Research Areas
SMARTIlab research focuses on engineering the sustainability on each of the phases of the life cycle of road infrastructures:
Pavement materials and technologies
- Mixing rheometry and rheological characterisation of highly heterogeneous bituminous binders
- Design and characterisation of bio-based materials
- Design and characterisation of conventional and innovative bituminous mixtures and evaluation of their mechanical behavior
- Technologies and best practices for the development of more sustainable materials and pavements
- Re-using of secondary raw materials (such as RAP, plastic materials, end of life tires, etc.)
- Materials and technologies life cycle analysis (LCA, LCC, S-LCA, PEF, EPD etc.)
Pavement construction
Pavement management
Pavement end of life
Smart road and infrastructures of the future
Our Vision
Engineering has no better choice that investing in its sustainable development embracing innovation and new technologies to support healthy society and respecting the environment.
Our vision is built to conceive the transport infrastructures of the future SMARTI: “Sustainable Multi-functional Automated Resilient Transport Infrastructures
SMARTIlab Team
Founded in 2021, the Sustainable Multi-functional Automated Resilient Transport Infrastructures laboratory (SMARTIlab), is a research group within the Civil Engineerig department at the University of Palermo (UNIPA). Our mission is to address the upcoming challenges of asphalt pavements by providing innovative solutions to guarantee a smoother transition to a more sustainable society.
The SMARTIlab group has a multidisciplinary background including civil, mechanical, chemical and electrical engineers. The current team includes one professor, one research fellows and three PhD students working on a variety of research projects with a number of industrial partners.
Dr Gaspare Giancontieri
Research Fellow
Department of Engineering
PhD in Civil Engineering at the Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre (NTEC). Dr Giancontieri is a research fellow at SMARTIlab UNIPA, involved in national and international research projects, his topic focus on emerging asphalt materials and technologies.
Gabriella Buttitta
PhD Student
Department of Engineering
Enrolled as PhD Student at University of Palermo. Miss Buttitta research focuses on the evaluation of Road Pavements Sustainability on the basis of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) techniques and implementing sustainability assessment in BIM.
Projects
International Symposium Palermo 2022 - Playlist
Seminario SIIV 2022 - Playlist
Contact us
Davide Lo Presti, SMARTIlab Head
Associate Professor University of Palermo (IT)
skype: davidelop
davide.lopresti@unipa.it