• Sustainable Process Engineering Research Team

Ongoing theses


Capex Opex Robust Optimizer (CORO) software development.

M.Sc. student: Paolo Marcozzi

Advisor: Ing. Marcello Bozzini, Prof. Flavio Manenti 


Robust Techno-Economic Optimization and Ecological Footprint Analysis of a Purple Methanol synthesis plant.

M.Sc. student: Margherita Signorelli

Advisor: Ing. Marcello Bozzini, Prof. Flavio Manenti 


Robust Techno-Economic Optimization and Ecological Footprint Analysis of a Purple Ammonia synthesis plant.

M.Sc. student: Elena Crestini Nassini

Advisor: Ing. Marcello Bozzini, Prof. Flavio Manenti 


Techno-Economic Analysis of sustainable LAB production considering different process layouts using different bio-feedstocks.

M.Sc. student: Matteo Botti, Pietro Parodi

Advisor: Ing. Marcello Bozzini, Prof. Flavio Manenti 


Biogas Upgrading processes: overview, simulation and optimization of the technologies for the development of decision-making routes.

M.Sc. student: Roberto Mazzoleni

Advisor: Ing. Loretta Salano, Prof. Flavio Manenti 


Brine treatment from desalination plants for sustainable plant development

M.Sc. student: Marco Crincoli

Advisor: Ing. Loretta Salano, Prof. Flavio Manenti 


Modeling, Implementation and Data Validation of non-conventional units meeting the CAPE-OPEN specifications.

M.Sc. student: Emanuela Bocciardo, Ilaria Dagna

Advisor: Ing. Loretta Salano, Ing. Marcello Bozzini, Prof. Flavio Manenti 


Robust Model Predictive Control development for a Methanol production unit based on real-plant configuration.

M.Sc. student: Ashkan Mansouri

Advisor: Ing. Loretta Salano, Prof. Flavio Manenti 


Rigorous simulation of an innovative auto-thermal-disruptive reforming with outer electrification: sensitivity analysis and process optimization

M.Sc. student: Francesca Curti

Advisor: Ing. Loretta Salano, Prof. Flavio Manenti 


Kinetics of H2 production through H2S splitting.

M.Sc. student: Vittoria Dondini, Alessandro Crotti

Advisor: Ing. Anna Nova, Prof. Flavio Manenti 


Feedstocks Supply Chain Optimization in Anaerobic Digestion Processes.

M.Sc. student: Adelin Galatanu

Advisor: Ing. Federico Moretta, Prof. Giulia Bozzano


Mathematical Modeling of Biokinetic and Transport Phenomena on CHO cells for cellular growth and decay.

M.Sc. student: Francesco Strafella

Advisor: Ing. Federico Moretta, Prof. Giulia Bozzano


Detailed Mathematical Modeling for Optimization of Dark Fermentation processes with focus on Biohydrogen productivity maximization.

M.Sc. student: Matteo Fasola

Advisor: Ing. Federico Moretta, Prof. Giulia Bozzano


Feedstock Blending Optimization Modeling and Process Stability analysis with Machine Learning.

M.Sc. student: Filippo Alliata

Advisor: Ing. Federico Moretta, Prof. Giulia Bozzano


Prefeasibility analysis of Anaerobic Digestion processes through Risk analysis and modeling.

M.Sc. student: Manikanta Padma

Advisor: Ing. Federico Moretta, Prof. Giulia Bozzano


Techno-economical optimization of anaerobic digestion with hybrid-principle mathematical modeling.

M.Sc. student: Taibah Jeffrey

Advisor: Ing. Federico Moretta, Prof. Giulia Bozzano


Modeling and optimization of biogas bio-upgrading with biological methanation in two-stage anaerobic digestion technology.

M.Sc. student: Lucia Romano

Advisor: Ing. Federico Moretta, Prof. Giulia Bozzano


Optimization of chemical processes using Surrogate Models (Machine Learning) 

M.Sc student: Nicolas Iannotta

Advisor: Ing. Luis Felipe Sanchez, Prof. Flavio Manenti 


Design and simulation of processes based on Surrogate Models (Machine Learning)

M.Sc student: Juan Nicolás Guerra Gonzalez

Advisor: Ing. Luis Felipe Sanchez, Prof. Flavio Manenti 


Support in the Simulation, Optimization, Procurement and Construction of a demo-scale plant for methanol and DME production

M.Sc student: Leandro Galvalisi Audiffred

Advisor: Ing. Luis Felipe Sanchez, Prof. Flavio Manenti