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BioMAN: Bio-revaluation of the Chemical District of Mantova by Planning Non-Food Biomass Supply and its Upgrading to Bio-Products

Program: Fondazione CARIPLO, Ref. 2014-0575

Budget approved: 487’000 euro

Period: February 2015 – February 2017

Partners: Politecnico di Milano, Fondazione Politecnico di Milano, Universita di Parma, INSTM, Consorzio Italbiotec, AGIRE

Coordinator: Politecnico di Milano, CMIC Dept. (Maria Grazia Grottoli)

Management: Fondazione Politecnico di Milano (Monica Cesco)

Coordinator: Flavio Manenti, Politecnico di Milano (ITALY)

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MegaProject: Resource efficient and environmentally sound technologies of the closed systems of water engineering

Program: Russian Federation and European Community

Budget approved: 1’906’780 euro

Period: May 2014 – Dec 2015

Partners:

Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland.
University of Oxford, UK.
Milan Polytechnic University, Italy.
Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science, SB RAS, Russia.
Institute for Water and Environmental Problems, SB RAS, Russia.
Taurida National University n.a. V.I. Vernadsky, Russia.
Laboratory 12, Institute of High Technology Physics, TPU, Russia.
Laboratory of Radiation Spectroscopy, TPU, Russia.
Analytical Scientific Center, TPU, Russia.
Research and Practice Center – Water -, Institute of Natural Resources, TPU, Russia.
Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Institute of High Technology Physics, TPU, Russia.
Department of Ecology and Basic Safety, Institute of Non-Destructive Testing, TPU, Russia.
Department of Electronics and Automation of Nuclear Plants, Institute of Physics and Technology, TPU, Russia.
Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry, Institute of Natural Resources, TPU, Russia.
Department of Geoecology and Geochemistry, Institute of Natural Resources, TPU, Russia.
Department of Bioengineering and Organic Synthesis, Institute of High Technology Physics, TPU, Russia.
Consortium – Integrated solutions for water treatment, water purification and use of water resources -, Russia.

Coordinator: Tomsk Polytechnic University, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

SuPER Coordinators: Flavio Manenti (scientific)

SuPER People: Andrea Bassani (Ph.D. Student)

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Project: LIDIA, LIgnocellulosic DIcarbossilic Acids

Program: National Cluster Green Chemistry

Budget approved: 11’000’000 euro

Period: March 2014 – Sep 2016

Partners:

Coordinator: Mossi and Ghisolfi Group, Biochemtex SpA

SuPER Coordinators: Flavio Manenti (scientific), Maria Grazia Grottoli (industrial)

SuPER People: Andrea Bassani (Ph.D. Student)

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Project: BIOREFILL, BIOREFinery Integrated Lombardy Laboratories

Program: Fondazione CARIPLO and Regione Lombardia

Budget approved: 1’630’000 euro

Period: April 2014 – December 2015

Partners:

Coordinator: Fondazione Parco tecnologico Padano

SuPER Coordinators: Flavio Manenti (scientific), Maria Grazia Grottoli (industrial)

SuPER People: Giancarlo Gentile (Ph.D. Student), Federico Lucernoni (Ph.D. Student), Tommaso Lotti (Post-doc Student), Federico Galli (Ph.D. Student)

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Project: CITY WISE NET

Program: Smart Cities and Communities

Budget approved: 4’000’000 euro

Period: May 2013 – December 2015

Partners:

Coordinator: Austep SpA

SuPER Coordinators: Flavio Manenti (scientific), Maria Grazia Grottoli (industrial)

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Project: GREG (GReen Ethylene Glycol) Downstream Processing

Program: Bilateral Agreement Mossi and Ghisolfi Group – Politecnico di Milano

Budget approved: Ph.D. Scholarships

Period: January 2013 – December 2015

SuPER Coordinators: Flavio Manenti (scientific), Maria Grazia Grottoli (industrial)

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Project: Innovative Processes for algal biomass conversion to jet fuel and gree diesel

Program: PRIN 2010-2011

Budget approved: 1’100’000 euro

Period: March 2013 – May 2016

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Coordinator: University of Calabria

SuPER Coordinators: Sauro Pierucci and Giulia Bozzano

SuPER People: Eliseo Ranzi (Emeritus Professor), Michele Corbetta (Ph.D. Student)

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