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Prof. Giorgio Besagni, PhD<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Principal Investigator<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leads the AURIGA project at the Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano. His research on bubble column fluid dynamics \u2014 from the dual effect of viscosity to the lift-force interpretation of flow regime transitions \u2014 forms the foundation on which AURIGA builds its general theory of gas\u2013liquid flows.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Nicol\u00f2<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nicol\u00f2 Varallo, PhD<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Post-doctoral Researcher \u00b7 Fluid dynamics & mass transfer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experimental and numerical research on gas\u2013liquid fluid dynamics and mass transfer. Bridges the bubble-scale and large-scale activities and supports the doctoral students across the AURIGA work packages.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Stefano<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stefano Puricelli, PhD<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Post-doctoral Researcher \u00b7 Environmental impact assessment<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Environmental engineer with a European Joint Doctorate (Politecnico di Milano, 2021) and research stays at Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research. Life Cycle Assessment specialist with 20 Scopus-indexed publications. Since July 2026 he assesses the environmental impact of the CO\u2082 capture technology in AURIGA.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Khaled<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Khaled Sayed Gad, PhD<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Post-doctoral Researcher \u00b7 Energy systems modelling<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Models long-term decarbonisation pathways and sector-coupling strategies, connecting AURIGA\u2019s bubble-column research to system-level energy transition planning.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Andrea<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Andrea Ferrario<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

PhD Student \u00b7 Coalescence<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quantifies bubble coalescence phenomena at the bubble-scale, using adjacent capillaries and image analysis.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Alberto<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Alberto Arici<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

PhD Student \u00b7 Mass transfer & scaling-up<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Studies mass transfer in CO\u2082\u2013ionic-liquid systems and the scaling-up of laboratory results towards industrial reactors.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Djamel<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Djamel Eddine Aissaoui<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

PhD Student \u00b7 Bubble-scale<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Studies bubble columns across scales, from single-bubble dynamics to swarm and column-scale behaviour, to connect local fluid dynamics with reactor performance for CO\u2082 capture.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Francesco<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Francesco Pierini<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

PhD Student \u00b7 Large-scale<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designs and operates the large-scale bubble column: gas holdup, gas disengagement, optical probe and wire-mesh measurements.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\"Vitor<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Vitor Augusto Regert dos Santos<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

PhD Student \u00b7 Theoretical research<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Develops the flow regime theory: multi-scale modeling of the operating curve \u03a9, transition criteria for the flow regime transitions and the variable drift-flux formulation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prof. Giorgio Besagni, PhD Principal Investigator Leads the AURIGA project at the Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano. His research on bubble column fluid dynamics \u2014 from the dual effect of viscosity to the lift-force interpretation of flow regime transitions \u2014 forms the foundation on which AURIGA builds its general theory of gas\u2013liquid flows. Nicol\u00f2 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-112","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auriga.polimi.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auriga.polimi.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auriga.polimi.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auriga.polimi.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.auriga.polimi.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.auriga.polimi.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":447,"href":"https:\/\/www.auriga.polimi.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112\/revisions\/447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.auriga.polimi.it\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}