TekneHub has expertise in the field of corrosion and protection of metallic materials and experience in studying the corrosion behavior of steel reinforcement in traditional and innovative mortars and technologies for corrosion inhibition. In these contexts, electrochemical monitoring techniques and analytical techniques have been applied to evaluate the diffusion rate of chlorides and the tendency for carbonation of traditional and waste-containing cementitious materials.
In CASA, it will assess the influence of introducing waste materials on the durability of concrete and the corrosion protection offered to reinforcement bars in the presence of chloride ions.
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ZANOTTO FEDERICA
Coordinator of the TekneHub Unit – UNIFE
Associate Professor in Materials Science and Technology (ING-IND/22) – DE, UniFE
email: federica.zanotto@unife.it
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Federica Zanotto, graduated in Materials Engineering from the University of Ferrara, and LS in Mechanical Engineering. She obtained her Ph.D. in Engineering Sciences in 2010 from the University of Ferrara. From 2010 to 2021, she was a temporary researcher and held several research fellowships at the “A. Daccò” Corrosion and Metallurgy Study Center. Since 2022, she has been an Associate Professor (S.S.D. ING-IND/22) in the Department of Engineering at the University of Ferrara.
She has held various teaching positions at UniFE for the Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Product Design, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.
She is the author of numerous scientific publications in international and national journals and conference proceedings, with research topics focusing on the study of corrosion mechanisms and corrosion protection of metallic materials. Specifically, she has studied corrosion resistance in reinforcements in concrete containing biochar or recycled plastic and in cement mortars containing fly ash, corrosion resistance of various innovative industrial alloys in critical conditions/environments, corrosion and corrosion protection of bronzes and gilded bronzes in historical-artistic heritage, and corrosion protection of magnesium alloys through (eco-friendly) silane-based coatings or monocarboxylic acids and corrosion inhibition by surfactants.
She has participated in several national and international projects, including the European projects PROCRAFT and B-IMPACT, and the POR-FESR projects “NEW PROTECTIVE COATING TECHNOLOGIES. Eco-friendly pretreatments and coatings for aluminum die-casting” and IMPReSA. She is currently the head of the “Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of the Degradation State of Reinforced and Prestressed Concrete Structures” university project and the scientific coordinator for the TekneHub laboratory in the “CASA” project. She is also involved in the European ECHO project and the PRIN 2022 PNRR Bio-CoatCH project.
BALBO ANDREA
Associate Professor SSD IMAT-01/A – Materials Science and Technology
email: andrea.balbo@unife.it
Andrea Balbo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering at the University of Ferrara. He graduated in Chemistry from the University of Ferrara and obtained his Ph.D. from the Faculty of Industrial Chemistry at the University of Bologna.
From 2001 to 2006, he conducted research on advanced ceramic materials at the ISTEC-CNR Institute in Faenza. From 2006 to 2008, he worked as a researcher at the National Institute of Metrology Standardization and Industrial Quality of Brazil (INMETRO) in the Laboratory of Thermal Analysis and Dispersed Systems, where he focused on the characterization of colloidal properties and the study of thermophysical properties of certain material classes.
Since 2009, he has been conducting research and teaching at the Department of Engineering at the University of Ferrara, where he teaches courses in Fundamentals of Chemistry and Materials, Corrosion and Protection of Metallic Materials, and Degradation and Protection of Materials at High Temperatures. His research is carried out at the “A. Daccò” Corrosion and Metallurgy Study Center in the Department of Engineering, where he studies corrosion, protection, and inhibition phenomena in various classes of materials, including copper alloys, aluminum alloys, stainless steels, reinforced concrete, ceramic materials, and biomaterials.
He is the author of over 80 indexed publications on Scopus (H-index 26) and is currently the head of a research unit for a PRIN PNRR national project and a European JPI-CH project. He is also involved in, or has been part of, research units for other European projects (ECHO, NESSIE, B-IMPACT) and national or regional projects (PRIN, POR FESR). He is part of the Technopole laboratories of Ferrara, which belong to the Industrial Research Laboratories of the High Technology Network of the Emilia Romagna Region.
Contacts:
“A. Daccò” Corrosion and Metallurgy Study Center, Department of Engineering, University of Ferrara, Via G. Saragat, 4a – 44122 Ferrara (Italy), https://www.unife.it/centri/centro/corrosione?set_language=it
Phone: +39 0532 455134; Fax: +39 0532 455011
GRASSI VINCENZO
Technical Staff Unife (EP)
email: vincenzo.grassi@unife.it
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Dr. Vincenzo Grassi is a Technical Graduate at the “A. Daccò” Corrosion and Metallurgy Study Center of the University of Ferrara.
Dr. Grassi’s scientific activity is focused on the study of corrosion phenomena in metallic alloys and corrosion inhibition through various classes of substances.
In particular, his most recent research topics concentrate on corrosion and corrosion protection in industrially significant metallic alloys in various fields, corrosion in traditional and innovative concrete, and the development of protective coatings against corrosion in metals for industrial applications and for the preservation of cultural heritage artifacts.
He is a co-author of several scientific publications in national and international journals and conference proceedings, focusing on the study of corrosion mechanisms and corrosion protection of metallic materials.
He has participated in several national and international projects, including the European PROCRAFT, B-IMPACT, and IMPReSA projects.
SOFIA RANDO
Research Fellow
email: sofia.rando.25@gmail.com
Sofia Rando graduated in Chemical Sciences from the University of Ferrara in September 2023. Her academic journey began with a bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, obtained from the University of Ferrara in December 2021, and continued with a master’s degree in Chemical Sciences, completed in September 2023.
In July 2021, she completed a one-month internship at the University of Ferrara, during which she worked on her bachelor’s thesis titled “Synthesis of Monomethyl Tyrosine via Palladium Catalysis” in the field of Organic Chemistry.
From March 2023, she undertook a six-month internship at the cosmetics company Eley, based in Granarolo dell’Emilia, where she gained excellent knowledge of cosmetic products, with specific attention to Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and the ISO 9000 series standards.
She is the holder of the research fellowship titled “Development of Eco-Concretes Containing Recycled Materials and Durability Assessment,” carried out at the “A.Dacco” Corrosion and Metallurgy Center, part of the TekneHub Laboratory at the University of Ferrara. The research fellowship focuses on the development and optimization of eco-concretes obtained by incorporating waste materials into the mixtures. The assessments to be conducted include the durability and corrosion resistance of the new materials in the presence of reinforcements.
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