Ricerc@Sapienza

This work aims at offering an overview on the scientific results stemming from a selection of three Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) carried out in 2016 and funded by the COST Action TU1208 'Civil Engineering Applications of Ground Penetrating Radar.' The research activities focused on the development and use of electromagnetic modelling and inversion techniques for Ground Penetrating Radar applications.

With the recent launch of TechDemoSat-1 and CYGNSS missions, spaceborne GNSS-R data are now available. In order to understand the involved scattering mechanisms, potentialities and limitations of GNSS-R measurements over land, an electromagnetic simulator represents a powerful tool. In this paper, the SAVERS simulator, that was developed and validated on ground based and airborne data, is now upgraded to take account for the important role of the topography in the satellite acquisitions. The Delay Doppler Maps acquired by satellite sensors show a clear topography effect.

The electromagnetic fields application as a way to enhance biomedical techniques has recently drawn the attention of the scientific community, together with the possibility to use biocompatible nanocarriers to safely transport therapeutic substances along the body. For this reason, microdosimetric studies represent a fundamental tool to deeply understand biological effects and improve drug delivery nanosystems methods.