Simone De Feudis

Ph.D. in Ingegneria Civile E Ambientale , 37^th cycle (2021-2024)

Ph.D. obtained in 2025

Dissertation:

Energy retrofitting of existing tunnels - from conceptualization to full-scale implementation

Tutors:

Marco Barla Alessandra Insana

Research presentation:

Poster

Profile

Research topic

Development of systematic approaches for the thermal activation of the existing heritage of tunnels.

Research interests

Geotechnical Engineering

Numerical Modelling and Simulation

Soil and Rock Mechanics

Biography

Simone De Feudis was born on July 4th, 1997. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree on 25th September 2019 and his Master’s Degree on 28th October 2021, both at Politecnico di Torino (Italy). The M.Sc. project investigated the feasibility of different rehabilitation interventions to be implemented in the Monte Mario tunnel (Italy) to cope with the heave of swelling clays.
Simone De Feudis is now accomplishing a Doctoral Program in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Politecnico di Torino (Italy). The Ph.D. project is aimed at identifying methodologies to instrument existing tunnels for heat exchange taking advantage of rehabilitation works and disposal strategies. This will involve the construction of a full-scale experimental site in Italy.

Awards and Honors

Secondo classificato dell'ottavo Concorso Nazionale “Premio di Laurea Società Italiana Gallerie”. (2024)

Teaching

Teachings

Master of Science

Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA CIVILE. Collaboratore del corso
Numerical Methods in Geotechnical Engineering. A.A. 2024/25, CIVIL ENGINEERING. Collaboratore del corso

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Publications

Works published during the Ph.D. View all publications in Porto@Iris

Barla, Marco; Alvi, Maria Romana; De Feudis, Simone; Insana, Alessandra; Scerbo, ... (2025)
Utilizzo delle geostrutture energetiche per il retrofitting di edifici e infrastrutture. In: XXVIII Convegno Nazionale di Geotecnica: Sicurezza, Manutenzione e Sviluppo delle Infrastrutture, Venezia (Ita), June 11-13, 2025, pp. D-641-D-648. ISBN: 9788855536660
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
De Feudis, Simone; Insana, Alessandra; Barla, Marco (2025)
A solar-collecting system for tunnel thermal storage. In: 3rd International Conference on Energy Geotechnics (ICEGT-2025), Paris, France, June 17-20, 2025, pp. 1-4
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
De Feudis, Simone; Insana, Alessandra; Barla, Marco; Baccolini, Lapo; Zilli, Luca; ... (2024)
Anti-icing using the heat recovered in the Lagoscuro tunnel. In: II Conferenza FABRE – Ponti, viadotti e gallerie esistenti: ricerca, innovazione e applicazioni (FABRE24), Genova (Italy), 12/02/2024 - 15/02/2024, pp. 1105-1111. ISSN 2452-3216
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
De Feudis, Simone; Insana, Alessandra; Barla, Marco (2024)
Seizing the opportunity of energy retrofitting of existing tunnels. In: TUNNELLING AND UNDERGROUND SPACE TECHNOLOGY, vol. 154, pp. 1-15. ISSN 0886-7798
Contributo su Rivista
De Feudis, Simone; Insana, Alessandra; Barla, Marco (2023)
An example of thermal retrofitting for the Piedicastello tunnel. In: Symposium on Energy Geotechnics 2023 (SEG23), Delft, Netherlands, October 3-5, 2023, pp. 1-2
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
DE FEUDIS, Simone; Insana, Alessandra; Barla, Marco (2023)
A Simple Parametric Numerical Model to Assist the Design of Repair Works and Maintenance of Tunnels. In: VIII Convegno Nazionale dei Ricercatori di Ingegneria Geotecnica, Palermo (IT), Luglio 5–7, 2023, pp. 654-661. ISSN 1866-8755. ISBN: 978-3-031-34760-3
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)

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