CURRENT TECHNOLOGY and NEW HORIZONS FOR ENGINEERING: LATEST “Orizzonti” SEMINAR SERIES STARTING ON MARCH 15, 2018
Sant’Anna School will be holding a series of seminars on “New Horizons for Engineering” starting on Thursday 15 March at 5.30 pm.
New Horizons seminar series features scholars who discuss current relevant research in all fields of engineering. The seminars live stream will be available on ANSA.IT “Scienza e Tecnica”
The New Horizons seminars invite prominent scientists to present on topics of widespread interest to the community. The seminars are organized by Professor Carlo Alberto Avizzano of Sant’Anna School TECIP Institute and open to the public.
Giovanni Benelli will lecture on “What Can We Learn from Insects” at the first seminar taking place on March 15 at 5.30 pm at Istituto Tecip, via Moruzzi 1, Pisa. Giovanni Benelli, a former student from Sant’Anna School Agriculture Dept., now a junior research fellow at the University of Pisa, will focus on recent entomological research, insect-inspired robots, and biologically-inspired design in engineering.
Senior scientist Cesare Stefanini, professor of Mechanical Engineering at the BioRobotics Institute, will present his current work in bio-inspired robotics and the development of sensors for intelligent manufacturing.
Access to live stream video is available at http://www.ansa.it/scienza/
Giovanni Benelli profile
Giovanni Benelli obtained his Ph.D. in Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences at University of Pisa and Sant’Anna School, Pisa. He worked in several international institutions, including University of Hawaii at Manoa (USA) and University of Jaén (Spain).
As a research entomologist, his work focused on entomology, ecotoxicology, animal behaviour and biological control, with a major focus on arthropod vectors of medical and veterinary importance.
Giovanni Benelli has served as Editor for a large number of international journals and has collaborated with more than 80 researchers worldwide on various research projects, including FP7 Collective Cognitive Robots and H2020 subCULTron. He has published more than 350 articles in international journals. His H-index is higher than 30, with more than 3500 total citations.
In 2016, Giovanni has been awarded the National Scientific Qualification as Full and Associate Professor of Entomology. Furthermore, he has been awarded with several prizes from international and national organizations, including the International Organisation for Biological Control, Accademia dei Georgofili and the Italian National Academy of Entomology. As an expert in biology control of mosquito, Benelli has recently granted an interview to Nature journal.
