LECTURE "Fiber Optic Sensors for Industrial Applications"
The seminar, entitled “Fiber Optic Sensors for Industrial Applications”, will provide an overview of fiber optic sensing technologies, highlighting their operating principles, metrological performance, technological challenges, and applications across different industrial and scientific domains. Particular attention will be devoted to innovative sensing solutions for healthcare, precision agriculture, civil and structural engineering, environmental monitoring, worker safety, and collaborative robotics. The seminar will also present selected research activities conducted at Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, illustrating how the integration of fiber optic sensors with additive manufacturing, advanced materials, numerical simulations, and artificial intelligence can enable the development of innovative measurement systems. The seminar will be delivered by Prof. Emiliano Schena at the University of Palermo on November 13, 2026.
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Aula Capitò, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Piazza Marina 61, Palermo, Italy
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Prof. Emiliano Schena, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma
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Emiliano Schena of Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma
Fiber Optic Sensors for Industrial Applications
This lecture will explore the principles, technological advancements, and industrial applications of fiber optic sensors (FOSs), highlighting their excellent metrological performance, compact size, immunity to electromagnetic interference, and capabilities for distributed and multiparameter measurements. The presentation will provide an overview of established and emerging fiber optic sensing technologies, with particular emphasis on their operating principles, materials, measurement performance, and technological challenges. Selected research activities conducted at Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma will illustrate the integration of fiber optic sensors with additive manufacturing, advanced materials, numerical simulations, and artificial intelligence to develop innovative sensing solutions for healthcare, precision agriculture, structural monitoring, worker safety, and collaborative robotics.
Biography:
Emiliano Schena is a Full Professor of Measurements and Biomedical Instrumentation and Vice Rector for Education at Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy. He received his BSc (2003), MSc (2006), and PhD (2009) in Biomedical Engineering from the same university. His research activities focus on the development and metrological characterization of innovative measurement systems and sensing technologies, with particular emphasis on fiber optic sensors, wearable devices, and biomedical applications.
He has held visiting professorships at several international institutions, including Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Sungkyunkwan University (South Korea), and City of Hope Medical Center (USA). He is also a co-founder of HEREMOS S.r.l., a company specializing in wearable medical technologies.
Prof. Schena has received several international awards for his scientific contributions in metrology and biomedical engineering. He serves in editorial roles for several international journals, including IEEE Sensors Journal and IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. He has also contributed to the organization of major IEEE conferences, serving as General Chair and Technical Program Chair. He currently chairs Technical Committee 5, “Ubiquitous Measurement Systems,” of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society and serves as Treasurer of the IEEE Italy Section.
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