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SUMMARY:Shallow mixing interfaces between streams of unequal densities and their relevance for understanding mixing downstream of river confluences
DESCRIPTION:On Monday\, June 22\, a seminar titled “Shallow mixing interfaces between streams of unequal densities and their relevance for understanding mixing downstream of river confluences” will be held in Grandori Room (Building 4) at 11:00 CET. \nThe seminar will be given by George Constantinescu\, Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Iowa. \nAbstract \nAs opposed to the case of shallow mixing layers forming between parallel streams of unequal velocities and equal densities\, the spatial development of the mixing interface between two parallel streams of unequal velocities and sufficiently large density contrast is controlled by the formation of a spatially developing\, lock-exchange-like flow in transverse planes. Eddy-resolving numerical simulations conducted in a wide and very long channel are used to investigate the mean flow structure and the effects of the lock-exchange-like flow and the associated coherent structures (e.g.\, streamwise-oriented vortical cells along the interface separating the regions containing heavier and lighter fluids) on mixing and the capacity of the flow to entrain sediment from the channel bed. These results are contrasted with the limiting case of shallow mixing layers with no density contrast where the dynamics of the quasi-two-dimensional Kelvin–Helmholtz vortices controls the structure and streamwise development of the mixing layer. These results are then used to explain how mixing is affected by density contrast at natural river confluences.  Using field measurements of the mean temperature at a small river confluence\, we show that accounting for stratification effects is critical for eddy-resolving simulations to accurately capture the mean temperature distribution downstream of the confluence apex. We then show that a temperature contrast of only couple of degree Celsius can have a large effect on the position and structure of the mixing interface at one of the largest river confluences in the world. For both confluent flows over a flat bed and over natural bathymetry\, density contrast between the incoming flow enhances mixing. Most of this mixing takes place beneath the free surface and is driven by coherent structures induced by stratification effects. \nBio-sketch \nDr. Constantinescu is a Professor in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Iowa. Dr. Constantinescu got his Ph.D. at the University of Iowa in 1998. Following this\, he occupied various research positions at Arizona State University and at the Center for Turbulence Research and the Center for Integrated Turbulence Simulations at Stanford University where he worked on the development of novel numerical algorithms for viscous flows\, Detached Eddy Simulation and computational aero-acoustics. He then joined the University of Iowa as an Assistant Professor in 2004. His research program is based on the use of eddy-resolving simulations to understand the physics of several important classes of environmental and geo-physical flows. Dr. Constantinescu’s current research focuses on turbulence and transport in rivers and lakes\, stratified flows\, shallow flows\, eco-hydraulics\, numerical modeling of floods and dam break waves of non-Newtonian fluids and flow in porous media. \n 
URL:https://www.dica.polimi.it/en/evento/shallow-mixing-interfaces-between-streams-of-unequal-densities-and-their-relevance-for-understanding-mixing-downstream-of-river-confluences/
LOCATION:aula Grandori (ed.4)
CATEGORIES:Seminari e conferenze
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SUMMARY:Seismic Wave Propagation in Complex Geological Domains: From Site Effects in Earthquakes to Diffuse Fields in Passive Seismology
DESCRIPTION:Within the PhD course on Elastic Wave Propagation with applications to Earthquake Engineering at Politecnico di Milano\, Prof. Francisco José Sánchez-Sesma\, Instituto de Ingeniería\, UNAM México\, will deliver a lecture on Seismic Wave Propagation in Complex Geological Domains: From Site Effects in Earthquakes to Diffuse Fields in Passive Seismology. \n  \n\nThe lecture will be delivered on June 22\, 2026\, at 16:00 (Italian time) in the Webex personal room: politecnicomilano.webex.com/meet/roberto.paolucci\nThis will be a repetition of the Joyner Memorial Lecture\, awarded jointly by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) and the Seismological Society of America (SSA)\, which recognizes outstanding individuals working at the intersection of earthquake science and engineering\, whether it involves contributions from earthquake science to earthquake engineering\, or from earthquake engineering to earthquake science. For 20 years\, these distinguished speakers have contributed to building codes\, seismic design guidelines\, probabilistic seismic hazard analysis\, and the characterization of site effects. Francisco José Sánchez-Sesma of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) delivered the 2026 Joyner Lecture at the SSA Annual Meeting in Pasadena\, CA\, and will do so again at the 13NCEE in Portland\, OR.\n\nAbstract\nThis lecture emerges from decades of research on seismic waves in complex geological media to assess ground motion\, from strong shaking to weak ambient vibrations such as microtremors and seismic noise. It is dedicated to William B. Joyner\, who bridged the gap between seismologists and engineers to achieve an earthquake-resilient society. Personally\, the 1985 Michoacán earthquake (Mw 8.1)\, which caused catastrophic damage in Mexico City\, was a key motivation. The Random Vibration Theory\, reformulated by Boore and Joyner\, helped us to craft the Mexico City building code\, which incorporated the Fourier spectrum as a design concept. Seismic hazard is a big puzzle; we take little pieces and try to solve each one. The Indirect Boundary Element Method (IBEM) enabled the study of the seismic response of topographic features and alluvial valleys to educate the intuition. The need for a geomorphological description is evident. Diffuse fields allowed us to establish the exact retrieval of Green’s functions from noise cross-correlations. This leads to a theory for the H/V spectral ratio to model ambient seismic noise measurements and infer subsurface layered structures. However\, including lateral irregularity is a major challenge. Preliminary results suggest it is possible to spot\, from H/V results\, zones that may trap energy in earthquakes.
URL:https://www.dica.polimi.it/en/evento/seismic-wave-propagation-in-complex-geological-domains-from-site-effects-in-earthquakes-to-diffuse-fields-in-passive-seismology/
LOCATION:collegamento Webex
CATEGORIES:Webinar e Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260625T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260625T123000
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SUMMARY:The vadose zone: a multifaceted perspective
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, June 25\, two seminars will be held in Grandori Room (Building 4) at 10:30 CET.\n\nThe first seminar will be given by Anna Dabudyk\, ITES Strasbourg Institute of Earth and Environment\, and is titled: Optimization of Monte Carlo simulations for physically-based groundwater recharge modelling: convergence\, sensitivity analysis and spatial upscaling.\n\nIt will also be possible to follow them online at the following link: https://politecnicomilano.webex.com/meet/aronne.delloca\n\nAbstract\nPhysically-based integrated hydrological models have become essential tools to inform quantitative management at the catchment scale. Recharge is a key process that is either computed internally or computed externally and then read as an input. In both cases\, a high level of uncertainty is expected as no real measurement of recharge are available.\nIn this work\, we use a chain of physically-based models comprising a Land Surface Model for groundwater recharge and a hydrological model that couples surface and subsurface flow processes. The main goal is to assess the impact of anthropogenic withdrawals on low flows and provide a rigorous quantification of uncertainties for both piezometric level and surface discharge.\nComputing groundwater recharge using a physically-based LSM model is a rather parameter intensive approach. To quantify the uncertainties\, this model uses a Monte Carlo framework to randomly sample 178 parameters per simulation. We first established that a minimum of 3\,000 simulations was required for convergence. Next\, we conducted a sensitivity analysis which revealed that uncertainties related to parameters are more significant than those related to meteorological forcing.\nOur next step is to focus on model efficiency. Using clustering methods\, we intent to select relevant pixels to compute groundwater recharge before upscaling to the entire catchment. This is a critical step\, as the groundwater recharge is then used as input data for the hydrological model\, for which computation times are significantly more challenging.\n\nBio-sketch \nAnna Dabudyk is a PhD student in hydrology at ITES (Strasbourg Institute of Earth and Environment). Her research focuses on catchment-scale quantitative hydrology\, using numerical modelling and statistical approaches to evaluate simulation reliability and quantify uncertainty. The main goal of her work is to understand the relationship between anthropogenic withdrawals and surface and groundwater water dynamics. Her work aims to bridge the gap between complex hydrological modelling and practical decision-making by providing uncertainty-aware numerical solutions for water management. \n\nThe second seminar will be given by Tomás Aquino\, IDAEA Spanish National Research Council institute\, Barcelona\, and is titled: From geometry to velocity: How medium structure and water saturation shape global flow statistics.\n \n\nAbstract\nSubsurface flows exhibit rich structure across multiple scales due to complex medium geometry. In the vadose zone\, i.e.\, the partially-saturated region that acts as a reactive filter for nutrients and contaminants\, flow heterogeneity is further enhanced by the simultaneous presence of air and water. Understanding\, quantifying\, and predicting transport and reaction in such systems requires models that can be parameterized based on incomplete information about the pore-scale structure and saturation\, which are typically known only to a limited extent.\nOver the last few decades\, stochastic models have gained in popularity as useful and elegant tools to fill this role. In addition to the classical inverse problem\, where Monte Carlo type methods are traditionally employed to quantify uncertainty\, recent stochastic transport and mixing models rely on statistical descriptions of the underlying flow field to make deterministic predictions of macroscopic quantities\, such as breakthrough curves and dispersion\, at larger scales. These methods typically rely on the probability of finding a certain velocity value anywhere in the domain together with a characteristic correlation length\, without need for detailed knowledge of the spatial structure. Despite their success\, the predictive power of such models remains limited by our inability to connect the statistics of geometric features\, such as pore throat widths\, to flow statistics. Indeed\, current mean field theories fail to capture the flow statistics even in simple disordered media.\nIn the first part of this talk\, I will discuss a new theory of flow statistics for saturated\, disordered media\, which employs a pore network description to connect flow distributions to macroscopic metrics like the porosity and the coeMicient of variation of pore throat widths. I will show that this theory performs very well for simple model porous media in two dimensions\, composed of disordered arrays of circular obstacles. In the second part of the talk\, I will discuss how flow statistics models can be extended to partially saturated conditions.\n\nBio-sketch\nTomás Aquino is a Researcher at the IDAEA\, a Spanish National Research Council institute in Barcelona dedicated to environmental sciences. He obtained his undergraduate and MSc degrees in Physics from the University of Lisbon\, Portugal\, where he is originally from\, and his PhD from the University of Notre Dame\, IN\, USA. He is the recipient of the ongoing ERC Starting Grant Uplift\, which is dedicated to advancing our understanding of flow\, transport\, mixing and reaction in partially saturated porous media across scales.
URL:https://www.dica.polimi.it/en/evento/the-vadose-zone-a-multifaceted-perspective/
LOCATION:aula Grandori (ed.4)
CATEGORIES:Seminari e conferenze
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SUMMARY:XV Incontro dei Giovani Ingegneri Geotecnici
DESCRIPTION:Il 25 e 26 giugno 2026 il Politecnico di Milano ospiterà il XV Incontro dei Giovani Ingegneri Geotecnici (IAGIG)\, organizzato dall’Associazione Geotecnica Italiana (AGI) in collaborazione con il Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale. L’iniziativa rappresenta un consolidato momento di confronto\, condivisione e crescita professionale rivolto a giovani ingegneri\, ricercatori e professionisti del settore della geotecnica.\n\nLa partecipazione è gratuita\, senza quote di iscrizione né costi per la pubblicazione degli atti. L’iscrizione è tuttavia obbligatoria\, poiché l’accesso sarà consentito fino a esaurimento dei posti disponibili in aula\, ed è possibile effettuarla al seguente link. Il Consiglio Nazionale degli Ingegneri riconosce 6 CFP per la partecipazione in presenza.\n\nMaggiori informazioni sono disponibili sul sito dell’evento.\n\nProgramma delle giornate e locandina. 
URL:https://www.dica.polimi.it/en/evento/xv-incontro-dei-giovani-ingegneri-geotecnici/
LOCATION:aula De Donato (edificio 3)
CATEGORIES:Seminari e conferenze
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260625T140000
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SUMMARY:Active dynamics of epithelial tissues
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, June 25\, a seminar titled “Active dynamics of epithelial tissues” will be held in Grandori Room (Building 4) at 14:00 CET. \nThe seminar will be given by Prof. Alexandre Kabla\, University of Cambridge. \nAbstract \nEpithelial tissues play a crucial role during embryonic development and in adult organisms\, forming essential physiological barriers within the body. These tissues frequently undergo and even instigate significant deformations while maintaining mechanical integrity. This presentation examines the autonomous force-generating behaviours of epithelial tissues and their mechanical consequences\, emphasizing theoretical and computational modelling strategies. Experimental investigations of in vitro MDCK cell monolayers reveal spontaneous contractility that generates tissue-scale tension and induces curling at free edges\, behaviours absent in isolated cells but emergent at the collective level. Epithelial tissues also continuously remodel through cell neighbour exchanges\, particularly during embryonic morphogenesis when coordinated cell rearrangements drive large-scale tissue flows. The interplay between active force generation and passive mechanical response determines the rate and spatial organization of these processes. Through modelling\, we investigate how individual cell rheology\, active contractility\, and mechanical coupling give rise to tissue-scale behaviours. Our findings reveal that mechanical coupling amplifies both internal and external mechanical signals\, creating sensitivity to stress states and boundary conditions that cannot be predicted from single-cell properties alone. \nBio-sketch \nProfessor Alexandre is a professor of mechanobiology in the Engineering Department. He trained as a physicist and computer scientist. His early research focused on the mechanics of sandcastles and liquid foams. He then progressively drifted towards fibrous materials\, and later to biological tissues and cell mechanics in general. \nHis group’s research focuses on the mechanobiology of tissues. They use numerical and analytical modelling\, as well as experimentation\, to study how cell assemblies respond to forces and control their mechanical properties\, as well as how active processes such as cell migration lead to tissue morphogenesis. \nHis research is collaborative and interdisciplinary. From a technical perspective\, the group has expertise in soft matter physics\, rheology\, mechanical characterisation of materials\, microfluidics\, and scientific software engineering. \n 
URL:https://www.dica.polimi.it/en/evento/active-dynamics-of-epithelial-tissues/
LOCATION:aula Grandori (ed.4)
CATEGORIES:Seminari e conferenze
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260701T140000
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SUMMARY:Projection-Based Model Order Reduction and Hyper-Reduction for Non-Linear Electromagnetic Problems
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, July 1\, a seminar titled “Projection-Based Model Order Reduction and Hyper-Reduction for Non-Linear Electromagnetic Problems” will be held in Grandori Room (Building 4) at 14:00 CET.\nThe seminar will be given by Prof. Daniel Rixen\, Technical University of Munich. \nAbstract\nOver the last decade\, several new techniques to efficiently reduce non-linear structural problems for transient analysis have been proposed. This seminar will outline the main concepts of projection-based approaches\, in particular how meaningful projection spaces can be constructed and how the computational cost of computing the non-linear forces can be mitigated (hyper-reduction). The ideas will then be extended to electromagnetic problems and to the computation of the associated magnetic forces on structures.
URL:https://www.dica.polimi.it/en/evento/projection-based-model-order-reduction-and-hyper-reduction-for-non-linear-electromagnetic-problems/
LOCATION:aula Grandori (ed.4)
CATEGORIES:Seminari e conferenze
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260707T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260707T160000
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SUMMARY:Micro and Nanoacoustic Devices and Sensors for Radio Frequency and Internet of Things Applications
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, July 7\, a seminar titled “Micro and Nanoacoustic Devices and Sensors for Radio Frequency and Internet of Things Applications” will be held in Grandori Room (Building 4) at 14:30 CET.\nThe seminar will be given by Luca Colombo\, Associate Research Professor at Northeastern University.\n\nAbstract\nWith the rapid rollout of advanced communication technologies\, including 5G and the Internet of Things (IoT)\, there is an increasing demand for components that offer enhanced performance\, scalability\, and multifunctionality to support both civilian and defense applications. This seminar will present recent advances in micro- and nanoscale acoustic devices developed at Northeastern University. Emphasis will be placed on the engineering of piezoelectric materials\, innovative device architectures\, and the integration of machine learning and AI-driven design methodologies to optimize performance beyond conventional limits. Additionally\, system-level considerations\, including co-design and integration strategies for next-generation RF and sensing platforms\, will be discussed. These developments highlight the critical role of acoustic technologies in enabling high-frequency\, compact\, and energy-efficient solutions for emerging communication and sensing systems.\n\n\n\nBio-sketch\nLuca Colombo received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano\, Milan\, Italy\, in 2013 and 2015\, respectively. He pursued his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University\, Pittsburgh PA\, USA\, with a dissertation on high performance thin film lithium niobate resonators for zero power Internet of Things applications in 2019. He is currently an Associate Research Professor at Northeastern University. His research focuses on acoustic and RF resonators and systems for sensing\, 5G\, and IoT applications.
URL:https://www.dica.polimi.it/en/evento/micro-and-nanoacoustic-devices-and-sensors-for-radio-frequency-and-internet-of-things-applications/
LOCATION:aula Grandori (ed.4)
CATEGORIES:Seminari e conferenze
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SUMMARY:Recent advances in hydrological modelling and water resources management in Poland
DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, July 8\, a seminar will be held in Aula Fassò\, starting at 11:00 CET.\nThe seminar will be given by Andrzej Wałęga\, Associate Professor of Hydrology and Water Management at the University of Agriculture in Krakow and currently visiting at Politecnico di Milano\, and is titled “Recent advances in hydrological modelling and water resources management in Poland”.\n\nRemote attendance is possible through the following link: https://politecnicomilano.webex.com/meet/giovanni.ravazzani\n\nAbstract\nThe seminar provides an overview of ongoing research in hydrological modelling and water resources management in Poland\, with a focus on environmental flows\, rainfall–runoff modelling\, drought analysis\, and the impacts of climate change on water availability. Special attention is given to innovative methodologies integrating remote sensing data to enhance model accuracy and spatial coverage.\n\nSpeaker’s bio\nAndrzej Wałęga\, PhD\, DSc\, is an Associate Professor of Hydrology and Water Management at the University of Agriculture in Krakow\, Poland. His research focuses on hydrology and water resources management\, climate change impacts\, flood and drought risk\, urban hydrology\, sustainable stormwater management\, rainfall–runoff modelling\, ecohydrology\, and landscape hydric potential. He is the author or co-author of more than 220 peer-reviewed scientific publications and has participated in numerous national and international research projects. Professor Wałęga has extensive experience in hydrological modelling\, including the development and application of modified SCS-CN approaches for forested and urban catchments. He has cooperated with research institutions in Europe and the United States\, including the National Research Council of Italy\, the University of Tuscia\, and the USDA Forest Service. He also served as Editor-in-Chief of Acta Scientiarum Polonorum – Formatio Circumiectus and as President of the Association of Polish Hydrologists.
URL:https://www.dica.polimi.it/en/evento/recent-advances-in-hydrological-modelling-and-water-resources-management-in-poland/
LOCATION:aula Fassò (edificio 4A)
CATEGORIES:Seminari e conferenze
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SUMMARY:Surrogate modelling for hydromorphodynamic across scales
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, July 9\, as part of a session of two consecutive seminars starting at 10:00 CET\, a seminar titled “Surrogate modelling for hydromorphodynamic across scales” will be held in Grandori Room (Building 4).\nThe seminar will be given by Yifan Yang\, Professor of River Engineering at Wuhan University. \nAbstract\nThis seminar presents two complementary surrogate-modelling strategies that learn compact mappings between observable or simulated flow states and otherwise inaccessible or future hydromorphodynamic responses.\nAt the local scale\, an encoder–decoder network learns the relationship between instantaneous surface-flow fields and mean near-bed hydrodynamics\, thereby providing a pathway to infer scour-relevant processes from image-based or remotely sensed observations. Gradient-SHAP analysis identifies localised regions that contain the dominant hydrodynamic signatures\, while a multiresolution strategy combines high-resolution in situ monitoring of critical zones with coarser\, wider-area drone observations. The compressed regions of interest retain sufficient information to reconstruct near-bed fields while substantially reducing data and computational requirements\, supporting the identification of scour progression\, bed mobility and instability.\nAt the river-reach scale\, an Adaptive-Horizon Graph Neural Operator learns bed updating directly on native unstructured meshes while retaining hydrodynamic feedback from a 2D hydrodynamic solver. It maps recent hydrodynamic and topographic states to future bed-elevation increments\, with the effective history length and update interval adapting to the evolving flow–bed system. Trained using validated morphodynamic solutions and evaluated on several benchmarks\, the model reproduces dominant bedform migration\, erosion and deposition patterns while achieving approximately 100x accelerations.\nTogether\, these studies demonstrate a cross-scale pathway from measurement-informed inference to accelerated morphodynamic forecasting\, offering a foundation for rapid scenario analysis\, smart scour monitoring\, early warning\, and hydromorphodynamic digital twins.\n\nBio-sketch\nYifan Yang is Professor of River Engineering at Wuhan University and a recipient of the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scientists (Overseas). He received his PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Auckland and previously worked as a lecturer at the University of Waikato\, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Auckland\, and a civil engineer at Wellington Water. His research focuses on scour and erosion hazards around river and coastal infrastructure\, data-driven hydro-morphodynamics and sediment transport\, and AI-enabled flood risk management and digital twins. He has developed experimental\, numerical and machine-learning approaches for bridge scour prediction\, turbulent flow-field reconstruction\, streambed morphology analysis\, and infrastructure resilience assessment. Prof. Yang is active in international professional service through leadership roles in IAHR and ASCE EWRI committees\, has received the International Leader Fellowship of the Royal Society of New Zealand\, and has led or contributed to collaborative research and engineering projects in China\, New Zealand\, Australia\, and the United States. His work bridges fundamental river mechanics\, intelligent modelling and practical risk reduction.
URL:https://www.dica.polimi.it/en/evento/surrogate-modelling-for-hydromorphodynamic-across-scales/
LOCATION:aula Grandori (ed.4)
CATEGORIES:Seminari e conferenze
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260710T123000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260710T133000
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SUMMARY:Sustainable Concrete Infrastructure
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, July 10\, a seminar will be held in Room 087 (first floor\, Building 4)\, starting at 12:30 CET. \nThe seminar will be given by Rebecca Gravina\, Professor and TMR Chair of Structural Engineering in the School of Civil Engineering at The University of Queensland (Brisbane\, Australia)\, and is titled “Sustainable Concrete Infrastructure”. \nAbstract\nSustainable concrete infrastructure responds to the growing challenges posed by ageing\, carbon-intensive assets and increasing exposure to climate extremes and natural hazards. Existing concrete infrastructure is often deteriorating due to reinforcement corrosion\, cracking\, creep\, and overloading\, resulting in high maintenance costs and reduced service life. In this context\, durability\, not strength alone\, becomes the governing factor for sustainability. Conventional concrete also presents significant environmental concerns\, including high CO₂ emissions during production and extensive resource depletion from natural aggregate extraction. With concrete being one of the most widely consumed materials globally\, these issues highlight the urgent need for innovative\, system-level solutions that improve performance while reducing environmental impact and supporting long-term resilience. \nTo address these challenges\, Professor Gravina will present her research\, with emphasis on low-carbon concrete strategies aimed at reducing embodied carbon while maintaining structural performance. Approaches include the use of supplementary cementitious materials\, recycled aggregates such as recycled concrete\, crushed glass\, and industrial by-products\, and optimised mix designs that balance cost\, carbon\, and performance. Experimental results demonstrate that sustainable concrete can achieve comparable workability\, strength\, and durability while significantly reducing reliance on natural resources and landfill demand. Life cycle assessment outcomes further indicate substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and waste diversion potential. In parallel\, advanced material systems such as fibre-reinforced polymer reinforcement and ultra-high-performance concrete enable enhanced durability\, corrosion resistance\, and service-life extension. These innovations support prefabrication\, rapid construction\, and reduced maintenance\, contributing to resilient\, low-carbon infrastructure aligned with circular economy and decarbonisation objectives. \nSpeaker’s bio\nRebecca Gravina is Professor and the TMR Chair of Structural Engineering in the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Queensland in Brisbane\, Australia. The TMR Chair position is endowed by the Queensland Government Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR). She obtained her PhD in Structural Engineering from the University of Adelaide and\, prior to joining academia\, worked as a consulting Structural Engineer with ARUP. Professor Gravina is an established researcher with over 25 years of experience in academia and consulting engineering. Her research field concerns the long-term performance and durability of reinforced concrete (RC) and prestressed concrete (PC) structures\, sustainability of infrastructure\, rehabilitation of existing structures with Fibre Reinforced Polymers (FRP)\, multi-functional self-healing cementitious composites\, recycled materials in concrete\, and engineering education. Professor Gravina is the co-author of the textbook ‘Prestressed Concrete’ by Warner\, Foster and Gravina\, she has published more than 100 research papers\, and has won numerous competitive research grants valued over $8 Million and teaching awards. Professor Gravina is the Editor in Chief of the Australian Journal of Civil Engineering\, Director of the Australasian Certification Authority for Reinforcing and Structural Steels (ACRS)\, Past-President of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Australian Section\, Executive Committee Member of the International Institute for FRP in Construction (IIFC)\, and Member of the Concrete Institute of Australia. Her research is well recognised by industry\, and she continuously collaborates with civil infrastructure companies and agencies to support innovation and technology transfer.
URL:https://www.dica.polimi.it/en/evento/sustainable-concrete-infrastructure/
LOCATION:aula 087 (edificio 4)
CATEGORIES:Seminari e conferenze
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SUMMARY:Wind Turbine Blade Flow-Induced Instabilities under Stochastic Load Perturbations and Partially Correlated Turbulence
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, July 17\, a seminar will be held in Grandori Room\, starting at 15:00 CET.\n\nThe seminar will be given by Luca Caracoglia\, Full Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Northeastern University (Boston\, USA)\, and is titled “Wind Turbine Blade Flow-Induced Instabilities under Stochastic Load Perturbations and Partially Correlated Turbulence”.\n\nAbstract\nOffshore wind turbine manufacturers are proposing the design of tall\, low-mass towers and long\, flexible blades (up to 100 m and beyond) to increase wind energy extraction and reduce maintenance costs. Long\, flexible blades are sensitive to wind load effects\, either during operational conditions or extreme events. The interaction between the rotating blade and the flow can lead to dynamic vibrations\, aeroelastic interactions and flow-induced instabilities.\nThis presentation will present recent studies on flow-induced instabilities of the blades. Specifically\, the presentation will focus on coupled-mode flutter\, which involves the interaction between flap-wise and torsional vibrations of the blade. Blade flutter may lead to malfunctions\, damage and\, ultimately\, failure of the blades. Investigations will analyze various perturbation sources\, e.g.\, wind turbulence\, loading errors and blade’s structural modeling simplifications. This issue will also analyze the influence of partially correlated turbulence on the loads and the instability. Both stochastic differential equations and Monte Carlo methods will be considered. Verification by wind tunnel experiments will be presented. Although blade flutter is not important for shorter blades\, it will be shown that flutter probability cannot be ignored in the case of long blades\, typical of offshore wind turbines. The presentation will consider the behavior of the NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) 5MW standard offshore wind turbine blade under various wind load scenarios.\n\nSpeaker’s bio\nLuca Caracoglia is a Full Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Northeastern University\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, USA. Luca Caracoglia’s research and professional interests are in structural dynamics\, random vibrations\, fluid-structure interaction of civil engineering structures\, nonlinear cable network dynamics\, wind engineering\, wind energy and wind-based energy harvesting systems. He has been author or co-author of 115+ peer-reviewed journal publications and received the NSF-CAREER Award for young investigators in 2009. He was granted the title of “Fellow ASCE” in 2020 for his career accomplishments. He serves as the President of the American Association for Wind Engineering (AAWE)\, and he is currently a member of the Executive Board of the Italian National Association for Wind Engineering (ANIV). He also currently serves as Associate Editor for the Journal of Fluids and Structures-Elsevier and the ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering.
URL:https://www.dica.polimi.it/en/evento/wind-turbine-blade-flow-induced-instabilities-under-stochastic-load-perturbations-and-partially-correlated-turbulence/
LOCATION:aula Grandori (ed.4)
CATEGORIES:Seminari e conferenze
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260721T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260721T130000
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SUMMARY:Assessing the Influence of Supplementary Cementitious Materials on the Temperature Dependence of Structural Build-Up of 3D-printable Cementitious Pastes
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, July 21\, a seminar will be held in Grandori Room\, starting at 12:00 CET.\nThe seminar will be given by Ivan Navarrete\, Assistant Professor in the Department of Construction Engineering and Management at the School of Engineering of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Director of the UC Concrete Innovation Hub\, and is titled “Assessing the Influence of Supplementary Cementitious Materials on the Temperature Dependence of Structural Build-Up of 3D-printable Cementitious Pastes”.\n\nAbstract\nThe early-age structural build-up of cementitious materials is strongly influenced by temperature\, yet the role played by the intrinsic properties of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) on the thermal dependency of this process remains insufficiently understood. This study investigates the effect of the particle size and physicochemical properties of SCMs on the temperature-dependent evolution of the storage modulus (G′) of cementitious pastes. A comprehensive experimental program was conducted using a range of SCMs characterized by distinct particle size distributions\, and surface electrochemical properties. Oscillatory rheological measurements were performed under controlled temperature conditions to monitor the evolution of the storage modulus during the early stages of hydration. In addition\, the interaction between SCM properties and key mixture design parameters—namely the water-to-cement ratio and the cement replacement fraction—was systematically evaluated. The results reveal that both the physical characteristics and electrochemical surface properties of SCMs significantly influence the rate and magnitude of structural build-up\, as well as its sensitivity to temperature variations. Furthermore\, these effects are strongly modulated by mixture design parameters\, highlighting the coupled role of SCM characteristics and mixture composition in governing early-age rheological behavior. The findings provide new insights into the mechanisms controlling structural evolution in blended cement systems and contribute to improving mixture design strategies for applications sensitive to early-age rheology\, such as digital fabrication and 3D concrete printing.\n\nSpeaker’s bio\nIvan Navarrete is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Construction Engineering and Management at the School of Engineering of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile\, where he also serves as Director of the UC Concrete Innovation Hub. He obtained his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering through a joint program between Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and the University of Notre Dame (USA). His research focuses on sustainable cementitious materials and new concrete technologies\, with particular emphasis on 3D concrete printing\, rheology of cement-based materials\, self-compacting concrete\, geopolymers\, and the valorization of industrial by-products and mining tailings. His work combines experimental research with analytical and data-driven approaches to develop low-carbon\, high-performance construction materials. Dr. Navarrete has led and participated in several competitive research projects funded by the Chilean National Agency for Research and Development (ANID) and has established collaborations with leading international institutions\, including the University of Tokyo\, Politecnico di Milano\, TU Dresden\, and the University of Notre Dame. He is an active member of multiple RILEM Technical Committees related to digital concrete and cementitious materials. In addition to publishing in leading international journals\, he supervises undergraduate and graduate students and actively promotes technology transfer and industry collaboration through the UC Concrete Innovation Hub.
URL:https://www.dica.polimi.it/en/evento/assessing-the-influence-of-supplementary-cementitious-materials-on-the-temperature-dependence-of-structural-build-up-of-3d-printable-cementitious-pastes/
LOCATION:aula Grandori (ed.4)
CATEGORIES:Seminari e conferenze
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260917T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20260917T103000
DTSTAMP:20260909T081054Z
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SUMMARY:Prewar Reforms of Human Waste Disposal Policies in Tokyo\, Osaka and Nagoya
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, September 17\, a seminar will be held in Grandori Room (Building 4)\, starting at 9:30 CET. \nThe seminar will be given by Takanori Hoshino\, Professor at the University of the Ryukyus\, Japan\, and is titled “Prewar Reforms of Human Waste Disposal Policies in Tokyo\, Osaka and Nagoya”. \nAbstract\nThis research examines changes in the night soil disposal policy in Japan before World War II and compares the situation in Tokyo\, Osaka and Nagoya. In the early modern period in Japan\, human waste had value as manure\, so farmers and night soil peddlers bought it. That situation did not change in the Meiji era. After the latter half of the 1910s\, urbanization and the spread of other fertilizers led to a decrease in the value of human waste\, that collapsed the network of night soil circulation that developed in the early modern period. Local governments promoted municipalization of human waste disposal\, taking into account not only urban sanitation but also fertilizer demand in suburban agriculture. As part of the rural economic revitalization plan\, rural areas near Tokyo\, Osaka and Nagoya utilized urban human waste\, saving on fertilizer purchases and revitalizing their agricultural management.
URL:https://www.dica.polimi.it/en/evento/prewar-reforms-of-human-waste-disposal-policies-in-tokyo-osaka-and-nagoya/
LOCATION:aula Grandori (ed.4)
CATEGORIES:Seminari e conferenze
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261007T083000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261007T170000
DTSTAMP:20260915T081330Z
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SUMMARY:Microinquinanti 2026 – Testimonianze\, soluzioni e prospettive per il Servizio Idrico Integrato
DESCRIPTION:Mercoledì 7 ottobre 2026 il Campus Leonardo ospita il convegno “Microinquinanti 2026 – Testimonianze\, soluzioni e prospettive per il Servizio Idrico Integrato”\, promosso da LE2C in collaborazione con il Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale del Politecnico di Milano e con Water Alliance – Acque di Lombardia. \nPFAS\, residui farmaceutici\, prodotti per la cura della persona e microplastiche: i microinquinanti emergenti sono oggi tra le principali sfide per la gestione delle risorse idriche. Pur presenti in concentrazioni molto basse\, richiedono nuove strategie di monitoraggio\, valutazione del rischio e trattamento\, anche alla luce della rapida evoluzione della normativa europea. \nLa mattinata è dedicata a una sessione plenaria sul quadro normativo europeo\, il monitoraggio dei microinquinanti\, le metodologie di campionamento e analisi\, le tecnologie avanzate per il trattamento delle acque e gli strumenti di valutazione del rischio ambientale e sanitario\, con un approfondimento sugli impatti delle nuove normative europee sul Servizio Idrico Integrato lombardo. A seguire una tavola rotonda con istituzioni\, autorità di regolazione\, ricerca e gestori del servizio idrico. \nIl pomeriggio prosegue con due sessioni parallele dedicate rispettivamente alle acque potabili e alle acque reflue\, con casi studio\, esperienze applicative e soluzioni innovative. \nL’iniziativa nasce dal percorso avviato nel 2018 con il Gruppo di Lavoro Microinquinanti Emergenti di LE2C\, che ha coinvolto oltre 30 enti e più di 80 ricercatori e tecnici. \nProgramma\n08.45 | Registrazione partecipanti\n09.15-11.30 | Sessione plenaria – Relazioni · Aula Rogers (Edificio 11)\n11.30-12.00 | Poster Session & Networking · Spazio espositivo Aula Rogers\n12.00-13.00 | Sessione plenaria – Tavola rotonda · Aula Rogers (Edificio 11)\n13.00-14.00 | Light lunch · Spazio Vetrato (Edificio 13)\n14.00-17.00 | Sessioni parallele: Acque potabili · Aula Grandori (Edificio 4) | Acque reflue · Aula Rogers (Edificio 11) \nPer la sessione plenaria del mattino si consiglia di accedere dall’ingresso di Via Ampère 10\, che conduce direttamente all’Aula Rogers. \nLa partecipazione è gratuita previa registrazione\, fino a esaurimento dei posti disponibili. \nIscriviti al convegno | Programma completo
URL:https://www.dica.polimi.it/en/evento/microinquinanti-2026-testimonianze-soluzioni-e-prospettive-per-il-servizio-idrico-integrato/
LOCATION:aula Rogers (ed.11)
CATEGORIES:Seminari e conferenze
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261008T093000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261008T170000
DTSTAMP:20261008T114323Z
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SUMMARY:Qualità dell'aria: aspetti emergenti su ricerca\, controllo e gestione dell'inquinamento
DESCRIPTION:Giovedì 8 ottobre 2026 l’Aula Magna del Rettorato (Edificio 1) ospita l’evento “Qualità dell’aria: aspetti emergenti su ricerca\, controllo e gestione dell’inquinamento”. \nUna giornata di studio e confronto tra mondo accademico\, aziende e istituzioni sugli aspetti emergenti nel trattamento e controllo delle emissioni\, sui nuovi inquinanti di interesse e sulla gestione della qualità dell’aria. \nL’evento si svolge con il patrocinio del GITISA – Gruppo Italiano di Ingegneria Sanitaria Ambientale. \nLa partecipazione è gratuita previa registrazione al seguente link: Compila il modulo di iscrizione. \nPer chi non potesse partecipare in presenza\, sarà possibile seguire l’evento da remoto al seguente link: https://politecnicomilano.webex.com/meet/giovanni.lonati \nPROGRAMMA \n09.30 | Registrazione dei partecipanti \nStoria ed evoluzione dell’inquinamento atmosferico\n09.45 | Benvenuto e saluti istituzionali\n10.00 | Ricordo del Prof. Stefano Cernuschi – Prof. Pirozzi\, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II\n10.15 | La nascita del settore dell’inquinamento atmosferico al Politecnico di Milano – Prof. Giugliano\, Politecnico di Milano\n10.30 | L’evoluzione delle tematiche dell’inquinamento atmosferico – Prof. Ghermandi\, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia\n10.45 | Gli aspetti delle emissioni climalteranti e della loro mitigazione – Prof. Caserini\, Università degli Studi di Parma \nCoffee break \nGestione della qualità dell’aria\n11.20 | Sfide nella gestione della qualità dell’aria in Lombardia – Ing. Gurrieri\, Regione Lombardia\n11.35 | Le politiche locali qualità aria-clima e gli strumenti: il Comune di Milano – Ing. Moroni PhD e Dott. Bedogni\, AMAT\n11.50 | Strumenti modellistici per la definizione degli scenari di qualità dell’aria – Ing. Piccoli e Ing. Pirovano\, RSE\n12.05 | La modellistica di qualità dell’aria a supporto della pianificazione locale e regionale – Ing. Pepe e Ing. Barbero\, Arianet\n12.20 | Inquinanti atmosferici emergenti – Dott. W. Tirler\, Eco-Research\n12.35 | Ricerca e prospettive sull’inquinamento atmosferico al DICA – Prof. Lonati\, Politecnico di Milano – Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale \n13.00-14.30 | Light lunch \nTecnologie e soluzioni per il controllo delle emissioni\n14.30 | Testimonianze del mondo industriale sul controllo delle emissioni \n15.20 | Tavola rotonda\, coordinata dal Prof. Consonni\, Politecnico di Milano – Dipartimento di Energia\nIntervengono: Dott. Gatti (Airprotech)\, Ing. Capelli (Brofind)\, Ing. Baggiolini (Termokimik)\, Ing. Preatoni (TBF)\, Ing. Ozgen (LEAP)\, Ing. Antognazza (European Environment Agency) \nCoffee break \nUno sguardo dall’altra sponda dell’oceano\n16.20 | Dalla qualità dell’aria ai rischi catastrofici: Transboundary Pollution e Nuclear Winter – Prof. Crippa\, University of Notre Dame\n16.35 | Le nuove sfide della qualità dell’aria negli Stati Uniti: incendi\, clima e salute – PhD Eng. Giani\, MIT\n16.50 | Conclusioni
URL:https://www.dica.polimi.it/en/evento/qualita-dellaria-aspetti-emergenti-su-ricerca-controllo-e-gestione-dellinquinamento/
LOCATION:aula Magna (ed.1)
CATEGORIES:Seminari e conferenze
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261016T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261016T170000
DTSTAMP:20261009T141325Z
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SUMMARY:What Can Quantum Computers Do for High Energy Physics? Algorithms\, Regimes and Computational Impact
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, October 16\, a seminar will be held in Grandori Room (Campus Leonardo\, Building 4\, floor -1)\, starting at 15:00. \nThe seminar will be given by Michele Grossi\, CERN Quantum Technology Initiative\, and is titled “What Can Quantum Computers Do for High Energy Physics? Algorithms\, Regimes and Computational Impact”. \nPer chi desiderasse seguire il seminario da remoto\, sarà possibile collegarsi a questo link. \nAbstract\nHigh energy physics pushes classical computing to its limits\, from precision calculations in perturbation theory to strongly coupled\, real-time problems that remain out of reach. Within its Quantum Technology Initiative\, CERN is assessing how quantum technologies can address these long-term needs. \nIn this seminar I will discuss the role of quantum computing in HEP\, from perturbative regimes (amplitude calculations\, phase-space integration\, sampling) to non-perturbative problems (real-time dynamics\, lattice gauge theories) where classical methods face the sign problem and exponential Hilbert-space growth. After a brief introduction to the promise of quantum technologies\, I will present the main classes of quantum algorithms relevant to these tasks\, including Hamiltonian simulation and quantum machine learning\, and assess their resource requirements and expected computational impact\, near-term and fault-tolerant. I will conclude with open challenges and the research directions pursued by our group at CERN. \nSpeaker’s bio\nMichele Grossi received his industrial PhD in High Energy Physics from the University of Pavia\, working on quantum machine learning models for boson polarisation discrimination. He worked for several years as Quantum Technical Ambassador and Hybrid Cloud Solution Architect at IBM. In his current role at CERN he coordinates and supervises a group of researchers focusing on the application of quantum algorithms. His main research directions are quantum machine learning and the investigation of distributed quantum computing\, together with the development of hybrid classic-quantum algorithm pipelines for theoretical and experimental physics and beyond.
URL:https://www.dica.polimi.it/en/evento/what-can-quantum-computers-do-for-high-energy-physics-algorithms-regimes-and-computational-impact/
LOCATION:aula Grandori (ed.4)
CATEGORIES:Seminari e conferenze
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261105T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261105T120000
DTSTAMP:20260916T090823Z
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SUMMARY:Un approccio unitario per le verifiche SLU e SLS delle fondazioni su pali
DESCRIPTION:Giovedì 5 novembre si terrà un seminario presso l’Aula Grandori\, con inizio alle ore 10.30. \nIl seminario sarà tenuto da Maria Iovino\, ricercatrice di Geotecnica presso l’Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope\, e si intitola “Un approccio unitario per le verifiche SLU e SLS delle fondazioni su pali”. \nAbstract\nIl seminario presenta un modello matematico generalizzato\, fisicamente basato\, per analizzare gruppi di pali soggetti a carichi verticali ed eccentrici. Il modello consente di valutarne la sicurezza\, gli spostamenti e le rotazioni\, nonché le sollecitazioni nella platea di collegamento\, utilizzando pochi parametri ricavati dalle curve carico-cedimento dei singoli pali. Pur nella sua semplicità\, il metodo considera la risposta non lineare e irreversibile del sistema\, la storia di carico\, l’interazione tra i pali\, la deformabilità della platea e la cinematica fuori piano. La validità del modello è verificata mediante prove sperimentali in centrifuga. Un’applicazione alla fondazione di una turbina eolica mostra infine i vantaggi del modello nella pratica progettuale. \nSpeaker’s bio\nMaria Iovino è ricercatrice di Geotecnica presso l’Università degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope. La sua attività di ricerca si concentra sul comportamento delle fondazioni profonde soggette a carichi complessi\, sull’interazione dinamica terreno-fondazione-struttura e sulla geotecnica applicata alla conservazione del patrimonio storico. \nPer chi desiderasse seguire il seminario da remoto\, sarà possibile collegarsi a questo link.
URL:https://www.dica.polimi.it/en/evento/un-approccio-unitario-per-le-verifiche-slu-e-sls-delle-fondazioni-su-pali/
LOCATION:aula Grandori (ed.4)
CATEGORIES:Seminari e conferenze
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