Jacopo Iannacci (M'20, SM'21) was born in Bologna, Italy, in 1977. He received the MSc (Laurea) degree in electronics engineering from the University of Bologna, Italy, in 2003, and the PhD in information and telecommunications technology from the University of Bologna, Italy, in 2007. He received the Habilitation as Full Professor in Electronics from the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR), in 2021.
He worked in 2005 and 2006 as visiting researcher at the DIMES Technology Center (currently Else Kooi Lab) of the Technical University of Delft, the Netherlands, focusing on the development of innovative packaging and integration technology solutions for RF-MEMS devices. In 2016, he visited as seconded researcher the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM in Berlin, Germany, to conduct high-frequency characterization of RF-MEMS components jointly with the RF & Smart Sensor Systems Department at IZM. Since 2007, he is researcher (permanent staff) at the Center for Sensors & Devices of Fondazione Bruno Kessler, in Trento, Italy.
His research interests and experience fall in the areas of Finite Element Method (FEM) multi-physics modelling, compact (analytical) modeling, design, optimization, integration, packaging, experimental characterization and testing for reliability of MEMS and RF-MEMS devices and networks for sensors and actuators, Energy Harvesting (EH-MEMS) and telecommunication systems, with applications in the fields of 5G, Internet of Things (IoT), as well as 6G, Tactile Internet (TI) and Super-IoT.
Dr. Iannacci authored more than 160 scientific contributions, including international journal papers, conference proceedings, books, book chapters and one patent. He is Associate Editor (AE) of the Springer Microsystem Technologies and Series Editor (SE) of the IEEE Communications Magazine (ComMag).
Lecture Topics
- Framing 6G and Future Networks (FN) in terms of Key Enabling Technologies (KET), Technology Trends (TT) and Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
- Introducing the micro and nano world of MEMS and NEMS physical Sensors, Actuators and Transducers (SAT)
- Bridging grains of sand to skyscrapers – Architecting a set of conceptual tools to frame the role of MEMS/NEMS (micro/nano) physical Sensors, Actuators and Transducers (SAT) in the 6G and Future Networks (FN) scenarios
- Sketching the top-down (application-driven) and bottom-up (technology-enabled) multifaceted purposes of MEMS/NEMS (micro/nano) physical Sensors, Actuators and Transducers (SAT) as Key Enabling Technologies (KET) of 6G and Future Networks (FN)
- Vertical focus on the possibilities enabled by RF-MEMS, i.e., Radio Frequency passive components in MEMS (microsystems) technology, in 6G and Future Networks (FN) telecommunications