Alberto Ferrari

Experience

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  Istituti ortopedici Rizzoli

  Jul 2006 - Dec 2006

  Researcher

  Researcher of the movement analysis laboratory and lead engineer of the project "Gait analysis results from five current protocols"

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  Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova di Reggio Emilia

  Mar 2008 - Feb 2017

  Consultant

  Laboratory research activity co-ordinatorBioengineer consultant

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  University of Bologna

  Feb 2009 - Dec 2009

  Research project titled: Technical innovations for the diagnosis and the rehabilitation of motor and perceptive impairments of the child with Cerebral PalsySupervisor: Prof. Angelo CappelloCo-supervisors: Prof. Lorenzo Chiari, PhD Andrea Giovanni Cutti Main activities and responsibilities: Assistant to the course of Bio-engineering

  • PhD in Biomedical Engineering

    Jan 2007 - Dec 2009

  • Didactic Tutor

    Feb 2009 - Mar 2009
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  Xsens Technologies BV

  Mar 2010 - Mar 2012

  Research Engineer

  Development and research on the definition of the biomechanical models and protocols to run inertial sensor technology on clinical applications.Development of a standalone Matlab software able to evaluate shoulder and elbow motion and perform a complete exam of gait analysis with wireless inertial sensors.

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  University of Bologna

  Mar 2012 - Oct 2015

  Researcher on http://cupid-project.eu/

  Co-project managerIT application to develop treatments for Parkinson Disease personsSoftware engineerApp developer

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  MHealth Technologies

  Jan 2015 - Dec 2019

  CTO and Co-Founder

  mHealth Technologies is a spin-off company of the University of Bologna specialized in clinical support by means of wearable sensors towards monitoring, assessment and rehabilitation of walking and motor skills in impaired persons.mHealth Technologies mission is to unveil wearable technology to enable self-management of individual conditions and assumption of active and healthy lifestyles, having citizens directly involved in the clinical management of their health and wellbeing conditions.mHealth Technologies vision is that the new generation of wearable sensors that makes them unobtrusive, ubiquitous, and easy to wear and manage, will allow for the development of high-end applications and personalised services empowering interchange of performances, experiences and insights on health data hence bringing medical quality information in the hands of the consumers, with the simplicity and cost of an app. Show less

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  Tecnopolo Mario Veronesi -

  Dec 2019 - now

  Laboratory Manager

  Manager of the laboratories:Materials, Sensors and Systems (MS2) researching solutions in the field of (opto)electronic instrumentation, modelling devices components and developing softwares for biomedical application and providing services towards testing and measuring devices performances, analysing data and rapid prototypingPolymer Science (PoS) study of polymeric materials with medical grade in its chemical, physical and morphological aspects. Supporting companies from the design phase up to production, validation and biocompatibility studiesUsability implementation of tests according to the IEC 62366 and the FDA "Applying Human Factors and Usability Engineering to Medical Devices" to verifying how the principles of human factors engineering and methods for designing easy-to-use user interfaces are effectively integrated into the general development processes of the device Show less