Alessandra Insana

Fixed-term Assistant Professor
Department of Structural, Geotechnical and Building Engineering (DISEG)

Profile

Research interests

Climate change adaptation
Energy geostructures
Fiber optics monitoring
Shallow geothermal energy
Tunnelling

Scientific branch

ICAR/07 - GEOTECHNICS
(Area 0008 - Civil engineering and architecture)

Skills

ERC sectors

PE8_3 - Civil engineering, architecture, offshore construction, lightweight construction, geotechnics
PE10_3 - Climatology and climate change
PE8_6 - Energy processes engineering
PE10_20 - Geohazards

SDG

Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities
Goal 13: Climate action

Conferences

  • Iacmag 2021 - Challenges and innovation in Geomechanics (5/5/2021-8/5/2021), Participation to the organizing committee

Teaching

Collegi of the degree programmes

Teachings

PhD

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Master of Science

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Bachelor of Science

MostraNascondi A.A. passati

Research

Research projects

Projects funded by commercial contracts

Supervised PhD students

  • Francesco Campana. Programme in Ingegneria Civile E Ambientale (39th cycle, 2023-in progress)
    Research subject: Viscoplastic behaviour of geomaterials and constitutive modelling
    Geotechnical Engineering
    Infrastructures
    Numerical Modelling and Simulation
    Soil and Rock Mechanics
    Geotechnical Engineering
    Infrastructures
    Numerical Modelling and Simulation
    Soil and Rock Mechanics
  • Maria Romana Alvi. Programme in Ingegneria Civile E Ambientale (38th cycle, 2022-in progress)
    Research subject: Energy geostructures: integration with other energy sources and heat storage in soil and rocks.
    Geotechnical Engineering
    Soil and Rock Mechanics
    Geotechnical Engineering
    Soil and Rock Mechanics
  • Amirreza Pourfatollah. Programme in Ingegneria Civile E Ambientale (38th cycle, 2023-in progress)
    Research subject: Climate change effects on landslide in Alpine region
    Geotechnical Engineering
    Infrastructures
    Numerical Modelling and Simulation
    Soil and Rock Mechanics
    Geotechnical Engineering
    Infrastructures
    Numerical Modelling and Simulation
    Soil and Rock Mechanics
    Geotechnical Engineering
    Infrastructures
    Numerical Modelling and Simulation
    Soil and Rock Mechanics

Publications

PoliTO co-authors

Last years publications

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Society and Enterprise

Patents and other intellectual properties