DICAT
Dipartimento
di Ingegneria delle Costruzioni,
dell’Ambiente e del Territorio
Università degli Studi di Genova
Via Montallegro 1 - 16145 Genova – www.dicat.unige.it
DICAT
Founded in 2007 by the
civil, environmental, building and architectural researchers
of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Genova
DICAT consists of
49 faculty members
24 technicians and administrative staff
16 contract researchers
19 post-doctoral researchers
25 PhD students
The teaching activity of the DICAT faculty members covers
degrees in:
o Civil Engineering
o Environmental Engineering
o Building Engineering and Architecture
and fundamental courses for other Engineering degrees
DICAT is the centre of the doctoral courses in Fluid Dynamics and
Environmental Engineering Processes and Structural and
Geotechnical Engineering in the Doctoral School of Science and
Technologies for Engineering
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Mechanics of Solids
Conservation and
and Materials
Earthquake Engineering
Design and
Hydrology
Construction of
Morphodynamics
Marine Structures
Port and Coastal
Engineering
Wind Engineering
Fluid and Bio-fluid
and Dynamics
Mechanics
Geotechnical
Material
Engineering
Environment
Engineering
Energy and Process
Engineering
Building
Technology
Architectural Design
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A research team of DICAT works in the field of
morphodynamics, which is the study of the evolution of
landscapes and seascapes in response to the erosion and
deposition of sediment.
The main interests of the group are in morphodynamics
associated with rivers, coasts and estuaries.
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Fluid and Bio-fluid
Mechanics
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People:
Coastal Morphodynamics
Prof. P. Blondeaux – Prof. G. Vittori – Dr. G. Besio - Dr. N. Tambroni
Collaborations:
Utrecht University - Granada University - HR Wallingford – UPC Barcelona Twente University – Delft University of Technology - Cambridge University –
Naval Postgraduate School Monterey – M.I.T – Politecnico di Bari – Oxford
University - Technical University of Denmark - University of Nottingham –
University of Ancona
River and Estuarine Morphodynamics
People:
Prof. G. Seminara – Prof. M. Colombini – Dr. A. Stocchino - Dr. M. Bolla Pittaluga
Dr. V. Garotta – Dr. N. Tambroni – Dr. J. Costa
Collaborations: University of Firenze – University of Padova – University of Trento –University of
Urbana-Champain - University of Minnesota - Imperial College - University of
Bristol - Florida State University - University of Tokyo - University of Kyoto –
University of l’Aquila
Fluid and Bio-fluid Mechanics
People:
Prof. A. Bottaro – Prof. P. Blondeaux – Prof G. Seminara – Prof. M. Colombini –
Prof G. Vittori - Dr. A. Stocchino – Dr. D. Biau – Dr. H. Wedin – Dr. J. Favier –
Dr. A. Dauptain
Collaborations: University of Toulouse – University of Salerno – University of Nancy – Imperial
College - CERFACS
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Hydrology
Rainfall-runoff modelling
Hydrologic requirements for hydropower design
Hydrologic measurements
Topics:
Rainfall-runoff transformation.
ARMA and Neural Network modelling of hydrologic time-series.
Hydrology and Hydroelectric Power Plants.
Water Resources management.
Soil-water relationships.
Hydrologic measurements.
People:
P.Bartolini
E.Carcano
E.Cordano
Collaborations:
Colorado State University.
The University of Arizona.
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Hydrological processes in natural and urban watershed
Topics: analysis and modeling of extreme hydrological events, geo-morpho-climatic
characterization of the hydrological response of natural drainage network, space-time
structure of intermittent rain field, error estimation in tipping bucket rain gauges, metals
partitioning and speciation in rainfall-runoff process, storm water runoff pollution monitoring
and modelling, sustainable urban drainage systems…
People:
P. La Barbera
L.G. Lanza
Collaborations & highlights of group work:
A. Molini
C. Berretta
I. Gnecco
A. Palla
Hydrology 2006 “Correlation Patterns and information
flows in rainfall field”; Urb. Wat. 2007 “Hydrologic
influence on stormwater pollution…”; Hydrol. Proc. 2004
“The impact of TBRs measurement errors on design
rainfall for urban-scale applications,,
WMO Laboratory Intercomparison of Rainfall Intensity
gauges
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Port and Coastal Engineering
Topics:
Port and maritime structures.
Specification of design wave for maritime structures.
Seismic vulnerability of port structures.
Devices for energy production from wave motion.
People:
Prof. L. Rebaudengo Landò
Prof. S. Stura
Dr. R. Gentile
Collaborations:
University of Lecce.
University of Padova.
University of Roma.
Ligurian Region.
European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering.
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Material Engineering and Interfaces
Topics:
 Ceramic Material sintering and stress analysis. (Instron, Dynamic Laser Young Modulus)
 Porous Material, Polymer Composites, Ceramic Functionalized Biomedical Cements
 Powder Engineering, Surface Area (BET)
 Wetting and Interfaces analysis at Macro-Micro size (Static, Dynamic Wilhelmy,
Viscosimetry)
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People:
Marco Capurro
Luigi Barco
Fabrizio Barberis
Paolo Cirillo
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Collaborations:
• University of California, Berkeley
• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory – LBNL
• National Institute of Standard and Technologies – NIST
CNR
ENEA
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Process Engineering Research Team - PERT
Topics: Chemical and electrochemical heterogeneous kinetics, chemical and
electrochemical reactors, steady-state and dynamic simulation of process
engineering systems, programming and accomplishment of experimental tests,
data analysis and identification problems, equipment scale-up and dimensioning,
environmental themes, …
Green hydrogen and syngas
from biomass or sludge
Collaborations:
Energy production from fuel cell
systems and CO2 capture
Water treatment
Univ. Politecnica de Valencia
(desalination and conditioning)
Univ Catolica S.to Toribio de Mongrovejo
Università di Trento
CIRPS
ABB
CNR
Ansaldo Fuel Cells
ENEA
Ansaldo Ricerche
ERG
A.M.I.A.S.
FISIA
CESI
Paul WURTH
People:
Elisabetta Arato
Barbara Bosio
Paolo Greppi
Nicola Di Giulio
Michela Mazzoccoli
Daniele Bernocco
Zaida Chavez Romero
Daniela Pellegrini
Gas-liquid interaction in hightemperature metallic systems
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Architectural Urban Design
Topics:
Projects of revaluation and compatible reuse of industrially interesting buildings.
Reintegration with new technologies and materials, environmental sustainability.
People:
ARCH_IN Industrial Archaeology Laboratory
(responsible S. De Maestri)
Collaborations :
A.I.PA.I. (Associazione Italiana per il Patrimonio
Archeologico Industriale),
T.IC.C.I.H. (The International Commitee for the
Conservation of the Industrial Heritage)
Regione Liguria
Soprintendenza ai Beni Ambientali e Architettonici
della Liguria
Direzione Regionale per i Beni e le Attività Culturali
della Liguria
Fondazione Ansaldo
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Survey and knowledge for the historical architecture
Topics:
The scientific activity turns to the assertion of the drawing, not only regarded as an
instrument of communication but, principally as an indispensable instrument for the
analysis of the environment and the existing historical manufactured based on
thematic of: survey, architecture city drawing representation, as well as on the
typological characters. The principal study-thematics are: buildings and public squares,
materials and constructive techniques, for the conservation of the cultural properties
besides for the cataloguing and the reclaiming of monuments.
Collaborations :
U.I.D. (Unione Italiana per il Disegno)
CRUIE (Centro di Ricerca in Urbanistica e Ingegneria
Ecologica),
Regione Liguria
Soprintendenza ai Beni Ambientali e Architettonici
della Liguria
People:
G. Guidano
M.C. Cigolini
M.R. Croce
E. Merello
G. Pellegri
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Urban and territorial planning
Topics:
Natural Risks and Territorial Safeguard, Town Requalification and social and economic
Revitalisation, Mobility and Infrastructural and harbour planning, Environmental
Sustainability at different scales (neighborhood, territorial and urban planning, urban
design), Strategic Environmental Evaluation
Sustainability Map
Risk scenarios
People:
P. Ugolini (Director CRUIE) A. Chirico
F. Conelli, F. Cumbo,
I. Delponte, F. Pirlone,
R. Rovida, I. Spadaro, P. Tirelli
Mobility
Analisys
Infrastructural
planning
Collaborations:
Regione Liguria, Regione Piemonte, Provincia di Savona,
Provincia di Cuneo, Comune di Genova, Dip. DICATA Brescia,
ESRI/Galileian Plus, CSTB (FR), BRGM (FR)
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Group of Structural and Geotechnical
Engineering
●Mechanics of Solids and Materials
●Soil and Rock Mechanics - Geotechnical Engineering
●Seismic safety and Preservation
●Building Technology
●Wind Engineering and Structural Dynamics
Laboratory for Material Testing (established in 1904, enacted in 1936):
Experimental research and tests for a third party on material
characterization, diagnosis of existing structures and damage; analysis of
structural and geotechnical systems; …
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Mechanics of Solids and Materials
Topics: analytical and computational mechanics,
elasticity, fracture and damage mechanics, contact
mechanics, constitutive modeling, composites,
interfaces, biomechanics, masonry mechanics.
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structural composite
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project for the Italian MIUR
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Collaborations & highlights of group work:
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Modeling multiple delamination due to impact –
project for the Office of Naval Research, USA
People:
L. Gambarotta, R. Massabò, I. Monetto, R.
Sburlati, A. Cavicchi, G.M. Andrews, A.
Bacigalupo, A. Brencich
- Scienza delle Costruzioni, McGraw-Hill, 2003.
- Nonlinear models for nonmetallic materials,
Kluwer, 1999.
- Publications in: JMPS, IJSS, J. Biomechanics,
Int. J. Fracture, Int. J. Engrg. Science, J.
Elasticity, J. Applied mechanics, Eur. J. Mech.
- Northwestern Univ., IL, Univ. Of California at
Santa Barbara, CA, Univ. Of Arizona at Tucson,
AZ, Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison, WI, USA;
Rockwell Scientific, CA, USA.
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Soil and Rock Mechanics - Geotechnical Engineering
Topics: Mechanics of saturated and unsaturated soils; mechanics of rocks and
rock masses; soil-structure interaction; foundation engineering; slope stability
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and risk assessment; soil reinforcement techniques;
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structure modelling
Large scale model testing
People:
R.Berardi, G.Dalerci
R.Passalacqua, R.Bovolenta
A.Baretto, G.Mercurio
Collaborations & highlights of group work:
Papers published on international Journals
(Geotechnique; J. Geotech. Eng.
(ASCE);ASCE GSP; Proc. of ICE; Soils &
Foundations; etc..)
Technical Univ. of Turin and Milan; City
Univ. of London; Italian Geotech. Society;
Int. Technical Committee ITC18 of
ISSMGE; Industry; etc..
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Earthquake Engineering
Modeling of existing buildings
Conservation Engineering
Modeling
Seismic analysis
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Experimental tests
Monitoring and Diagnosis
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Collaborations & highlights of group work:
 Research collaboration with ReLUIS, INGV, Eucentre (Pavia), UPC Barcelona (Spain), UNAM (Mexico City),
BRGM (France), Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage.
 S. Lagomarsino served in the drafting panel of the “Guidelines for evaluation and mitigation of seismic risk to
cultural heritage” (GU n. 24, 29/1/2008) and the Italian seismic code (OPCM 3431/05 – NTC 2008).
 Papers published on International Journals (Earthquake Spectra, ASCE, JEE, EESD, IJAH )
 Development of a software for the seismic analysis of masonry buildings (TREMURI)
People: S.Lagomarsino S.Podestà C.Calderini S.Cattari E.Curti S.Parodi S.Resemini
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Group of Structural Health Monitoring
A team of DICAT is active on Structural Health Monitoring
research. Research topics include: application of innovative sensor
technologies (fiber optics), data analysis and interpretation for
damage identification from static and dynamic monitoring,
diagnostics and decision support tools.
Main applications on bridge, heritage and maritime structures
Team members: A. Del Grosso, F. Lanata
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Building Technology
Topics: building materials and technology, experimental characterization,
sustainability of constructions, …
Physic, mechanics and
Architectural concrete elements chromatic characterization
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Collaborations & highlights of group work:
Collaboration with: Magnetti Building, Italy; Quality
Building, Italy; …
People:
E. Dassori
R. Morbiducci
E. Dassori, reviewer for European Standard, Precast
Concrete Products – Wall Elements: Product
Properties and Performances (CENTG229/WG1/TG8
– N.349).
R. Morbiducci, member of European Commission
COST, Action C25, Sustainability of Constructions
www.dicat.unige.it
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Wind Engineering and Structural Dynamics
People:
G. Solari
G. Piccardo
L.C. Pagnini
L. Carassale
M.P. Repetto
F. Tubino
A. Freda
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Collaborations & Key Positions:
Wind tunnel tests
IAWE
International Association for Wind Engineering
Wind & Structures. An International Journal
Centre of Excellence on Wind Effects on
Buildings and Urban Areas, Tokyo
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Design and Construction of Marine Structures
People:
Enrico Rizzuto
Topics
Loads and responses of marine structures
Structural reliability of marine structures
Risk based design of marine structures
Structure-borne noise propagation, acoustical planning on board ships
Noise emissions from ships
Unconventional materials and joints for marine applications
Present memberships
International Ship 6 Offshore Structures Congress (ISSC) 1998-2012 Committees:
Extreme Hull Girder Loading, Fatigue Loading, Risk Based Design, Design Principles &Criteria
International Forum on Engineering Decision Making (IFED) Advisory council
Joint Committee on Structural Safety (JCSS)
Off-shore, Marine & Artic Engineer.Conf.(OMAE) Symp. Org: Structures,Safety & Reliability
Ongoing projects
MARSTRUCT Network of Excellence in Marine Structures (2004-2010)
E.U. COSTAction TU601-Robustness of Structures (2007-2011) Manag.Comm.&WorkG1
SILENV-Ships oriented Innovative soLutions to rEduce Noise&Vibrations (2009-12) VII FP
Co-operations
RINA,CETENA, FINCANTIERI, D’Appolonia, IST-Lisbon, DNV-Oslo, NTNU-Trondheim
DTU-Copenhagen, ETH–Zurich, Univ. of Strathclyde-Glasgow, Newcastle Univ.,........