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    PhD Program in Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering

    Curriculum in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering,


    Mechanics and Materials

    Industrial Projects
    June 2024 Call, XL cycle - Starting date: November 1 st 2024

    The research projects submitted for the admission to the PhD program must be prepared in accordance to one of the
    projects listed below. Click on the Title to go to the Project.

    Optimization of hierarchical sandwich structures (with ThermHex Waben GmbH) – PNRR


    DM630 fellowship

    Exploration of different bio-encapsulation approaches for the inclusion of PCM in


    construction and building materials (with Sphera Encapsulation) – PNRR DM630
    fellowship

    Ph.D. Program in Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering


    [email protected]
    +39 010 3352303
    Via Montallegro 1, 16145 Genova
    Coordinator: [email protected]
    Thematic: Mechanics of materials and structures

    Project: Optimization of hierarchical sandwich structures (with ThermHex Waben GmbH)


    Keywords: green sandwich composites, material/structure optimization

    Brief Description:
    Sandwich structures, with facesheets made of fiber-reinforced plastics and light plastic-based foam or
    honeycomb cores, have very high weight-specific strength and stiffness, which make them suitable for the
    design of resilient structures in aircrafts, vehicles, ships and wind power blades. These products are
    typically made with complex manufacturing processes and have high production costs. The new
    organosandwich technology aims at producing fully thermoplastic cost-effective and fully recyclable
    (green) sandwich structures. Thermoplastic honeycomb cores may be manufactured with a continuous
    production process (TermHex patent). However, thermoplastic cores show lower weight-specific properties,
    mainly due to the lower buckling strength of the cells. To overcome these issues ThermHex Waben GmbH
    has been recently worked on the design of thermoplastic sandwich structures with a hierarchical structure,
    where honeycomb cells and skins are themselves flat honeycomb sandwiches. Preliminary studies show
    the potentials of this material architecture but also highlight the need for additional work to optimize the
    geometrical properties of core and skins to improve overall performances.

    The PhD student will work at UniGe and ThermHex Waben GmbH, Halle (Saale) Germany, and join ongoing
    collaborations with colleagues at DTU (Denmark) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of
    Materials and Systems, Germany. Aim of the project is the optimization, accounting for all local and global
    failure mechanisms, of the geometric design parameters of the new type of hierarchically structured
    sandwich materials to improve weight specific properties.

    Referent: Roberta Massabò ([email protected]) (UniGe), Jochen Pflug (ThermHex Waben GmbH)

    Relevant links: https://thermhex.com/


    https://rubrica.unige.it/personale/VUZEUl1v

    Figure: hierarchical sandwich structures and failure modes

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    Ph.D. Program in Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering


    [email protected]
    +39 010 3352303
    Via Montallegro 1, 16145 Genova
    Coordinator: [email protected]
    Thematic: Mechanics of Materials

    Project: Exploration of different bio-encapsulation approaches for the inclusion of PCM


    in construction and building materials (with Sphera Encapsulation)
    Keywords: Building materials, Thermal energy storage (TES), Phase change materials (PCM), Organic PCM,
    Microencapsulation, Thermal conductivity, Sustainable encapsulation, Greenhouse emissions

    Brief Description:
    The consumption of energy is constantly growing. Just in Europe, 40% of the total energy consumption is
    dedicated to building, which is guilty of producing 36% of the total greenhouse emission in Europe. The use
    of phase change materials (PCM) is increasing as one of the most preferred forms of thermal energy storage
    (TES) system. This because, when PCMs are subjected to a particular temperature, they change phase from
    solid to liquid, and during this reaction, they absorb heat from the surrounding. When the temperature
    decreases, they return in their solid form, liberating passively the accumulated energy in the form of heat.
    PCM are the most effective way of energy storage since they show high energy storage density, good
    isothermal operating characteristics. Among them, organic PCM (e.g. paraffin and fatty acids/esters)
    showed to be more chemically stable, not corrosive, recyclable, and with no supercooling effect, but from
    another side, the extremely poor thermal conductivity has strongly restricted their application.

    The main challenge to overcome this, and to take advantage of these materials is to find a way to integrate
    this type of system in buildings and increase their efficacy and thermal conductivity. In this context,
    microencapsulation of PCMs is a crucial step to allow the compartmentation of selected materials that can
    be included in building materials (e.g., bricks and concrete). Today is still not clear what is the best approach
    to encapsulate PCM, from one side there is the necessity to store a high amount of energy, having from the
    other side a very resistant capsules towards high pressure and extreme pH (e.g., 12). For the moment this is
    ensured by capsules that are based on plastic resins (e.g., polyurea) that are characterized by low
    sustainability but very high performances. This project will focus on the evaluation of new encapsulation
    approaches for PCM, focusing on the selection of natural materials (e.g., lignin, cellulose, and inorganic
    compounds) for the creation of a more sustainable shell. The project will evaluate the creation of micro and
    nanoparticles with high energy storage capacity and high resistance, evaluating their compatibility for the
    incorporation in construction materials such as bricks and concrete. Moreover, the inclusion of organic
    compounds will be investigated to increase the thermal conductivity of the developed MPCM.

    Referent: Prof. Antonio Caggiano ([email protected]), Scopus-id=54916174800


    Industrial Referent: Dr. Francesca Zanoni, PhD in Biotechnology ([email protected])

    PhD - DM630: Industrial co-funding Sphera Encapsulation S.r.l. (https://www.spheraencapsulation.com)

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    Ph.D. Program in Civil, Chemical and Environmental Engineering


    [email protected]
    +39 010 3352303
    Via Montallegro 1, 16145 Genova
    Coordinator: [email protected]

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