For the second year in a row, DEIB won the first prize of the Innovation Design Contest, organized by the magazine Selezione di Elettronica for the best thesis in the field.
Emanuele Lavelli was awarded for the work "Gamma ray spectrometer based on SiPM photodetectors for detecting radioactive sources" developed under the guidance of Marco Carminati and Giovanni Montagnani. This work allows to improve industrial and environmental safety by detecting the presence of radioactive sources in scrap metal before fusion with greater sensitivity, thanks to an innovative sensor able to operate in large magnetic fields.
The research is part of the Smart Foundry project, funded by the Regione Lombardia, coordinated by prof. Carlo Fiorini and with the participation of Fondazione Politenico and the industrial partner TNE Technology Nuclear Electronics.

Further details are available at: https://www.elettronicanews.it/linnovazione-elettronica-sotto-i-riflettori/.