This project combines two major topics. The first relates to the dramatic growth of the importance of nanotechnologies in science and engineering in the last few years; the second refers to the impact of human activities on the environment, which is becoming increasingly serious, and the stemming interventions which become necessary to reduce and control it.
In the field of environment, nanotechnologies and nanosciences have a wide range of potential applications: they include pollution prevention, detection of specific contaminants, and remediation of contaminated sites.
With regards to the latter application, it is known that nanosized zero-valent iron (NZVI) particles are capable of treating groundwater contaminants. NZVI is a promising development as well as an improvement of a well known and successful remediation technique (i.e. the use of millimetric iron in permeable reactive barriers for the treatment of diffused groundwater contamination).
Principal Academic Tutors
Antonio Di Molfetta
Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino
Academic Tutors
Luigi Bistagnino
Architectural and Industrial Design, Politecnico di Torino
Francesca Giacobbo
Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Daniele Marchisio
Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino
Mario Mariani
Nuclear Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Rajandrea Sethi
Land, Environment and Geo-Engineering, Politecnico di Torino
Tiziana Tosco
Land, Environment and Geo-Engineering, Politecnico di Torino
External institution
Golder
INRIM – Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca
Metrologica
External Tutors
Andrea Chiampo
Golder
Marco Coisson
INRIM
Team members
TEAM A
Alberto Marnetto [Team controller], Mathematical modelling in Engineering
Marta Barberis Pinlung, Chemical Engineering
Michel Cancelliere [Project Communication Coordinator], Mathematical modelling in Engineering
Eleonora De Re, Physics Engineering
Roberto Lecca, Aerospace Engineering
Simone Maggiore, Physics Engineering