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The department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has recently been set up by a group of professors willing to share their knowledge in the fields of land surveying, hydraulics, hydraulic and costal constructions, health and environmental engineering, analysis and design of structures and infrastructures, engineering geology, applied geology, earthquake engineering and the conservation of heritage buildings. Their aim is to put forth the knowledge of Civil and Environmental engineering, so that the problems of the sectors can be dealt in an integrated way. The global community is now faced with problems of deep gravity never experienced in past times: the growth of the population, its urban and territorial distribution, climate changes, the changes within the manufacturing sector, the rise on the levels of collective and private consumption, and the growing needs of developing countries to bridge the gap between them and the most developed countries. The solution to these problems involves: a targeted  planning of land use and of the environmental resources, the reduction of energy consumption and emission of polluting agents, the need to increase their effectiveness and reduce the environmental impact produced by manufacturing systems, the transport of people and goods, the control of the collective and individual risks within increasingly complex societies all add to a great vulnerability. In this context, the modern society is called upon to carry out more and more challenging structural works, thanks to the availability of high-performance materials and computational tools. Moreover, we must tackle the problem of recovering and rehabilitating a huge heritage of buildings and civil works, some of them boasting a monumental interest, in order to meet the current safety standards. Last but not least, the modern society must be up to solve complex multi-physical problems in different fields of engineering, thus requiring the development of more and more advanced computational techniques and mechanical models. Civil and environmental engineering plays a key role in finding appropriate solutions to the above-mentioned issues. It deals with nature, in large areas, with imposing works, whose construction requires the use of natural resources and energy consumption significantly affecting the economy and the environment. Their effects remain over time, involving many generations to come. Moreover, it must ensure the safety of the existing civil buildings and of those to be built. Civil and Environmental engineering is entrusted with the task of building for the service of mankind, offering a good standard of life following sustainable criteria. Therefore, they should be endowed with robustness and resilience: robustness meaning the ability to withstand unexpected triggers, such as earthquakes, floods, landslips, fires, explosions, or human error, without causing a domino effect provoking disproportioned damage adding to the primary cause. Resilience meaning the ability of a system and its components (road network, river network, water network, buildings and infrastructures, etc.) to quickly recover Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 2

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Page 1: and Environmental Engineering · and design of structures and infrastructures, earthquake engineering, safety of heritage buildings, hydraulic and coastal buildings. In addition to

The department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has recently been set up by a group of professors willing to share their knowledge in the fields of land surveying, hydraulics, hydraulic and costal constructions, health and environmental engineering, analysis and design of structures and infrastructures, engineering geology, applied geology, earthquake engineering and the conservation of heritage buildings. Their aim is to put forth the knowledge of Civil and Environmental engineering, so that the problems of the sectors can be dealt in an integrated way.The global community is now faced with problems of deep gravity never experienced in past times: the growth of the population, its urban and territorial distribution, climate changes, the changes within the manufacturing sector, the rise on the levels of collective and private consumption, and the growing needs of developing countries to bridge the gap between them and the most developed countries. The solution to these problems involves: a targeted  planning of land use and of the environmental resources, the reduction of energy consumption and emission of polluting agents, the need to increase their effectiveness and reduce the environmental impact produced by manufacturing systems, the transport of people and goods, the control of the collective and individual risks within increasingly complex societies all add to a great vulnerability. In this context, the modern society is called upon to carry out more and more challenging structural works, thanks to the availability of high-performance materials and computational tools. Moreover, we must tackle the problem of recovering and rehabilitating a huge heritage of buildings and civil works, some of them boasting a monumental interest, in order to meet the current safety standards. Last but not least, the modern society must be up to solve complex multi-physical problems in different fields of engineering, thus requiring the development of more and more advanced computational techniques and mechanical models.Civil and environmental engineering plays a key role in finding appropriate solutions to the above-mentioned issues. It deals with nature, in large areas, with imposing works, whose construction requires the use of natural resources and energy consumption significantly affecting the economy and the environment. Their effects remain over time, involving many generations to come. Moreover, it must ensure the safety of the existing civil buildings and of those to be built.Civil and Environmental engineering is entrusted with the task of building for the service of mankind, offering a good standard of life following sustainable criteria. Therefore, they should be endowed with robustness and resilience: robustness meaning the ability to withstand unexpected triggers, such as earthquakes, floods, landslips, fires, explosions, or human error, without causing a domino effect provoking disproportioned damage adding to the primary cause. Resilience meaning the ability of a system and its components (road network, river network, water network, buildings and infrastructures, etc.) to quickly recover

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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its functionality following a disaster.Through research, training and technological transfer, the Department aims at working on the following topics: land survey, geology, geotechnics, hydraulics, hydrology, water resources management, air, water and soil quality evaluation and remediation strategies, waste prevention, recovery, recycling and treatment, transportation networks, analysis and design of structures and infrastructures, earthquake engineering, safety of heritage buildings, hydraulic and coastal buildings. In addition to the disciplinary aspects, the mission of the Department focuses on the flow of scientific and technological knowledge required by civil society to develop building activities and manage natural resources and anthropogenic activities while maintaining a wide safety margin and without altering the evolution of natural systems.This is the modern paradigm for the civil and environmental engineer who must bear in mind the effects of his work on nature and at the same time meet the growing demand for resources and buildings with respect to society, in conditions of increasing complexity, both qualitative and quantitative, and within the general requirements of sustainability. In pursuing its objectives, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering can rely on the experience gained in the scientific areas in which professors and researchers of the Department are proactive and on the commitment in study areas that have always played a key role in the development of the research, such as:• the ability to acquire and manage a great deal of data and feedback made available by

the modern instruments of measurement;• the study of materials behavior in their classical physical states (solid, liquid, gaseous)

and in their intermediate states (granular, conglomerate, multiphase fluids, and so on…);• the creation of mathematical tools for functional and stochastic analysis and their

algebraic translation with the use of the approximation theories;• the development of nonlinear models and of multi-resolution methods;• the value of the resources offered by more and more powerful computational devices and

their use in processes of simulation, of data storage and of solutions representations;• the availability of even more precise, high resolution equipment and instruments in

the laboratories, able to recreate extreme conditions, and of highly qualified personnelenhancing them.

The combination of these factors provides the conditions for an amazing challenge in the fields of research by civil and environmental engineers along with Researchers whose significant qualifications in their research area combined with a broad scientific knowledge, compete enthusiastically to share solutions and insights in order to reach fruitful results for the community.All this development allows us to transfer our extensive knowledge to all students who attend the Politecnico. We take great pride in the qualification reached by our students from the bachelor to master of science.

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Structural Design, Diagnostics and Rehabilitation

EnvironmentalEngineering

Geodesy and Geomatics

Structures and Environment

Transport Infrastructures and Geosciences

Water Science and Engineering

Hydraulic Engineering

Mechanics of Materials and Structures

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The research group deals with scientific and educational activities covering the structural design of new buildings, the diagnosis, the vulnerability analysis, the assessment and the rehabilitation of existing structures, with particular emphasis on historic buildings. It also deals with the assessment of geological hazards and risks, and in particular with local seismic effects. Applications encompass bridges, large span roofs, dams, tunnels, structures for industrial buildings, infrastructures and their terminals, existing masonry, reinforced concrete, wood, and steel buildings.

Structural Design: Theories and Methodologies

Theories and methodologies for the analysis of r.c., steel and masonry structures under static, seismic and time-dependent loads. Structural safety assessment and reliability under uncertainty with probabilistic and fuzzy methods. Analysis of the time-variant performance of structures exposed to aggressive environment. Prediction of structural durability and life cycle of structures. Structural robustness and resilience.

Structural Design, Diagnostics and Rehabilitation

Teaching staff:Fabio BiondiniMatteo BruggiGiuliana CardaniPaola CondoleoDario CoronelliElsa GaravagliaMaurizio LualdiPier Giorgio MalerbaGianpaolo RosatiAlberto TaliercioCristina TedeschiLuigi Zanzi

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Surveying, monitoring and structural diagnostics

Identification and quantification of defects, geometry changes and state of damage. Development and calibration of nondestructive testing and / or moderately destructive techniques. Mechanical and chemico-physical testing on materials. Effectiveness assessment of surface treatments. Techniques and methods for short- and long-term monitoring. Management of data obtained from surveying.

Design of new structures and Rehabilitation of existing structures

Optimal design of size, shape, topology, static scheme and prestressing of structural systems. Optimal seismic design of precast structures and connection systems. Testing of structural elements and connections made with innovative materials under static and variable loads, and environmental actions. Numerical modeling of historic structures. Selection of intervention strategies. Development of special repair techniques. Evaluation of the effectiveness of the interventions.

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The research group deals with scientific and educational activities encompassing the fields of environmental quality assessment, analysis and evaluation of mitigation and reclamation measures and strategies, remediation technologies, resource reuse, recycling and recovery.

Main research topics:

Air pollution

Monitoring of atmospheric and particulate pollutants (including fine, ultrafine and nano-particulate matter) in ambient air and at the emission sources. Emission inventories for air quality management and planning. Statistical analysis of air quality data. Health risk assessment of toxic and persistent trace pollutants. Control technologies for gaseous and particulate atmospheric pollutants.

Wastewater, drinking water, surface and marine water

Surface water quality management and planning, analysis and evaluation of alternative strategies for reclamation. Monitoring and advanced treatment technologies of both drinking water and urban and industrial wastewater. Enhanced wastewater treatments for industrial and agricultural reuse. Technologies for bioenergy and biofuels production from wastewater, sludge and organic residues.

EnvironmentalEngineering

Teaching staff:Manuela AntonelliArianna AzzellinoRoberto CanzianiStefano CernuschiElena FicaraMichele GiuglianoMario GrossoGiovanni LonatiFrancesca MalpeiLucia RigamontiSabrina SaponaroElena SezennaRenato Vismara

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Solid waste

Solid waste characterisation. Strategies for waste prevention and minimisation. Material recycling and biological treatments for the organic fraction. Energy recovery based on dedicated plants and on co-combustion techniques. Analysis and evaluation (according to a Life Cycle Thinking approach) of integrated systems for solid waste management and treatment, with a special focus on material recycling and energy recovery, and to the sustainable disposal of residues.

Soil, groundwater and sediments

Experimental studies and modeling of multiphase fate and transport of pollutants in soil and groundwater. Human health and environmental risk assessment of pollutants in soil and groundwater. Relative risk assessment to define priorities among contaminated sites at regional scale. In situ and ex situ treatment technologies for reclamation of contaminated soils and sediments. In situ remediation technologies for groundwater.

Environmental impact assessment

Environmental impact assessment of industrial sites and civil infrastructures. Environmental management and certification systems: management systems (ISO 14001, EMAS), life cycle analysis (LCA), ecological labelling (ISO 14020 - Ecolabel), indicators and indexes (ISO 14031).

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The research group is deeply rooted in the history of Politecnico di Milano and is characterized as having always been a promoter of advanced research themes, both at the national and international level. Following the developments in the fields of electronics and informatics, the evolution in the topics regarding Earth observation and data acquisition through images has lead to the establishment of a new frontier for this area, which is nowadays known as Geomatics.

Main research topics:

Physical and Mathematical Geodesy

The on-going research projects cover the main themes of these disciplines: Boundary Value Problem (BVP) analysis and Earth gravity field estimate, both at regional and global level; the latter activity is based on the exploitation of satellite gradiometry data, namely from the GOCE mission. Furthermore, these activities are carried on in the frame of the International Geoid Service (IGeS), an official service of the International Association of Geodesy based at Politecnico di Milano.

Surveying methodologies based on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)

The research projects are on-going at both methodological and application level. Also in this field, original approaches have been and are being studied to analyze GNSS data acquired by different operational procedures.

Geodesy and Geomatics

Teaching staff:Alberta AlbertellaRiccardo BarzaghiBarbara BettiLudovico BiagiMara Antonia BrovelliDaniela CarrionFederica MigliaccioLivio PintoMirko ReguzzoniGiovanna SonaGiovanna Venuti

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Photogrammetric and Remote Sensing techniques

The activities in this field are mainly focused on studies related to images acquisition (also with Unmanned Aerial Systems - UAS), sensor orientation and calibration, data processing, automatic matching techniques, close-range applications in Cultural Heritage.

Digital Cartography and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

The research projects are directed at studying problems involving standardization, interoperability and its various aspects, data quality analysis and WebGIS / GIS for Mobile applications.

Critique of Data Processing

The dialectic critique of Data Processing is located at the crossing point of Geometry, Statistics, Metrology and Epistemology. Indeed Geomatics, which collects and newly interprets all the Survey and Mapping disciplines, recognizes the need to extend its attention from Applied Mathematics and Physics to Human Sciences. Following this path, Linguistics is the starting point, but Philosophy of Science and History of Science and Technique also have to be taken into account to better understand their whole and deep impact. Actually, the most important result shows a “parallelism” not only among stereo-images, 3D models and GIS’ geo-database, but also among the geographic descriptive texts of landscapes, human settlements, cultural heritages.

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Major research topics of Hydraulic Engineering include: fluid mechanics; hydro-energy; fluid- structure interactions; hydraulic measurements; river hydraulics; hydraulic risk assessment and management; flow and transport processes in porous systems; hydraulic networks.Experimental, modeling and methodological aspects are integrated in application-oriented research activities. Key research areas include:

Fluid mechanics

Emphasis is devoted to the analysis of physical processes observed at diverse scales. Research and educational activities comprise analysis of advanced methodologies of computational and experimental fluid dynamics (e.g., image analysis techniques for hydraulic processes on multiple observational scales), modeling of processes of fluid- structure interactions for environmental, civil and industrial engineering applications.A significant body of research is devoted to the study, development and optimization of production and recovery of energy from fluids. Current applications involve wave energy converters, energy recovery in pipeline systems and energy production in free surface flows.

Hydraulic Engineering

Teaching staff:Francesco BallioDiego BerziSilvio FranzettiAlberto GuadagniniEnrico LarcanStefano MalavasiStefano MambrettiEnrico OrsiAlessio RadiceMonica Riva

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River hydraulics and sediment mechanics

The key research topics are associated with optimization of approaches and technologies for process analysis at a wide range of scales, from detailed laboratory experiments to applications for land protection. Research and educational activities include particle mechanics in water-induced sediment transport, hydro-morphologic modeling in mountain rivers, local and general scour processes, hyper-concentrated flows, debris flow, flood scenario analysis and post-event damage estimation, field monitoring with a focus on vulnerability of river bridges. Emphasis is given to field and laboratory scale experimental activities.

Flow and transport processes in permeable media

Key research topics include: characterization of hydraulic properties from pore-scale to aquifer systems; well testing; inverse modeling; flow and multicomponent reactive transport process in heterogeneous media under uncertainty; multiphase flows; scaling of hydrogeological variables; mixing processes in coastal aquifers; enhanced oil recovery; geothermal fluxes at the reservoir and basin scales. A major focus is the study of theoretical and operational bases for the assessment of hydro-geo-chemical processes governing the distribution and residence time of solutes in the subsurface to provide the building blocks for reliable technologies to mitigate environmental risk and restore polluted aquifer systems.

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The research activity of the group is focused on the theoretical and numerical modeling and testing of materials and structures. Materials modeling and testing concerns typical structural engineering materials, such as concrete, steel and composites, biological and bio-compatible materials, polycrystals, engineered materials, biomimetic, functionally graded materials, and engineered materials characterized by a specific internal micro-structure. Structural modeling focuses mainly on discretization methods, using classical finite element approaches, and more advanced methods, such as particle methods, domain decomposition, meshfree and non-local discretization, with special attention to the analysis of coupled electro-mechanical or chemo-mechanical phenomena, multi-physics and multi-scale phenomena, and fluid-structure interaction problems. An important activity of the group in this line is the analysis and design of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS).

Computational models and methods

Implementation and validation of constitutive models for nonlinear behavior of materials: elasto- plasticity damage, fracture, delamination. Formulation and implementation of finite elements for continua, membranes and shells in finite kinematics, and interface finite elements for delamination and fracture. Analysis, development and implementation of alternative discretization methods: boundary elements, particle methods, meshfree methods, NURBS, multigrid finite element, domain decomposition, model order reduction. Development of advanced experimental equipment and computer codes for Digital Image Correlation apt to process two- and three-dimensional (from X-ray microCT) digital images of experiments on materials and structures at different scales, to be combined with mechanical models and parameter identification techniques, oriented to diagnostics and monitoring activities.

Composites, advanced and complex materials

Development of constitutive models for multi-phase damage induced by chemical and physical phenomena, and of viscoplastic models for the simulation of hot rolling processes. Micro-mechanics of porous fiber reinforced visco-elastic-plastic composites and brittle polycrystals. Development of constitutive models for anisotropic biological materials and complex materials, such as liquid crystals, functionally graded materials, biomimetic materials, electro-active materials.

Mechanics of Materials and Structures

Main research lines

Teaching staff:Raffaele ArditoGabriella BolzonGiuseppe CocchettiClaudia Comi Alberto CoriglianoRoberto FedeleClaudio FlorisAttilio FrangiAldo GhisiStefano MarianiGiorgio NovatiAnna PandolfiUmberto Perego

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Micromechanics and Microsystems

Micro-devices for experimental mechanical characterization at the micro-scale. Gas fluid-structure interaction at the micro-scale. Analysis of dissipative phenomena (fracture, fatigue, thermo- elasticity) and spontaneous adhesion. Accidental impacts simulations. Analysis and design of microsystems and inertial micro-sensors used in the diagnosis of composite structures and infrastructure.

Inverse Analysis, identification and structural optimization

Development of techniques for characterization of materials with non-traditional tests. Use of DIC for cohesive bonds characterization and for delamination monitoring. Development of non-destructive diagnostic techniques for structural components using nano-indentation testing. Development of algorithms for identification of constitutive parameters and of structural damage using Kalman filters.

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The research activity is related to the fields of environment-structure interaction, mitigation of natural and anthropic risks, sustainability and valorization of natural resources. In this context, the investigation of fluid-soil-structure interaction plays a dominant role, as it rules the design of many civil and environmental infrastructures (protection structures, wind towers, offshore structures, tidal power plants, levees, pipelines and tunnels) under both service and accidental loads (induced e.g. by earthquakes, fires, blasts, etc.).

Concrete Structures and Innovative Materials

- Development of innovative materials and modelling of the mechanical behaviour of building materials, such as fiber-reinforced cementitious composites, hybrid composites and cementitious composited obtained from secondary raw materials;

- Investigation of the strength mechanisms coming from concrete/reinforcement interaction in structural elements;

- Conception of innovative design solutions for safety and sustainability under ULS and SLS conditions;

- Residual strength assessment and reinforcement techniques for structures damaged by natural (earthquakes and floods) and anthropic events (fires and blasts).

Main research lines

Structures and Environment

Teaching staff:Patrick BamonteGiacomo BoffiFrancesco CalvettiMatteo ColomboGabriele Della VecchiaGiovanni Di LuzioClaudio di PriscoMarco di PriscoRoberto FelicettiLiberato FerraraAndrea GalliCristina JommiLuca MartinelliPaolo MartinelliMaria Gabriella MulasRoberto PaolucciFederico PerottiLorenza Petrini Donatella Sterpi

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Earthquake engineering and structural dynamics

- Earthquake Engineering and analytical/numerical/ experimental analysis of structures, also in the light of national and European codes;

- Structural Dynamics and Wind Engineering, with numerical application to complex structural systems (both civil and industrial) under loads induced by different causes (wind, marine waves, road traffic, industrial machines);

- Seismic risk and vulnerability: standard hazard, local hazard, building and lifelines vulnerability, seismic risk, damage scenarios.

Geoengineering

- Prediction, prevention and mitigation of natural risks, with special focus on landslides and floods: analysis of triggering and propagation, as well as design of protection earth structures under impulsive loads;

- Geotechnical structures for shallow and deep foundations: analysis and development of innovative performance-based design approaches;

- Georesources, Environment and Underground Engineering, that is the definition of innovative techniques for monitoring and excavation, stability analysis for underground cavities, thermo-hydro-mechanical modeling for the exploitation of geothermal resources.

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The group currently focuses on modeling, methodologies, and material technologies and innovations, for constructing and maintaining transportation infrastructures (mainly roads and airports). High performance, durability, and sustainability are the main characteristics the future transportation infrastructures have to achieve since the great impact they have on land-use and the environment.

Applied Geology

The Applied Geology group mainly deals with subjects concerning technical geology and hydrogeology. In particular, issues related to natural resources management and geological risk assessment are dealt with. All these researches develop from a common base, that is the geological and hydrogeological conceptual model reconstruction and the use of numerical models (i.e. for slope stability assessment and groundwater flow and transport simulation), to understand the geological system dynamic and to validate the conceptual model.

Main research topics:

Geological risks related to civil engineering works and land-use planning

The research is aimed at identifying methodologies for analyzing the geological and hydrogeological risk linked to the underground excavation, road construction and maintenance, foundation design, and the landslide hazard assessment. The relevant

Transport Infrastructures and Geosciences

Teaching staff:Luca AlbertiAngelo Caruso Di SpaccafornoMaurizio CrispinoFederico FioriPaola GattinoniLaura LongoniLuigi MussioMonica PapiniLaura ScesiEmanuele Toraldo

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Transport mobility and environment

The mutual correlation between transport mobility and environment, particularly referred to the hydro-geological impact of new infrastructures construction, low-carbon and energy-efficient pavements (recycled pavements, warm and half-warm production technologies, etc.), and multi-purpose pavements (photocatalytic, quiet pavement, energy-harvesting, etc.).

Construction stage

The construction stage and related production practices are also accurately investigated since emissions, land-use, noise, and traffic disturbance are commonly acknowledged as significant parameters to be reduced; for instance, re-use and valorization of in-situ soils for new pavement construction or portable plant and dynamic construction technologies, represent major points to be carefully optimized.exploitment of geothermal resources.

Material development

Material development is gaining ground internationally for developing high-performance and long-lasting transportation infrastructures; the group is actively involved, through international collaboration and joint programs, on new material research including innovative products such as polymers, reinforcing fibers, additives, etc. for designing the pavement of the future.mechanical modeling for the exploitment of geothermal resources.

aspect of these studies, as far as their application is concerned, is linked to the possibility of carrying out a probabilistic analysis of the geological risk during the design phase. This analysis allows to consider the different risky scenarios and to plan all the measures to prevent their occurrence.

Geological risk related to the natural resources management

The research is oriented towards water resource localization and sustainable management in order to respect, by means of suitable modeling, the hydrogeological balance even in case of human and natural (e.g. climate) changes. The research also focuses on contaminated site characterization and localization of the pollution sources. The identification of both original products of the pollution and their evolution, by means of fingerprinting enables to describe the history of the pollution and the related risks, representing an important tool for the characterization of the contaminated sites.

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Water Science and Engineering

The research group deals with scientific and educational activities on: monitoring and modelling of hydrological phenomena, satellite remote sensing of hydrological fluxes, flood and hydrogeological risk analysis and mitigation, planning and design of urban water infrastructures, hydraulic structures, sustainable water systems, water resources assessment and management, ocean and coastal engineering.

Results of the research activities are transferred to engineering applications as: real time soil moisture monitoring for flood and irrigation managements, snow melt and relative water equivalent, water supply systems, sewers and drainage systems, dams and reservoirs, flood detention ponds, hydroelectric plants, river structures, harbour dams and breakwaters.

Hydrogeological hazard and risk mitigation under climate change.

Analysis, prediction and prevention of hydrogeological hazard and risk mitigation actions. Rainfall and runoff monitoring and modelling also under climate change, statistical and probabilistic analysis of extremes for stationary and non stationary data, impact of land use change, flood mapping, flood real-time forecasting system, flash floods, debris flows, firefloods, soil slips, woody debris and bulk flood transport.

Teaching staff:Gianfranco BecciuAlberto BianchiDaniele BocchiolaChiara CorbariCarlo De MicheleMarco ManciniGiovanni MenduniGiovanni RavazzaniRenzo RossoMaria Cristina Rulli Umberto Sanfilippo

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Snow, ice and glacier dynamics

Monitoring snow and glacier dynamics using ground and satellite data, and modelling under historical and future climate change scenarios, assessment and development of downscaling schemes for climatic Global Circulation Models, determination of snow water equivalent for water resources management.

Soil Moisture and evapotranspiration

Hydrological modelling and monitoring of water and energy fluxes in the soil-vegetation-atmosphere system through micro-meteorological stations and satellite remote sensing. Soil moisture dynamic, infiltration profiles, evapotranspiration and carbon fluxes, irrigation water needs, runoff assessment, atmospheric boundary layer processes, surface water-groundwater interaction, are analysed at irrigation district and at basin scale.

Hydraulic structures and infrastructures

Advance design and modelling of hydraulic structures as river dams, retention pools, hydroelectric plants, water supply systems, urban drainage and river works also with biotechnical engineering. Field analyses and laboratory physical models.

Sustainable urban water management in smart cities framework, modelling of sewerage impacts on rivers, real-time control of urban drainage systems, planning and management of urban water supply, safety and resilience of hydraulic structures and their environmental impact on the water bodies. Field experiments and simulation of pollutants transport and diffusion dynamics in artificial and natural streams.

Water resources management under climate change

Modelling of water resources systems for planning and optimal management for historical and future climatic scenarios, water footprint, water trade and security, analysis of minimum stream flows, drought analysis and indices.

Ocean and coastal engineering

Modelling and monitoring of sea waves and their effects on coastal morphology and structures, wave energy, offshore and nearshore structures, breakwaters for harbour protection, coastal sediment transport, water quality.

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LaboratoriesDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Diagnostics and Buildings Materials Analysis Laboratory

“Gaudenzio Fantoli” Hydraulic Infrastructures and Surveying Engineering Laboratory

Blast and Impact Laboratory

Laboratory of Environmental Engineering

Laboratory of Geotechnical Materials, Processes and Models

Computational Mechanics LAB

Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS)

Laboratory of Geodetic and Photogrammetric Measurements

Laboratory of Measurements of Applied Geophysics

Petrographic Laboratory

Road Research Laboratory

“A.Rozzi” Laboratory (Cremona Campus)

Material testing Laboratory LPM (Lecco Campus)

Territory Engineering Laboratory Caslino d’Erba (Lecco Campus)

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Politecnico di MilanoPiazza Leonardo da Vinci, 3220133 Milano+39 02 23991Politecnico Website: www.polimi.it

Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringCampus Leonardo Department Website: www.dica.polimi.it

Executive Secretary Office – Campus Leonardo – Building 5Laura Mattiolo – +39 02 2399 4202 / [email protected] Manuela Sala – +39 02 2399 4304 / [email protected]

International and Welcome Office – Campus Leonardo – Building 5Emanuela Zonca – +39 02 2399 4322 / [email protected]

The Department is located on six buildings:

Building 3Geodesy and Geomatics area

Building 4Hydraulic Engineering

Building 4/AWater Science and Engineering (SIA)

Building 5Mechanics of Materials and StructuresStructural Design, Diagnostics and Rehabilitation (ProDRiS)Structures and Environment

Building 9Transport Infrastructures and Geosciences

Building 21Environmental Section

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