Stefano Colafranceschi

Stefano obtained a bachelor’s and master degree in Aerospace and Astronautical Engineering at Sapienza University (Rome - Italy). During his ph.D. he shifted his interest in Applied Experimental Nuclear Physics and Computer Science. While doctoral student, Stefano was hired by the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) as Engineer and Scientist, he spent a decade working on High Energy Physics within the CMS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. Stefano worked on several cutting edge systems and advanced software as frontier research requires frontier technologies. After CERN, he decided to move to the US and he joined FloridaTech working on computational aspects (such as firmware, data-acquisition system, electronics).

Since 2018 Stefano joined EMU, to teach computer science and engineering courses.

Miami 2017 - Elementary particles, astrophysics, and cosmology Construction of GEM detectors for the CMS forward muon upgrade

IEEE 2017 - Nuclear Science Symposium / Medical Imaging Conference
Operational experience with the GEM detector assembly lines for the CMS forward muon upgrade

IEEE 2016 - Nuclear Science Symposium / Medical Imaging Conference SCRIBE: A Slow Control and Run Initialization Byte-Wise Environment

RPC 2014 - Resistive Plate Counters 2014
Resistive Plate Chambers for 2013-2014 upgrade of CMS

UNOOSA 2013 - United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs Space Technology: Advancing skills in Uganda

IEEE 2012 - Nuclear Science Symposium / Medical Imaging Conference
Beam Test Results for New Full-Scale GEM Prototypes for a upgrade of the CMS high-η muon System

Frontiers Detectors for Frontier Physics 2012
GEM based detector for upgrade of the CMS forward muon system

RPC 2012 - Resistive Plate Counters
Tests of gas contaminants and interaction with materials in closed loop recirculation systems

RPC 2012 - Resistive Plate Counters
Operational experience of the GGM at the CMS Experiment

ICATP 2011 - Conference on Astroparticle, Particle, Space Physics and Applications Construction and Performance of full scale GEM prototypes for the CMS forward Muon system

IEEE 2010 - Nuclear Science Symposium / Medical Imaging Conference Gas Simulations for Gaseous detectors

RPC 2010 - Resistive Plate Counters
A new approach in modeling the behavior of RPC detectors

SIF 2009 - XCV International Congress of Physics
A study about the CMS Experiment closed loop gas system optimization

Frontiers Detectors for Frontier Physics 2009
Operational Experience of the Gas Gain Monitoring System of the CMS RPC muon detectors

IEEE 2008 - Nuclear Science Symposium / Medical Imaging Conference Sensitivity and environmental response of the CMS RPC Gas Gain Monitoring system

SIF 2008 - XCIV International Congress of Physics, Gas purification studies and monitoring systems for the CMS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider

2019 ELSEVIER Recognized reviewer status achieved

2018 ELSEVIER Outstanding reviewer status achieved

2018 Publons peer review Award for placing in the top 1% of reviewers

2017 ELSEVIER Recognized reviewer status achieved

2014 Best research engineer of the last 30 years at University of Rome

2013 Outstanding work contributing towards the efficient running of CMS Experiment

CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research
INFN, Italian National Institute of Physics
RD51, Collaboration for the Development of Micro-Pattern Gas Detectors Technologies CMS, Compact Muon Solenoid Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider - Associate EWB, Engineers Without Borders
GAUSS, Group of Astrodynamics for the Use of Space Systems
IEEE, Education Society
IEEE, Computer Society
IEEE, Aerospace and Electronic Society Society
IEEE, Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society
SAB, Stratospheric Ballooning Association

Editorial Activities in peer-to-peer international journals

Reviewed more than 150 manuscripts published in high-impact international journals.

1. JINST, The Journal of Instrumentation

2. Nuclear Instrumentation and Methods in Physics Research

3. Polymer Engineering and Science

4. POS, Proceedings of Science

5. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

6. Journal of Applied Glass Science

7. International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology

8. Arabian Journal of Chemistry

9. Microelectronics Journal

10. Journal of Electrical System and Information Technology

11. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

12. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing

13. Computers & Industrial Engineering

14. Journal of Materials & Design

15. Defense Technology

16. Medical Engineering and Physics

17. Journal of Systems and Software

18. Information Sciences

19. Neural Networks