Past Seminars and Workshops

Past seminars and events held for PhD students of PhD@DICAM

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Bibliographic resources and library services for engineering and architecture

Thursday 20 February 2020 9.15-13.30
The Library and its catalogs - Maria Pia Torricelli (9.30-10.45)
Databases for engineering: Compendex - Annalisa Neri (11.00 - 12.00)
Copyright: implications for teaching and research - Alessandra Citti (12.00 - 13.30)

Friday 21 February 2020 h. 9.15 to 13.30
Bibliography management software: Endnote - Rosalia Miceli (9.30 - 10.30)
Citation databases: Web of Science and Scopus - Annalisa Neri - Maria Pia Torricelli (10.45-13.30)

Tuesday 25 February 2020 h. 9.15 to 11.45
Databases for architecture - Raffaella Inglese

Thursday 27 February 2020 h. 9,15-13.30
Technical standards - Maria Pia Torricelli (9.30 - 10.30)
The patents - Davide Dessì (10.45-11.45)
Databases for engineering: ASTM COMPASS, SAE TP - Rosalia Miceli (11.45-13.30)

Friday 28 February 2020 h. 9.15 to 13.00
Databases for engineering: IEEEXplore - Davide Dessì (9.30 -10.30)
Open Access in action: new scenarios, new perspectives, new services - Rosalia Miceli (10.45–12.00) Exercises (12.00 - 13.00)
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Seminar - 2020 March 11th and 12th
Prof. Rodrigo Moreno
Title: "Colloidal processing of Ceramics"
Date, Time, and Location: Wednesday March 11th and Thursday 12th March – h. 16:00-19:00, Online streaming

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MATLAB course for PhD students
PAM laboratory

Real numbers and machine numbers. Introduction to Matlab
Wednesday 02/10/2019 from 10:30 to 13:30.

Interpolation and approximation.
Wednesday 09/10/2019 from 10:30 to 13:30.

Linear equation systems.
Wednesday 16/10/2019 from 10:30 to 13:30.

Differentiation and numerical integration.
Wednesday 23/10/2019 from 10:30 to 13:30.

Ordinary differential equations
Wednesday 10/30/2019 from 10:30 to 13:30.
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Seminar – 2020 April 30th
Arch. Mauricio Cardenas La Verde
Title: ‘Bambù, Design, Ricerca e Innovazione'
Date, Time, and Location: Thursday April 30th – h. 12:00, Online streaming
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Seminar – 2020 March 25th
Dott. Michele Dondi (ISTEC-CNR Faenza)
Title: "CERAMIC DECORATION by DIGITAL PRINTING"
Date, Time, and Location: Wednesday March 25th – h. 16:00-19:00, Online streaming
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Seminar – 2020 February 17th
Prof. Rodrigo Moreno
Title: “The basic principles of rheology".
Date, Time, and Location: Wednesday March 18th – h. 16:00-19:00, Online streaming
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Seminar – 2020 February, 14th
Eng. Vittorio Latorre, University of Bologna, DICAM
Title:  presentation of SWAMP Project (IoT based methods and approaches for smart water management in precision irrigation domain)
Date, Time, and Location: Friday, February 14th – h. 12:00, Room 5.4 (viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna)
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Seminar – 2020 February 17th
Prof. Joe Paradiso (MIT Media Lab, US)
Title:  Beyond Wearables and IoT - The Future of Human Experience
Date, Time, and Location: Monday, February 17th – h. 15:00, Room 0.7  (viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna)
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Seminar – 2020 February, 12th
Prof. Fabrizio Vestroni, Uniroma
Title:  “Tecniche di Identificazione del Danno in Elementi di Cemento Armato
Date, Time, and Location: Wednesday, February, 12th – h. 10:00-13:00, Room 0.7 (viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna)
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Seminar – 2019 February, 7th
Prof. Paulo Lourenco, UniMinho
Title:  “Modeling of masonry structures: homogenization and application
Date, Time, and Location: Friday, February, 7th – h. 10:00-13:00, Room 5.7 (viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna)
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Seminar – 2020  February 4th
María J. Polo, University of Córdoba, Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research
Title:  “Mountain hydrology, impacts of torrentiality of snowfall on fluvial regime in Mediterranean regions, and implications for reservoir operationality
Date, Time, and Location: Tuesday, February 4th – h. 11:30, AULA TRASPORTI (viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna)
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Seminar - 2020 February, 3rd
Prof. Guido De Roeck, KU Leuven
Title:  “Status and remaining challenges of vibration-based Structural Health Monitoring
Date, Time, and Location: Monday, February, 3rd – h. 10:00-13:00, Room 0.7 (viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna)
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Event: Monday 20th January 2020
Title: “RILEM PIZZA
Description: The event, sponsored by RILEM (International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures), is aimed at making PhD students and postdoc at UNIBO aware of the activities of this scientific society. The main goal of RILEM is the advancement of knowledge in the field of building materials, systems and structures and the transfer of knowledge between academia, industries and professionals.
Date, Time, and Location: Monday 20th January 2020, 5:00 pm, room TA06 (Sede del Lazzaretto)
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Seminar - 2019 December 20th
Eng. Mattia Ricci - ENEA
Title: Recent Advances in Computational Wind Engineering
Date, Time, Location: December 20th 2019, 14:00, room LAMC  (viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna)
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Seminar – 2019 December, 17th
Prof. Jaime Jose Garcia Alvarez, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
Title:  Challanges using raw bamboo in construction
Date, Time, and Location: Tuesday, December, 17th – h. 10:00, Room 1.4 (viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna)
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Seminar: 2019 December 6th
Prof. Francesca Sciarretta, IUAV University of Venice
Title: MASONRY STRUCTURES EXPOSED TO FIRE AND HIGH TEMPERATURES
Date, Time, Location: December 6th 2019, h. 14:00, Room LAMC  (vile Risorgimento 2, Bologna)
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Seminars - 2019 December 4th

Dr. Antonio Maria D'Altri - Post-doc - DICAM - University of Bologna
Title: Modeling strategies for the computational analysis of masonry structures
Location: December 4th 2019, 17.00-18.00 p.m. room 1.2 (viale del Risorgimento 2, Bologna)
 
Prof. Daniele Ferretti – University of  Parma
Title: Discrete element method for the analysis of masonry vaults
Location: December 4th 2019, 18.00-19.00 p.m. room 1.2 (viale del Risorgimento 2, Bologna)
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Seminar - 2019 December 3th
Eng. Paolo Tommasi, National Research Council, Institute for Environmental Geology and Geo-Engineering
Title: SLOPE MONITORING: criteria and methods
Date, Time, Location: December 3th 2019, 1.30 – 4.00 pm, room 4.2 (viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna)
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Seminars - 2019 December 2nd and 4th

Eng. S. Schmalzbauer - TIMECO SRL
Title: Lo scavo meccanizzato
Location: December 2nd 2019, 9:00-11:00 room TA-08 (via Terracini, Bologna)
 
Eng. R. Bagnagatti TIMECO SRL.
Title: Il microtunneling
Location: December 4th 2019, 9:00-12:00 room TA-10 (via Terracini, Bologna)
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Seminar - 2019 December, 2nd
Francesco Tomaselli - FIP-MEC
Title:  “Apparecchi di appoggio e giunti di dilatazione per ponti e viadotti
Date, Time, and Location: Monday, December, 2nd – h. 12:00-14:15, AULA TRASPORTI (viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna)
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Seminar - 2019 November 18th
Prof. Antonio de Carvalho, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Title: Processing of renewable materials: Water-based methods for blends, composites, fiber modification and filament formation
Date, Time, Location: November 18th 2019, h. 12:00, Room 2-040  (via Terracini 28, Bologna)
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Seminars – 2019 November 11th
Prof. Alberto Scoma, Geomicrobiology Centre – Bioscience Department, Aarhus University (Denmark)
Title 1 (11:00-12:00): “Mild hydrostatic pressure shapes microbial oil physiology and ecology
Title 2 (12:00-13:00) "Lignocellulose degradation in natural systems: the strange case of the black and white bear known as Giant Panda
Date, Time, and Location: November 11th, 2019, room TA-10 (via Terracini 28, Bologna)
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Event - 2019 November 8th
Presentation of cooperation projects Unibo-Palestina
Date, Time, and Location: November 8th, h. 12:00-14:00, aula TA05  (via Terracini 28, Bologna)
Project “Reuse of wastewater treated for agriculture use in Al-Mawasi district- Rafah Governorate- Gaza Strip” (Overses Onlus, DICAM-UNIBO, University of Gaza – UCAS ,  Union  of Agricultural Work Commitee Association (UWAC- Gaza))
Project “Urban garden and environmental awareness in Tulkarem and Nurshams-Refugee Camp” (Overses Onlus, DISTAL-UNIBO, Cesvi, UNRWA)
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Seminar – 2019 October 16th
Title: GIORNATA «LA SCIENZA PER LA PROTEZIONE CIVILE» I CENTRI DI COMPETENZA PER LA RIDUZIONE DEI RISCHI NATURALI IN EMILIA ROMAGNA
Date, Time, Location: October 16th 2019, h. 9:00-13:00, Room TA04 (via Terracini 28, Bologna)
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Seminar – 2019 October 7th
Dr Carmine D'Agostino, Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, The University of Manchester, UK
Title: Probing Molecular Transport and Dynamics in Chemical Engineering and Catalysis using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Methods
Date, Time, Location: October 7th 2019, h. 11:00-14:00, Room TS01 (via Terracini 28, Bologna)
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Seminar – 2019 September 26th
Prof. Davide Elmo - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Visiting Professor@DICAM
Title: How empirical methods in rock engineering have transformed into habits that are difficult to change despite well known limitations.
Date, Time, and Location: September 26th, h.15:00, Room Trasporti (viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna)
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Seminar – 2019 September 23rd
Prof. Aldo Saavedra (Università cattolica di Santiago del Cile)
Title: Problematiche di installazione e conduzione dell'impianto di osmosi inversa della città di Antofagasta, Cile
Date, Time, and Location: September 23rd, h.11:00, Room TS01 (via Terracina 28, Bologna)
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Seminar – 2019 September 18th
Prof. Marcos Arroyo Álvarez de Toledo (Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya, UPC, Barcelona, Spain)
Title: Strains induced by tube sampling in clays
Date, Time, and Location: September 18th, h.11:00, Room LAMC (viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna)
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Seminar – 2019 September 20th
Prof. Dr. Soyed S. Mansouri, (Technical University of Denmark)
Title: Emerging Horizons for Process Systems Engineering: Artificial Intelligence and Education
Date, Time, and Location: September 20th, h.11:30-12:30, Room TA07 (via Terracini 28, Bologna)
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Seminars – 2019 September 12th

Prof. Yoshikazu Araki, Nagoya University:
"Development of single crystal Cu and Fe based shape memory alloys and their application to structural and earthquake engineering".
 
Prof. Jiro Takagi, Tokyo Metropolitan University:
"Uniquness of Japanese Steeel Structures and Comparative Evaluation of their Seismic Performance
Date, Time, and Location: September 12th - h. 16:00,  Room 1.6 (Viale Risorgimento 2, Bologna)  
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Seminars – 2019 July 12nd, 16th, 25th

Prof. Daniel M. Tartakovsky (Stanford University)

Title: An information-theoretic approach to fusion of multi-scale data and models
Date, Time, and Location: July 12nd - h. 11:00-12:30,  Room LAMC (viale del Risorgimento 2, Bologna)   
 
Title: Method of distributions for hyperbolic conservation laws with random inputs
Date, Time, and Location: July 16th - h. 14:00-15:30,  Room LAMC (viale del Risorgimento 2, Bologna)  

Title: Optimal Design of Nanoporous Materials for Electrical Storage Devices
Date, Time, and Location: July 25th - h. 14:30-16:00, Room LAMC (viale del Risorgimento 2, Bologna)  
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Seminar - 2019 July 11th - h. 12:00
Prof. DAVIDE DONATI
Title: An integrated remote sensing - numerical modelling approach for the characterization of slope damage
Date, Time, and Location: July 11th - h. 12:00, Room Trasporti (viale del Risorgimento 2, Bologna)   
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Seminar 2019 June 13rd - h. 11:00
Prof. P. Anbazhagan
Title: Advanced in situ-testing and integrated approach for unusual subsurface investigation
Date, Time, and Location: June 13rd - h. 11:00, Room LAMC (Viale del Risorgimento 2, Bologna)   

3rd level courses (PhD courses)

 

Year 2022/2023

 

Course: Polymeric materials for sport applications (prof. Martino Colonna), 3 Credits

MODULE 1 (8 June)

MODULE 2 (10 June)

MODULE 3 (15 June)

MODULE 4 (17 June)

MODULE 5 (22 June)

MODULE 6 (24 June)

 

Course: Advanced non-linear modelling of reinforced concrete and masonry structures (prof Luca Pozza, M1 Diego Talledo, M2 Francesca Ferretti), 5 Credits

MODULE 1 Focus on modelling of Reinforced Concrete Structures with OpenSees: Theory: Advanced numerical models for RC structures. Introduction to OpenSees (21 June, Talledo)

MODULE 1 Focus on modelling of Reinforced Concrete Structures with OpenSees: Practice: First use of OpenSees to model a RC building (28 June, Talledo)

MODULE 1 Focus on modelling of Reinforced Concrete Structures with OpenSees: Practice: model RC buildings with different approaches (5 lJuly, Talledo)

MODULE 2 Focus on modelling of Masonry Structures with Diana. Theory: Numerical modelling of masonry structures: mechanical behavior and modeling approaches (13 July, Ferretti)

MODULE 2 Focus on modelling of Masonry Structures with Diana. Practice: Introduction to the use of Diana. Modeling of a simple masonry structure according to the macro-modelling approach. (19 July, Ferretti)

MODULE 2 Focus on modelling of Masonry Structures with Diana. Practice: Modeling masonry according to the micro-modelling approach, examples.  (26 July, Ferretti)

 

Course: Advance in spatial data handling and GIS (Ing. Alessandro Lambertini), 3 Credits

MODULE 1 Geographic Information System (14 September)

MODULE 2 Metadata and Open Data (16 September)

MODULE 3 Vector data processing and integration (21 September)

MODULE 4 Database and data formats (23 September)

MODULE 5 Raster data and imagery (28 September)

MODULE 6 Exercises and case study (30 September)

 

Course: Advance modeling of cascading events in process industry (prof Cozzani, Tugnoli, Salzano, Antonioni, Bonvicini) 3 Credits

MODULE 1 Domino Effect

MODULE 2 NaTech scenarios

MODULE 3 Pysical and cyber security

MODULE 4 Environmental impact of major accidents

 MODULE 5 Dynamic accident simulation

 

Course: Thermodynamic analysis of transport processes and phenomena (prof Ferruccio Doghieri) 3 Credits

MODULE 1

MODULE 2