Research Area
Active Research fields
water and wastewater treatments; waste management; soil and groundwater remediation
Research projects of the last 5 years
Operating Unit Head of the University of Palermo of the National Research Project for the year 1994 "Manufacture of urban drainage networks: quantitative and qualitative control of outflows" ..
• Operating Unit Head of the University of Palermo of the National Research Project for 1995 on "Water quality and control in real time in the sewers".
• Operating Unit Head of the University of Palermo of the National Research Project for 1998 on "Defense of the urban rainforest pollution".
• Operating Unit Head of the University of Palermo of the National Research Project for 2000 on "Analysis of the interaction between pollutants, hydrodynamic and biotic aspects in the protection of water bodies".
• Operating Unit Head of the University of Palermo for 2002 National Research on "Control of hydrological phenomena and transport and transformation of pollutants generated in urban areas for the protection of surface water bodies".
• Operating Unit Head of the University of Palermo in the National Research Project for 2005 on "theoretical and experimental characterization of the impact on water courses receptors of conservative and non-conservative pollutants carried by urban stormwater".
• Operating Unit Head of the University of Palermo of the National Research Project for the 2010/2011 year of "emerging contaminants in air, water and soil: from the source to the marine environment".
• Head of the research "Development of an ecological model aimed at management of insular tanks", in the research project "Research for the identification of criteria and methods of management of water bodies", POP1 - Multi-fund Operational Programme 1990-1993 Subproject 1 between University of Palermo, the Sicilian Region and the Joint Research Centre (Ispra).
• Local Scientific Responsible unit (OR-5) of the STI-TAM Research project (Development of Innovative Technologies for the treatment of liquid wastes of navigation aimed at the protection del'ambiente Marino), PON R & C from 2007 to 2013, years 2012- 2015.
• Operational Component Unit of the University of Palermo of the National Research Project for 2003 on "The safe management of water distribution systems: analysis of vulnerability to the optimization of the resource".
• Member of the Research Project SIGLOD (Intelligent system to support the management and the location of landfills and waste management systems), PON 04 ° 2_F, 2012-2014.
Component • the research group the CARE-S (computer aided Rehabilitation of Sewer networks) - funded by the EU under the 5th Framework Programme, 2002.
• Member of the research group on "Integrated methodologies of investigation in environmentally valuable areas aimed at enhancing and resource management" - MIR-MURST - 2000-2003.
• Member of the research group of Metic project (Mediterranean Trading and Innovation Centre), INTERREG IIIA - Italy-Malta (2004-2006), financed with EU funds.
• Member of the research of the agreement between Italy and Libya Protocol Group (2009-2012) signed between the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Palermo and the University "Al Jabal Al Gharbi", Zawia, falling in the district of Al Jabal Al Gharbi in Sabratah Libya.
• Scientific responsible of research M.U.R.S.T.-M.I.U.R. (Ex 60%) for the financial years from 1990 to present.
• Scientific Director of Conventions, financed by: ENEL-CRIS, AMAP s.p.a., Sogesid s.p.a., UNIMED, I.T.C.G. Palermo Duke of Abruzzi
• Member of the Scientific Committee Projects I.F.T.S. (Higher Technical Education and Training) financed by the Sicilian Region, on behalf of the University of Palermo.
• Coordinator of numerous experimental activities of the laboratory of the university department, with particular reference to the sectors Sanitary and Environmental Engineering and Hydraulic Engineering.