The thesis activities are developed within scientific researches and industrial collaborations, among those indicated on the Research page. By way of example, some theses already carried out in the three-year Bachelor of Science degree and two-year Master of Science degree courses are listed below.
B.Sc. Theses
Alice Cicillini – “Design and implementation of a microcontroller-based electronic system for the movement of mechanical parts” (2025).
Vittorio Passaretti – “Design and development of a linear camera with a CCD sensor and STM32 microcontroller” (2024).
Lorenzo Magistri – “Project for the development of a game device based on Arduino emulating Tetris” (2024).
Gaetano Santorelli - “Design and prototyping of a sonar system with microcontroller with distance display and proximity alarm.” (2024).
Pierluigi Di Fiore - “Microcontroller system for thermal control of an electric motor” (2024).
Samuele Piccolo - “Development of a remote control system using eye pointer based on Arduino microcontroller (2024).
Filippo Micozzi - “Microcontroller-based intelligent locking system with secret lock” (2024).
Leonardo Solano Reyes - “Electronic control of the throttle body of a Formula Student car via ESP32-WROOM 32 microprocessor” (2023)
Giovanni Maria Leonardi - “Design and construction of a dancing biped robot with microcontroller”(ongoing).
Cecilia Sebastiani - Thesis as part of an internship at SNCF Reseau Direction de la Modernisation et du Developpement (ongoing).
Lorenzo Crestini - “Mechanical manipulator system controlled with Arduino microprocessor” (2023).
Marco Panzironi - “Morse Code words decoder of Words based on Arduino microcontroller” (2022).
Emanuele Di Bernardo Malagoli - “Design and making of a microcontroller proximity sensor system with sound and light signal applied to a remote controlled car” (2022).
Cecilia Sebastiani - Thesis as part of an internship at SNCF Reseau Direction de la Modernisation et du Developpement (2022).
Giuseppe Lanteri - “Design and making of an electronic system for the remote control of a fan” (2022).
Antonio Francesco Stano - “Automatic air cooling system” (2022).
Roberto Anselmi - “Password controlled electronic servo motor drive system” (2022).
Kaliroi Mignonne - “Design and making of an electronic microprocessor system for the digital conversion of analog signals in Formula Student” (2022).
Luigi D'Alia - “Design and making of an electronic microcontroller system for the motion of an electric tricycle” (2022).
Luca Dessi - “Pair of mouse-operated servomotors” (2022).
Paolo Mattia Di Carlo - “Electronic microcontroller system for moving a shutter door” (2022).
Leonardo Procacci - “Design and making of an electronic microcontroller circuit for unlocking a privacy mechanism activated by a piezoelectric sensor” (2022).
Luca Masci - “Digital music keyboard with microcontroller control” (2022).
Francesco Dottarelli - “Electronic microcontroller system for monitoring air quality and CO2 concentration in closed environments” (2021).
Cristiano De Peppo - “Telemetry system for Go-Kart based on Arduino microcontroller” (2021).
Luca Gregori - “Detection and management of the temperature in a cooling system using an Arduino microcontroller” (2021).
Dario D’Errico - "Design and fabrication of an avoiding robot" (2021).
Samantha Elizabeth Florez - “Design of an electronic microcontroller system for autonomous irrigation” (2021).
Marco Fanelli - “Microprocessor system design for weather station with temperature and humidity control” (2021).
Christian Bellusci - “GIC-1 Wanheda quadrupedal robot with Bluetooth control” (2020).
Federica Auletta - “Mechanical system controlled with Arduino microprocessor: robotic hand movement” (2019).
Francesco Ancona - “Control system with Arduino for the movement of trains” (2019).
Lorenzo Bianchini - “Electronic system based on Arduino for the control of an articulated quadrilateral with direct current motor” (2019).
Alessandro Mazzali - “Design of a circuit for monitoring temperature and humidity, with activation of an audible alarm and indicator light” (2019).
Alessandro Tomassetti - “Development of an infrared robot car with anti-collision system” (2018).
Simona Metja - “Control system for fan cooling of a CPU, based on Arduino” (2018).
Alessandro Dominici - “Design of an ultrasonic proximity sensor for anti-collision systems” (2018).
Martin Cozmin Ghergut - "Development of an electronic system for indicating the gear for motor vehicles" (2018).
Dario Manzoni - “Electronic temperature and humidity detection system with Arduino microcontroller” (2018).
Stefano Grossi - “Self-orientation system of a Light Collector via Arduino platform” (2018).
Daniel Pacheco Quinones - “Design of a mechatronic anti-shock and obstacle detection system” (2017).
Mattia Franchi de 'Cavalieri - “Temperature sensor based on Arduino/Genuino controller” (2017).
Valentina Lauro - “Control system with Arduino microcontroller” (2017).
Valerio Aquilani - “Communication via Arduino/Genuino board with on-board system equipped with OBD-II / EOBD standard in the automotive environment” (2017).
Emanuele Telari - “Theremin instrument controlled by photoresistors” (2017).
Lorenzo Manzo - “Control and protection system of a direct current motor” (2017).
Emanuele Mieli - “Power control system for electrified bicycles” (2017), presented at “MAKER FAIRE 2017” with Saperi&Co Sapienza.
Davide D’Arcangeli - “Closed-chain control of an electronic butterfly valve” (2016).
Edoardo Sacco - “Control system with feedback via Arduino/Genuino” (2016).
Flavia Merlino - “Control of electromechanical power devices through Arduino/Genuino” (2016).
Davide Mattoni - “Manufacture of optofluidic micro-channels for biosensor applications” (2013).
M.Sc. Theses
Samuele Farinelli – “Mechanical design of the housing for the electronics and experimental validation of a low-cost system for three-dimensional measurement of airflow and indoor environmental quality monitoring” (2025).
Claudio Crasta – “Development and optimization of a parallel nanomanipulator based on MEMS technology” (2025).
Andrea Bonanno – “Active dielectrophoretic trapping for deterministic encapsulation in droplet microfluidics”, in collaborazione con Laboratory of Life Science Electronics at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) (2025).
Antonio Francesco Stano – “Modeling and experimental characterization of the grasping force of microgrippers based on rotary comb drives” (2024).
Angelica Focardi – “Development of micro and nanophotonic structures for the detection of emerging microcontaminants in water ” (2024).
Marco Fanelli – “Design and development of an integrated electronic system with low-cost sensors for measuring wind flows and air quality in indoor environments” (2024).
Michela Baiocchi – “Space-borne LiDAR photodetectors for Earth observation” (2024).
Maria Gambelli – “Fabrication and characterization of Transition Edge Sensors (TES)” in collaboration with the Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnology (IFN-CNR), with curricular internship (2024).
Ludovico Persili – “Low intensity wind field measurement system for indoor environments” (2024).
Nicolas Hanine – “Integration of SPAD single photon detectors into waveguide systems”, in collaboration with Politecnico di Milano - Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria (DEIB) (2024).
Alessia Mannetta – “Photonic waveguide devices for sensing applications” (2023).
Lorenzo Giannini – “Design and development of an articulated selective compliance nano manipulator” (2023).
Giovanni Palmieri – “Fabrication and characterization of selective contacts for photovoltaic cells”, in collaboration with ENEA, with curricular internship (2023).
Federico Pazzaglia - “Process development and characterization of double-layer structures of 2D materials obtained by growing single layers”, in collaboration with IMEC, through Erasmus project, presented at Nanoinnovation 2022 (2022).
Francesco Ancona - “Mechatronics of an apparatus for steering a coherent combination system of LASER sources”, in collaboration with “LEONARDO S.p.A.”, Electronics division LASER Systems department (2022).
Federica Auletta - “Mechatronics of a variable focal optical device for a system of coherent combination of LASER sources”, in collaboration with “LEONARDO S.p.A.”, Electronics division LASER Systems department (2022).
Flavio Cornaggia - “Optical phase shifter in polymer and liquid crystal slot guide” (2021).
Giorgio Attolino - “Directional zero-gap coupler with liquid crystals and polymers for optoelectronic applications” (2019).
Antonella Lauriola - “Big Data & Business Analytics: optimization of the churn prediction algorithm in TIM” (2019) in collaboration with TIM.
Simone Tamenghi - “Optical Ring Resonators with Liquid Crystals and Polymers for Optoelectronic Applications” (2018).
Lorenzo Imbimbo - “Design and characterization of passivating ultrathin films for silicon based photovoltaic applications” (2016).
Stefania De Bona - “State of the art of electro-optical devices based on blue phase liquid crystals” (2016).
Marco De Paolis - “Design and Fabrication of an Interdigitated Back Contact Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cell with Poly-Silicon Carrier Selective Contacts” (2015) in collaboration with Prof. Ole Hansen DTU - Technical University of Denmark.
Fabio Pigna - “Study of Cu2SnS3 (CTS) for photovoltaic applications” (2015) in collaboration with ENEA.
Stefano Cash - “Development and optimization of an innovative system for measuring the internal quantum efficiency of photovoltaic cells” (2015).
Luca Martini - “Implementation of the surface photovoltage technique for the characterization of semiconductors” (2013) awarded as “Excellent Sapienza Graduate student”.
Andrea Via - “State of the art in micro-optofluidic devices for Lab-on-Chip analysis systems" (2012).
Nicola Mirotta - “Application of Colloidal Lithography to Fabricate Nano-Structured IR Anti-Reflective Surfaces with Self-Cleaning Properties” (2012) in collaborazione con Prof. Mogens Havsteen Jakobsen - DTU - Technical University of Denmark.