The ENSURE project also engaged in training several young researchers, fostering the networking among students with different backgrounds and building up a synergistic environment for teamwork. Overall, 12 master’s degree and 5 PhD students have been involved in the project. Most of their works are available for download.
PhD Projects
Francesco Gatti, Development of innovative solutions for laser-driven hadron sources applications: targetry and diagnostics, PhD in Energy and Nuclear Science and Technology, 2022-2025
Marta Galbiati, Numerical investigations of laser-driven photon and particle sources with nanostructured materials and their applications, PhD in Energy and Nuclear Science and Technology, 2021-2024
Davide Orecchia, Development of nanostructured materials for high intensity laser-plasma applications, PhD in Energy and Nuclear Science and Technology, 2021-2024
Davide Vavassori, Production of nanostructured films for nuclear applications using advanced deposition techniques, PhD in Energy and Nuclear Science and Technology, 2019-2023
Francesco Mirani, Numerical and experimental investigation of laser-driven radiation sources for materials characterization, PhD in Energy and Nuclear Science and Technology, 2017-2021
Arianna Formenti, Advances in laser-driven ion acceleration theory, PhD in Energy and Nuclear Science and Technology, 2016-2020
Andrea Pazzaglia, Investigation on near-critical double-layer targets for enhanced laser-driven ion acceleration, PhD in Energy and Nuclear Science and Technology, 2016-2020
Lorenzo Cialfi, Advances in Target Normal Sheath Acceleration with traditional and nanostructured targets, PhD in Energy and Nuclear Science and Technology, 2013-2017
Master’s Theses
Ferruccio Piziali, Carbon membranes and nanofoam for laser-plasma interaction experiments, MSc thesis in Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2026
Francesco Albertini, Modelling of ion energy spectra in laser-driven acceleration: a numerical investigation on TNSA parameters, MSc thesis in Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2025
Matteo Iaccarino, Production and post-mortem characterization of double layer targets for laser-driven ion acceleration, MSc thesis in Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2025
Claudia Mallimaci, Numerical study of high-power nanosecond laser pulse interaction with nanostructured materials, MSc thesis in Mathematical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2025
Mennatullah Deif, Commissioning of Thomson Parabola Spectrometer and advanced target solutions for laser driven ions acceleration at L2A2, MSc thesis in Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2024
Alessandro Milani, Laser-driven proton-Boron nuclear fusion with nanostructured targets, MSc thesis in Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2024
Leonardo Francesco Claudio Monaco, Numerical study of positron production in laser-plasma interaction with double-layer targets via non-linear Breit-Wheeler Process, MSc thesis in Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2023
Kevin Ambrogioni, Numerical modelling of laser-driven proton acceleration with nanostructured targets and TW class lasers, MSc thesis in Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2023
Maria Sole Galli De Magistris, Production of novel nanostructured targets for high-intensity laser-plasma interaction experiments, MSc thesis in Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2023
Vittorio Ciardiello, Theoretical study of high power laser interaction with novel nano structured foam materials for inertial confinement fusion research, MSc thesis in Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2022
Francesco Gatti, Development of non-conventional targets for laser-driven particle sources, MSc thesis in Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2021
Marta Galbiati, Numerical investigation of high-energy photon emission in laser-plasma interaction with double-layer targets, MSc thesis in Physics Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2020
Matteo Lo Verso, Massively parallel particle-in-cell simulations of laser-plasma interaction : a perfomance analysis, MSc thesis in Mathematical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2020
Daniele Calzolari, Photon activation analysis with laser-driven sources, MSc thesis in Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2020
Davide Orecchia, Femtosecond pulsed laser deposition of carbon nanofoams for laser-driven ion acceleration, MSc thesis in Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2020
Rafael Caprani, Compact photon sources in multi-PetaWatt facilities : a kinetic numerical investigation, MSc thesis in Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2020, in collaboration with the Laboratoire pour l’Utilisation des Lasers Intenses (LULI).
Anna Chiara Giovannelli, Medical radioisotope production by means of laser-driven proton accelerators: a theoretical study, MSc thesis in Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2019
Davide Vavassori, Production of optimized targets for enhanced laser-driven ion acceleration, MSc thesis in Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2019
Francesca Maria Arioli, Compact laser-driven neutron sources: a theoretical investigation, MSc thesis in Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2018
Alessandro Tentori, Laser-driven Neutron Sources: A First Numerical Investigation, MSc thesis in Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2018
Francesco Mirani, Ion beam analysis with laser-driven proton beams, MSc thesis in Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2017
Arianna Formenti, Intense laser interaction with nanostructured plasmas: a kinetic numerical investigation, MSc thesis in Mathematical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2016
Andrea Pazzaglia, Produzione e caratterizzazione di bersagli multistrato per l’accelerazione di ioni mediante laser superintensi, MSc thesis in Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, 2016