Associate Professor (L. 240)
Department of Energy (DENERG)
Profile
Research interests
Biography
Nicola Pedroni (B.Sc. Energy Eng., 2003; M.Sc. and Ph.D. Nuclear Eng., 2005 and 2010, all from Politecnico di Milano) is an Associate Professor in Nuclear Power Plants at the Energy Dept. of Politecnico di Torino. Before, he has been an Associate Professor at the Eléctricité de France Chair “System Science & Energetic Challenge” at École CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay (Chatenay-Malabry, France) (Jan 1, 2016-Apr 1, 2017) and an assistant professor in the same university (Mar 1, 2013-Dec 31, 2015). During his Ph.D., he visited the Dept. of Nuclear Science and Engineering of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sept 2008-May 2009). In March 2018, he received the (Italian) National Academic Qualification to be a Full Professor in “Thermodynamics and Nuclear Engineering”. In February 2016, he received the (French) Academic Habilitation to Direct the Research in “Engineering Informatics, Automatics and Signal Processing” and, in Feb 2017, the corresponding qualification to be a Full Professor. He has served as referee more than 20 international journals. His research focuses on the study and development of advanced computational methods for the reliability, safety, risk, vulnerability and resilience analyses of complex, safety-critical engineering systems, in presence of uncertainties. He is co-author of 58 papers on international journals, 1 editorial, 36 papers on proceedings of international conferences, 5 chapters in international books and 5 works published as technical reports of international research institutes.
Curriculum
Scientific branch
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)
Skills
ERC sectors
SDG
Editorial boards
- FRONTIERS IN NUCLEAR ENGINEERING (2023-), Associate Editor of magazine or editorial series
- ENERGIES (2021-), Other editorial activities
- PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS. PART O, JOURNAL OF RISK AND RELIABILITY (2016-), Associate Editor of magazine or editorial series
- ASCE-ASME JOURNAL OF RISK AND UNCERTAINTY IN ENGINEERING SYSTEMS. PART A, CIVIL ENGINEERING. (2015-), Guest Editor of magazine or editorial series
Other research or teaching roles outside Politecnico
- Professore a contratto, presso CentraleSupelec (1/1/2016-31/3/2017)
- Ricercatore, presso École Centrale Paris (1/11/2014-30/6/2016)
- Ricercatore, presso CentraleSupelec (1/3/2013-31/12/2015)
- Professore Incaricato Esterno, presso CEA Saclay (1/9/2012-13/12/2019)
- Visiting Researcher, presso École Centrale Paris (1/9/2012-31/12/2012)
- Ricercatore a t.d. (art.1 comma 14 L. 230/05), presso Politecnico di MILANO (1/6/2010-28/2/2013)
- Visiting Researcher, presso Massachusetts Institute of Technology (15/9/2008-31/5/2009)
Teaching
Collegi of the degree programmes
- Collegio di Ingegneria Energetica. Componente
- Collegio di Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e il Territorio. Componente invitato
Teachings
PhD
- System-level modeling of nuclear plants. A.A. 2023/24, ENERGETICA. Teaching assistant
- System-level modeling of nuclear plants. A.A. 2022/23, ENERGETICA. Teaching assistant
- System-level modeling of nuclear plants. A.A. 2020/21, ENERGETICA. Teaching assistant
Master of Science
- Risk Analysis. A.A. 2023/24, GEORESOURCES AND GEOENERGY ENGINEERING. Collaboratore del corso
- Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis (modulo di Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis B). A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Titolare del corso
- Sicurezza e analisi di rischio. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Risk Analysis. A.A. 2022/23, GEORESOURCES AND GEOENERGY ENGINEERING. Collaboratore del corso
- Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis (modulo di Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis B). A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Titolare del corso
- Sicurezza e analisi di rischio. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis (modulo di Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis B). A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Titolare del corso
- Risk Analysis. A.A. 2021/22, PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA DEL PETROLIO E MINERARIA). Collaboratore del corso
- Sicurezza e analisi di rischio. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis (modulo di Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis B). A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Titolare del corso
- Risk Analysis. A.A. 2020/21, PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA DEL PETROLIO E MINERARIA). Collaboratore del corso
- Sicurezza e analisi di rischio. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Risk Analysis. A.A. 2019/20, PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA DEL PETROLIO E MINERARIA). Collaboratore del corso
- Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis (modulo di Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis B). A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Titolare del corso
- Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis (modulo di Monte Carlo methods, safety and risk analysis A). A.A. 2018/19, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA E NUCLEARE. Collaboratore del corso
- Risk Analysis. A.A. 2018/19, PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA DEL PETROLIO E MINERARIA). Collaboratore del corso
Bachelor of Science
- Sicurezza degli impianti energetici. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA. Titolare del corso
- Sicurezza degli impianti energetici. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA. Titolare del corso
- Sicurezza degli impianti energetici. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA. Titolare del corso
- Sicurezza degli impianti energetici. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA. Titolare del corso
- Sicurezza degli impianti energetici. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA. Titolare del corso
- Uso ottimale e sicurezza degli impianti energetici. A.A. 2018/19, INGEGNERIA ENERGETICA. Titolare del corso
Research
Research groups
Research projects
Projects funded by competitive calls
- ARISTOTELES - ARtificial Intelligence and STOchasTic simulation for the rEsiLience of critical infrastructurES, (2023-2025) - Responsabile Scientifico
Nationally funded research - PRIN
Supervised PhD students
- Nicolo' Abrate. Programme in Energetica (34th cycle, 2018-2022)
Thesis: Methods for safety and stability analysis of nuclear systems
Nuclear reactor physics and multiphysics modeling of innovative fission systems Nuclear reactor physics and multiphysics modeling of innovative fission systems
Publications
Last years publications
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- Di Maio, Francesco; Pedroni, Nicola; Zio, Enrico (2023)
Nuclear Systems Safety Analysis by Artificial Intelligence, Meta-Modeling and Adaptive Simulation. In: PSAM 2023 Topical Conference on AI and Risk Analysis for Probabilistic Safety/Security Assessment and Management, Urbana-Champaign (Illinois, USA), October 23-25, 2023, pp. 1-1
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Pedroni, Nicola (2023)
Robust Ensemble of Computational Techniques for the Detection of Outliers in the Inverse Uncertainty Quantification with Limited Data. In: UNCECOMP 2023 5 th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Uncertainty Quantification in Computational Sciences and Engineering, Athens, Greece, 12-14 June 2023, pp. 19647-19647
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Pedroni, Nicola (2023)
Stacked Sparse Autoencoders and Classical Artificial Neural Networks for the Inverse Uncertainty Quantification of Dynamic Engineering Systems Models. In: 14th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering (ICASP14), Dublino, 9-13 July 2023, pp. 1-8
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Abrate, Nicolo'; Aimetta, Alex; Dulla, Sandra; Pedroni, Nicola (2023)
Nuclear Data Uncertainty Propagation for the Molten Salt Fast Reactor Design. In: NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING, pp. 1-23. ISSN 0029-5639
Contributo su Rivista - Abrate, Nicolo'; Pedroni, Nicola; Moscatello, Alberto; Carpignano, Andrea; Carbone, ... (2023)
A novel approach combining bootstrapped non-intrusive reduced order models and unscented transform for the robust and efficient CFD analysis of accidental gas releases in congested plants. In: JOURNAL OF LOSS PREVENTION IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES, vol. 83, pp. 1-17. ISSN 1873-3352
Contributo su Rivista - Abrate, Nicolo'; Dulla, Sandra; Pedroni, Nicola (2023)
A non-intrusive reduced order model for the characterisation of the spatial power distribution in large thermal reactors. In: ANNALS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, vol. 184. ISSN 0306-4549
Contributo su Rivista - Roma, G.; Antonello, F.; Di Maio, F.; Pedroni, N.; Zio, E.; Bersano, A.; Bertani, C.; ... (2022)
Passive safety systems analysis: A novel approach for inverse uncertainty quantification based on Stacked Sparse Autoencoders and Kriging metamodeling. In: PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR ENERGY, vol. 148. ISSN 0149-1970
Contributo su Rivista - Pedroni, N. (2022)
Computational methods for the robust optimization of the design of a dynamic aerospace system in the presence of aleatory and epistemic uncertainties. In: MECHANICAL SYSTEMS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING, vol. 164. ISSN 0888-3270
Contributo su Rivista - Uggenti, A. C.; Nallo, G. F.; Carpignano, A.; Pedroni, N.; Zanino, R. (2022)
Identification of the Postulated Initiating Events of Accidents of a CPS-Based Liquid Metal Divertor for the EU DEMO Fusion Reactor. In: FUSION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, pp. 1-13. ISSN 1536-1055
Contributo su Rivista - Puppo, L.; Pedroni, N.; Maio, F. D.; Bersano, A.; Bertani, C.; Zio, E. (2021)
A Framework based on Finite Mixture Models and Adaptive Kriging for Characterizing Non-Smooth and Multimodal Failure Regions in a Nuclear Passive Safety System. In: RELIABILITY ENGINEERING & SYSTEM SAFETY, vol. 216. ISSN 0951-8320
Contributo su Rivista - Di Maio, F.; Pedroni, N.; Toth, B.; Burgazzi, L.; Zio, E. (2021)
Reliability assessment of passive safety systems for nuclear energy applications: State‐of‐the‐art and open issues. In: ENERGIES, vol. 14. ISSN 1996-1073
Contributo su Rivista - Destino, V.; Pedroni, N.; Bonifetto, R.; Di Maio, F.; Savoldi, L.; Zio, E. (2021)
Metamodeling and on-line clustering for loss-of-flow accident precursors identification in a superconducting magnet cryogenic cooling circuit. In: ENERGIES, vol. 14. ISSN 1996-1073
Contributo su Rivista - Puppo, L.; Pedroni, N.; Bersano, A.; Di Maio, F.; Bertani, C.; Zio, E. (2021)
Failure identification in a nuclear passive safety system by Monte Carlo simulation with adaptive Kriging. In: NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, vol. 380. ISSN 0029-5493
Contributo su Rivista - Destino, Vincenzo; Bonifetto, Roberto; Di Maio, Francesco; Pedroni, Nicola; Zanino, ... (2021)
Identification of LOFA precursors in ITER superconducting magnet cryogenic cooling circuit. In: RELIABILITY ENGINEERING & SYSTEM SAFETY, vol. 209. ISSN 0951-8320
Contributo su Rivista - Roma, G.; Di Maio, F.; Bersano, A.; Pedroni, N.; Bertani, C.; Mascari, F.; Zio, E. (2021)
A Bayesian framework of inverse uncertainty quantification with principal component analysis and Kriging for the reliability analysis of passive safety systems. In: NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND DESIGN, vol. 379. ISSN 0029-5493
Contributo su Rivista - Abrate, Nicolo'; Dulla, Sandra; Pedroni, Nicola; Ravetto, Piero (2021)
A non-intrusive reduced order model for neutronic transient analyses of the ALFRED reactor. In: Mathematics & Computation (M&C) 2021, Virtual Meeting, pp. 489-498
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Nallo, G. F.; Pedroni, N.; Uggenti, A. C.; Carpignano, A.; Zanino, R. (2020)
Functional safety assessment of a liquid metal divertor for the European demo tokamak. In: 30th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2020 and 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference, PSAM15 2020, Venice (Italy), 2020, pp. 750-750. ISBN: 978-981-14-8593-0
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Abrate, N.; Dulla, S.; Pedroni, N. (2020)
A non-intrusive reduced order model for light water reactor core stability analysis. In: 30th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2020 and 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference, PSAM 2020, Venice (Italy), 2020, pp. 4946-4952. ISBN: 9789811485930
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Pedroni, N. (2020)
Computational methods for system optimization under uncertainty. In: 30th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2020 and 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference, PSAM 2020, Venice (Italy), 2020, pp. 1119-1126. ISBN: 9789811485930
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding) - Destino, V.; Bonifetto, R.; Pedroni, N.; Savoldi, L.; Di Maio, F.; Zio, E.; Zio, E. (2020)
Advanced methods for loss-of-flow accident precursors identification in a superconducting magnet cryogenic cooling circuit. In: 30th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2020 and 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference, PSAM 2020, ita, 2020, pp. 2303-2310
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)