The Department
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering brings together faculty members and researchers active in various fields and promotes synergy between disciplines to address the most current challenges in the sector through an integrated approach.
Research, innovation and education for a sustainable future
Our mission
The primary mission of DICA is to operate, through research, education, and technology transfer, in the areas of surveying, geology, geotechnics, hydraulics, hydrology, water resources management, transportation networks, analysis and design of structures and infrastructures, structural and seismic engineering, the safeguarding of historic structures, hydraulic and maritime constructions, and materials and structural mechanics.
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News
Two American Geophysical Union honours for Carlo De Michele
Carlo De Michele, Professore di Idrologia presso il nostro Dipartimento, ha ricevuto per il 2026 due prestigiosi riconoscimenti dall’American Geophysical Union (AGU). È stato eletto AGU Union Fellow, il più…
Alessandra Bonfanti wins the AIMETA Junior Prize 2026 in Solid and Structural Mechanics
Alessandra Bonfanti, ha vinto il Premio AIMETA Junior 2026 in Meccanica dei Solidi e delle Strutture, conferito dall’AIMETA, l’Associazione Italiana di Meccanica Teorica e Applicata. Il premio è stato consegnato…
Mattia Anghileri selected by ASCE for the Younger Member Global Activities Fund 2026/2027
Mattia Anghileri, research fellow at our Department, has been selected by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) as a recipient of the Younger Member Global Activities Fund 2026/2027. The Fund supports…
Chiara Gaddi among the winners of the Doctoral Thesis Award at the 16th fib International PhD Symposium
Chiara Gaddi, PhD student in Structural, Seismic and Geotechnical Engineering at our Department, has been awarded the third prize of the Doctoral Thesis Award at the 16th fib International PhD Symposium in…
Francesco Ballio elected President of the Italian Hydraulics Group (GII)
Prof. Francesco Ballio has been elected President of the Gruppo Italiano di Idraulica (GII), the Italian scientific society for hydraulics, hydrology and hydraulic and maritime engineering…
