Gabriele Della Vecchia Editor

Manuela Antonelli is professor at Politecnico di Milano, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Italy. Her research activity is mostly addressed to the evaluation of physical-chemical finishing post-treatments alternatives, even based on the use of nanomaterials, for drinking water production and wastewater aiming at reclamation and reuse for irrigation or in the industrial field. These activities are performed in cooperation with private companies and international research groups, collaborating in projects focused on process optimization and rationalization of water usage for a sustainable management of water resources.

Gabriele Della Vecchia is professor at Politecnico di Milano, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Italy. His research activity is mostly addressed to the theoretical and numerical modelling of chemo-hydromechanical processes in geomaterials, including clays, cement-bentonite mixtures and brittle rocks.