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Djamel Eddine Aissaoui, has concluded his research stay at the Institute of Fluid Dynamics of Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), carried out within the AURIGA project (bubble-scale work… <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li>
In November 2026, Tianrou Zhang joins the AURIGA project as a Research Fellow at the Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano. Tianrou holds a Master’s degree… <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li>
A new experimental campaign has started at the Department of Energy of Politecnico di Milano within the AURIGA project, aiming to investigate bubble coalescence in aqueous… <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li>
Djamel Eddine Aissaoui has started the second period of his research stay at the Institute of Fluid Dynamics, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, within AURIGA’s bubble-scale work package. Bubble-scale… <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li>
At the AIPT 2026 Conference in Milan, Alberto Arici presented the first experimental results on the characterization of aqueous ionic-liquid systems for CO\u2082 absorption, combining thermophysical… <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li>
The online seminar \u201cEuler-Euler Simulation of Two-Phase Bubble Columns\u201d was presented by Nicol\u00f2 Varallo on September 22, 2026, at IFP Energies Nouvelles (IFPEN), upon invitation from… <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li>
Two AURIGA doctoral students \u2014 Vitor Regert and Djamel Eddine Aissaoui \u2014 took part in the 21st UIT Summer School, Pushing the frontiers of thermal-fluid simulations,… <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li>
At the 2026 Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES) in Gran Canaria, Alberto Arici presented an oral contribution on the use… <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li>
Three AURIGA doctoral students \u2014 Alberto Arici, Vitor Regert and Djamel Eddine Aissaoui \u2014 presented their work at CHISA 2026, the 28th International Congress of Chemical… <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li>
Within AURIGA, a database of bubble column experiments has been compiled. It is the common basis for the assessment of existing correlations and for the development… <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li>
On 31st of July 2026 Khaled Sayed Gad joined the AURIGA team as a contracted researcher, bringing to the project a specialisation in energy system modelling… <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li>
Stefanie Rauchenzauner, postdoctoral researcher at Johannes Kepler University Linz, spent a visiting period at the Department of Energy from 6 July to 30 September 2026, working… <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li>
Within AURIGA’s bubble-scale work package, Djamel Eddine Aissaoui is characterising the lift force on single bubbles in linear shear flow, using Particle Shadow Velocimetry at HZDR.… <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li>
On 1 July 2026 Stefano Puricelli joined the AURIGA team as a contracted researcher, bringing to the project a specialisation in Life Cycle Assessment. Stefano is… <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li>
At the 43rd UIT International Heat Transfer Conference in Turin, Nicol\u00f2 Varallo presented the project\u2019s first measurements of the drag coefficient of single bubbles rising in… <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li>
The small-scale experimental facilities of the project have been designed, built and commissioned \u2014 closing tasks C.1 and C.2 and opening the measurement campaigns of the… <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li>
In June 2026, Nicol\u00f2 Varallo served as an Invited Lecturer at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), upon invitation from Prof. Marco Edoardo Rosti… <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li>
On the 4th of February Dr. Hessenkemper started a three week visiting period to share his expertise on experimental techniques for bubble-image analysis and give a… <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li>
In June 2026, Nicol\u00f2 Varallo joined the AURIGA project as a post-doctoral researcher on gas\u2013liquid fluid dynamics and mass transfer, the first of the post-doctoral appointments… <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li>
Giorgio Besagni, Alberto Arici and Nicol\u00f2 Varallo travelled to the Hamburg University of Technology to work with the Institute of Multiphase Flows, the partner group behind… <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li>
Prof. Michael Schl\u00fcter, head of the Institute of Multiphase Flows at the Hamburg University of Technology, spent the week of 11\u201315 May 2026 at the Department… <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li>
On 11 May 2026 Giorgio Besagni presented AURIGA at the 55th European Two-Phase Flow Group Meeting, in a talk on the current status of the project… <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li>
The team ran an experimental campaign at the Institute of Multiphase Flows, Hamburg University of Technology, commissioning a bubble column rig for optical measurements. What was… <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li>
During a research stay at the Institute of Multiphase Flows, Hamburg University of Technology, Alberto Arici carried out a systematic experimental investigation of aqueous ionic-liquid mixtures… <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li>
At the 2026 Annual Meeting of the DECHEMA\/VDI Working Party on Multiphase Flows in Dresden, Felix Kexel presented the first preliminary results obtained by Alberto Arici… <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li>
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