Zaccaria Del Prete

Zaccaria Del Prete is currently a Professor of industrial and biomedical measurements with the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. He was a Visiting Scientist with the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA. He is the Director of the Clinical and Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Rome La Sapienza. He has co-authored more than 75 international journals and conference articles, and two book chapters. He holds two patents. His current research interests include the spread from in vitro analysis of transgenic muscle fiber bio-mechanical properties to experimental analysis of mechanoreceptor neurons coding mechanism and of the mechanical properties of viscoelastic biological soft tissue and to static and dynamic characterization of fuel cell systems in the industrial field. Dr. Del Prete has been a member of SEM Society for Experimental Mechanics, the IEEE–EMB Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, and is currently a member of the IEEE–IMS Instrument and Measurement Society.