Giulia Mansutti
Ph. D. - Telecommunications Engineer
I am a Telecommunications Engineer specialized in different applications of electromagnetism.
I received my Ph.D. in Information Engineering from the University of Padova (Padova, Italy) in March 2019, with a thesis on the design of innovative antenna systems for telecommunications and health applications. During my Ph.D., I spent one year as a visiting scholar at The University of Queensland (Brisbane, QLD, Australia), where I developed a novel sensor for early-stage skin cancer detection.
I obtained the M.Sc. in Telecommunications Engineering and the B.Sc. in Information Engineering, both summa cum laude, from the University of Padova in 2015 and 2013, respectively.
Currently, I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Harvard Medical School, MGH, and my research focuses on the development of innovative optical devices for biomedical applications.
In January 2022, I was awarded the Bullock Fellowship (a 60000$ grant) to develop a novel laser speckle imaging (LSI) device for skin cancer detection.
Projects
During my Ph.D., I spent one year as a visiting scholar at The University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Here I had the opportunity to develop a novel substrate integrated waveguide probe for early-stage skin cancer detection.
In particular, together with the Microwave Team at UQ, I designed, fabricated and tested the device on both biological phantoms and real animal tissues. The results showed that our probe is low-cost and accurate to detect the presence of early-stage skin cancer.
This resulted in a publication that was selected as a featured article in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.
Gaseous Plasma Antennas
Gaseous plasma can be used to receive and trasmit electromagnetic waves. Antennas exploiting this material are extremely versatile: they can be electrically reconfigured with respect to their radiation properties, and they become invisible when the plasma is de-energized.
I have been working on the development of such antennas together with the Photonics and Electromagnetic Group of the University of Padova, and the Center for Space Studies and Activities (CISAS) of the same University.
Specificaly, we were funded by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) to develop the first active gasesous plasma antenna operating above the GHz.
At the beginning of my Ph.D., I was involved in the analysis and design of novel pattern recovery techniques for self-adapting phased array antennas.
These antennas change their shape in time (e.g., when used in wearable devices) and, as a result, their radiation properties are distorted. My task was to develop some type of low-cost pattern recovery technique that could compensate for this distortion.
This project was carried out in collaboration with the North Dakota State University (NDSU, Fargo (ND), USA).
Awards
January 2022
Bullock Fellowship
[Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Harvard Medical School, MGH]
I was awarded this 60000$ grant to develop an innovative laser speckle imaging (LSI) device for skin cancer detection.
October 2020
IE&T Outstanding Innovation in Digital Health and Social Care
[2020 E&T Innovation Awards]
Our innovative non-invasive skin cancer detection system was shortlisted for this Award sponsored by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IE&T).
October 2018
Young Researcher Award
[Brain meets Digital Enterprises]
Award granted by the Human Inspired Technology Research Center (HIT) of the University of Padova for the presentation of the project "Design of innovative antenna systems for early-stage skin cancer detection".
February 2018
IEEE Best Student Paper Award
[IEEE Australian Microwave Symposium]
Award won for the presentation of the paper "Millimeter-wave substrate integrated waveguide probe for near-field skin cancer detection".
Publications
You can find my publications on Google Scholar.