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Università di Siena

Università di Siena

The University of Siena is one of the oldest Universities in Europe, being funded 760 years ago. The Faculty of Engineering was founded in 1993, and the Department of Information Engineering in 1996. The scientific productivity of the Department was ranked 1st among the medium-sized Schools of Engineering in Italy in the ranking by the Ministry (CIVR – Italian Committee Evaluation of Research). In 2013, the Department has been merged with the Department of Mathematical Science to give rise to a Department of Information Engineering and mathematical Science. The new Department counts 62 professors (16 Full, 26 Associate, 20 Assistant), 21 Post Doc, 46 Ph.D. students, 9 Technicians, 10 administrative staff., for a total of 148 members. The main research areas encompass Automatic Control, Telecommunications, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electromagnetism, Electronics, Mathematical Analysis, Operation Research, Bioinformatics, Mathematical Logic. DII is located in an area of about 3.000 m2, with 80 offices and 20 laboratories, the latter covering an area of about 1000 m 2 . The Laboratory of Applied Electromagnetics (LEA), led by Prof. Maci, is composed by 14 researchers and 1 technician, and is one of the most active European research groups in antennas and electromagnetism, with emphasis on 1) Metasurfaces 2) Metamaterials and electromagnetic bandgap materials, 3) Numerical Methods for EM, 4) High Frequency Scattering and Diffraction; 5) Antenna Design, 6) Radio Frequency and ID and microwave sensors. In particular, UNISI has consolidated experience in the modelling and characterization of metasurfaces and metamaterials and in the design of innovative antennas and microwave devices.

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