The research activities in this area concern the following topics:
- Fluid Mechanics: turbulent boundary layer in channels with smooth or vegetated walls; rheology of biphasic mixtures (fluid-solid);
- Numerical fluid dynamics in turbomachinery;
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD);
- Hydrodynamic characteristics of natural and artificial rivers;
- Phenomena of air exchange;
- Analysis of hydraulic localized phenomena: valves regulation, design of microturbine;
- Management and protection of underground water resources;
- Numerical modeling for the hydrogeological risk;
- Morphodynamics and transport processes of waterways;
- Coastal protection;
- Design and management of systems and hydraulic structures: urban networks for water distribution; urban networks for drainage; rural networks for drainage; irrigation networks; active control of pressures and production of renewable energy systems in water distribution; energy optimization in systems for water distribution; intelligent water networks; seismic reliability of hydraulic infrastructures;
- Integrated management of waste cycle: landfilling of municipal solid waste; co-digestion of municipal waste and animal and agricultural waste; energy from waste; biogas and bio-hydrogen from organic waste;
- Remediation of contaminated soils and sediments: removal of metals thorugh washing systems; Removal of organic pollutants by means of biological systems;
- Water treatment systems: innovative biological treatments of sewage; removal systems of nutrients from water; adsorption of metals from water; reaction kinetics of chemical disinfectants and formation of by-products; anaerobic digestion of sludge;
- Water protection from contamination