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Alessandro Leronni. M.Sc. (Laurea Magistrale) in Civil Engineering, University of Brescia, 2017. His PhD has been focused on electrochemo-poromechanics for modelling sensing and actuation of ionic polymer metal composites and morphogenesis of cell clusters. PhD dissertation (March 1st, 2021): Modeling the electrochemo-poromechanics of ionic polymer metal composites and cell clusters. This thesis has been published in the series "Springer Theses - Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research" and has been awarded by the Materials Group of the Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (GMA of AIMETA) as the best PhD thesis defended in 2021 . Now (April 2025) he holds a lecturer (assistant professor) position at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Bath (UK). Email: al2727@bath.ac.uk Link to Google Scholar

Valentina Volpini. M.Sc. (Laurea Magistrale) in Civil Engineering, University of Brescia, 2016. Her PhD has been focused on modelling sensing, energy harvesting, and actuation of ionic polymer metal composites and dielectric laminated soft composites. PhD dissertation (April 15th, 2020): Analysis of sensing and actuation in electroactive soft composites. Link to Google Scholar  

Alain Boldini. While he was a PhD student within Maurizio Porfiri's Dynamical Systems Laboratory we collaborated on modelling the actuation response of ionic polymer metal composites. Now (April 2025) he holds an assistant professor position at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the New York Institute of Technology. Email: aboldini@nyit.edu Link to Google Scholar

Youngsu Cha. While he was a PhD student within Maurizio Porfiri's Dynamical Systems Laboratory we collaborated on modelling the sensing response of ionic polymer metal composites. Now (April 2025) he holds an associate professor position at Korea University. Email: ys02@korea.ac.kr Link to Google Scholar

Emilio Martínez-Pañeda. Collaborated on implementation and application of distortion gradient plasticity. Now (April 2025) he is an associate professor of Engineering Science at University of Oxford. Email: mail@empaneda.com Link to Google Scholar

Ornella Mattei. Collaborated on modelling the flexure of sandwich beams. Now (April 2025) she holds an assistant professor position at San Francisco State University. Email: mattei@sfsu.edu Link to Google Scholar

Adel Shams. While he was a PhD student within Maurizio Porfiri's Dynamical Systems Laboratory we collaborated on modelling syntactic foams through micromechanics. Link to Google Scholar  

Andrea Belleri. Worked on the characterisation of epoxy resins' viscoelastoplasticity. Now (April 2025) he holds an associate professor position at University of Bergamo. Email: andrea.belleri@unibg.it Link to Google Scholar

Andrea Festa. Worked on syntactic foams' micromechanics.

Francesco Gerardini. Worked on the finite element implementation of a strain gradient plasticity theory relying on the dislocation density tensor.

Francesco Malanca. Worked on syntactic foams' micromechanics.

Michele Minelli. Worked on modelling the flexure of sandwich beams.

Luisa Paterlini. Worked on modelling the flexure of concrete-timber composite beams.

Giovanni Perini. Worked on syntactic foams' micromechanics.

Nicola Pianta. Worked on the characterisation of epoxy resins' viscoelastoplasticity.

Paolo Ponzo. Worked on syntactic foams' micromechanics.

Andrea Rodella. Worked on compression sensing of ionic polymer metal composites. Now (April 2025) he holds a Post-doc position at University of Rome, Sapienza. Email: andrea.rodella@uniroma1.it Link to Google Scholar

Mattia Serpelloni. Worked on variational approaches to the theory of plasticity. Post-doc at University of Brescia. Email: m.serpelloni002@unibs.it

Alessandro Sfreddo. Worked on syntactic foams' micromechanics.

Maurizio Sisto. Worked on modelling the flexure of concrete-timber composite beams.

Daniele Tonelli. Worked on modelling the flexure of sandwich beams.

Carlo Ventura. Worked on syntactic foams' micromechanics.  

Luca Viviani. Worked on influence of shear on sensing of ionic polymer metal composites. Obtained the PhD degree from the University of Parma and held a Post-doc position at the University of Trento. Link to Google Scholar