We are pleased to announce that this Friday, March 7, Anna Basso and Francesco Saretto, research fellows in the DIATI Department will deliver a talk titled:
"Serious Games for disaster risk management ".
We will meet in the Sala Multifunzionale in DIATI3 at 9:15 AM.
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The CAFÉS seminars (Climate And Fluids / Exchange Seminars) began last year and offer a space for in-depth exploration and discussion on topics related to climate and fluids, following an interactive format: 20 minutes of presentation and 20 minutes of discussion.
At this link, you can find the calendar of past events and those scheduled for this academic year.
If you are interested in providing a seminar, please book a slot for your talk. We are always looking for new talks!
Contacts: sofia.fellini@polito.it, marta.tuninetti@polito.it
The course aims at providing a comprehensive understanding of wind energy and wind turbines via three modules of about three hours each. In the first module, we will explore the concepts of meteorology that are needed to understand the wind: forces affecting winds, atmospheric stability, turbulence, and measurement techniques. The second module will focus on the aerodynamics of a wind turbine: wind power and energy from turbines, thrust and power coefficients, power curves, and Betz limit. Lastly, the third module will center on wind turbine wakes and how they affect the layout and power production of wind farms, as well as the environment.
11-13 February 2025, 3 pm - 6 pm
Meeting Room (Second Floor), DIATI Entrance 2,
14th February 2025: Field trip to Parco Eolico di Colle S. Giacomo
Prof. Cristina Archer | cristina.archer@polito.it
IEEE and the IEEE Student Branch of Politecnico di Torino are very thrilled to invite you to the Distinguished Lecture titled "Let the Plants do the Talking: Climate-Smart Agriculture by the messages received from Plants and Soil" held by Professor Danilo Demarchi, a true pioneer in agricultural innovation and a distinguished lecturer for the IEEE CAS Society.
The event presents an opportunity for those who wish to delve deeper into the AgriTech and Smart Agriculture topics, as well as for those interested in meeting experts in the field and expanding their professional network. Refreshments will be provided at the end of the event.
We hope to see you on May, 17th in Maxwell Room (DET) at 4:30pm!
For more information, check out our website at the following link: site.ieee.org/sb-polito
The course on “Computational Wind Engineering: fundamentals and applications to civil
and environmental design” will be held by Professor Lorenzo Raffaele (Politecnico di Torino), starting from May 2nd, 2024 at DISEG.
The Course aims at providing a comprehensive overlook on Computational Wind Engineering, with applications devoted to the design and performance assessments of built environment, infrastructures and structures subjected to wind action.
For further information please contact: lorenzo.raffaele@polito.it.
The course on “Exploring Sustainable Future (s) in construction” by prof. Andrea Bocco (Politecnico di Torino) and prof. Guillaume Habert (ETH Zürich) will be held on the 22nd and 23rd of April.
Enrolment is already available: https://didattica.polito.it/pls/portal30/gap.pkg_guide.viewGap?p_cod_ins=01MHFRS&p_a_acc=2024&p_header=S&p_lang=IT&multi=N
The course explores relevant questions regarding a possible paradigm shift in the construction sector towards local and bio-based materials. What would be the size of a territory that is able to self-sustain the demand for such materials, considering both new construction and retrofit? What is the limit for transport distances for a construction to be considered ‘local’?
To answer these questions, the material production cycles should be explored from resource availability to manufacturing and distribution, rethinking supply and demand chains in a circular economy approach. This is to be associated, on one hand, with the assessment of the local knowledge and skills (of the industry, designers, craftspeople, etc.); and, on the other, with analysis of local the building regulations and, if it is the case, with their amendment so to allow the employment of natural and bio-based materials – some of which may have been commonplace in local building traditions.
Schedule:
22 April
Module I: 9:30 – 13:00
Bioregional economy. Regenerative territories. ‘Vegetarian’ architecture and Vernacular architecture of the future.
Module II: 14:30 – 18:30
LCA calculation methods. Carbon storage, economic flow and transport calculation.
Room 6 VM, via Oddino Morgari, 36/b
23 April
Module III: 9:00 – 13:00
Case studies: Strawbale buildings as carbon sinks.
Room 2 VM, via Oddino Morgari, 36/b
For further information please contact: redina.mazelli@polito.it
Quality Awards 2023
A rigorous selection process, conducted by an internal committee appointed by the Faculty Board, has led to the allocation of the 2023 Quality Awards for the ICA PhD program, reserved for students of the 36th cycle. Congratulations to the winners:
Phd Student, 35o cycle (2019-2022)
Email: andrea.vergnano@polito.it
Thesis: Multidisciplinary approaches to enhance Ground Penetrating Radar surveys in glacial and proglacial environments
Andrea will discuss his PhD thesis, entitled "Multidisciplinary approaches to enhance Ground Penetrating Radar surveys in glacial and proglacial environments" on 20th December at 10 a.m., in Politecnico di Torino, Diati entrance 2, meeting room at 2nd floor, for a maximum of 30 people.
If you can't attend in person, here's the link to participate online: https://didattica.polito.it/pls/portal30/sviluppo.bbb_corsi.waitingRoom?id=276993&p_tipo=COMM_LAUREA_SCUDO
Phd Student, 35o cycle (2019-2022)
Tesi: Promoting the recovery of water through innovative treatment and desalination systems within water-intensive energy production processes: Three case studies (Abstract)
Tuesday, January 23rd 2024
The webinar is conducted by IMAGES SPA, a leading company in the sale of geomatic technologies and tools. During the four-hour webinar, theoretical aspects and applications related to hyperspectral and LiDAR technologies for monitoring infrastructure and territory will be discussed. The webinar is in English.
Schedule:
- 10.30 am - 12.30 pm CET– hyperspectral technologies
- 2.30 pm - 4.30 pm CET – LiDAR technologies
Register here to join the webinar: https://forms.gle/5WCb6QsMCdAwb2p6A
Next Friday 15/12 at 16:30, Giulia La Porta, research fellow, and Hidayat Ullah, PhD student at DISEG department, will present their work at Aula Albenga, Entrance 1, DISEG.
Giulia La Porta will show her research titled “Triggering and runout analysis of rainfall-induced debris flows: a time-resolving procedure”.
Hidayat will present his work on “The effects of carbon dioxide treatment on hydro-mechanical behavior of caprock materials”.
On Wednesday October 18th, 2023, the PhD Day of the PhD course in Civil and Environmental Engineering cycle 36,37 and 38 took place at Politecnico di Torino. During the day PhD students presented their posters and discussed their research activities.
The event took place in the area near “Punto SMAT” (in the yard behind DIATI – Entrance 3):
- From 10 am to 1 pm: 38th cycle PhD candidates
- From 2 pm to 5 pm: 36th and 37th cycle PhD candidates
Event organized by the Departments DIATI and DISEG of Politecnico di Torino.