Current cooperations
Cooperations with International
Institutions
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University of Glamorgan, Wales (UK),
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
Research topic: Modelling and
Control of Anaerobic Digestion Processes (Prof. Denis Hawkes).
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Institute of Biotechnology, KFA, Julich,
Germany (April 1993 - July 1995)
Research project in the Environment
programme (DG XII), “Integrated Process Control for the Removal of Carbon
and Nitrogen in Biological Wastewater Treatment Processes”, supported by
European Community research contract EV5V - CT92 - 0233 (Prof. Ch. Wandrey)
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Project Galileo with Laboratory of
Automatic Control, ENSIEG; Grenoble (F)
Bilateral collaboration on the
automatic control of biotechnical processes (Prof. Arlette Cheruy)
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University of Gent (Prof. Peter A.
Vanrolleghem), Belgium
Exchange and supervision of
Socrates students
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Stefan Josef Institute (Dr. Nadja Hvala),
Lubjiana (SLO)
Bilateral collaboration in Sequencing
Batch Reactor Control
Present cooperation with National
Institutions
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Executive manager of the Tuscany section
of the National Association for Automation (ANIPLA), 1993
- 1999.
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National Agency for Alternative
Energy (ENEA), Environmental Division
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Municipal adminsitration of Florence,
Water Production Division: scientific collaboration and pilot plant
set-up in Respirometry
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Regional Government of Tuscany,
Environmental Division:
industry consulting for wastewater management
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Arno River Water Authority:
technical advisor
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National Research Centre for River
Water Quality: scientific collaboration in river water quality
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Regional Environmental Protection
Agency of Tuscany (ARPAT): scientific collaboration in biological
wastewater treatment systems
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Regional Environmental Protection
Agency of Emilia-Romagna (ARPAE): consulting regarding the database
and modelling management in the context of the Water Quality Plan required
by the European Water Framework Directive.
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Orbetello lagoon Management Office:
scientific collaboration for the development of an ecological model
of the lagoon in the context of a Decision Support System (DSS).
Editorial and reviewing activities
Professional activities
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Registered Professional Engineer since
1974 for the following areas of expertise: environmental engineering, environmental
systems reclamation, process control, noise abatement.
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Registered technical witness for the
Law Court of Florence and Prato in these areas of expertise.
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