engineering at Polytechnic University of Milan. Congratulations Nicolò and Jacopo!!!
Posted by Pietro Valdastri on June 4, 2014 in News
Seminar at University of Melbourne
May 1, 2014. Pietro Valdastri was invited to give the talk “Magnetic capsule robots for gastrointestinal endoscopy and abdominal surgery” at the University of Melbourne, within the Mechanical Engineering Seminar Series.
Posted by Pietro Valdastri on June 4, 2014 in News
A new team picture for the STORM Lab
Posted by Pietro Valdastri on April 4, 2014 in News
The STORM Lab at the White House Smart America Challenge
The STORM Lab will participate in the SmartAmerica Challenge Summit in June 2014 at the White House as part of the Closed Loop Healthcare Team. The SmartAmerica Challenge is bringing together organizations with Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) technology, programs, and test beds to demonstrate the potential to improve safety, sustainability, efficiency, mobility, and overall quality of…
Posted by Pietro Valdastri on April 4, 2014 in News
Addisu receives the NSF GRFP Fellowship
April 3, 2014. Addisu receives the 2014 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) Fellowship! Congratulation from all the members of the STORM Lab!!!
Posted by Pietro Valdastri on April 4, 2014 in News
Engineering Ambassadors Network Workshop
March, 28-30. Vanderbilt University hosted the first workshop of the Engineering Ambassadors Node @ Vanderbilt. Fourteen Vanderbilt students were trained by Penn State educators and Vanderbilt advisors in giving effective presentations about STEM to middle and high school student. More details about the event here. More details about the Engineering Ambassadors Node @ Vanderbilt here.
Posted by Pietro Valdastri on April 4, 2014 in News
Wireless Palpation featured on the COVER of IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
An image from the paper “Wireless Tissue Palpation for Intraoperative Detection of Lumps in Soft Tissue” by M. Beccani, C. Di Natali, L. Sliker, J. Schoen, M. E. Rentschler, P. Valdastri was selected to appear on the front cover of IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering [ COVER ] [ FULL PAPER ]. The paper was…
Posted by Pietro Valdastri on January 31, 2014 in News
Wireless Palpation featured on IEEE Spectrum
January 22, 2014. Wireless Tissue Palpation as described by Emily Waltz has been featured on IEEE Spectrum, the main magazine of IEEE. Here a link to the Spectrum webpage.
Posted by Pietro Valdastri on January 23, 2014 in News
The STORM Lab at the White House Smart America Challenge
The STORM Lab research team will be presenting a proposal at the White House Smart America Challenge on Dec 12th to create an open testbed for research in miniature capsule robots (MCR) for medical applications. An MCR is a biocompatible Cyber-Physical System (CPS) designed to operate in the human body to accomplish diagnostic or therapeutic…
Posted by Pietro Valdastri on December 6, 2013 in News
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