Patricio Colmegna, PhD
Contact
pc2jx@virginia.eduOffice Location:
560 Ray C Hunt Drive
Charlottesville, VA
Dr. Patricio Colmegna is a Control Engineer by formation, and his research interests include modeling, optimization, and control of mechanical and biomedical processes.
Since Dr. Colmegna started his doctorate studies, he has been working on technology-based solutions to improve glucose control in type 1 diabetes. Dr. Colmegna initially focused his research on designing closed-loop controllers, a.k.a. artificial pancreas systems, that automatically regulate the blood glucose level while minimizing patient intervention. More recently, he has started analyzing and designing clinical decision support systems that optimize self-management practices. In this initial effort, Dr. Colmegna designed, implemented and clinically tested a cloud-based, centralized platform, a.k.a. the Web-Based Simulation Tool, that enables unique patient-data interactions, facilitating the decision-making process of insulin therapy optimization.
Dr. Colmegna also has experience in designing, implementing, and experimentally validating closed-loop solutions to mechanical ventilators, active magnetic bearings, and unmanned aerial vehicles.
Professional Education:
- Doctorate in Engineering, Buenos Aires Institute of Technology (2014)
- Industrial Control and Automation Engineering, University of Quilmes (2010)
Awards:
- Award to the highest grade at UNQ (2011), Government of the Province of Buenos Aires
- Award to the highest grade (2011), National Academy of Engineering.
- Award to the highest grade (2011), UNQ.
2-APF-2019-737-A-N Colmegna (PI) 03/01/19 – 02/28/21
JDRF.
Web-based Simulation Tool for Self-management Support in Type 1 Diabetes.
Role: Principal investigator.
2-SRA-2016-291-Q-R Breton (PI) 08/01/16 – 07/31/19
JDRF.
T1D Behavioral Simulator for Decision Support Tool In Silico Validation.
Role: Co-Investigator.
PUNQ 1406/15 Safar (PI) 05/01/15 – 04/31/19
UNQ.
Automation Engineering, Computer Science and Industrial Processes Applied to the Resolution of Technological Problems.
Role: Project director.
Sánchez-Peña (PI) 10/01/15 – 03/01/17
Nuria (Argentina) and Cellex (Spain) Foundations.
Automatic Control in Type 1 Diabetes (Phase 2: Clinical trials).
Role: Co-Investigator.
Sánchez-Peña (PI) 07/01/13 – 12/01/14
Nuria (Argentina) and Cellex (Spain) Foundations.
Automatic Control in Type 1 Diabetes (Phase 1: In Silico Studies)
Role: Co-Investigator.
PUNQ 0530/07 Sánchez-Peña (PI) 04/30/09 – 04/30/11
UNQ.
Implementation of Advanced Identification and Control Techniques.
Role: Scholarship researcher.
Key Publications:
- Colmegna, P., Wang, K., García-Tirado, J., Breton, M. (2020). “Mapping Data to Virtual Patients in Type 1 Diabetes”. Control Engineering Practice 103, p. 104605.
- Colmegna, P., Cengiz, E., García-Tirado, J., Kraemer, K., Breton, M. (2020). “Impact of Accelerating Insulin on an Artificial Pancreas System without Meal Announcement: An In Silico Examination”. Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology.
- Colmegna P., Garelli, F., De Battista, H., Bianchi, F., Sánchez-Peña, R. S. (2019). “The ARG Algorithm: Clinical Trials in Argentina”. The Artificial Pancreas: Current Situation and Future Directions. Ed. by R. S. Sánchez-Peña and D. Cherñavvsky. Cambridge: Academic Press, pp. 79–104.
- Colmegna, P., Garelli, F., De Battista, H., Sánchez-Peña, R. S. (2018). “Automatic Regulatory Control in Type 1 Diabetes without Carbohydrate Counting”. Control Engineering Practice 74, pp. 22–32.
- Colmegna, P., Sánchez-Peña, R. S., Gondhalekar, R., Dassau, E., and Doyle III, F. J. (2016). “Switched LPV Glucose Control in Type 1 Diabetes”. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 63.6, pp. 1192–1200.
- Colmegna, P., Sánchez-Peña, R. S., Gondhalekar, R., Dassau, E., and Doyle III, F. J. (2014). “Reducing Risks in Type 1 Diabetes Using H-infinity control”. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering 61.12, pp. 2939–2947.
Other publications can be found here.