Coordinator and Executive Committee
Andrea Ghiotti
Coordinator
Michele De Carli
Vice Coordinator
Executive Committee
Luigi Alberti, Lisa Biasetto, Michele De Carli, Andrea Ghiotti, Matteo Massaro, Michele Modesti, Federico Moro, Mauro Ricotta, Andrea Claudio Santomaso, Paolo Sgarbossa, Anna Stoppato
Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Paolo Canu
Engineering of chemical reactions, involving multiple phases (S/L/G) and multistep mechanisms; experimental and modelling.
Eleonora Sforza
Optimization of photosynthetic microorganisms and bacterial cultivation for environmental, commercial and energy applications: lab experiments, growth modelling and process simulation.
Massimiliano Barolo
Process chemometrics, data analytics. Pharmaceutical engineering. Process dynamics and control. Optimal model-base design of experiments.
Fabrizio Bezzo
Process modelling and optimization for the chemical, pharmaceutical, and biological industry. Optimization of carbon capture sequestration and utilization chains. Supply chain optimization for biofuel/biochemical production.
Alessandra Lorenzetti
Sustainable polymers based on renewable raw materials. Green flame retardants for polymers. Modeling of the fire behaviour of polymers. Innovative recycling processes of polymers.
Chiara Vianello
Reliability and safety in the Process Industries, risk analysis in the transportation of hazardous substances, risk analysis of infrastructure network, RBI analysis, Natech especially dealing with earthquakes and the effects on industrial and strategic infrastructures.
Anna Mazzi
Sustainability assessment and management. Life cycle sustainability assessment. Integrated management system. Ecoinnovation. Circular optimization.
Alessandro Manzardo
Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainability modelling for the eco-design of new processes and materials.
Michele Modesti
Chemical recycling of thermosetting polymers. Thermal degradation and flame reaction of polymer systems. Polymer nanocomposites. Multistructured membranes based on nanofiber and nanoparticles.
Luca Palmeri
GIS based Environmental Modelling. Water Resources Management. Water Quality and Environmental Impact Assessment.
Pierantonio Facco
Development of machine learning, (statistical & model-based) design-of-experiment, and hybrid modelling methodologies for the digitalization in process, food and (bio)pharmaceutical industries 4.0.
Andrea Claudio Santomaso
Characterization and modelling of the behaviour of particulate materials (powders and grains): mixing, wet granulation, granular rheology and mechanics, powder flowability.
Sara Spilimbergo
Investigation of supercritical CO2 processes, as a low-temperature method of pasteurization for liquid and solid foodstuff, as a novel method for biopolimers production and as an innovative drying technique for food and biological matrixes.
Elisa Cimetta
Application of engineering principles to biological studies. Design and development of microscale technologies, microfluidic platforms, and 3D bioprinting for the in vitro culture of cells.
Andrea Marion
River and wetland hydrodynamics, Contaminant transport in surface waters, Fluvial sediment dynamics and river morphology, hydropower plants, ecohydraulics of natural water bodies, flood risk assessment, freshwater fish protection.
Alberto Bertucco
Modeling and simulation of chemical and biological industrial processes. CO2 capture and sequestration. Assessment of sustainability of green energy production (hydrogen, biomethane, biofuels).
Electrical Engineering
Federico Moro
Numerical/analytical methods for solving multiphysics problems and for electromagnetic compatibility analysis. Innovative electromagnetic formulations for analysing fields and circuits. Modeling and simulation of electromagnetic devices and MEMS.
Luigi Alberti
Design of electric machines and drives. Electric machines and drives for sustainable mobility and energy conversion.
Mauro Andriollo
Study of electrical machines by analytical/numerical codes. Linear motors for innovative transport systems, biomedical and industrial applications. Electromechanics/electronics simulation.
Manuele Bertoluzzo
System integration and control strategies for static and dynamic wireless power transfer systems. Architecture and control of high frequency resonant power converters. Single and multiple coil coupling design. Automatic optimization algorithms.
Massimo Guarnieri
Energy Storage Engineering – flow batteries, hydrogen based storage systems, battery packs and power trains for electric mobility.
Nicola Bianchi
Analysis and design of electric motors and generators. Control of electric drives. Electric vehicles and industry applications.
Michele Forzan
Numerical Modeling of Electromagnetic Processing of Material. Optimal design of electromagnetic devices.
Massimiliano Coppo
Modelling and simulation of active electricity networks for integration of renewables. Optimal management of distributed energy resources. Electricity and ancillary services markets.
Roberto Benato
Power systems analysis and computation. Large-scale energy storage in the network. EHV/HV dc and ac innovative transmission lines e.g. insulated cables and gas insulated lines. Synergy between railway and highway infrastructures and insulated cables. Multiconductor cell analysis (MCA) of asymmetric.
Elisabetta Sieni
Bioelectromagnetic, human exposure, electrochemotherapy, hyperthermia. Magnetic nanoparticles. Finite element methods for the design of electric and magnetic devices.
Roberto Turri
Power system analysis and simulation, smart grids and assessment and mitigation of human exposure to low frequency electromagnetic fields
Piergiorgio Alotto
Computational electromagnetics, Electromagnetic device optimization
Fabio Bignucolo
Electrical power plants, renewable generation, distributed generation, smart grids, storage devices, stability of the electrical system, recharging stations, network and plant modeling
Energy Engineering
Ernesto Benini
Advanced Optimization Methods for Turbomachinery Flows. Numerical Design tools for Aircraft Propulsion Engines. Wind Turbine Aerodynamics.
Giorgio Pavesi
Design and Optimization of Turbine and Pumps. Instability in turbine-pumps and water storage management. Wind Turbines. Analysis and optimization of organic Rankine cycles for low temperature heat recovery. Optimization algorithms and their application in the energy conversion systems and machines.
Massimo Masi
Experimental and theoretical study of unconventional combustion for internal combustion engines. Design and CFD analysis of supercritical CO2 compressors. Experimental and CFD analysis and design of aeraulic turbomachines.
Marco Noro
Theoretic and experimental study of enhanced phase change material storage tanks for solar cooling systems. Dynamic simulation study of energy performance of integrated multi-source heat pump systems.
Angelo Zarrella
Energy efficiency in buildings. Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (nZEB). Building envelope. Radiant systems. HVAC systems. Thermal comfort. Renewable energy. Ground source heat pump systems. Urban Modelling.
Luisa Rossetto
Enhanced heat transfer, with single phase flow of air or liquids and with condensation and vaporisation of refrigerants. Heat transfer with Phase change materials and metal foams or 3D printed metal structures.
Stefano Bortolin
Condensation and vaporization heat transfer. Microchannels. Dropwise condensation over engineered surfaces. Condensation in microgravity. Heat pumps. Heat pipes. Two-phase flow numerical simulations.
Laura Fedele
Systems and fluids characterized by low GWP, zero ODP and for energy savings. Nanofluids as energy vectors or operating fluids and PCM, also with the addition of nanoparticles, for applications in the energy and building sectors.
Giovanna Cavazzini
Design and optimization of fluid machines and energy system in design and off-design operating conditions. Optimal management and control of hydropower and pumped-hydropower plant in single and hybrid configuration. Cavitation and sediments. Waste heat.
Andrea Diani
Two-phase heat transfer of low GWP refrigerants inside small-sized channels with enhanced surfaces. Analysis of Phase Change Materials inside metal foams and periodic cellular structures.
Michele De Carli
IEQ (Indoor Environmental Quality), HVAC (Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning) systems. Zero and Plus Energy Buildings. GSHP (Ground Source Heat Pumps). Energy models of buildings and districts.
Anna Stoppato
Energy efficiency in the industrial field, co- and multi-generative energy plants and complex energy systems. LCA. Hydrocavitation and its applications.
Andrea Lazzaretto
Optimization of the design and operation of energy conversion and storage units to increase efficiency, reduce costs, reduce environmental impact and mitigate the detrimental effects on climate change.
Francesca Cappelletti
Indoor Environmental Quality. Thermal comfort. Occupant Behavior. Building Energy Performance. Building Energy Modelling and Calibration. Building Energy Retrofit, Climatic change mitigation techniques. Building envelope energy performance. Multi-objectives optimization in building retrofit design.
Arturo Lorenzoni
Energy economics and regulation. Policies for sustainability and decarbonization of the energy sector. Renewable energy development and integration in the electricity grid.
Silvia Minetto
Refrigeration systems and heat pumps: application of natural working fluids to retail refrigeration, heat pumps, chillers, transport refrigeration. Optimisation of components and systems for the cold chain.
Lorenzo Moro
Heat and moisture transfer in insulating materials both from a theoretical standpoint (setting up a theoretical model of the phenomena) and from an experimental one (determination of thermal conductivity).
Davide Del Col
Two-phase heat transfer. Filmwise and dropwise condensation. Flow boiling. Refrigerants. Heat pumps and refrigeration. Solar thermal energy. Thermal energy storage.
Antonino Di Bella
Physics of the built environment. Indoor Environmental Quality. Applied acoustics. Acoustic properties of materials. Sound absorption and insulation. Outdoor noise reduction. Sound quality of industrial products. Sound optimisation of sound power emitted from machinery and equipment. HVAC noise.
Alberto Benato
Design, optimization and dynamic analysis of power generation units, energy storage, waste heat recovery units, and hybrid systems. Life cycle assessment of energy power units
Materials Engineering
Paolo Colombo
Additive manufacturing of ceramics. Geopolymers. Polymer-Derived-Ceramics. Porous ceramics.
Alberto Ortona
Hybrid materials. Ceramics. Additive manufacturing.
Enrico Negro
Development of functional materials for electrochemical energy conversion and storage devices (fuel cells, secondary batteries, redox flow batteries): synthesis, characterization, tests in prototypes.
Monica Dettin
Design of biomaterials. Covalent functionalization of metallic, ceramic, polymeric materials with synthetic peptides to promote cell interaction.
Andrea Bagno
Biomaterials and biological tissues characterization; biological heart valves; hybrid membranes; total artificial heart. Phonocardiography. Microcirculation analysis by LDF.
Paolo Sgarbossa
Synthesis and characterization of organometallic compounds for catalysis and biological applications. Synthesis of nanomaterials and nanocomposites. Synthesis of ion conductiong polymers for electrochemical applications.
Giovanni Lucchetta
Injection molding of post-consumer recycled plastics. Micro injection molding of micro-structured functional surfaces. Digital manufacturing of polymeric materials. Advanced molding technologies for reinforced plastics.
Silvia Todros
Experimental analysis of the mechanical properties of biomaterials and biological tissues. Computational modelling of biological tissues and structures. Hydrogels for tissue engineering.
Lucia Nicola
Computational (multiscale-)modeling of the mechanical behavior of materials, with main focus on metal plasticity and contact mechanics.
Stefano Corradetti
Production and characterization of porous ceramics for nuclear applications.
Angelo Simone
Computational mechanics. Multiscale and multiphysics modeling. Generalized finite element method. Fracture and damage mechanics of quasi-brittle materials. Batteries. Composite materials.
Stefania Bruschi
Development of sustainable manufacturing processes applied to difficult-to-form and difficult-to-cut materials.
Irene Calliari
Phase transformation of stainless steel, heat treatment by pulsed and continuous current.
Enrico Bernardo
Upcycling of inorganic waste into valuable glass-based materials. Development of silicate bioceramics from novel raw materials and novel processing.
Piero Pavan
Computational biomechanics. Mechanical characterization of soft tissues by means of experimental and computational methods. Muscular tissue mechanics.
Roberta Bertani
Preparation and characterization of organometallic compounds and functional materials for catalysis and biological applications. Synthesis of multifunctional nanocomposites. Biomasses valorization.
Giorgia Franchin
Additive manufacturing of ceramics. Novel feedstocks: geopolymers, preceramic polymers, sol-gel route. Hybrid and multimaterial technologies.
Monica Fabrizio
Integration of ceramic materials in RES devices
Emanuele Luigi Carniel
Mechanics of biological tissues and structures for in silico medicine
Mechanical Engineering
Mauro Ricotta
Development of energy methods for fatigue life assessment of metallic and polymeric materials. Static and fatigue behaviour of composite and polymeric materials.
Giulio Rosati
Kinematics, dynamics and control of mechanical systems. Optimization of industrial robotic systems and automated production lines. Human-robot interaction and medical robotics.
Andrea Ghiotti
Manufacturing processes and systems. Material forming. Machining. Post additive manufacturing processing. Tribology. Machines and characterization of thermal-related aspects for the control of micro-scale phenomena.
Alberto Campagnolo
Development of local approaches for structural durability analysis of welded components and structures. Analysis of the static and fatigue behaviour of notched components in metallic materials.
Simone Carmignato
Precision engineering. Dimensional metrology. Advanced manufacturing. Additive manufacturing. Industrial computed tomography.
Enrico Savio
Digital and Zero-Defect Manufacturing, with a focus on in-process metrology, metrology of freeform surfaces, surface topography and microparts, including the economics of measurements in industry.
Giovanni Meneghetti
Local approaches for assessing the structural integrity and durability of mechanical components and welded structures. Experimental analysis of strains and in-field load data acquisition. Energy-based methods in fatigue.
Mattia Manzolaro
Development of High Temperature Targets and Ion Sources for the production of Radioactive Ion Beams. Multiphysics Simulation.
Roberto Lot
Dynamics and Control of Road and Race Vehicles. Motorcycle Dynamics. Vehicle Safety and Sustainability.
Alberto Doria
Vibration mechanics and control. Vibration energy harvesting. Robot vibrations. Identification of mechanical systems. Stability and comfort of bicycles.
Silvio Cocuzza
Aerial robotic manipulation. Space, inspection and maintenance robotics. Soft robotics, biorobotics. Industrial, collaborative and agrifood robotics. Biomedical systems and robots. Haptics.
Leonardo De Chiffre
Metal cutting: mechanics of chip formation; friction and lubrication; tests. Metalworking tribology. Geometrical metrology: surface characterisation; coordinate metrology; traceability of measurements on coordinate measuring machines, optical scanners and CT-scanners; accredited calibration and testing.
Giulio Fanti
Mechanical and thermal measurements. Turin Shroud research.
Ilaria Palomba
Theoretical and experimental investigations in the fields of mechanics of machines, mechanical vibrations, multibody dynamics, and robotics and automation.
Matteo Massaro
Vehicle dynamics. Multibody modelling. Mechanical vibrations.
Marco Sorgato
Process chain design for micro manufacturing. Micro machining of difficult-to-cut alloys. Micro injection molding of micro-structured functional surfaces. Injection molding of high-performance plastic parts.
Nicola Petrone
Design and construction of machine components and mechanical systems. Analysis and evaluation of Sport Equipments & Rehabilitation Devices. Development of human body surrogates, orthotic, prosthetic and protective equipments.
Basilio Lenzo
Vehicle dynamics and control. Torque vectoring on electric vehicles with multiple motors. Autonomous drifting. Vehicle state estimation. Gravity balancing for robotic manipulators.
Francesca Uccheddu
Reverse Engineering, Geometric models of free-form surfaces or mechanical components, Design for Additive Manufacturing, Innovative design methods, Medical Device Design
