Armando Ricciardi

Contatti

Armando Ricciardi

Professore Associato

ING-INF/01 - Elettronica

Dipartimento di Ingegneria (DING)

Palazzo Bosco Lucarelli

0824305851

aricciardi@unisannio.it

Pagina personale di ateneo

Attività curriculare

Work Experience

• From Dec 2021		Associate Professor of Electronics (ING/INF 01) at the Department of Engineering, University of Sannio.
2018-2021		ype B fixed-term researcher (referred to in Article 24, paragraph 3, letter b Law 240 of 2010) at the Department of Engineering, University of Sannio (from December 18) - SSD ING/INF/01
2017-2018		Project collaborator at the Regional Information and Communication Technology Center to carry out research activities under the research project "OPTIMA - Optoelectronic Technologies for Marine and Medical Applications". Code PON03PE_00155_2. Research Activity: Development of optoelectronic technologies, with emphasis on fiber optic devices, for the realization of sensor systems for the detection of physical and biological parameters in the marine environment and for medical applications
2016-2017		Technical-administrative employee, hired as Technical Operator level VI at the Regional Information and Communication Technology Center. Research Activity: Development of fiber-optic biosensors based on integration of metal nanostructures and responsive polymers
Dal 2016		Adjunct professor at the Department of Engineering, University of Sannio. Holder of the teaching of Electronics for Telecommunications (6 CFU), course of the Master's Degree in Electronic Engineering for Automation and Telecommunications.
2014-2016		Research Fellow at Department of Engineering - University of Sannio of Benevento Research Activity: Research and development of fiber optic sensors for the detection of weight and instantaneous balance of an aircraft
2011-2014		Research Fellow at Department of Engineering - University of Sannio of Benevento. Research Activity: Numerical analysis of metal-dielectric hybrid photonic crystals, in periodic and quasi-periodic configuration, as rear reflector layers of thin-film photovoltaic cells.
2009-2010		Visiting Research Fellowship at the School of Physics and Astronomy of St Andrews University (UK). The 15-month fellowship supported research activities concerning the design, fabrication and optical characterization of photonic crystals and quasicrystals made on Silicon On Insulator (SOI) type substrates.
2006-2007		Awarded Scholarship under the Project 'Creation of Process and Product Innovation Operators for SMEs' at the Regional Competence Center for New Technologies.
2003-2005		Tutor of hearing-impaired undergraduate students for the Mathematics and Physics courses of the Engineering Department of the University of Sannio at the A.S.U.A. (Associazione Studenti Universitari Hearing Impaired) of Benevento.

Education and training

Apr 2018		Abilitazione Scientifica Nazionale (National Scientific Eligibility) as Associate professor for concurrency area 09/E3 'Electronics', disciplinary scientific area ING-INF/01..
Apr 21011		Ph.D. in Information Engineering from the Department for Technology, University of Naples 'Parthenope' Ph.D. Thesis Title: 'Guided Resonances in Photonic Crystals and Quasicrystals'
Mar 2006		Master's degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Sannio, Benevento. Title of Thesis: 'Analysis of Polymeric Photonic Crystal Structures'.
Mar 2003		Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications Engineering from Università del Sannio, Benevento. Title of Thesis: 'Analysis and synthesis of Fiber Bragg Gratings for telecommunications applications'.
Jul 1999		Classical High School Diploma obtained at the Liceo Classico 'P. Giannone', Benevento.

Research Activities
Research		The main research activity concerns the development of photonic components and systems (mainly based on fiber-optic technology) for applications to sensing, with particular reference to applications in the diagnostic and biomedical fields. Bibliometric indicators taken from the Scopus database are as follows: 81 papers (40 papers in peer-reviewed international journals), cited 1234 times by 737 papers, H-index of 18 (November 2022);
Editorial activities		Associate Editor of the international journal Journal of Optics and Laser Technology (Elsevier). The impact factor of the journal is 3.4 Associate Editor of the international journal Journal of Sensors (Hindawi). The impact factor of the journal is 1.7.Reviewer of several international journals including Optics Express, IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology,. Editor of the book "Lab-on-Fiber Technology" published by Springer International Publishing in 2015. (DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-06998-2; ISBN: 978-3-319-06997-5 )
Awards		Award for the best poster in the category of "chemical, environmental, biological and medical sensors" obtained during the international conference "EWOFS 2016 : 6th European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors" held in Limerick, Ireland, with a paper entitled "Lab in a Needle for Epidural Space Identification"
Responsibility for scientific research and participation in research projects		Scientific responsibility for research activities concerning: - the design of fiber-optic biosensors based on 'Lab-on-Fiber' technology - The feasibility study for the realization of a fiber-optic ultrasound scanner. within the project Smart Health 2.0 (PON04a2_C ), entrusted by the Regional Center Information Communication Technology scrl of the Campania Region (year 2014). Technical-scientific management, with particular reference to the coordination activity between the various entities and subjects both internal and external indirectly engaged in the research project "Optofer - Innovative optoelectronic technologies for monitoring and diagnostics of the railway infrastructure" (PON03PE_00155_1), entrusted by the Regional Center information and communication technology of the Campania region (2016-2017). Technical-scientific management, with particular reference to the activity of developing a fiber-optic probe for measuring the elastic consistency of biological tissues in the research project "Bartolo- Bioptic Advanced Robotic Technologies in OncoLOgy " (PO FESR 2014-20 - cup. 41C17000090007), entrusted by Unisannio (2018-2020).

3rd mission

Spin-off and startup

Co-founder and President of Often Medical, an innovative startup and spin-off of the University of Sannio in Benevento that focuses on MedTech research. The startup was founded in 2018 by a research team from the Optoelectronics and Photonics Division of the Department of Engineering at the University of Sannio and a group of physicians from the Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences and Translational Medicine at the University of Rome Sapienza, in collaboration with Day One, an incubator of high-tech startups from European research centers. The company was the winner of public calls on projects totaling 800k and funded by a VC fund (575k)

Patents

International (PCT):

Amorizzo E, Cusano A, Cutolo A, Mercieri M, Micco A, Ricciardi A (2017). Guiding system for the insertion of a medical needle. num. domanda: PCT/IB2016/056212; num. pubblicazione: WO2017064682A1, pubblicato il 20/04/2017.

Portalupi Simone Luca, Peter Michler, Michael Jetter, Norbert Witz, Andrea Cusano, Antonello Cutolo, Alberto Micco, Armando Ricciardi (2020) “Procedure for the manufacturing of a monholitic connection between a light source and an optical fiber”; Titolari: Università del Sannio (50%) e Università di Stoccarda (50%). Num. 102020000010336 depositato il giorno 08/05/2020.

National:

Amorizzo E, Cusano A, Cutolo A, Mercieri M, Micco A, Ricciardi A (2018). Sistema per guidare dispositivi medici. num. domanda 102015000062613 ; depositato il 16/10/2015,e concesso in data 11/05/2018.

Amorizzo E, Cusano A, Cutolo A, Mercieri M, Micco A, Ricciardi A (2017). Sistema ottico di analisi multiparametrica per guidare l'inserzione di aghi per uso medicale in tessuti biologici. num. 0001429155; depositato il 18/04/2014 e rilasciato il 12/07/2017;

Campopiano S, Capizzano F, Consales M, Crescitelli A, Cusano A, Cutolo A, Esposito E, Foglia Manzillo P, Giocondo M, Ricciardi A, Sposato M (2014). Macchina per la deposizione controllata su fibre ottiche di materiali in fase liquida, polimerici, non polimerici, fotosensibili e non, anche in soluzione. num. 0001409442; depositato il 20/01/2012 e rilasciato il 05/08/2014.

Modelli utilità:

Cusano A, Franceschetti P, Pasquini M, Ricciardi A, Vaiano P (2016). Dispositivo per separare soluti da solventi attraverso il cambio di fase a fini depurativi delle acque energeticamente autonomo integrato con pannelli fotovoltaici. num. 0000281712; depositato il 30/04/2014 e rilasciato il 08/07/2016;

Cusano A, Cutolo A, Ricciardi A (2014). Nuova configurazione per aumentare l'efficienza globale dei sistemi fotovoltaici e termici . num. 0000277412; depositato il 21/03/2012 e rilasciato il 17/02/2014.