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Dr. Francesco Migliavacca
November 16, 2001 was an important day for LaBS, the Laboratory
of Biological Structure Mechanics of Politecnico di Milano in Milan, Italy.
Dr. Francesco Migliavacca, a member of the LaBS staff, was awarded Le
Scienze Medal for his outstanding accomplishments in the study of the
haemodynamics after paediatric cardiac surgery. His work consists of
mathematical modeling using FIDAP and FLUENT software. At the same time
Dr. Migliavacca was also awarded a Medal from Mr. Ciampi, President of
the Italian Republic.
Le Scienze is the Italian edition of the journal Scientific
American. Le Scienze Medal was established in 2000 and is presented to
three young researchers, working in Italy, whose results have been internationally
acknowledged, in recognition of distinguished contributions to the different
fields of science. This year the conferral ceremony took place at the
Università degli Studi, Milan, and the Awards were presented to
Dr. Migliavacca (for engineering), Dr. Roberto Bini (for chemistry) and
Dr. Elena Cattaneo (for medicine) by Prof. Enrico Decleva and Prof. Paolo
Mantegazza, Rector and Rector Emeritus of the Università degli
Studi, respectively.
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