Seminar - Climate predictions: recent developments and applications

Speaker: Dr. Paolo Ruggeri, Department of Physics and Astronomics "Augusto Righi" - University of Bologna | Thursday 18 January 2024 – 4,30 PM | Arduino classroom

18.01.2024

In this seminar, the historical development and the rationale of climate predictions and their contemporary classifications into sub‐seasonal, seasonal and decadal forecasts will be discussed. The seminar will review the state‐of‐the‐art operational predictions and will provide insight into promising proofof‐ concept approaches to bridge them with sectoral applications. Example applications in the context of water management and human health are also provided.

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Teaching sedimentology with analogue models: deltaic lobes

08.01.2024

In this new episode of the experiments carried out with ReMoD we focuses on some fundamental processes that determine the evolution of deltaic systems

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Seminar - Geopolymers: From the Earth to the Moon

Speaker: Shima Pilehvar, Department of Engineering – Østfold University College, Norway | Thursday 11 January 2024 – ore 4,30 PM | Arduino classroom

11.01.2024

Since water is a highly valuable resource on the lunar surface and not readily available, using building materials with high water demand is practically impossible. Geopolymers consist of silico-aluminates in an amorphous to semi-crystalline three-dimensional structure and exhibit an excellent performance. 3D-printing of geopolymers produced from lunar regolith is an interesting option for space in situ habitats.

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Seminar - Porous material in geological processes: From physical principles to applications

Speaker: Marc A. Hesse Department of Geological Sciences - University of Texas, Austin | Thursday 14 December 2023 – ore 4,30 PM | Arduino classroom

14.12.2023

Most geological materials are porous and the dynamics of flow, deformation, and reactions in porous media control energy and mass transport in many geological and environmental processes. I will give an overview of three projects that show case fundamental porous media research and its application to the Earth and Planetary Sciences.

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Seminar - Career Workshop - Il ruolo del geologo nel settore estrattivo. Dalle risorse del territorio ad una progettazione sostenibile

Speaker: Dr. Geol. Antonio Rigon (Free-Lance Geologist) | Thursday 30 November 2023 – ore 16:30 | Arduino Classroom

30.11.2023

Nell’articolato comparto delle attività estrattive il geologo riesce a rivestire con successo la funzione di tecnico, grazie alle conoscenze dei giacimenti, dei cicli produttivi, delle tecniche di estrazione e di valorizzazione dei prodotti, grazie alla capacità di operare nel complesso apparato normativo nonché per la rilevante predisposizione nella valutazione degli impatti derivanti dai lavori di coltivazione. La conoscenza dell’impiantistica e la conseguente abilità di ottimizzare i costi di produzione combinate alla completa disponibilità di operare in cantiere, conferiscono al geologo un ruolo fondamentale per la progettazione e per una corretta gestione operativa di cave e miniere, per la prevenzione e la sicurezza dei lavoratori e per la tutela dell’ambiente.

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