FERRARI Marco

FERRARI Marco
Dept. of Information Engineering (DII)
University of Brescia (UniBS)

ORCID: 0000-0002-3310-7715
ScopusID: 7401753861
Web of Science ResearcherID: G-4630-2012

Birth: Mar 11, 1974. Brescia, Italy

Education and positions
• 2002: Laurea degree in Electronics Engineering, UniBS, Italy
• 2006: PhD in Electronic Instrumentation, UniBS, Italy
• 2007-2015: Assistant Professor (ING-INF/01 – Electronics), UniBS, Italy
• 2015-2020: Associate Professor (ING-INF/01 – Electronics), UniBS, Italy
• Since 2020: Full Professor (ING-INF/01 – Electronics), UniBS, Italy

Academic teaching, services and institutional roles at UniBS

- Courses:
• 2010-2016: Elements of Linear Electronics, UniBS
• Since 2016: Fundamentals of Electronics, UniBS
• Since 2011: Project of Analog Electronic Systems, UniBS

- Services and institutional roles:
• 2020-2021: Executive Board Member of the Language Teaching Centre of UniBS
• Since 2021: Member of "Presidio della Qualità di Ateneo (PQA)" of UniBS
• Since 2021: "Third-mission" coordinator for DII
• Representative of the Research Unit of Brescia, Associazione Società Italiana di Elettronica (2021-2023)
• Responsible for the approval of student study plans and transfers of students to the Master of Science in Electronic Engineering
• Responsible for the research activity of 8 research grants and 1 assistant professor
• PhD academic board member (from XXVII up to now)
• Supervisor and co-supervisor of 41 (Bs.C) and 22 (Ms.C) thesis in Electronic Engineering
• Tutor of 6 PhD students in the PhD Program in Electronics Engineering, Sensors and Instrumentation and in the PhD Program in Information Engineering

Research Topics
• Sensors for physical and chemical quantities
• Piezoelectric acoustic-wave transducers
• Micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS)
• Microsystems and microresonators
• Low-noise front-end electronic circuits for sensors
• Electronics and instrumentation for measurement
• Energy-harvesting for autonomous and wearable sensors and microsystems
• Contactless interrogation techniques for capacitive and resonant sensors

Research Activities at Foreign Universities and Research Institutions
• 2004 and 2005: Energy harvesting circuits, Escola Politècnica Superior de Castelldefels - Univeristat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain), in the framework “Azione Integrata Italo-Spagnola” HI03-48
• 2015: Low-noise charge preamplifiers, Conseil Européen Pour La Recherche Nucléaire (CERN), within the project Extra Low ENergy Antiproton

Recent and ongoing international collaborations
• A*STAR Institute of Microelectronics, Singapore
• Canadian University of Dubai - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• City University of Hong Kong - Kowloon, Hong Kong
• Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire (CERN) – Geneva
• Danube University Krems
• Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble
• Johannes Kepler University – Linz
• Otto-von-Guericke Universität – Magdeburg
• Qatar University - Doha, Qatar
• Stanford University, Stanford (CA, USA)
• Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, SPAWAR - San Diego
• Universidad Politécnica de Catalunya (UPC)
• Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV)
• VU University Amsterdam
• Vienna University of Technology (TUV)
• Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble (INP)
• Linz Center for Mechatronics

Selected collaborative research with companies
• Beretta: Sensors for territorial security
• Bialetti Industrie: Smart sensorized cookware based on energy harvesting
• CESI: Acoustic sensors for NDT
• COBO: Sensors for agricultural vehicles
• CSMT: Sensors and instrumentation for industrial applications
• Entech: Sensors for home automation and smart access control
• Gefran: Sensors and interface electronics for industrial applications
• Meggit-Ferroperm: Piezoelectric devices for microsensors and energy harvesting
• Raccorderie Metalliche: Autonomous sensor for pipe fittings
• ST-Microelectronics: MEMS sensors
• Technobiochip: Piezoelectric sensors and interface electronics
• Tecnint: RFId custom systems

Selected funded projects/grants based on competitive selections
• 2004-07 EU-ALFA_II-0343-FA-FCD-FI: PETRA II Piezoelectric Transducers and Applications
• 2006-07 EU-INTERREG III-C MATEO: Mechatronics
• 2008-10 MIUR-PRIN 2007, 20078ZCC92: Innovative microsystems based on nonlinear dynamics for improved energy harvesting from ambient vibrations
• 2010 CNM Barcelona & Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Spain), 6° GICSERV:
Design and fabrication of off-chip piezoelectrically excited micro- and nano-resonators for physical and bio-chemical applications
• 2011-13 MISE-Industria 2015: Control system for territorial security
• 2011-13 MIUR-PRIN 2009, 2009KFLWJA: Innovative solutions for enhanced energy harvesting from broadband and low-frequency vibrations in microsystems
• 2011-13 Lombardia Region, RCC 14901: REMS - Lombard network of excellence for instrumentation mechanics and distributed laboratory
• 2013-14 Fondazione EULO: Smart ECG.
• 2015-18 Cluster Smart Factory, CTN01 00163 216730: Adaptive and modular approach to the smart factory on sensors for bacterial culture measurements.
• 2015-18 Brescia Smart Living: Energy and integrated public services to deliver well-being
• 2016-19 Health&Wealth (University of Brescia): MIRACLE - MIcrosystems meRging ACoustics and fLuidics to build human engineered tissuE
• 2017-19 Lombardia Region: Smart Living: Smart air quality control
• 2020-22 Lombardia Region: Infrastrutture e servizi per la Mobilità Sostenibile e Resiliente - MoSoRe

Scientific awards and research achievements
• 2012: The paper “Piezoelectric multifrequency energy converter for power harvesting in autonomous microsystems”, Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, was ranked at the second place among the “Most Cited Sensors and Actuators A: Physical Articles” from 2007 (346 citations).
• 2012: The paper “Piezoelectric buckled beams for random vibration energy harvesting”, Smart Materials and Structures, was awarded as “Most Cited Papers in 2012” (264 citations).
• 2013: The project “Autonomous sensor module powered by impact-enhanced energy harvester from broadband low-frequency vibrations” has been ranked at the third place at the Innovation Design Contest 2013 organized by Selezione di Elettronica, Politecnico di Milano, in cooperation with Freescale and Technopartner.
• 2014: The project “Cardio Glasses: occhiali sensorizzati smart per monitoraggio della frequenza cardiaca a uso sportivo e ricreativo” has been ranked at the third place at the Innovation Design Contest 2014 organized by Selezione di Elettronica, Politecnico di Milano, in cooperation with Freescale and Linear Technology.
• 2014: The paper “Improved energy harvesting from wideband vibrations by nonlinear piezoelectric converters” Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, was ranked at the first place among the “Most Cited Sensors and Actuators A: Physical Articles” from 2009 (392 citations).
• 2015: The work “MEMS electrostatic force actuator with capacitive position sensing” has been awarded as “Distinguished Papers” at GE2015 conference, oral session Sensors and Actuators, Siena (Italy), June 22-24, 2015.
• 2017: The project "Karma'n'Sensors: Sensore senza batteria per condotte forzate d'aria in smart buildings alimentato tramite energy harvesting da vortici di von Karman" has been ranked at the third place at the Innovation Design Contest 2017 organized by Selezione di Elettronica in cooperation with ON Semiconductor.
• 2017: The work “Piezoelectric Actuators for Microfluidic Acoustic-Wave Manipulation of In-Liquid Particles” has been awarded as “Best Poster Award” at SIE2017 conference, Palermo (Italy), June 21-23, 2017.
• 2018: The project "SANSONE: Microsensore MEMS per misure di forza e proprietà meccaniche in campioni biologici" has been ranked at the third place at the Innovation Design Contest 2018 organized by Selezione di Elettronica in cooperation with ON Semiconductor.
• 2019: The work “Electrical Tuning of the Resonant Frequency of a Piezoelectric Micromachined Acoustic Transducer” has been awarded as “Best Poster Award” at AISEM2019 conference, Napoli (Italy), February 11-13, 2019.
• 2019: The work “MEMS inclinometer with double-actuator servo-assisted position-feedback and tunable sensitivity” has been awarded as “Best Oral Presentation” at SIE2019 conference, Roma (Italy), June 26-28, 2019.
• 2019: The project “Servo-Assisted Position-Feedback MEMS Inclinometer with Tunable Sensitivity” has been awarded as “Best Paper Award: Silver Leaf Certificate” at PRIME2019 conference, Losanna (Svizzera), July 15-18, 2019.
• 2020: The work “PiezoTissuE: microsistemi acustici piezoelettrici per l’ingegnerizzazione di tessuti umani” has been ranked at the first place at the Innovation Design Contest 2020 organized by Selezione di Elettronica in cooperation with ON Semiconductor.


Membership and associated affiliations
• Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers – IEEE
• Associazione Società Italiana di Elettronica – SIE
• Associazione Gruppo Misure Elettriche ed Elettroniche – GMEE
• Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto Nazionale di Ottica – CNR-INO
• Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare – INFN

Editorial boards, editorship and conference chairing
• Section Board Member - Applied Sciences Journal (MDPI, ISSN 2076-3417)
• Co-editor of the book “Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering”, Vol. 268, “Sensors and Microsystems”. ISBN: 978-3-319-00683-3.
• Guest Editor of the Special Issue “State-of-the-Art of Techniques, Devices and Electronic Circuits for Energy Harvesting”, Applied Sciences (MDPI, ISSN 2076-3417)
• Publication Chair - XVII AISEM Conference 2013
• Session Chair - XVII AISEM Conference 2013
• Local Organizing Committee Chair - Eurosensors 2014 Conference
• Member of the Local Scientific Program Committee - Eurosensors 2014 Conference
• Session Chair - Eurosensors 2014 Conference
• Organizing Chair - GE2016 Conference

Recent patents
• 2016: Co-inventor for the patent: Raccordo a pressare. GE2014A000025 (release date: 10/06/2016).
• 2017: Co-inventor for the patent: Press fitting. EP2921242 B1 (release date: 06/09/2017).

Bibliometric data
• More than 100 journal, international conference papers, and book chapters, 1 patent
• h-index (Scopus / ISI-WoS / GoogleScholar): 19 / 16 / 20
• Citations (Scopus / ISI-WoS / GoogleScholar): 2136 / 1598 / 2653