Paola Palmero

Full Professor
Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT)

  • Member of Interdepartmental Center SISCON - Safety of Infrastructures and Constructions

Profile

Research interests

3d printing
Bioceramics
Carbon capture and storage
Ceramics and composites
Functionally graded materials
Geopolymers
Materials engineering
Porous ceramics and materials
Stereolithography

Biography

From December 2019: Full Professor in Materials Science and Technology at the Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT) of the Politecnico di Torino. January 2005: PhD in Materials Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino. June 2000: Habilitation as a Chemist, Università di Torino December 1999: Degree in Industrial Chemistry, Università di Torino. Scientific activity: applied research in the field of materials, especially ceramics and their composites, for the engineering (structural, high temperature, biomedical, functional and environmental applications) and construction materials fields. The research involves unconventional syntheses of simple and composite powders, and focuses on the development and characterization of dense and porous components, on the design and additive manufacturing by stereolithography of engineering ceramics. Research in the field of building materials focuses on sustainable binders, on new materials produced from industrial by-products, on the capture and storage of CO2 by materials for architecture, on the development of new geopolymeric and alkaline-activated materials.

Scientific branch

ING-IND/22 - MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)

Research topics

  • 3D printing of ceramic, polymer and composite materials, by stereolithography and robocasting (or direct ink writing)
  • Development of ceramics for biomedical applications: i) inert structural ceramics, based on alumina, zirconia and their composites; ii) bioactive / bioresorbable ceramics, based on calcium phosphates; iii) polymer-ceramic composites.
  • Development of new binding materials, with low environmental impact, and deriving from industrial by-products, for applications in the sector of building materials and civil engineering (roads sector).
  • Development of new geopolymers and alkaline-activated materials, for applications in the construction sector, urban furniture design, flooring.
  • Development of new materials for CARBON CAPTURE and immobilization (capture and storage of CO2), mainly through mineralization processes. Development as new binders and products for the construction industry.
  • Development of porous ceramics for biomedical (scaffold) and environmental (filtration and catalysis systems) applications
  • Development of transparent polycrystalline ceramics (alumina, yttrium and aluminum garnet, YAG) for optical (solid state laser) and structural applications
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Skills

ERC sectors

PE5_7 - Biomaterials, biomaterials synthesis
PE8_8 - Materials engineering (metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, etc.)
PE8_7 - Mechanical and manufacturing engineering (shaping, mounting, joining, separation)
PE8_9 - Production technology, process engineering
PE5_1 - Structural properties of materials
PE8_11 - Sustainable design (for recycling, for environment, eco-design)

SDG

Goal 3: Good health and well-being
Goal 4: Quality education
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
Goal 13: Climate action

Awards and Honors

  • Excellence Award for the contribution on the field of Materials in Medicine conferred by Romanian Society of Biomaterials (2016)

Fellowships

  • Effective member - Società Ceramica Italiana (ICerS), Italia (2015-)
  • Effective member - European Ceramic Society (ECerS), Belgio (2015-)

Editorial boards

  • MATERIALS (2020-), Editorial board member
  • FRONTIERS IN MATERIALS (2019-), Editorial board member
  • WOODHEAD PUBLISHING SERIES IN BIOMATERIALS (2017-), Other editorial activities

Conferences

  • 16th International Conference of the European Ceramic Society (ECERS 2019) (16/6/2019-20/6/2019), Participation to the organizing committee
  • 16th European Inter-Regional Conference on Ceramics (CIEC16) (9/9/2018-11/9/2018), Participation to the organizing committee
  • EUROMAT 2017 (17/9/2017-22/9/2017), Participation to the organizing committee
  • 15th International Conference of the European Ceramic Society (ECERS 2017) (9/7/2017-13/7/2017), Participation to the organizing committee
  • E-MRS 2017 Spring Meeting (22/5/2017-26/5/2017), Participation to the organizing committee
  • E-MRS 2016 Fall Meeting (19/9/2016-22/9/2016), Participation to the organizing committee
  • 14th International Conference of the European Ceramic Society (ECERS 2015), (21/6/2015-25/6/2015), Participation to the organizing committee
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Other research or teaching roles outside Politecnico

  • Ricercatore confermato, presso University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland - (SUPSI) (1/10/2013-31/1/2014)

Research networks

Teaching

PhD Boards

  • SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI, 2021/2022 (38. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI, 2020/2021 (37. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI, 2019/2020 (36. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI, 2018/2019 (35. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI, 2017/2018 (34. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI, 2016/2017 (33. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI, 2015/2016 (32. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • SCIENZA E TECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI, 2014/2015 (31. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
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Courses of Study Boards

Teachings

PhD

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Master of Science

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Bachelor of Science

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Research

Institute

Research groups/teams

Laboratories

Research projects

Projects funded by competitive calls

Projects funded by commercial contracts

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Supervised PhD students

  • Francesca Gullo. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (cycle 38, 2023-in progress)
  • Arianna Bertero. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (cycle 37, 2021-in progress)
  • Francesca Bonfante. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (cycle 37, 2022-in progress)
  • Barbara Inserra. Programme in Scienza E Tecnologia Dei Materiali (cycle 35, 2019-in progress)
    Thesis: 3D printing of composites in the Alumina-Zirconia system: from an engineering approach for the development of slurries to sintered samples with high microstructural properties

Publications

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Society and Enterprise

Patents and other intellectual properties