David Orlando Rodriguez Duarte

ERC sectors

SDG

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• Learning to Teach (L2T)
  Issued by Politecnico di Torino on 10-04-2026

• EMERALD (2018-2021). Partecipazione

• Collegio di Ingegneria Elettronica, delle Telecomunicazioni e Fisica. Componente invitato

Master of Science

• Guiding electromagnetic systems. A.A. 2026/27, INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA (ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
• Sensors and Data Transmission/IoT for Agriculture (modulo di IoT for Agriculture). A.A. 2025/26, AGRITECH ENGINEERING. Collaboratore del corso
• Sensors and Data Transmission/IoT for Agriculture (modulo di IoT for Agriculture). A.A. 2024/25, AGRITECH ENGINEERING. Collaboratore del corso
• Sensors and Data Transmission/IoT for Agriculture (modulo di IoT for Agriculture). A.A. 2023/24, AGRITECH ENGINEERING. Collaboratore del corso

Bachelor of Science

• Electromagnetic waves and antennas. A.A. 2026/27, ELECTRONIC AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI). Collaboratore del corso
• Electromagnetic waves and antennas. A.A. 2025/26, ELECTRONIC AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI). Collaboratore del corso
• Electromagnetic waves and antennas. A.A. 2024/25, ELECTRONIC AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI). Collaboratore del corso
• Electromagnetic waves and antennas. A.A. 2023/24, ELECTRONIC AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI). Collaboratore del corso
• Electromagnetic waves and antennas. A.A. 2022/23, ELECTRONIC AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI). Collaboratore del corso
• Electromagnetic waves and antennas. A.A. 2021/22, ELECTRONIC AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA E DELLE COMUNICAZIONI). Collaboratore del corso

Projects funded by competitive calls

• LANTIS - Living Antenna Systems for Natural Technology Integration and Sensing, (2025-2027) - Responsabile Scientifico
  University research - Individual Projects

• Francesco Ardo'. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (41^st cycle, 2026-in progress)
• Alex Ramiro Masaquiza Caiza. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (40^th cycle, 2024-in progress)
  Research subject: Brain medical microwave imaging
  
  Antennas, electromagnetic devices, propagation and radars
  Biomedical devices and applications
  Computational Electromagnetics (CEM) and EM simulation
• Martina Gugliermino. Programme in Ingegneria Elettrica, Elettronica E Delle Comunicazioni (39^th cycle, 2023-in progress)
  Research subject: EM field study in medicine: material characterization for phantoms and stroke monitoring algorithms.
  
  Antennas, electromagnetic devices, propagation and radars
  Biomedical devices and applications

Applied electromagnetics for microwave sensing, imaging, and bio-integrated systems. This research line focuses on the development of electromagnetic methods, devices, and measurement strategies for sensing, imaging, and monitoring complex lossy media, including biological tissues, biomimicking materials, agro-industrial samples, plants, and biohybrid systems.

The activity combines antenna and microwave device design, near-field measurements, dielectric characterization, S-parameter calibration, numerical modeling, and inverse-scattering methods. Particular attention is given to the design of robust and experimentally validated microwave systems capable of operating in realistic scenarios, where the target under investigation is heterogeneous, dispersive, lossy, and often only partially known.

In the biomedical field, this research includes microwave sensing and imaging approaches for medical applications, with emphasis on brain monitoring and stroke follow-up. The objective is to exploit the dielectric contrast between healthy and pathological tissues to develop non-ionizing, portable, and potentially low-cost technologies that can complement existing diagnostic and monitoring tools.

In the agro-industrial and environmental fields, the research explores microwave-based sensing strategies for monitoring materials, biological samples, and complex organic media. These activities are oriented toward non-invasive characterization, quality control, process monitoring, and sustainable sensing solutions.

A growing part of this research line focuses on bio-integrated electromagnetic systems and living antennas. This direction investigates how living organisms and biological structures, such as plants, can be integrated with electromagnetic and bioelectronic interfaces to act as sensing, communicating, or responsive elements. The long-term vision is to develop natural technology integration strategies in which living systems are not only monitored by external devices but become active components of distributed sensing and communication platforms.

Overall, the research aims to connect applied electromagnetics, microwave engineering, biomedical sensing, agro-industrial monitoring, and bio-integrated technologies into a unified framework for sensing and interacting with complex living and non-living systems.

• Masaquiza-Caiza, Alex Ramiro; Gugliermino, Martina; Rodriguez-Duarte, David O.; Vipiana, ... (2026)
  Simplified Reflection-Based Calibration for a Multistatic Microwave Imaging System. In: 2026 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Biomedical Conference (IMBioC), Cosenza (Ita), April 26-29 2026, pp. 1-3. ISBN: 979-8-3315-8218-0
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Masaquiza-Caiza, Alex Ramiro; Rodriguez-Duarte, David O.; Gugliermino, Martina; Vipiana, ... (2026)
  Comparison of 3-D Direct Microwave Imaging Algorithms Applied to Brain Stroke Follow-up. In: 2026 International Conference on Medical Microwave Imaging Applications, ICMWIA 2026, Lisbon (Por), February 3-5, 2026, pp. 1-4. ISBN: 979-8-3315-6966-2
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Masaquiza Caiza, Alex Ramiro; Gugliermino, Martina; Rodriguez-Duarte, David O.; Vipiana, ... (2025)
  Microwave Imaging Evaluation of Prior Structural Information on the Inversion-Kernel Building Apply to a Brain Stroke Monitoring Scenario. In: International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), Palermo (Ita), 08-12 September 2025, pp. 1070-1071. ISBN: 979-8-3315-4472-0
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Masaquiza Caiza, Alex Ramiro; Rodriguez Duarte, David Orlando; Vipiana, Francesca (2025)
  Detection and Monitoring of Brain Stroke Onsets by an Ad-hoc Double Stage Delay-Multiply-And-Sum (DS-DMAS) Algorithm. In: 2025 URSI International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory, EMTS 2025, Bologna (Ita), 23-27 June 2025
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Cardinali, Leonardo; Rodriguez-Duarte, David O.; Tobón Vasquez, Jorge A.; Vipiana, ... (2025)
  Microwave Imaging for Parkinson’s Disease Detection: A Phantom-Based Feasibility Study Using Temperature-Controlled Dielectric Variations. In: SENSORS, vol. 25. ISSN 1424-8220
  Contributo su Rivista
• Origlia, C.; Rodriguez-Duarte, D. O.; Tobon Vasquez, J. A.; Nikolova, N. K.; Vipiana, F. (2025)
  Low Computational Demand Nonlinear Correction of the Inverse Problem in Microwave Brain Imaging. In: 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting (AP-S/CNC-USNC-URSI), Ottawa (Can), 13-18 July 2025, pp. 2076-2079. ISBN: 979-8-3315-2367-1
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Gugliermino, M.; Rodriguez-Duarte, D. O.; Origlia, C.; Vasquez, J. A. Tobon; Scapaticci, ... (2025)
  Assessment of Extending a Two-Port Calibration to a Multi-Port Microwave Scanner. In: 19th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2025, Stockholm (Swe), 30 March 2025 - 04 April 2025, pp. 1-3. ISBN: 978-88-31299-10-7
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Cardinali, Leonardo; Mariano, Valeria; Rodriguez-Duarte, David O.; Tobon Vasquez, J. A.; ... (2025)
  Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease via Machine Learning-Based Microwave Sensing: An Experimental Validation. In: SENSORS, vol. 25. ISSN 1424-8220
  Contributo su Rivista
• Rodriguez-Duarte, David O.; Fiore, Melania; De Simone, Andrea; Riente, Fabrizio; ... (2024)
  A Feasibility Study on Microwave Imaging for Domestic Compost Production Monitoring. In: 2024 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for Agriculture and Forestry, MetroAgriFor 2024, Padua (Ita), 29-31 October 2024, pp. 586-591
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
• Rodriguez-Duarte, David Orlando; Fiore, Melania; Riente, Fabrizio; Turvani, Giovanna; ... (2024)
  Broadband Dielectric Characterization of Manure and Compost. In: 1st IEEE Latin American Conference on Antennas and Propagation, LACAP 2024, Cartagena de Indias (Col), 01-04 December 2024, pp. 1-2. ISBN: 979-8-3315-2758-7
  Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)