Ilaria is a PhD Candidate for implantable sensors at TCD advancing and exploring novel implantable sensors to enable remote monitoring of chronic illness.
Ilaria completed her Master's Degree with distinction in Biomedical Engineering, and specialised in Biomedical Instrumentation at the Politecnico di Torino, Italy.
Conor was a summer student with the MediCAS-Lab in 2024 (TCD Eric And Barbara Kinsella Scholar) and is working towards the MAI 2026 on a low cost Magnetic Resonance Imaging system using the earth's magnetic field.
Leah was a summer student with the MediCAS-Lab in 2025 and is working towards the MAI 2026 on an implantable pressure sensor for congestive heart failure monitoring.
working towards the MAI 2026 on an expandable antenna solution for improved energy transfer to deep sensing locations inside the intravascular space.
Research Assistant 2024/25 advanced new algorithms and more effectively visualised data from novel implantable sensors.
MAI 2024/25: “Development and Characterization of a Magnetic Field-Generating Device to Combat Obesity through the Magneto-Mechanical Effect”
MAI 2024/25: “Development of an Expandable Antenna for more Energy Efficient Power Transfer to Intravascular Implants”
M.Sc. (Electronic and Electrical Engineering) 2024/25: “Design and development of
single- and multi-element
radiofrequency sensors at
105.9MHz for Sodium Magnetic
Resonance Spectroscopy at 9.4 Tesla: using low noise and low input impedance preamplifiers”
M.Sc. (Electronic and Electrical Engineering) 2024/25: “Earth’s Field Magnetic Resonance
Imaging in Urban Environments: Noise Suppression and Advanced Image Reconstruction
Techniques” [https://www.tara.tcd.ie/handle/2262/111968]
M.Sc. (Biomedical Engineering) 2024/25: “Evaluation of the Spatio-Temporal Resolution of Cerebral Tissue Using Ultra-High Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging At 9.4 Tesla: An Ex Vivo Murine Study”
M.Sc. (Biomedical Engineering) 2024/25: “Evaluation of the Measurement Accuracy of an Implantable Sensor to Remotely Monitor
Pulmonary Artery Pressure: Using Trial Data,
Simulations, and Laboratory Tests”