- A New Class of Upscaling Methods for Hydromechanical Coupling in Fault Zones. Visiting Scientist: Marcio Murad, National Laboratory of Scientific Computing (LNCC), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The collaborative research/teaching project focuses on the development of innovative multi-scale models for the simulation of hydro-mechanical coupling in fractured porous media. In addition to research in the field of mathematical-numerical modeling, the topics potentially involved in the project refer to problems of flow in the subsurface, mechanics of rocks and soils, mechanics of fracture and solids. Within the SEI project, the collaboration focuses on the Smart Data line, with the development of computational tools for advanced numerical simulations. The project is oriented to the PhD course and can potentially also be of interest to students in the last year of the Master’s Degree in Mathematical Engineering and Civil Engineering.
- The food transition in the contemporary city: between historical heritage and smart regeneration. Visiting Scientist: Nadia Fava, Universitat de Girona | UDG · Department of Architecture and Construction Engineering.
The collaborative research/teaching project is aimed at Master’s, Master’s and PhD students. The educational activities of various formats will focus on the theme of the food transition observed according to its long-term effects, from historical heritage to the intelligent regeneration of the territory and the city, according to the Smart Living line of the SEI ICEA Project. The aim will be to share and critically discuss, through practical and concrete examples from the history of urban planning (nineteenth and twentieth centuries) up to the present day, a metabolic and regenerative vision of the territorial system attributable to the dimension of food.
- University open space regeneration projects: a laboratory to prototype innovative and welcoming solutions. Visiting scientist: Josefa Blanco de Paz, Universidad de Castilla – la Mancha, EAT, Toledo.
The collaborative research/teaching project aims to promote, according to the Smart Living line of the SEI ICEA project, the design and implementation of innovative intelligent systems to improve the comfort of the green areas of university facilities. In particular, multifunctional areas will be designed and built, such as wooden prototypes to be subsequently certified, by groups of students, to create welcoming and innovative multifunctional meeting places. The project will be oriented to Master’s degree courses in Building Engineering-Architecture. During the Ph.D. course, lectures will be provided to present the most interesting and innovative achievements, within the theme of the regeneration of green areas in historic university structures.
- Contemporary themes in heritage practice (authenticity, intangible, memory, materiality) within interoperable management and conservation projects. Visiting Scientist: Andrew Scott Johnston, Andrew Scott Johnston.
As part of SEI ICEA’s Smart Learning, Living & Data lines, the research/teaching collaboration will involve students in advanced and interoperable design and simulation for the management and monitoring of architectural and engineering heritage. The project is oriented to the Master’s Degree in Building Engineering-Architecture, in particular with reference to: management and monitoring of heritage through BIM-Building Information Modelling; in-depth study of calculation methods and laws in force for the structural verification of artifacts; restoration and correct evaluation of the characteristics of materials and degradation processes; The history of architecture, including contemporary architecture. Interesting examples will be presented for PhD students, also in international contexts, in the search for a “universal” idea in the practice of advanced conservation.
- Transforming metropolitan areas into smart cities employing low-cost sensors. Visiting Scientist: Marko Orešković, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Belgrade, Serbia.
With reference to the Smart Data & Monitoring areas of the SEI ICEA project, the research/teaching collaboration concerns the issue of the use of sensors in the development of smart engineering infrastructures. Theoretically, their use could reduce traffic congestion, consequently reducing emissions that are harmful to the environment. After the introduction to the use of low-cost sensor resources and smart engineering infrastructures, the students, within laboratory projects, will develop their own systems using low-cost real sensors with the possibility of real installation in a nearby university with the consent of the authorities.
- Smart data acquisition for smart infrastructure modelling and management. Visiting Scientist: Daniel Castillo, Michigan State University, USA.
The collaborative research/teaching project focuses on the study of systems for the acquisition and monitoring of transport infrastructures with the implementation of data in models for the management and maintenance of infrastructures. In addition to the construction of roads, railways and airports, the topics of the project may concern the following areas: mathematical-numerical modeling, solid mechanics, statistics and materials for civil engineering. In relation to the themes of the SEI project, the project involves several areas: Smart Data, Monitoring & Infrastructures. The project is aimed at PhD and Master’s degree students in Civil Engineering.
