Partner 2. Interdepartmental Center for Environmental Science and Technology (CINSA), Italy

The Interdepartmental Center for Environmental Science and Technology (CINSA) was established in 1996 at the University of Cagliari to conduct and coordinate research in the field of environmental protection. The possibility of coordinating a large number of researchers and experts from various Colleges and Departments through the CINSA's structure was thought as a major step towards the development of an interdisciplinary culture in the field of environmental protection.

The researchers that will participate to the proposed project come from the Hydraulic Section of the Territorial Engineering Department (DIT), and from the Chemical Engineering and Materials Department (DICM). Each of the two Departments have a long experience in the field of water resource management and water quality monitoring and control, and have been involved in research activities supported by regional, national, and European (WARSYP) projects Boards. Researchers that will participate to the project will include:

Giovanni M. SECHI: Researcher at the University of Cagliari, since 1993 is teaching Water Resources  Management. His research current topics are mainly in the fields of Hydrology, Water resources planning and management, Water system distribution optimization.

-          Optimization Software comparison for large scale water resource planning models (with C.Cao, S.Liberatore e P.Zuddas), "Water in the Mediterranean", Istambul, 1997.

-          A mixed optimization technique for the design and management of large water resources systems (with M.Niedda, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (ASCE) V.122 n. 6.

Andrea BALZANO: Researcher in Hydraulic at the University of Cagliari; his researches are on Numerical models for flow and solute transport; Modelling biological and chemical reactions in eutrophic ecosystems and of hydrodynamic processes on scale models.

-          Coupling Hydrodynamic and Biochemical Mathematical Models for Lagoon Ecosystems. (with R. Pastres, and C. Rossi) Proceedings of the XI International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Cancun, Mexico, July 1996.

-          An Efficient  Finite Difference Scheme for Numerical Simulation of Two-dimensional Advection. International Journal of Numerical Methods in Fluids, to appear, 1999.

Antonio LALLAI:             Professor in Chemical Engineering Design, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica e Materiali, University of Cagliari

-          Enzymatic detoxification of polyphenols from wastewaters, 3rd European Meeting on Chemical Industry and Environment, Krakow (Poland), September 1-3, 1999 (with G. Mura and M. Piredda)

-          Steady-state of an aerobic mixed culture growing on phenol in a continuous stirred reactor, The Chemical Engineering J., vol. 53 (1994) (with G. Mura)

Giampaolo MURA             Professor in Chemical Process Simulation, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica e Materiali, University of Cagliari

-          Degradazione di clorofenoli mediante colture anaerobiche miste, Congresso GRICU, Ferrara (Italy), September 23-25, 1998 (with A. Lallai and M. Piredda)

-          Design equation for anaerobic up-flow filters treating olive oil mill effluent, Mediterraneanchem: International Conference on Chemistry and the Mediterraneam Sea, Taranto (Italy), May 23-27, 1995 (with A. Lallai)

Marco SALIS: Researcher and Professor of River Hydraulics; his main activities are in the fields of Fluid Mechanics, Water Resources Management and Applied Hydrology. Recent researches are also in flow and solute transport modelling.

-          Multiobjective water resources planning in southwestern Sardinia (with L.Duckstein). International Conference on “Modern Approach to Groundwater Management”. Capri ottobre 1982.

-          Hydrodynamic and transport modelling for eutrophication analysis in water reservoir. (with A. Balzano and P. Pillai) International Conference on “Water in Mediterranean Area”, Società Chimica Italiana., Chia (CA) ottobre 1998.

Paola ZUDDAS Researcher and Professor of Operation Research in the Faculty of Engineering, University of Cagliari Her Research area mainly includes: Mathematical Programming, Network Flows, Multiperiod Analysis, Combinatorial Optimization, Project Management, Large Scale  Structured Programming, Non-differentiable Optimization.

-          Computational comparison among some LP codes for large scale water resource optimization problems(with S. Liberatore e  G.M. Sechi), Fourth International Conference on Computer Methods and Water Resources CMWR'97, Byblos, (Libano), 1997, WIT-PRESS, 1999.]

-          Non Linear Optimization Models in Water Resources System, (in collaborazione con G.M. Sechi) "Non linear optimization and Applications", Erice, 1998.-Water Resources Management Journal.