Patents & Awards

Patents:
 
  • The project of Dr. Eng. Ciro Fusco (32nd cycle, tutor Paola Di Mascio, supervisor Mara Lombardi), entitled "The increase of safety in road tunnels: development of an indoor navigation system as support for pedestrian exodus" developed during the PhD course for filing a patent application for industrial invention by Sapienza University of Rome (application for filing No. 102020000003028 of 02/14/2020). The project develops an Indoor Positioning (IPS) system, based on the use of BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) Beacons, usable with a common smartphone. The main application is to provide dynamic information to tunnel users about their position and the best route for leaving the tunnel on foot, both in ordinary and emergency conditions. Other applications are as support to maintenance, rescue teams and control of robotic machines.

Awards:
 
  • 2024 Avvio alla Ricerca Sapienza. The doctoral students Shabnam Dabagh (XXXIX), Alessandra Maria De Pace (XXXVIII), Gennaro Riccio (XXXIX) and Ken Koshy Varghese (XXXVII), have received funding to support the projects they submitted as part of the Avvio alla Ricerca 2024 call.
  • 2024 Scholarship by Oxford Transport Studies Unit. The doctoral student Steffel Ludivin Feudjio Tezong (XXXVIII) received a partial scholarship (80%) to participate in the online executive course Global Challenges in Transport in November 2024.
  • 2024 Erasmus Scholarship for Blended Intensive Course. The doctoral student Elvis Chia Ngwah (XXXVIII) was awarded an Erasmus scholarship to attend a Blended Intensive Course at AIX-Marseille University in France.
  • 2024 Full Scholarship for Road Safety Summer School. The doctoral students Elvis Chia Ngwah (XXXVIII) and Steffel Ludivin Feudjio Tezong (XXXVIII) received a full scholarship from the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, University of Zagreb, to attend the Road Safety Summer School. 
  • 2024 Scholarship by CIVITAS Initiative. The doctoral student Steffel Ludivin Feudjio Tezong (XXXVIII) was awarded a scholarship to attend the Summer Course in Transport and Mobility in Zagreb, Croatia, in September 2024.
  • 2024 Scholarship by MIT Professional Education. The doctoral student Steffel Ludivin Feudjio Tezong (XXXVIII) was granted a partial scholarship (50%) to attend the online course Transportation Networks and Smart Mobility: Methods and Solutions in August 2024, following a competitive selection process.
  • 2024 European Road Safety Summer School Speaker Invitation. The doctoral student Steffel Ludivin Feudjio Tezong (XXXVIII) was invited as a speaker by the Flemish Institute for Road Safety to present part of her PhD research at the 2024 European Road Safety Summer School in July 2024.
  • 2024 4th Summer School in Fire Dynamic Modeling (FDS). The doctoral student Marta Galuppi (XXXVII) was awarded a scholarship to attend the 4th Summer School in Fire Dynamic Modeling at Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) in Germany.
  • 2024 Scholarship by Forum of European Road Safety Research Institutes (FERSI). The doctoral student Steffel Ludivin Feudjio Tezong (XXXVIII) was awarded a scholarship after a competitive selection process to undertake a one-week research visit at the SWOV Institute for Road Safety Research in The Hague, Netherlands, in June 2024.
  • 2024 Winter Course Discrete Choice Analysis: Predicting Individual Behavior and Market Demand. The doctoral student Ramin Bohlouli was awarded a grant to participate in an intensive study course on Discrete Choice Analysis at EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) in Switzerland.
  • 2024 Local Action Grant by Youth for Road Safety (YOURS). The doctoral student Steffel Ludivin Feudjio Tezong (XXXVIII) received a grant from Youth for Road Safety (YOURS) to implement a road safety project in Yaoundé, Cameroon.
  • 2023 Concorso Nazionale PIARC Italia, Le Strade del Futuro - Immagina la tua Strada. Mara Lombardi, Paola Di Mascio, Ciro Fusco (XXXII), Giuseppe Cantisani, Giuliano Rossi (XXXII), Nicolò Sciarretta group won the 1st prize in the Safety and Asset Management Award with the project L&N_In-Safe: Localization and Navigation system for INdoor SAFEty, developed based on the doctoral thesis of Ciro Fusco (XXXII). 
  • 2022 RelStat-2022 Best Paper Award, 22nd International Multi-Conference Reliability and Statistics in Transportation and Communication, 19-22 October 2022, Riga. Seyedhassan Hosseini (XXXVII) and Prof. Guido Gentile: Smartphone-Based Recognition of Access Trip Phase to Public Transport Stops Via Machine Learning Models, Transport and Telecommunication Journal, 23(4) 273-283.
  • 2020 Farming by Satellite Award, international competition promoted by the European GNSS Agency and the European Environment Agency, with the support of Copernicus. Genuine Project presented by the group formed by Marco Fortunato (XXXIV), Valeria Belloni (XXXIII), Michela Ravanelli (XXXIII) and Virginia Coletta (XXXV). The project was ranked 2nd out of 126.
  • 2019 BEST PAPER AWARD ISPRS, International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.-MVP BIM 2019–24-25 Settembre 2019 Praga. C. Leoni, S. Ferrarese, W. Wahbeh, C. Nardinocchi: EXTRACTION OF MAIN LEVELS OF A BUILDING FROM A LARGE POINT CLOUD. 09/2019; XLII-5/W2:41-47., DOI:10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-5-W2-41-2019
  • 2019  Award Minerva alla Ricerca scientifica - Macroarea D: dottori di ricerca. Giorgio Savastano (XXX cycle) for the PhD thesis:New Applications and Challenges of GNSS Variometric Approach
  • 2018 IV International SIIV  Arena -  Best presentation in the category of “Pavement Management Systems”. Antonio Romero Pantuso (XXXI cycle) “Identification of Cost-Effective Pavement Management Systems Strategies” Messina, ME, Italy, 10-14 September 2018  (tutor Prof. Giuseppe Loprencipe)
  • 2014 GSOC - Grant Google. Mara Branzanti, Martina Di Rita, Martina Porfiri e Roberta Ravanelli (projects of the PhD students of the Geodesy and Geomatics Area)
  • 2012 Google – Grant for Google Summer of Code. Ph.D. Student: Andrea Nascetti, Ph.D. Gabriele Colosimo
  • 2012 ESNC (European Satellite Navigation Competition). VADASE included in "Success Stories"
  • 2012 AUTeC (Associazione Universitari Topografia e Cartografia) – Best PhD thesis SSD ICAR/06-Topografia e Cartografia. Ph.D. Student: Gabriele Colosimo – Tutor: Mattia Crespi
  • 2011 AUTeC (Associazione Universitari Topografia e Cartografia) – Best PhD thesis SSD ICAR/06-Topografia e Cartografia. Ph.D. Student: Francesca Pieralice – Tutor: Mattia Crespi
  • 2011 Atomium Culture – 2 articles selected for publication on European leading newspapers. Ph.D. Student: Gabriele Colosimo, Andrea Nascetti – Tutor: Mattia Crespi (http://atomiumculture.eu/)
  • 2010 ESNC 2010 (European Satellite Navigation Competition 2010). The first ESNC Audience Award for VADASE (http://www.galileo-masters.eu/)
  • 2010 DLR (German Space Agency). DLR Special Topic Prize at the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2010 for VADASE (http://www.dlr.de/dlr/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10261/371_read-3928)
  • 2010 AIC (Associazione Italiana di Cartografia) - First and second national awards 2010. Ph.D. Student: Francesca Pieralice; Andrea Nascetti - Tutor: Mattia Giovanni Crespi

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