Ph.D. in Energetica , 27th cycle (2012-2014)
Ph.D. obtained in 2015
Dissertation:
Heat and Mass Transfer of Water at Nanoscale Solid-Liquid Interfaces
Tutors:
Pietro Asinari Eliodoro ChiavazzoProfile
Research interests
Scientific branch
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)
Awards and Honors
Teaching
Collegi of the degree programmes
- Collegio di Ingegneria Chimica e dei Materiali. Componente invitato
- Collegio di Ingegneria Elettrica ed Energetica. Componente
- Collegio di Ingegneria Meccanica, Aerospaziale e dell'Autoveicolo. Componente
Teachings
Master of Science
- Advanced engineering thermodynamics/Numerical modelling (modulo di Advanced topics of Engineering Thermodynamics). A.A. 2011/12, INGEGNERIA MECCANICA (MECHANICAL ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
- Accumulo e trasporto di energia. A.A. 2014/15, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
Other activities and projects related to teaching
At Politecnico di Torino, Prof. Fasano teaches the courses "Energy applications of materials" and “Advanced topics of Engineering Thermodynamics” for the MSc in Mechanical and Energy Engineering, the course “Modelling of Nanoscale heat and mass transfer phenomena” for the PhD in Energetics, and he is in the management board of the CleanWaterCenter interdepartmental initiative.
Research
Research projects
Projects funded by competitive calls
- AWARE - A carbon negative, decentralised WAter tREatment solution valorised for agriculture and beyond , (2024-2026) - Responsabile Scientifico
Corporate-funded and donor-funded research - M2DESCO - Computational Multi-Models Enabled Design of Safe & Sustainable Multi-Component High-Entropy Coatings , (2024-2027) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - HE - Global Challenges - Digital, Industry and Space - LObSTER - Towards affordable LOss-free seasonal Thermal enERgy storage for civil applications – LObSTER , (2023-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
PNRR – Mission 4 - WADERE - Development of thermally-driven sorption process for WAtER DEsAlinAtion using low-grade REnEWAblE EnERgy , (2023-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
Nationally funded research - PRIN - MEloDIZER - SUSTAINABLE MEMBRANE DISTILLATION FOR INDUSTRIAL WATER REUSE AND DECENTRALISED DESALINATION APPROACHING ZERO WASTE , (2022-2026) - Responsabile Scientifico di Struttura
UE-funded research - HE - Global Challenges - Digital, Industry and Space - PaRaMetriC - Metrological framework for passive radiative cooling technologies , (2022-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - EuReComp - European recycling and circularity in large composite components , (2022-2026) - Responsabile Scientifico
UE-funded research - HE - Global Challenges - Digital, Industry and Space
Projects funded by commercial contracts
- Studio di fattibilità di materiali tessili innovativi per l’efficientamento termico e la generazione energetica , (2022-2023) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research - Sviluppo e test relative al progetto di R&S RECLS , (2022-2022) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research - Studio, sviluppo e caratterizzazione di laboratorio di un dispositivo per la dissalazione solare passiva al fine della produzione di idrogeno , (2022-2022) - Responsabile Scientifico
Commercial Research - Attività di consulenza avente ad oggetto la generazione del modello fisico continuo e della geometria rappresentativi della distribuzione di un fluido emesso da uno o più ugelli su una superficie data e relativa simulazione parametrica. , (2021-2021) - Responsabile Scientifico
Consulting
Supervised PhD students
- Davide Forte. Programme in Materiali, Processi Sostenibili E Sistemi Per La Transizione (cycle 39, 2023-in progress)
- Roberto Raffaele Meo. Programme in Energetica (cycle 39, 2023-in progress)
- Stefan Morosanu. Programme in Energetica (cycle 39, 2023-in progress)
- Matteo Calo'. Programme in Energetica (cycle 38, 2022-in progress)
Research subject: Hydrogels for air/water separation.
Energy efficiency in buildings and in industry Heat and mass transfer Energy systems sustainability and optimization Energy efficiency in buildings and in industry Heat and mass transfer Energy systems sustainability and optimization Energy efficiency in buildings and in industry Heat and mass transfer Energy systems sustainability and optimization - Matteo Maria Piredda. Programme in Energetica (cycle 38, 2022-in progress)
- Marina Provenzano. Programme in Energetica (cycle 38, 2022-in progress)
- Ali Naeimi Tabasian. Programme in Ingegneria Civile E Ambientale (cycle 37, 2021-in progress)
- Atta Muhammad. Programme in Energetica (cycle 36, 2020-2024)
Thesis: Multiscale Modelling and Experimental Validation of Composites for Energy Applications - Alessandro Ribezzo. Programme in Energetica (cycle 36, 2020-in progress)
Thesis: Enhancing transport phenomena in phase-change composites for thermal energy storage - Giovanni Trezza. Programme in Energetica (cycle 36, 2020-2024)
Thesis: Artificial Intelligence based screening of materials for energy storage applications
Other activities and projects related to research
Since 2014, Prof. Fasano has (co-) authored over 80 publications, including highly cited articles in Nature Communications, Nature Sustainability, and Science Advances. His research focuses on modelling heat and mass transfer in a broad range of applications, including enhanced heat transfer, thermal energy storage, nanomedicine, solar energy harvesting, and thermal desalination. He has expertise in various modelling techniques, including atomistic (molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo), mesoscopic (coarse-grained), continuum and system-level modelling techniques, as well as machine learning tools.
Publications
Last years publications
PoliTO co-authors
Publications by type
Works published during the Ph.D. View all publications in Porto@Iris
- Fasano, Matteo (2015)
Heat and mass transfer of water at nanoscale solid-liquid interfaces. relatore: Asinari P., Chiavazzo E., 27. XXVII Ciclo, P.: 375
Doctoral Thesis - Cardellini, Annalisa; Fasano, Matteo; Chiavazzo, Eliodoro; Asinari, Pietro (2015)
Mass transport phenomena at the solid-liquid nanoscale interface in biomedical application. In: COUPLED PROBLEMS 2015, San Servolo, Venice, Italy, May 18 – 20, 2015, pp. 593-604. ISBN: 978-84-943928-3-2
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Fasano, Matteo; Bevilacqua, Alessio; Chiavazzo, Eliodoro; Asinari, Pietro (2015)
Atomistic modeling of water infiltration in defective zeolite for thermal storage applications. In: ASME-ATI-UIT 2015, Napoli, May 17-20, 2015, pp. 1-6. ISBN: 978-88-98273-17-1
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Chiavazzo, Eliodoro; Fasano, Matteo; Asinari, Pietro; Paolo, Decuzzi (2014)
Scaling behaviour for the water transport in nanoconfined geometries. In: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 5, pp. 3565-1-3565-11. ISSN 2041-1723
Contributo su Rivista - Fasano, Matteo; Chiavazzo, Eliodoro; Asinari, Pietro (2014)
Water transport control in carbon nanotube arrays. In: NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS, vol. 9, pp. 559-1-559-8. ISSN 1556-276X
Contributo su Rivista - Chiavazzo, Eliodoro; Fasano, Matteo; Asinari, Pietro (2013)
Inference of analytical thermodynamic models for biological networks. In: PHYSICA. A, vol. 392, pp. 1122-1132. ISSN 0378-4371
Contributo su Rivista - Fasano, Matteo; M. B., Bigdeli; M. R., Vaziri Sereshk; Chiavazzo, Eliodoro; Asinari, ... (2013)
Molecular dynamics simulation of carbon nano-binders into zeolite thermal storage. In: 12th Joint European Thermodynamics Conference, Brescia, Italy, July 1-5, 2013. ISBN: 9788889252222
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Society and Enterprise
Patents and other intellectual properties
- A process to produce carbonated water from waste carbon dioxide streams and sustainable heat. national Patent
Inventors: Matteo Fasano Matteo Morciano - Sistema integrato per la demineralizzazione e/o la purificazione di acqua e per la contestuale produzione di idrogeno. national and international Patent
Inventors: Eliodoro Chiavazzo Matteo Fasano Matteo Morciano Marina Provenzano