Progetti di ricerca

Settore

CEAR-12/A Tecnica e pianificazione urbanistica (ex ICAR/20)

Tipologia

PRIN Bando 2022 PNRR

Supporto

Next GenerationEU e Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca

Importo progetto

298 k€

Finanziamento per DICEA

101 k€

Durata

2 anni

Responsabile scientifico

Corrado Zoppi

Responsabile scientifico DICEA

Carmela Gargiulo

Partecipanti progetto DICEA

Gerardo Carpentieri, Floriana Zucaro, Romano Fistola, Tonia Stiuso

Descrizione

Il progetto di ricerca si propone di sviluppare un nuovo approccio metodologico per quantificare gli impatti delle politiche governo del territorio a scala urbana e territoriale volte all’individuazione dei servizi ecosistemici (ES) e al favorire politiche di risparmio energetico, con l’obiettivo finale di promuovere la neutralità climatica e l’adattamento sia nelle aree rurali che urbane.

Partners

Università degli Studi di Cagliari (UNICA), Università della Basilicata (UNIBAS), Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (UNINA).

Settore

ICAR/02 – Costruzioni Idrauliche e Marittime e Idrologia

Tipologia

PRIN: PROGETTI DI RICERCA DI RILEVANTE INTERESSE NAZIONALE – Bando 2022 PNRR

Supporto

Next GenerationEU e Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca

Importo progetto

297.5 k€

Finanziamento per DICEA

89 k€

Durata

2 anni

Responsabile scientifico

Leonardo Noto

Responsabile scientifico DICEA

Salvatore Manfreda

Partecipanti progetto DICEA

Salvatore Manfreda, Afshin Johanshahi, Awais Naeem Sarwar, Felice Daniele Pacia

Descrizione

The urgent need to take action to combat climate change has led to the development of different kinds of strategies, such as some Carbon Dioxide Removal techniques, which are mostly devoted to sequestering atmospheric carbon and storing it in more stable forms within existing rocks, oceans, vegetation or other terrestrial environments. Enhanced Weathering (EW) is considered one of the most promising techniques, which consists of amending soils with silicate minerals (i.e., olivine) since they are highly reactive with CO2 and worldwide extensively available. A key role in the dissolution of these minerals, hence in their reaction rate with CO2, is played by soil water content dynamics, which, apart from rainfall, are affected by soil and vegetation types. EW dynamics are also strongly influenced by soil mineral composition, which affects the pH levels before olivine amendment and, in turn, its dissolution rate. Olivine dissolution and carbon sequestration dynamics are strongly controlled by rainfall dynamics as well as soil processes and crop cycles. Starting from these considerations, the present project aims to understand which of controlling factors are mostly connected to changes in EW time dynamics, allowing us to define the most suitable combined characteristics of climate, soil, and vegetation to host a possible EW intervention in the cropland areas of Southern Italy, where the agricultural sector is a relevant one. Other than that, the project aims to assess future changes in EW dynamics due to future climatic scenarios, given that these could result in different precipitation patterns. The future climatic scenarios will be defined by the research unit (RU) of the Univ. della Calabria and is part of Milestone 1 (MS1). The large-scale hydrologic modeling, which includes different evapotranspiration models for various crops, will be treated by the Univ. di Napoli Federico II RU (Milestone 2 – MS2). Part of the first two milestones will be used as input to simulate soil biogeochemical processes and olivine dissolution and carbon sequestration dynamics at the scale of the Italian territory under a variety of possible future climatic conditions, by the Univ. di Palermo RU, achieving Milestone 3 (MS3). These reproductions may also be useful for uncertainty quantification of carbon sequestration estimates. Lastly, the Milestone 4 (MS4) consists of optimizing the crop strategies, considering the differences in terms of climate, soil, and crop types, in the context of EW and will be jointly carried out by all RUs. The same milestone will consist of the evaluation of the total carbon sequestration potential of southern Italy by applying EW to different fractions of the cropland areas; indications of the best olivine amendment strategy that copes with climate change effects, will also be provided.

Partners

Università degli Studi di Palermo (UNIPA), Università della Calabria (UNICAL),Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (UNINA).

Settore

ICAR/02 – Costruzioni Idrauliche e Marittime e Idrologia

Tipologia

PRIN: Progetti di Ricerca di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale – Bando 2022

Supporto

Next GenerationEU e Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca

Importo progetto

294 k€

Finanziamento per DICEA

99 k€

Durata

2 anni

Responsabile scientifico

Flavia Tauro

Responsabile scientifico DICEA

Salvatore Manfreda

Partecipanti progetto DICEA

Salvatore Manfreda, Domenico Miglino, Khim Cathleen Saddi, Aung Chit Moe, Cristina Caramiello.

Descrizione

Under unprecedented pressure from urbanization and climate change, an ever increasing number of streams worldwide fails to meet good ecological status, thus threatening water quality and ecology, and severely impacting our territories. In this vein, RiverWatch aims to develop a new disruptive monitoring infrastructure for river systems focused on the transport of buoyant plastics, woody material, and floating pollution. The infrastructure will build on current knowledge in image-based hydrological monitoring to explore novel advancements in unsupervised computer vision techniques for environmental analyses. RiverWatch will exploit camera systems on fixed stations as well as volunteer smartphones to build a dense network of monitoring stations potentially along any river system in the world. This may help to overcome the current limitations in the management and maintenance of high cost installations and at the same time allow us to expand our monitoring capabilities. Towards establishing a robust infrastructure, RiverWatch will focus on the Sarno River to develop a dense monitoring system based on cutting-edge unsupervised computer vision. Notably, the Sarno River is the most polluted river in Europe and a challenging and socially disadvantaged environment to establish monitoring networks. A custom-built mobile app as well as advanced image-based algorithms will be developed to process footage captured by citizens and fixed cameras and collected at a remote server. Image-based algorithms will enable analysis of the river flow along with the estimation of surface pollutants discharge and their characterization. Such data will be published in close to real-time on a web-Gis online platform featuring a storymap and a public database. High-frequency data at several locations in the drainage network will facilitate implementation of simple modeling tools to describe and forecast pollutant transport in the Sarno watershed. RiverWatch objectives will be achieved through the harmonized effort of a multidisciplinary research team with a past experience of collaboration in environmental monitoring through computer vision and machine learning as well as citizen science. The transformative potential of the project is expected to enrich the monitoring tools currently available to National Hydrometric Services and Environmental Agencies worldwide by providing an easy-to-use and inexpensive approach to quantitatively assess river pollution. Finally, RiverWatch will stimulate new research on the pollution dynamics in river watersheds and on the interactions of pollutant transport with climate and anthropic agents.

Partners

University of Naples Federico II (UNINA), University of Tuscia (UNITUS), University of Bologna (UNIBO), University for Foreigners of Perugia (UNISTRAPG).

Settore

ICAR/02 – Costruzioni Idrauliche e Marittime e Idrologia

Tipologia

PRIMA Project

Supporto

EU

Importo progetto

4.400 k€

Finanziamento per DICEA

230 k€

Durata

3 anni

Responsabile scientifico

Seifeddine Jomaa

Responsabile scientifico DICEA

Salvatore Manfreda

Partecipanti progetto DICEA

Salvatore Manfreda, Domenico Pianese, Francesco de Paola, Luigi Cimorelli, Francesco Pugliese, Domenico Miglino, Khim Cathleen Saddi, Awais Naeem Sarwar, Nunzio Marrone, Cristina Caramiello.

Descrizione

OurMED is a PRIMA-funded project. The overall objective of OurMED is to design and explore innovative and sustainable storage and distribution systems tightly integrated into ecosystem management at the river basin scale. This is achieved by the combination of scientific and local knowledge, emerging from new and long-lasting spaces for social learning among interdependent stakeholders, society actors and scientific researchers in eight local and one regional MED demo sites. OurMED vision is to address this “last mile” not only by technologically advanced monitoring techniques, smart modelling and optimization capabilities, but also by providing data fusion and integrated digital twin technologies in order to make optimized solutions easy to use for decision-making. OurMED intends, also, to enable participatory information sharing and multi-sectoral stakeholder engagement ultimately helping related SDG challenges. OurMED aims to reinforce scientific-based equitable water management in the Mediterranean region, especially under increasingly pressing future anthropogenic and climate conditions, learning from the impacts of historical extreme events experienced by the demonstration sites during the last decades. To ensure upscaling and replicability of tailored solutions to other countries, the entire Mediterranean basin is considered as a separate demonstration site, with particular focus and investigation on essential water-ecosystem variables, systematic monitoring and data sharing, as well as policy examination towards multi-sectorial and sustainable water management and efficient governance at the regional scale. The long-term objective of the OurMED project is to establish guidelines and develop demonstrable test cases towards optimum and equitable water storage and distribution in the Mediterranean region.

Partners

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Remote Sensing Solutions GmbH (RSS), Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Idrica (IDRICA), Euro-Mediterranean Information System on know-how in the Water sector (SEMIDE), La Tour du Valat (TdV), Technical University of Crete (TUC), Università di Parma (UNIPR), University of Sassari (UNISS), University of Naples Federico II (UNINA), Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN), Living Planet Morocco (LPM), AgroInsider (AGRI), Higher School of Engineering of Medjez El Bab (ESIM), Boğaziçi University (BU)

Settore

CEAR-12/A Tecnica e pianificazione urbanistica (ex ICAR/20)

Tipologia

PRIN 2022 non PNRR

Supporto

MUR

Importo progetto

226 k€

Finanziamento per DICEA

126 k€

Durata

2 anni (18 ottobre 2023 – 18 ottobre 2025)

Responsabile scientifico

Rosa Anna La Rocca

Responsabile scientifico DICEA

Rosa Anna La Rocca

Partecipanti progetto DICEA

Rosa Anna La Rocca, Romano Fistola, Stella Pennino, Ida Zingariello

Descrizione

This project starts from the consideration that the study of cultural heritage needs different approaches and new interpretative visions and that this change primarily concerns the significance of its valorization. Based on this consideration, the project focuses on the geo-paleontological heritage and develops two principal phases: 1) knowledge phase aimed at pointing out a shared information basis between the different expertise involved. 2) action phase aimed to make a support decision tool for valorizating the geo-paleontological areas of Ciampate del Diavolo (LCD) and Petraroja (PTJ) in Campania region. The two sites were selected for their scientific value that embraces various thematic areas paleoanthropological, geophysical, etc. PTJ (Benevento) is known as the place where the fossil of Scypionix Samniticus was found. The LCD ichnosite (Caserta) preserves elements that allow behavioral and structural evaluations of hominins of the middle Pleistocene. The in-depth study of the cultural interactions between the two mentioned sites is both a multi-thematic challenge, and an opportunity to integrate the paleontological processes with the territorial analysis, also exploiting the uniqueness of the territorial context that could be part of an extensive sustainable tourist system. INSITE aspires to integrate with each other different scientific expertise of research. This willingness of multisectoral approach is a basic condition for the whole project because of the commitment that this is the main way to ripen awareness of cultural heritage potentiality, not exclusively referring to economic values. The acronym INSITE tries to trigger this message: to recognize the intrinsic value of the geo-paleontological sites and to expand the spectrum of interest around them, achieving their potential value within the territorial context. Often, only specialized sectors can enjoy these elements of the cultural heritage; to overcome this limit INSITE intends to promote the fruition of these sites to a wider range of users. To this end, it also considers developing two levels of actions: a) dissemination level aimed to spread out the knowledge and the awareness of this heritage; b) implementation level oriented to the involvement and collaboration among stakeholders, decision makers and local communities. The expected positive externalities of INSITE also link to the objectives of the new PNRR, particularly referring to the valorization of the cultural heritage and the revitalization of historical burgs. Two research units are engaged in the project and, with their own specificity, they will work closely connected. The unit of Università di Napoli Federico II focuses on territorial planning aspects; the unit of Università degli Studi del Sannio di Benevento focuses on geo-paleontological aspects. The two units are integrated by the support of experts in dissemination (CNR), archeology (University of Cassino), natural hazards (INGV).

Partners

University of Naples Federico II (UNINA), National Institute of Geology and Vulcanology (INGV), National Council of Research (CNR), University of Cassino (UNICAS).

Settore

ICAR/05 – Trasporti

Tipologia

Progetto di ricerca

Supporto

UIC (Union Internationale des Chemins de fer)

Importo progetto

–

Finanziamento per DICEA

17 k€

Durata

12 mesi

Responsabile scientifico

Francesca Pagliara

Responsabile scientifico DICEA

Francesca Pagliara

Partecipanti progetto DICEA

–

Descrizione

The global framework centers on improving coordination and cooperation between air and rail transportation, particularly in Europe, the USA, and China. It aligns with the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) development goals and draws inspiration from successful historical integration examples. The project’s framework encompasses analysis, customer experience enhancement, optimization, solution development, program creation, and synthesis to guide future initiatives globally.

Partners

–

Settore

CEAR-05/A – Geotecnica

Tipologia

PRIN PNRR

Supporto

Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca

Importo progetto

240 k€

Finanziamento per DICEA

151 k€

Durata

2 anni

Responsabile scientifico

Filomena de Silva

Responsabile scientifico DICEA

Filomena de Silva

Partecipanti progetto DICEA

Filomena de Silva, Luigi Pariota, Sara Coffarelli, Francesco Dionisio

Descrizione

Rethinking the built environment in the frame of a resilient-based approach is a challenging transformation and one of the main goals of contemporary communities, in which the role of civil engineering is crucial. The FAIR MOIRAE project is aimed to contribute to this process through a framework to calculate the resilience of transportation networks against disastrous natural events. The transportation network is composed of nodes and links. The latter are often composed by key components, such as viaducts, tunnels, embankments and retaining structures, whose response under disastrous events is crucial to ensure the network functionality. The study of transportation systems is so complex that most of the existing works quantify the resilience (i) of key components, neglecting the impact on the network, or (ii) of the network assuming the closure of key components, but completely neglecting the responsible hazardous event. Taking advantages of the different expertise required to fulfill all the aspects of the problem, the young team of geotechnical and transportation engineers proposes in the FIAR MOIRAE a framework that bridges the existing gap between the evaluation of the resilience of key components and network. Particular attention is given to the geotechnical components because their fragility has been poorly investigated up to date nevertheless they are the most frequent components in transportation networks.The methodology includes numerous analyses whose results will be exploited to generate fragility curves of the key components. The latter are combined with hazard scenario to estimate damage, functionality loss and restoration time through scales defined within the project. The outcomes will be applied to individuate the arches of the net partially or fully closed during the recovery. The resulting configuration of the network will be analyzed to calculate the resilience indicators. The framework will be implemented in a tool to estimate the resilience of networks from hazard scenarios.The framework and the tool are conceived to be applied to all the transportation networks and hazard type, but this project demonstrates its applicability with reference to road networks under earthquake. The tool could be exploited by network administrators to evaluate the effectiveness of different options in reducing losses due to transportation-system disruption. Similarly, civil protection may use the tool in near real time after disastrous events, to promptly plan interventions and reduce traffic congestion. Both applications are in line with the objectives n°1 and n°6 of the strategic theme “Environment Quality” – cluster 3 “Civil security for society” – of the Horizon Europe 2021-2027. As a matter of fact, the Moirae managed the destiny in the ancient Greece and the acronym FAIR MOIRAE recalls the aim of the project to contribute to a safer destiny of the Italian transportation infrastructures.

Partners

Università della Calabria, Politecnico di Bari.

Settore

CEAR02A (ex ICAR/03) – Ingegneria Sanitaria-Ambientale

Tipologia

PRIN

Supporto

MUR

Importo progetto

253.748 €

Finanziamento per DICEA

130.880 €

Durata

2 anni

Responsabile scientifico

Giovanni Esposito

Responsabile scientifico DICEA

Giovanni Esposito

Partecipanti progetto DICEA

Giovanni Esposito

Descrizione

The discharge of municipal wastewater from urban agglomerates and rural areas can strongly impact water quality in superficial water bodies such as rivers and lakes, leading to adverse effects on the environment and human health. The contribution of rural areas to water pollution is often underestimated, resulting in higher discharge limits being set at regional level for small communities. Adopting a complete wastewater treatment cycle is a costly task for small wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), which usually rely on a conventional activated sludge system removing mainly organic carbon (C_org) from wastewater. BIOCORE offers a new perspective for wastewater treatment in small communities, as it has the objective to develop and validate an innovative, compact, and cost-effective technology that will help small communities to significantly reduce their impact on the carbon and nutrient balance of the receiving superficial water bodies. The project will develop a novel bioreactor based on the moving bed bioreactor (MBBR) system, which will be operated under intermittent aeration (IA) conditions to allow the simultaneous removal of C_org, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) through simultaneous nitrification denitrification coupled to P removal (SNDPR). This has been successfully tested at lab-scale by the members of the BIOCORE consortium, resulting in efficient and low-cost operation, but needs further research towards optimization, upscaling, and application. BIOCORE will advance the development of the novel IAMBBR technology through 1) modeling of the IAMBBR to optimize the shortcut SNDPR process, 2) numerical and physical modelling of the hydrodynamic flow field of the IAMBBR, 3) testing the IAMBBR with real wastewater, and 4) upscaling the IAMBBR up to TRL 5-6. BIOCORE will pursue these objectives in two years through the implementation of four work packages equally shared between the two participating partners, UNINA and UNICLAM. UNINA will build, calibrate, and validate a mathematical model simulating the SNDPR process in the IAMBBR based on previous lab-scale experimental campaigns. Moreover, UNINA will design, implement, and operate the IAMBBR at lab- and pilot-scale, allowing to test the system performance with real wastewater and operating environment, which will unravel potential detrimental impacts of low-biodegradable organic matter and upscaling on the reactor performance. UNICLAM will investigate the hydrodynamic field of the IAMBBR through computational fluid dynamic (CFD) and Particle Image Velocimetry – Laser Induced Fluorescence (PIV-LIT) techniques under different operating conditions to optimize biomass and substrate distribution and further improve reactor performance. Through the complementary and coordinated efforts of the two partners, BIOCORE will allow upscaling and TRL advancement of the proposed technology and enable its future commercialization and implementation in WWTPs serving small communities worldwide.

Partners

Università di Napoli Federico II (UNINA), Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale (UNICLAM)

Settore

CEAR-08/A – Architettura Tecnica

CEAR-05/A – Geotecnica

IMAT-01/A – Scienza e tecnologia dei materiali

Tipologia

Finanziamento della Ricerca di Ateneo 2022

Supporto

Ateneo

Importo progetto

60 k€

Finanziamento per DICEA

53 k€

Durata

3 anni

Responsabile scientifico

Veronica Vitiello

Responsabile scientifico DICEA

Veronica Vitiello

Partecipanti progetto DICEA

Veronica Vitiello, Roberto Castelluccio, Massimo Ramondini

Descrizione

The research aims to develop a protocol for the diagnosis and monitoring of the impacts generated by excavation phases on archaeological ruins. The project aims to apply a conservative and non-invasive methodological approach that: starts from the characterisation of both the wall structures still buried and the covering soils; indirectly determines possible forms of degradation linked to environmental exposure; identifies preliminary mitigation interventions for the risk factors for the physical-chemical degradation of the ruins; applies traditional and innovative conservation solutions; develops the monitoring plan aimed at analysing the evolutionary dynamics of the ‘health’ conditions of the ruins within the different interactions with the external environment.

Partners

University of Naples Federico II (UNINA), Parco Archeologico di Pompei.

Settore

CEAR-01/B (ex ICAR/02) – Costruzioni Idrauliche e Marittime e Idrologia

Tipologia

PRIN 2022 PNRR

Supporto

European Union – NextGeneration EU

Importo progetto

239’978 €

Finanziamento per DICEA

128’328 €

Durata

2 anni

Responsabile scientifico

Andrea D’Aniello

Responsabile scientifico DICEA

Andrea D’Aniello

Partecipanti progetto DICEA

Andrea D’Aniello, Luigi Cimorelli, Domenico Pianese, Dina Pirone

Descrizione

The ARCLeakS (Aquifers Recharge and Contamination by Leaking Sewers) project aims to fill the existing theoretical and practical knowledge gap on the fate of contaminants originating from leaking sewers in the subsurface of urban environments. The objective of the project is to gain additional knowledge to support managing authorities, water companies, industries, practitioners, and researchers to better identify and quantify urban aquifers physical and chemical alterations, so as to improve the management of the available water resource and to prevent adverse effects on natural resources, the built environment, and human health, like soil and groundwater contamination, flooding of underground spaces, diffusion of pathogens, etc. Indeed, urban aquifers recharge and contamination from water utilities is usually inferred from water balance calculations at the catchment scale, not always supported by piezometry and chemical signature analysis. However, the complexity of urban environments and the scarcity of data make it difficult to discriminate the effects of leaking sewers among the numerous potential sources of recharge and contamination that might exist in urban areas (e.g., other leaking water utilities, stormwater infiltration facilities, irrigation of gardens and parks, infiltration from paved surfaces, septic tanks, etc.). Hence, these analyses can be affected by a high degree of uncertainty and there is a risk that the amount of water leaked from water utilities simply becomes a calibration parameter to find closure for water balance calculations. Therefore, the project aims to better understand how wastewater and stormwater leaked from sewers interact with the numerous anthropogenic features present in the subsurface with the aid of high-resolution modeling of both surface and subsurface related phenomena. Predicting the migration pathways of wastewater and stormwater in the subsurface can potentially lead to improved monitoring and remedial actions for the management of existing utilities and for the protection of urban groundwater. With this information, the location of piezometers and water quality sensors could be optimized to better monitor and interpret pressure and quality alterations within urban aquifers that could help locate and quantify leaks, thus enabling faster and more accurate interventions (e.g., soil/groundwater treatment and remediation, pipes repair and rehabilitation). The expected result is to obtain useful additional knowledge and to bridge this towards a wide spectrum of stakeholders, from managing authorities to water companies, industries and decision makers, as well as to practitioners and researchers.

Partners

University of Naples Federico II (UNINA), University of Naples Parthenope (UNIPARTHENOPE)

Settore

CEAR 02/a – Ingegneria Sanitaria Ambientale

Tipologia

PRIN 2022

Supporto

MUR

Importo progetto

242.010 €

Finanziamento per DICEA

44.752 €

Durata

2 anni

Responsabile scientifico

Debora Fino

Responsabile scientifico DICEA

Alessandra Cesaro

Partecipanti progetto DICEA

Alessandra Cesaro, Samuel Ahrin (Assegnista di ricerca)

Descrizione

EXPRESS will develop a novel, integrated biorefinery, with low-temperature processes, fully powered with electricity, to recover high-value compounds and hydrogen from fishery wastes and bioproducts, which are a potential source of hydrolysed proteins, fatty acids, enzymes. More specifically, the project aims to obtain energy from secondary raw materials, within the frame of a circular economy model, transforming wastes and by-products into added-value products.

FAO estimates about 180 M tons of live weight from catch and aquaculture, with 25% to 70% of by-products such as viscera, heads, scales, bones and shells. A Biorefinery shifts the paradigm from fossil to renewable biological sources; the EXPRESS project adds the further challenge of using low temperature and fully electrified processes, combining biological processes such as fermentation, photo-fermentation, anaerobic digestion, and bio-electrochemical processes in an integrated approach.

In the biorefinery scheme of EXPRESS, soft parts, such as fish viscera and filleting residues, as well as the organic fraction of mollusc wastes will be processed by (photo)fermentation approaches and enzymatic hydrolysis to obtain protein hydrolysates, bioactive peptides, omega-3 rich oils and medium chain fatty acids. The effluent will be sent to a separation section or to other processes to produce hydrogen and poly-β-hydroxybutyrate. The separation section of EXPRESS will exploit low-temperature processes to purify streams from the upstream processes. Dialysis and electrodialysis will be also considered. The lean streams of the biorefinery will be processed in the energy carrier generation section, where fermentation will be combined with microbial electrolysis to obtain hydrogen. A final process of anaerobic digestion will exploit the remaining energy content of the biorefinery residues.

The proposed approach meets the requirements of the main EU and national strategies, addressing an innovative platform to implement the Circular Economy principles in fish waste management.

Partners

Politecnico di Torino (POLITO), Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (UNINA), Università degli Studi di Bologna (UNIBO), Università degli Studi di Cagliari (UNICA), Università Politecnica delle Marche (UNIPM)

Settore

CEAR-05/A (ICAR/07) – Geotecnica

Tipologia

FRA – Programma per il Finanziamento della Ricerca di Ateneo – Linea C

Supporto

Ateneo – University of Naples Federico II (UNINA)

Importo progetto

30 k€

Finanziamento per DICEA

30 k€

Durata

3 anni

Responsabile scientifico

Lucia Mele

Responsabile scientifico DICEA

Lucia Mele

Partecipanti progetto DICEA

Lucia Mele, Alessandro Flora

Descrizione

Urban areas situated in geological environments prone to elevated pore pressures are particularly vulnerable to earthquake-induced damage. During seismic events, the rapid generation of pore water pressure in the soil significantly reduces its shear strength and stiffness, leading to unexpected settlements that can compromise the functionality of infrastructure. Existing methods for predicting earthquake-induced settlements are largely empirical, based on limited experimental data, and fail to fully account for the complexity of in-situ conditions. Current research aims to provide new insights into the generation of pore water pressure during earthquakes, particularly focusing on the interaction between soil layers with varying permeability. Additionally, the research will explore innovative countermeasures to mitigate settlements under shallow foundations. Among these, Induced Partial Saturation (IPS)—a novel, environmentally friendly technique—will be highlighted. IPS involves the injection of air (in the form of occluded bubbles) into the pore water of coarser soils to reduce excess pore pressure buildup, thereby limiting seismic-induced settlements.

The outcomes of this research are expected to significantly advance the design of shallow foundations in seismic areas, providing a practical, sustainable solution through the application of IPS technology.

Partners

University of Naples Federico II (UNINA)

Settore

CEAR-12/A Tecnica e pianificazione urbanistica (ex ICAR/20)

Tipologia

ERASMUS+ Key Action2

Importo progetto

708K €

Finanziamento per DICEA

46K €

Durata

36 mesi

Responsabile scientifico progetto

East Kazakhstan Technical University

Responsabile scientifico DICEA

Lilli Grgiulo, Gerardo carpentieri

Partecipanti progetto DICEA

Floriana Zucaro

Descrizione

At its core, CirculEC aims to revamp existing curricula and modules within HEIs to align with the principles of circular economy. By updating disciplines tailored to the specific needs of Kazakhstan (KZ), Turkmenistan (TKM), Tajikistan (TJ), and Uzbekistan (UZ), the project ensures that educational offerings are finely attuned to the unique contexts of each country.Through targeted interventions and capacity-building activities, CirculEC will empower HEIs to lead the charge in fostering a culture of sustainability and innovation. By cultivating a generation of graduates equipped with cutting-edge knowledge and practical skills, the project envisions a future where Central Asian countries thrive in harmony with their ecosystems while meeting the demands of a rapidly evolving global economy.

Sito Web

http://circulec.tguk.tj

Partners

D.Serikbayev East Kazakhstan Technical University; Sh. Ualikhanov Atyndagy Kokshetau Memlekettik Universiteti; The Turkmen State Institute of Economics and Management; Technological University of Tajikistan; Alikhan Bokeikhan University; Toshkent Shahridagi Xalqaro Westminster Universiteti; Tajik State University of Commerce; Central Asian University Mchj; Karaganda University of Kazpotrebsoyuz; Turkmen State Institute of Finance; Turkmenistan Ylymlar Akademiyasy; Tailor Made Engineering Solution; Universidad De Santiago de Compostela; Universita degli Studi di Napoli Federico II; Fachhochschule Des Mittelstandes (FHM) GMBH – University of Applied Science

Settore

ICAR/03 – Ingegneria Sanitaria-Ambientale

Tipologia

PRIMA

Importo progetto

980K €

Finanziamento per DICEA

488K €

Durata

36 mesi

Responsabile scientifico progetto

Giovanni Esposito

Responsabile scientifico DICEA

Giovanni Esposito

Partecipanti progetto DICEA

–

Descrizione

Nell’area Mediterranea il nesso tra cambiamenti climatici, ridotta disponibilità idrica e (in)sicurezza alimentare può condurre a conseguenze molto gravi. Il comparto agro-alimentare è particolarmente esposto e richiede urgentemente lo sviluppo e l’applicazione di soluzioni innovative ed eco-efficienti. In quest’ottica il progetto MedInCircle è finalizzato a superare lo stato dell’arte della gestione circolare dell’acqua, dei nutrienti e delle biorisorse, promuovendo la transizione verso una catena agro-alimentare più sostenibile e resiliente. Più nello specifico, il progetto MedInCircle mira allo sviluppo di una piattaforma tecnologica integrata e modulare finalizzata al trattamento, recupero e valorizzazione delle acque reflue e dei rifiuti solidi prodotti dalle attività agro-alimentari tipiche del Mediterraneo.

Sito Web

–

Partners

National Research Centre (Egitto), Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (Francia), Institut de Chimie des Milieux et Matériaux de Poitiers (Francia), Istanbul Medeniyet Üniversitesi (Turchia) and Izmir Institute of Technology (Turchia)

Settore

ICAR/20 – Tecnica e pianificazione urbanistica

Tipologia

Fondazione Cariplo

Importo progetto

198K €

Finanziamento per DICEA

42K €

Durata

12 mesi

Responsabile scientifico progetto

Giovanni Massimo Bottini

Responsabile scientifico DICEA

Gerardo Carpentieri, Floriana Zucaro

Partecipanti progetto DICEA

Gerardo Carpentieri, Carmen Guida, Nicola Guida, Carmela Gargiulo, Sabrina Sgambati, Floriana Zucaro

Descrizione

STEP UP – “Walkability for Women in Milan” focuses on the needs and expectations of women while walking. Women experience the city differently than men, in part because they are more concerned with security issues related to aggression and harassment. Personal safety affects both choice and experience of transport. These constraints take the form of precautionary or avoidance behaviours due to fear of violence, perception of risk, and sense of vulnerability (e.g., suppressed, re-routed or delayed walking trips, etc.), as a major inhibitor of mobility for women in public spaces especially at nighttime. In recognition of these challenges, STEP UP aims to assess the level of walkability for women focusing on the case study of Milan, Italy.

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Partners

Fondazione Transform Transport ETS (Italy), Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile e Ambientale dell’Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (Italy), Sex and the City APS (Italy), Walk21 Foundation (UK)