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C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E

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First names / Surname

_{Giuseppe Roberto Tortora}

Address

_{Via G. Gambini 3, 56124 Pisa (PI)}

Telephone

_{+393287224442}

Fax

E-mail

_{[email protected]; [email protected];}

Nationality Italian

Data of birth 25th_/11/1983

Gender Male

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Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna Pisa, Italy

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• Date 18th_/04/2012

• Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy

• Title of qualification awarded PhD in Biorobotics

• Level in national or international classification

100/100 cum laude

Thesis title “Robotic embedded systems for endoluminal endoscopy, therapy and surgery”, The BioRobotics

Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy • Principal subjects/occupational

skills covered

Robotics, robotic system design and control

• Date From 30th _{September 2008}

• Title of qualification awarded Enabled to the profession of Engineer by passing the Italian State Exam

• Date 22nd_/04/2008

• Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Università degli studi di Pisa

• Title of qualification awarded Master of Science Degree in Biomedical Engineering

• Level in national or international classification

110/110

Thesis title “Development of a wireless propulsion system for a submersible endoscopic capsule for the

gastric cavity” carried on at CRIM Lab (Center for Research in Microengineering) of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy

• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering

• Date 11st_/10/2005

• Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Università degli studi di Pisa

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• Level in national or international classification

110/110 Thesis title

• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

“Development of polymeric actuators for shape modulation of flexible surfaces” carried on at Interdepartmental Research Center “E. Piaggio” Università di Pisa, Italy

Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering, Clinical Engineering

• Dates (from – to) September 2001 – September 2002

• Name and type of organisation providing education and training

ENAFOP (Ente Nazionale Addestramento, Formazione e Orientamento Professionale – National organization for education, training and careers guidance)

• Level in national or international classification

Expert in database for cultural and environment goods management

• Date July 2002

• Name and type of organisation providing education and training

Scientific High School “Ettore Majorana”, Isernia, Italy • Level in national or international

classification

Scientific High School Diploma • Principal subjects/occupational

skills covered

Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Informatics, Technical drawing

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• Date (from – to) • Organizers

7th _{September – 14}th _{September 2011}

LIRMM, CNRS

• Conference “Surgical Robotics”, Montpellier, France

• Date (from – to) • Organizers

3rd _{July – 7}th _{July 2011}

IEEE/ASME

• Conference Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM) 2011, Budapest, Hungary

• Date (from – to) • Organizers

19th _{June – 20}st _{June 2011}

Hamlyn Centre, Imperial College London

• Symposium Imperial College London, London, UK

• Date (from – to) • Organizers

11tt _{April – 15}th _{April 2011}

IHE Europe

• Symposium Connectathon 2011, Pisa, Italy

• Date (from – to) • Organizers

28th _{July – 31}st _{July 2010}

Global Center of Excellence for Mechanical System Innovation (GMSI)

• Summer School GMSI Summer Camp, Izu-Kogen, Ito, Shizuoka, Japan

• Date (from – to)

• Organizers

29th _{June – 3}rd _{July 2010}

femto-st laboratory, Universitè de Franche-Comtè

• Summer School Summer school in “Microrobotics and self-assembly for hybrid MEMS”, Besancon, France

• Date (from – to)

• Organizers

19th _{May – 21}st _{May 2010}

BIP, IDC

• Event BIP Research, Milano, Italy

• Date (from – to)

• Organizers

3rd _{May – 8}th _{May 2010}

IEEE

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• Date (from – to)

• Organizers

8th _{November – 9}th _{November 2009}

The Embassy of Italy in Tokyo, Waseda University, Japan, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy

• Workshop Italy-Japan Workshops on Robotics: Workshop on Service Robotics, Workshop on Medical

Robotics, Tokyo, Japan • Date (from – to)

• Organizers

31st _{October – 7}th _{November 2009}

Waseda University, Japan, KIST,Korea, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy, University of Tsukuba, Japan, University of Nagoya, Japan

• Summer School Summer School “WSK-TNg 2009”, “From Communication to Collaboration”, Tokyo, Japan

• Date (from – to) • Organizers

12nd _{January – 16}th _{January 2009}

NSF Engineering Research Center for Computer-Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology

• Winter School Winter School on “Medical Robotics and Computer-Integrated Interventional Systems”,

Baltimore, MD, USA • Date (from – to)

• Organizers

31st _{August – 5}th _{September 2008}

Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy, Waseda University, Japan, KIST,Korea

• Summer School “WSK2008”, “Fundamentals of Biorobotics”, Volterra, Pisa, Italy

• Date (from – to) • Organizers

3rd _{July – 5}th _{July 2008}

Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy, Università di Pisa, Italy, Istituto di fisiologia clinica CNR, Pisa, Italy

• Conference “Primo Congresso Nazionale di Bioingegneria”, Pisa, Italy

• Date 8th_/05/2008

• Name and type of organisation Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di studi universitari e di perfezionamento

• Certificate Management and use of chemical agents, beginner course on top of Italian decree D.Lgs 626/94

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• Date • Organizers

9th_/02/2014

Azienda ospedaliera universitaria di Pisa, Presidio ospedaliero “F. Lotti”, Pontedera (PI), Italy

• Event Single Incision Laparoscopic Practice in clinical practice

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• Date (from-to) November 2012 – current date

• Position Postdoctoral research fellowship

• Name and type of organisation Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

• Activities in the framework of European projects

SensorART – Sensorized ARTificial heart enabling patients empowerment and new therapy approaches– FP7 European Project EU/IST n. 248763

STIFF-FLOP – STIFFness controllable Flexible and Learn-able Manipulator for surgical OPerations – FP7 European Project EU/IST -2011-7-287728

ARAKNES – Array of Robots Augmenting the KiNematics of Endoluminal Surgery – FP7 European Project EU/IST-2007-224565, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy

microVAST– Microsystems for VAscular diagnosticS and intervention – Fondazione Cassa Risparmio di Pisa – J51J10000150003

• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Design and control of endoluminal robots, surgical robotics, mechanical design, flexible robotics, materials

• Date (from-to) November 2011 – November 2012

• Position Postdoctoral research fellowship

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• Activities in the framework of European projects

SensorART – Sensorized ARTificial heart enabling patients empowerment and new therapy approaches– FP7 European Project EU/IST n. 248763

STIFF-FLOP – STIFFness controllable Flexible and Learn-able Manipulator for surgical OPerations – FP7 European Project EU/IST -2011-7-287728

ARAKNES – Array of Robots Augmenting the KiNematics of Endoluminal Surgery – FP7 European Project EU/IST-2007-224565, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy • Principal subjects/occupational

skills covered

Design and control of endoluminal robots, surgical robotics, mechanical design, flexible robotics, materials

• Date (from-to) Fall Semester 2011-2012

• Position Research activity

• Name and type of organisation Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA – Internship

• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Surgical robotics, mechanical design

• Date (from-to) April 2011 – September 2011

• Position Research activity

• Name and type of organisation Imperial College London - Internship, Erasmus Consortia Placement

• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Robotic Control, Gaze Control, C++ and Matlab software development

• Date (from-to) November 2008 – November 2011

• Position PhD scolarship

• Name and type of organisation Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di studi universitari e di perfezionamento

• Activities in the framework of European projects

ARAKNES – Array of Robots Augmenting the KiNematics of Endoluminal Surgery – FP7 European Project EU/IST-2007-224565, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy • Principal subjects/occupational

skills covered

Industrial bioengineering for medical applications, Biorobotics, Electronics, Mechanical design

• Date (from-to) May 2008 – October 2008

• Position Research activity

• Name and type of organisation Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna di studi universitari e di perfezionamento

• Activities in the framework of European projects

VECTOR – Versatile Endoscopic Capsule for gastrointestinal TumOr Recognition and therapy – FP6 European Project EU/IST-2006-033970

• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Industrial bioengineering for medical applications, Biorobotics, Electronics, Mechanical design

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In April 2007 Dr. Tortora joined the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy, focusing his activity on medical robotics and biomechatronic systems. His main research interests are in the field of medical robotics, mechatronics systems and minimally invasive robotic surgery.

- Studies and developments of robotic and biomechatronic systems able to be wireless

controlled inside the human body to perform endoscopy, therapy and surgery;

- Study and development of innovative systems for capsular endoscopy in the

gastrointestinal tract;

- Robotic system for minimally invasive surgery and NOTES;

- Development and analysis of artificial systems for new therapies delivery

Scientific production is composed of the following works: Publications on refereed journals:

• G. Tortora, T. Ranzani, I. De Falco, P. Dario, A. Menciassi A., A Miniature Robot for Retraction Tasks under Vision Assistance in Minimally Invasive Surgery, Robotic, 2014; 3 (1): 70-82.

• G. Tortora, P. Dario, A. Menciassi, Array of Robots Augmenting the Kinematics of Endocavitary Surgery, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2014

• I. De Falco, G. Tortora, P. Dario, A. Menciassi, An Integrated System for Wireless Capsule Endoscopy in a Liquid-distended Stomach, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME), 2013

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• J. Lassooij, N. Tolou, G. Tortora, S. Caccavaro, A. Menciassi, J. L. Herder, A statically balanced and bi-stable compliant end effector combined with a laparoscopic 2DoF robotic arm, Journal of Mechanical Science, 3, 85-93, 2012

• P. Valdastri, E. Sinibaldi, S. Caccavaro, G. Tortora, A. Menciassi, P. Dario, A Novel

Magnetic Actuation System for Miniature Swimming Robots, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 27: 769:779, 2011

• J.L. Toennies, G. Tortora, M. Simi, P. Valdastri, R.J. Webster III, Swallowable

medical devices for diagnosis and surgery: the state of the art, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C - Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 2010

• R. Carta, G. Tortora, B. Lenaerts, J. Thoné, P. Valdastri, A. Menciassi, P. Dario, R.

Puers, Wireless powering for a self-propelled endoscopic capsule, Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 25: 845-851, 2009

• G. Tortora, P. Valdastri, E. Susilo, A. Menciassi, P. Dario, F. Rieber, M.O. Schurr, Propeller-based wireless device for active capsular endoscopy in the gastric district, Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technology (MITAT), 18-280-290, 2009

Papers in proceedings of National and International conference:

• I. Rivas-Blanco, G. Tortora, A. Menciassi, V. F. Muñoz, Control Architecture of a Modular Robotic Platform for Minimally Invasive Surgery, IEEE Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), submitted to, 2014

• G. Tortora, M. Salerno, T. Ranzani, S. Tognarelli, P. Dario, A. Menciassi, A modular magnetic platform for Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery, EMBC 2013

• S. Tognarelli, G. Tortora, M. Salerno, M. Simi, P. Dario, A. Menciassi, A modular platform for scarless surgery, workshop ICRA 2013.

• G. Tortora, P. Glass, N. Wood, B. Aksak, A. Menciassi, M. Sitti, C. Riviere, Investigation of Bioinspired Gecko Fibers to Improve Adhesion of HeartLander Surgical Robot, EMBC 2012

• S. Tognarelli, M. Salerno, G. Tortora, C. Quaglia, P. Dario, A. Menciassi, An

Endoluminal Robotic Platform for Minimally Invasive Surgery, BioRob 2012

• I. De Falco, G. Tortora, P. Dario, A. Menciassi, Vision system for a propeller-based

video capsule swimming in liquid, Proceedings of Third conference of GNB, 2012

• G. Tortora, A. Dimitracopoulos, P. Valdastri, A. Menciassi, P. Dario, Design of Miniature Modular in vivo Robots for Dedicated Tasks in Minimally Invasive Surgery, Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), 2011

• J. Lassooij, N. Tolou, G. Tortora, S. Caccavaro, A. Menciassi, J. L. Herder,

Laparoscopic 2DOF Robotic Arm with Statically Balanced Fully Compliant End Effector, Compliant Mechanisms (CoMe), 2011

• G. Petroni, M. Piccigallo, U. Scarfogliero, S. Caccavaro, G. Tortora, C. Stefanini, A.

Menciassi, P. Dario, A novel robotic system for single-port laparoscopy, EAES 2011

• S. Caccavaro, G. Tortora, E. Sinibaldi, P. Valdastri, A. Menciassi, P. Dario, Design of

a magnetic actuation system for an autonomous swimming robot, Proceedings of First conference of GNB, 2010

• G. Tortora, S. Caccavaro, P. Valdastri, A. Menciassi, P. Dario, Development of a swimming robot based on a permanent-magnets actuation system, Proceedings of GMSI Summer Camp, 2010

• G. Tortora, S. Caccavaro, P. Valdastri, A. Menciassi, P. Dario, Design of an autonomous jellyfish miniature robot based on a novel concept of magnetic actuation, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2010

• R. Carta, B. Lenaerts, J. Thoné, G. Tortora, P. Valdastri, A. Menciassi, R. Puers, P.

Dario, Wireless power supply as enabling technology towards active locomotion in capsular endoscopy, Proceedings of Eurosensors XXII, Book of abstracts, 2008; 1369-1372

• G. Tortora, E. Susilo, P. Valdastri, A. Menciassi, P. Dario, Propellers-based fluid propulsion for active capsular endoscopy, Proceedings of First conference of GNB, 2008

Patents:

• G. Tortora, P. Valdastri, S. Caccavaro, A. Menciassi, P. Dario, A miniaturized microrobotic device for locomotion in a liquid environment, International PCT

WO2011/058505, registered on 19th_/05/2011

• G. Tortora, P. Valdastri, S. Caccavaro, A. Menciassi, P. Dario, Dispositivo microrobotico miniaturizzato per la locomozione in ambiente fluido, Brevetto Italiano BI928F/BI/fev,registered on 16th_/11/2009

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• G. Tortora, P. Dario, A. Menciassi, P. Valdastri, Dispositivo endoscopico wireless a propulsione autonoma per esplorazione gastrica, Italian Patent BI865F/FMB/fpd, application on 05th_/09/2008

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• The paper “Vision system for a propeller-based video capsule swimming in liquid”

awarded as “Best Contribution to Technology Transfer” at III Congresso Nazionale di Bioingegneria”, 2012

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MOTHER TONGUE Italian

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Self-assesment

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European level (*) Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production

English C1 Proficient User C1 Proficient User C1 Proficient User C1 Proficient User C1 Proficient User

Spanish A2 Basic User A2 Basic User A2 Basic User A2 Basic User A2 Basic User

German A2 Basic User A2 Basic User A2 Basic User A2 Basic User A2 Basic User (*) Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

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• FROM 2004 ENROLLED IN THE ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD DONORS “FRATRES”, ITALY

• FROM 1991 TO 2002 ENROLLED TO BASKETBALL SOCIETY “IL GLOBO”, ISERNIA, ITALY,

PARTICIPATING TO JUNIORES CHAMPIONSHIP AND TO ITALIAN “SERIE D” LEAGUE ORGANIZED BY FIP (FEDERAZIONE ITALIANA DI PALLACANESTRO – BASKETBALL ITALIAN ASSOCIATION)

• PARTICIPATING TO UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL AND SOCCER COMPETITIONS

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COMPETENCES

• FROM 2004 ENROLLED TO FEDERAZIONE ITALIANA DI PALLACANESTRO – BASKETBALL ITALIAN ASSOCIATION AS BASKETBALL REFEREE

• FROM OCTOBER 2005 TO DECEMBER 2005: PARTICIPATING TO TECHNICAL MEETINGS FOR

“INGEGNERIA SENZA FRONTIERE” FOR THE REALIZATION OF A LOW COST CONDUCIMETER FOR WATER RESOURCES ANALYSIS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

• 7 YEARS OF VOLUNTEERING AS SCOUT IN AGESCI ITALIAN ASSOCIATIONS

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COMPETENCES

COMMON SOFTWARE, MATLAB, FINITE ELEMENTS ANALYSIS SOFTWARE, PROENGINEER, SOLIDWORKS,

SOME OTHER SPECIFIC CAD SOFTWARE, PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE, C, ASSEMBLY, VHDL, MICROCONTROLLERS PROGRAMMING

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Pisa, March 12 2014

Giuseppe Tortora