AMICI Cinzia

CURRICULUM VITAE - Born in Brescia the 08/08/1983 - Master's Degree in Industrial Automation Engineering (summa cum laude) in 2007 at the University of Brescia - Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics, curriculum Robotics and Industrial Automation, in 2011 at UniBS - II Level Master in Open Innovation and Knowledge Transfer – Master MIT (summa cum laude) in 2015 at the School of Management (SUM) of Politecnico Milano - Research fellow in Applied Mechanics (S.S.D. ING-IND/13) at the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department (DIMI) of the University of Brescia from 2010 to 2016 - Researcher in Applied Mechanics (S.S.D. ING-IND/13) at the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department (DIMI) of the University of Brescia since 2017. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES Her research activity is focused on applied mechanics, with particular attention to kinematics and dynamics of multi-body systems, parallel robotics, unconventional mechatronic applications (e.g. innovative drones), biomedical and rehabilitation devices, biomechanics, and motion analysis. BIBLIOMETRIC INDICATORS - ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7426-6029 - Scopus: citations:169, h-index:8, documents:33 - Google Scholar: citations: 194, h-index:9 SUCCESS IN PREVIOUS ITALIAN OR INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS - 2010-2011: Collaborator in the project id.22 “Mechatronics based rehabilitation at home – MRH”, European Program Interreg IV C - Innovation4welfare - 2016-2019: Coordinator of the research unit of University of Brescia for the funded project “Sistema innovativo meccatronico per la riabilitazione ortopedica e neurologica – SIMeRiON”, in "Bando Linea R&S per Aggregazioni Regione Lombardia” - 2017-2019: Collaborator in the project “Motus - AUTONOMIA PER IL SINGOLO, RISORSA PER LA COMUNITA'”, Funded project within the strategic program Health&Wealth of University of Brescia - 2020- ongoing: Unit responsible for the research team of the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department (DIMI) of University of Brescia supporting the POS FESR Regione Lombardia project "Infrastrutture e Servizi per la Mobilità Sostenibile e Resiliente - MoSoRe@UniBS" for the design and development of an innovative drone AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS - 2021: Winner of the “Best presentation award” in the 24th International Conference on Mechatronics Technology, ICMT 2021, with the paper “Quantitative Kinematic Assessment of the Sit-to-Stand Transition using an IMU Sensor” (C. Amici, F. Ragni, M. Tiboni, J. Pollet, R. Buraschi). ACADEMIC ACTIVITY - She has supported the teaching in several bachelor and master courses of the Applied Mechanics field since 2007, especially “Mechanics Applied to Machines” and “Biomechanics” - Lecturer in the course “Scientific Writing” for Ph.D. students organized within the Doctoral Research in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (DRIMI) of the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department at the University of Brescia - Chair of the course “Functional Mechanical Analysis of Rehabilitation Systems” in the Master “Science and Technology for Population Health and Wealth” at the University of Brescia in 2018. - Supervisor of more than 15 bachelor and master thesis in the field of Applied Mechanics at the University of Brescia - Advisor for 2 Ph.D. students - Supervisor of 1 research fellow EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES Co-Guest Editor of the following journals: - Special Issue “Advances in Technological Rehabilitation” of “Applied Sciences”, MDPI (from 2020 to 2021). - Special Issue “Advances in Computing and Engineering for Bionics and Medical Applications” of “Applied Bionics and Biomechanics”, Hindawi. (from 2020 to 2021) Member of the Scientific Committee of: - ongoing (June 22nd -24th 2022) “V Cirp Conference on BioManufacturing - CirpBioM 2022”, Italy - 2012 “International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Conference on Advances in PID Control P