Topics XXXV cycle
For XXXV Cycle the research topics/fields proposed by the Sections of the DICEA UNIFI and the DICI UNIPI represented in the Doctoral Board have been the following:
CURRICULUM 1 – SOLID FLUID AND MATERIALS MECHANICS
1) Environmental-friendly methods (with reduced environmental impact) for increasing soil features against seismic liquefaction
2) Mathematical and numerical modelling of cardiovascular flows
3) Processes of micro-plastic transport in rivers
4) Continuum mechanics
5) Structural mechanics
6) Mechanics of materials
7) Computational Mechanics
8) Development, chemical-physical characterisation, material mechanics and innovative structural systems for civil engineering infrastructures
9) Innovative computational methods for structural mechanics
10) Modelling and experimental testing of materials and metamaterials for structural use
CURRICULUM 2: CONSTRUCTION DESIGN, VERIFICATION AND CONTROL
11) Energetic sustainability of buildings and technological innovation of building envelope
12) Recovery and energy requalification of existing building heritage
13) Static and seismic stability of mining sedimentation layers
14) BIM to GIS interoperability data model (B2MGIM) for heritage and infrastructures
15) Sustainability of construction processes in civil infrastructures
16) Analysis and assessment of functionality and structural status of transportation infrastructures
17) Infrastructure and territory resilience
18) Analysis and assessment of existing buildings and structures (vulnerability, seismic improvement and seismic retrofitting/adjustment)
19) Structural analysis of historical and monumental buildings
20) Modern isolation technology and additional energy dissipation for seismic protection of structures
21) Dynamics of offshore structures
22) Modelling and experimental testing of innovative structures
23) Dynamic identification, structural monitoring and damage survey of structures or structural components
24) Vulnerability of existing bridges and viaducts, retrofitting and adjustment methods
25) Wind actions and effects on structures
26) Digitization of the building process
CURRICULUM 3: ENVIRONMENT, RESOURCES AND SECURITY
27) Environmental biotechnology and bio-refineries
28) Biofilm process for wastewater treatment
29) (Bio)plastic fate and recovery
30) Safety and sustainability of weak users in an urban environment
31) Methods and procedures of incidental analysis for identification and assessment of countermeasures to increase road safety
32) Coexistence of traditional users and automatic guided vehicles in transition times: impact on safety and geometry of the infrastructure
33) Climate change impact on natural slopes stability and dams
34) Wave energy assessment and exploitation
35) Coastal adaptation to climate change scenarios
36) Recovering carbon from contaminated matrices bt exploiting the nitrogen and sulphur cycles
37) Hydrodynamics and morpho-dynamics of vegetated rivers
38) Effects of bioturbation on sediment transport and morpho-dynamics
39) Processes of micro-plastic transport in rivers
40) River dynamics, riparian vegetation and hydraulic structures interaction
41) Climate change adaptation of urban infrastructures
42) Sustainable urban drainage systems in cities
43) Stability, entrainment and impacts of vehicles mobilised by extreme flow conditions
44) Adapting river management in an era of change
45) Flood regulating Ecosystems Services
46) Safety control in infrastructures and transportation
47) Tools for increasing safety in infrastructures and transportation
48) Transportation systems and ITS
49) Human factor in road design
50) Methods and models for assessing systems networks in transportation
51) Transportation technology
Last update
03.09.2021