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Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering
The Department of
Civil and Environmental
Engineering
Presentation by Dott.sa Laura Martuscelli, Dept assistant
Location
The Department is hosted by
the magnificent building of the
Faculty of Engineering, in
Mesiano,
amid
splendid
mountains
and
with
a
spectacular view on the Adige
valley.
This position allows researchers
and students to work and study
in an important University
being at the same time in a
quiet
environment
where
scientific relevance and quality
of life can be combined.
Short historical sketch
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
(DICA) of the University of Trento was created in January
1990 when the former Department of Engineering (active
since 1985) grew too large and required the splitting into
three new Departments.
Since its institution, DICA has always promoted and
coordinated internationally oriented research on
environment and land protection.
In this context both applied and base research is
conducted.
The external funding income has constantly improved
during the years.
Faculty and Staff
Head: Prof. Aronne Armanini
Deputy Head: Prof. G. B. Benciolini
In 2008, DICA employs xxx persons:
13 full professors
13 associate professors
17 assistant professors
11 administrative and technical staff
24 doctoral students
22 research fellows
Mission
The mission of DICA is to advance knowledge and educate
students in science andThe
technology that will best serve for the
protection of the environment and the sustainable use
of natural resources.
Means
 Research groups on specialized disciplines
 Laboratories
 CUDAM (research centre of excellence)
 Doctoral School in Environmental Engineering
Main research interests
The activity of the department focuses mainly on
land protection and preservation
with particular emphasis on:
 mountain regions
 water resources
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river and estuary dynamics
analysis of the environmental impact of infrastructures
urban settlements
design of ecological and energy saving buildings
interaction between energy and environment
surveying and remote sensing
Research groups
Building design
Environment and land use analysis
Environmental protection and management
Research groups
BUILDING DESIGN
Building restoration, construction techniques and architecture of wooden
structures are the main interests of the Building Design group. Attention is
paid to the role of innovative construction techniques in traditional
structures like wooden buildings, and the assessment of and the research on
new methodologies for the improvement of house comfort (domotic).
WOOD CONSTRUCTION
DESIGN
RESTORATION
Research groups
ENVIRONMENT AND LAND-USE ANALYSIS
 FOREST ECOLOGY AND ECOLOGICAL PLANNING
 GEODESY AND SURVEY
 URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
The three groups have a shared interest in the development of new criteria for environmental
protection and land planning, with particular reference to mountain areas. They use the most
advanced techniques to read and represent the land and the environment, and they focus on
issues like sustainable development. Activities range from study of the collection and
elaboration of geographic data to the interpretation of population dynamics and the
assessment of the impact on the environment of human activities and settlements.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Research groups
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT
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HYDRAULICS
HYDRAULIC CONSTRUCTIONS & HYDROLOGY
SANITARY ENGINEERING
ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS
APPLIED MATHEMATICS
ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS & HEAT TRANSFER
TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES ENGINEERING
The research areas of Hydraulics, Hydraulic Constructions
and Hydrology, and Sanitary Engineering were the founding
sectors of DICA. Professors and researchers, together with
doctoral students, form a well-consolidated group.
The Applied Mathematics, Engineering Thermodynamics and
Heat Transfer, and Transformation Processes Engineering
groups play an important role which traverses all the abovementioned sectors.
Environmental protection and management
HYDRAULICS
Theoretical and applied research on
issues typical of hydraulics in mountain areas,
such as
 fluvial dynamics, river morphology
and pollution
 sediment
transport
and
erosion
processes
 landslides and debris flows
 snow avalanches
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Environmental protection and management
HYDRAULIC CONSTRUCTION AND HYDROLOGY
Studies the mechanisms that
control the flow of water in the
terrestrial component of the
hydrological cycle.
Dams
The outputs from its research have
important applicative uses in the
management and protection of
water resources and flood
prevention.
Small lakes monitoring
Surface hydrology
Environmental protection and management
SANITARY ENGINEERING
Carries out research on
 the quality of water (drinking
and natural)
 wastewater treatment (by
means of advanced technologies
i.e. bio-membrane, etc.)
 the treatment of urban solid
waste
(plants,
laboratory
experiments, …)
Purification plant
Lab experiments
on urban waste
Environmental protection and management
ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS
Studies
the
atmospheric
dynamics
focusing
on
phenomena
occurring
in
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processes in the atmospheric
boundary layer.
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series of meteorological
variables in order to identify
climate dynamics.
Environmental protection and management
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Environmental protection and management
ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS & HEAT
TRANSFER
Studies the
 rational use of energy
 heat and mass transfer in
porous media
 environmental
thermofluid-dynamics
TRANSFORMATION PROCESSES ENGINEERING
Studies the
 energy conversion (bio-mass and
hydrogen) and
 food engineering (extraction of
compounds interesting for the food and
pharmaceutical industry starting from
agricultural-forestal materials).
LABORATORIES
 Building design
 Domotic (CuNEDI)
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Dendrochronology
GIS
Land description
Spatial organisation dynamics
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Applied mathematics
Atmospheric physics
Hydrology
Biomass combustion plant
Thermophysical measurements
Sanitary engineering
Hydraulics: old (didactic) and
new (experiments)
International Cooperation
- A Double-degree programme in Environmental
Engineering is active with the Leopold-Franzens University
of Innsbruck (Austria) and with the University of Karslruhe
(Germany)
- Erasmus exchanges are active with many European and
world countries
- DICA carries out research projects in collaboration with
many national and international universities and research
institutions, and participates in the following Consortia
and international research networks:
International cooperation
Consortia & Networks
CINFAI: an organisation providing the general framework for
the cooperation between universities active in the fields of
atmosphere physics and oceanography
IAHR: International Association for Hydraulic Research
Ancore: Academic Network on Contaminated Land Research
in Europe
Techware Network (Bruxelles)
Ensure: European Network for Sustainable Urban and
Regional Development Research
Cuahsi: Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of
Hydrologic Science
CUDAM
DICA is the hosting institution of the Center for Advanced Studies
on Hydro-geological Risk in Mountain Areas (CUDAM),
acknowledged in 2000 as a centre of excellence by the Italian
Ministry for Education, University and Research.
It cooperates with several public institutions: Provinces, River
authorities, and Ministries.
Multidisciplinary research in :
low atmospheric physics, hydrology, geology,
topography, remote sensing, and hydraulics.
Advanced and life-long education for:
graduate and
professionals.
postgraduate
students,
Outcomes applications:
forestry,
technicians,
and
basin planning, hydro-geological hazard prevention, evaluation of
the efficiency of the protection structures.
Doctoral School in Environmental Engineering
activated in the a.y. 1999/2000
Head of the school: Alberto Bellin
Subjects covered by the School
– Hydraulics
– Hydraulic Constructions and Hydrology
– Sanitary Engineering
– Topography and Cartography
– Engineering Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer
– Urban and Regional Planning
– Building Construction
– Drawing
– Urban and Building Design
The Doctoral School offers two main curricula:
Environmental Engineering:
a. Environmental Fluid Mechanics;
b. Land Protection;
c. Environmental Resources Management and Hydrology;
d. Computational Models for Environmental Engineering.
Urban and Territorial Engineering and Architecture:
– Building Engineering;
– Architecture for the City and the Landscape;
– Land Planning for a Sustainable Development.
Contactofinformation
Department
Civil
and Environmental Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering
Via Mesiano, 77
I-38100 MESIANO (Trento)
ITALY
Tel.: 0039 0461 882669-70
Fax: 0039 0461 882672
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
Website DICA: portale.unitn.it/dica
Website Doctoral School: portale.unitn.it/dree