Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Presentation by Dott.sa Laura Martuscelli, Dept assistant
The Department of
Civil and Environmental
Engineering
Location
The Department is hosted by the magnificent building of the Faculty of Engineering, in Mesiano, amid splendid mountains and with a spectacular view on the Adige valley.
This position allows researchers and students to work and study in an important University being at the same time in a quiet environment where scientific relevance and quality of life can be combined.
Short historical sketch
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICA) of the University of Trento was created in January 1990 when the former Department of Engineering (active since 1985) grew too large and required the splitting into three new Departments.
Since its institution, DICA has always promoted and coordinated internationally oriented research on environment and land protection.
In this context both applied and base research is conducted.
The external funding income has constantly improved during the years.
In 2008, DICA employs xxx persons:
13 full professors
13 associate professors
17 assistant professors
11 administrative and technical
staff
24 doctoral students
22 research fellows
Head: Prof. Aronne Armanini
Deputy Head: Prof. G. B. Benciolini
Faculty and Staff
The The mission of DICA is to advance knowledgeadvance knowledge and educate studentseducate students in science and technology that will best serve for the protection of the environment and the sustainable use of natural resources.
Mission
Doctoral School in Environmental Engineering
CUDAM (research centre of excellence)
Research groups on specialized disciplines
Means
Laboratories
Main research interests
The activity of the department focuses mainly on land protection and preservation
with particular emphasis on:
mountain regions water resources river and estuary dynamics analysis of the environmental impact of infrastructures urban settlements design of ecological and energy saving buildings interaction between energy and environment surveying and remote sensing
Research groups
Environmental protection and management
Environment and land use analysis
Building design
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Building restoration, construction techniques and architecture of wooden structures are the main interests of the Building Design group. Attention is paid to the role of innovative construction techniques in traditional structures like wooden buildings, and the assessment of and the research on new methodologies for the improvement of house comfort (domotic).
ENVIRONMENT AND LAND-USE ANALYSIS FOREST ECOLOGY AND ECOLOGICAL PLANNING
GEODESY AND SURVEY
URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Research groups
The three groups have a shared interest in the development of new criteria for environmental protection and land planning, with particular reference to mountain areas. They use the most advanced techniquesmost advanced techniques to read and represent the land and the environment, and they focus on issues like sustainable development. Activities range from study of the collection and elaboration of geographic data to the interpretation of population dynamics and the assessment of the impact on the environment of human activities and settlements.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT
Research groups
The research areas of Hydraulics, Hydraulic Constructions and Hydrology, and Sanitary Engineering were the founding sectors of DICA. Professors and researchers, together with doctoral students, form a well-consolidated group.
The Applied Mathematics, Engineering Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer, and Transformation Processes Engineering groups play an important role which traverses all the above-mentioned sectors.
HYDRAULICS HYDRAULIC CONSTRUCTIONS & HYDROLOGY SANITARY ENGINEERING ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS APPLIED MATHEMATICS ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS & HEAT TRANSFER TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES ENGINEERING
HYDRAULICS
Theoretical and applied research on issues typical of hydraulics in mountain areas, such as fluvial dynamics, river morphology and pollution sediment transport and erosion processes
Environmental protection and management
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HYDRAULIC CONSTRUCTION AND HYDROLOGY
Studies the mechanisms that control the flow of water in the terrestrial component of the hydrological cycle.
The outputs from its research have important applicative uses in the management and protection of water resources and flood prevention.
Environmental protection and management
Small lakes monitoringSmall lakes monitoring
DamsDams
Surface hydrologySurface hydrology
SANITARY ENGINEERINGCarries out research on the quality of water (drinking and natural) wastewater treatment (by means of advanced technologies i.e. bio-membrane, etc.) the treatment of urban solid waste (plants, laboratory experiments, …)
Environmental protection and management
Lab experiments Lab experiments on urban wasteon urban waste
Purification plantPurification plant
ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICSStudies the atmospheric dynamics focusing on phenomena occurring in mountain areas >< and valleys and on physical processes in the atmospheric boundary layer.
< It also studies the historical series of meteorological variables in order to identify climate dynamics.
Environmental protection and management
APPLIED MATHEMATICSStudies the mathematical modelling and numerical methods simulation of engineering problems and scientific phenomena (shock waves, shallow water)
Environmental protection and management
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ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS & HEAT TRANSFER
Studies the rational use of energy heat and mass transfer in porous media environmental thermo-fluid-dynamics
Environmental protection and management
TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES ENGINEERING
Studies the energy conversion (bio-mass and hydrogen) and food engineering (extraction of compounds interesting for the food and pharmaceutical industry starting from agricultural-forestal materials).
LABORATORIES
Building design Domotic (CuNEDI)
• Dendrochronology• GIS• Land description• Spatial organisation dynamics
Applied mathematics Atmospheric physics Hydrology Biomass combustion plant Thermophysical
measurements Sanitary engineering Hydraulics: old (didactic) and
new (experiments)
- A Double-degree programme in Environmental Engineering is active with the Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck (Austria) and with the University of Karslruhe (Germany)
- Erasmus exchanges are active with many European and world countries
- DICA carries out research projects in collaboration with many national and international universities and research institutions, and participates in the following Consortia and international research networks:
International Cooperation
CINFAI: an organisation providing the general framework for the cooperation between universities active in the fields of atmosphere physics and oceanography
IAHR: International Association for Hydraulic Research
Ancore: Academic Network on Contaminated Land Research in Europe
Techware Network (Bruxelles)
Ensure: European Network for Sustainable Urban and Regional Development Research
Cuahsi: Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science
Consortia & NetworksInternational cooperation
DICA is the hosting institution of the Center for Advanced Studies on Hydro-geological Risk in Mountain Areas (CUDAM), acknowledged in 2000 as a centre of excellence by the Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research. It cooperates with several public institutions: Provinces, River authorities, and Ministries.
Multidisciplinary research in : low atmospheric physics, hydrology, geology, forestry, topography, remote sensing, and hydraulics.
Advanced and life-long education for:graduate and postgraduate students, technicians, and professionals.
Outcomes applications: basin planning, hydro-geological hazard prevention, evaluation of the efficiency of the protection structures.
CUDAM
Doctoral School in Environmental Engineering
activated in the a.y. 1999/2000
Head of the school: Alberto Bellin
Subjects covered by the School
– Hydraulics
– Hydraulic Constructions and Hydrology
– Sanitary Engineering
– Topography and Cartography
– Engineering Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
– Urban and Regional Planning
– Building Construction
– Drawing
– Urban and Building Design
The Doctoral School offers two main curricula:
Environmental Engineering:a. Environmental Fluid Mechanics;
b. Land Protection;
c. Environmental Resources Management and Hydrology;
d. Computational Models for Environmental Engineering.
Urban and Territorial Engineering and Architecture: – Building Engineering;
– Architecture for the City and the Landscape;
– Land Planning for a Sustainable Development.
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Contact information
Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringVia Mesiano, 77I-38100 MESIANO (Trento)ITALYTel.: 0039 0461 882669-70Fax: 0039 0461 882672
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected] DICA: portale.unitn.it/dicaWebsite Doctoral School: portale.unitn.it/dree