Umberto Lucia

Associate Professor
Department of Energy (DENERG)

  • Member of Interdepartmental Center PolitoBIOMed Lab - Biomedical Engineering Lab

Profile

Research interests

Analytical modeling
Bio-energy with carbon capture and storage
Biophysics
Irreversible thermodynamics
Membrane potential
Quantum physics
Second law of thermodynamics
Sustainability
Sustainability science and engineering
Thermodynamics

Curriculum

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Scientific branch

ING-IND/10 - THERMAL ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL ENERGY SYSTEMS
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)

Skills

ERC sectors

PE8_6 - Energy processes engineering
PE8_13 - Industrial bioengineering
PE3_16 - Physics of biological systems
PE3_15 - Statistical physics: phase transitions, noise and fluctuations, models of complex systems, etc.
PE8_11 - Sustainable design (for recycling, for environment, eco-design)
PE2_14 - Thermodynamics
PE3_3 - Transport properties of condensed matter

SDG

Goal 3: Good health and well-being
Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
Goal 13: Climate action

Awards and Honors

  • Siebel Energy Institute - Smart Energy conferred by Siebel Energy Institute, United States (2015)

Fellowships

  • Fellow - Constructal Law & Second Law Conference, Brasile (2018-2019)
    Member of the Scientific Commitee - Constructal Law & Second Law Conference, Porto Alegre, 2019
  • Fellow - Constructal Law & Second Law Conference, Romania (2016-2017)
    Member of the Scientific Commitee - Constructal Law & Second Law Conference, Bucarest 2017
  • Fellow - US Department of Energy (DOE) - Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) - Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) program, Stati Uniti (2014-2015)
    Reviewer
  • Fellow - Constructal Law & Second Law Conference, Parma 2015, Italia (2014-2015)
    Member of the Scientific Commitee
  • Fellow - Collège Doctoral, Ecole Doctorale 3MPL, ISMANS, Institut Supérieur des Matériaux et Mécanique Avancés, École d'Ingénieurs, Université di Main, Le Mans (France), Francia (2012-2013)
    Member of the Commission (19 February 2013)
  • Fellow - Third SPMC Conference 3rd international Workshop on Statistical Physics and Mathematics for Complex Systems SPMCS'2012 (25-30 August, Kazan, Russia, Federazione Russa (2012)
    Member of the Scientific Commitee
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Editorial boards

  • FRONTIERS IN PHYSICS (2020-), Associate Editor of magazine or editorial series
  • INVENTIONS (2018-), Director
  • ENTROPY (2015), Guest Editor of magazine or editorial series
  • HELIYON (2015-), Editorial board member

Conferences

  • Constructal Law & Second Law Conference – Porto Alegre (11/3/2019-12/3/2019), Program committee
  • Constructal Law & Second Law Conference - Bucarest (15/5/2017-16/5/2017), Program committee
  • Constructal Law & Second Law Conference - Parma (18/5/2015-19/5/2015), Participation to the organizing committee
  • Third SPMC Conference 3rd international Workshop on Statistical Physics and Mathematics for Complex Systems PMCS'2012 - 25-30 August, Kazan, Russia (25/8/2012-30/8/2012), Program committee

Other research or teaching roles outside Politecnico

  • Visiting Researcher, presso École Polytechnique de Montréal (1/1/2013-31/12/2015)

Non-commercial collaboration agreements

Teaching

Collegi of the degree programmes

Teachings

PhD

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Master of Science

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Bachelor of Science

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Research

Research groups

Research projects

Projects funded by competitive calls

Projects funded by commercial contracts

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Supervised PhD students

Publications

Last years publications

PoliTO co-authors

Publications by type

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Society and Enterprise

Patents and other intellectual properties