Dr. Damiana Chinese

Curriculum Vitae

 

Personal Data

Born in

 

Grado (Gorizia), Italy, on December 20th, 1976

 

Languages:

Italian (mother tongue), English and German (very good)

 

Office:

Università di Udine, Dipartimento di Energetica e Macchine 

Via delle Scienze, 208 - 33100 Udine, Italy

Tel: +39 0432 558024

Fax: +39 0432 558027

 e-mail: damiana.chinese@uniud.it

           

Degrees and education:

March 2004

Ph.D. (Energy Technology), University of Udine, Italy

Dissertation: “Developing advanced energy networks in a liberalized energy market: methods and models for industrial districts”

October 2000   

M.Sc. in Engineering Management (Laurea in Ingegneria Gestionale), summa cum laude, University of Udine, Italy

Some short courses at doctoral and post-doctoral level:

July-August 2006

Course in “Multivariate Analysis” at the Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and Collection, Essex University, Colchester, UK

June-July 2003

“Lugano Summer School on Systems Design”: courses in “Systems thinking and management science”, “System Dynamics, modelling and simulation”, “Soft Systems Methodology”, “Critical Systems Thinking”, all passed with distinction.

 

Current position and professional experience

 

from April 2005 onwards

Assistant professor in Industrial Plant Engineering (SSD ING-IND/17) at the Department of Energy Technology, Faculty of Engineering, University of Udine

June-July 2004

Visiting researcher at the Institute of Economic Science, University of Italian Switzerland, Lugano

Nov. 2003 – April. 2005

Post-doctoral research fellow at the Department of Energy Technology, University of Udine

March 2001 – July 2001

Visiting researcher at the Institute of Energy Economics and the Rational Use of Energy (IER), University of Stuttgart, Germany

Nov. 2000 – Oct. 2003

Ph. D. student in Energy Technology, University of Udine

 

Research interests and expertise

 

Her research activity is centred on systems science and systems modelling. Attention is given to their theoretical and philosophical foundations, but the main research focus is on the application of the systems approach to energy, industrial and logistics systems planning and management.

Her current research topics include:

1.    Industrial Energy Systems Design and Management, especially distributed generation systems and energy networks modelling and optimization;

2.    Location problems and logistics systems design, with special attention to the related energy and environmental issues;

3.    RAMS – Reliability, Maintenance and Safety Management of industrial and mechanical systems.

Her main experience is in optimization modelling (experience in mixed integer linear and non linear programming and working knowledge of GAMS, AMPL etc.) and in empirical research and statistical modelling (working knowledge of Statistica, SPSS etc.). She has also experience in simulation modelling (reliability simulation, system dynamics etc.).

She’s been a reviewer for the scientific journals:

-               Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part A, Power and Energy

-               Waste Management

-               International Journal of Energy Research,

for the scientific conference NOFOMA – Nordic Logistics Research Network and for the Chilean institution Fondecyt – Fondo Nacional de Desarollo Scientifico y Tecnologico.

 

Some invited talks she has given include:

Nov. 2007

“The status of maintenance management in Italy” at the Forum of Italian Maintenance Management Managers, Milan, Italy

May 2007

“Optimizing plant operation, capacity and localization: issues in pipeline bound energy systems design” at the Insitut für Energietechnik, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

Sept. 2006  

 

“The status of maintenance management in manufacturing firms of North-Eastern Italy”, Fiera di Pordenone, Italy

Nov. 2004

“Application of  biomass fed ORC power systems in the furniture manufacturing industrial district of Pordenone: economic feasibility and local impact”, Unione Industriali della Provincia di Pordenone, Pordenone, Italy

 

Professional activity and references

 

As a member of working groups or as a leading scientist, she has been carrying out research and consulting for several firms and local authorities in the fields of:

1.      Energy management, energy auditing and energy supply optimization for industrial plants

Professional references:      

IAL F.V.G. and AmbienteItalia (assessment of energy saving opportunities for a chemical company and a steel machining company); 

Anodica Trevigiana (efficient energy supply and distribution for an industrial building);

Maniago Nuoto (efficient energy supply for a swimming pool).

2.      District heating and local energy systems design

Professional references:

Municipality of Udine (planning of a cogeneration based district heating system in North Western Udine);

Industrial Union of Agrigento (concept for a renewable energy based industrial area).

3.      Reliability and maintenance analysis and modelling

Professional references:

Casagrande S.p.A. (reliability modelling of safety related systems in drilling machines).

 

Grants and awards

 

2004

Research grant by SNSF – Swiss National Science Foundation, for a research stay at USI – Università della Svizzera italiana, project “Boundary judgements in energy systems design and energy policy”

2003           

Granted research project, Fondo Sociale Europeo - Misura D4: “Economic        optimization of pipeline based energy systems”

2001

Research scholarship by DAAD – Deutsches Akademisches Austauschdienst for a research stay at IER – University of Stuttgart (Germany)

2000

1999

Degree award “Antonio Rizzi”, University of Udine,  for a M.Sc. thesis in Thermal Engineering

1995

“Alfiere del lavoro”, national student award by the President of the Italian Republic

 

Affiliations

 

She is a member of ATI (Italian Association for Thermal Engineering), AIGE (Italian Energy Management Association), ANIMP (Italian Association for Industrial Plant Engineering) and AISL (Italian Association of Work Studies).

 

Teaching activity

 

2004 – present

Lecturer in “Industrial Plant Engineering” within the B.Sc. program in Mechanical Engineering, University of Udine

2006    

Lecturer in “Production systems” within the post-degree program for Technology Education teachers, Faculty of Education Science, University of Udine                                    

2004 – 2007

 

 

 

 

From 2002 onwards     

Member of the teaching staff of the post-degree  course  “Master in Project Management and Systems Engineering”,  courses in Industrial Plant Engineering and in Industrial Systems Design, Faculty of Engineering, University of Udine

 

Member of the teaching staff of several post-diploma, post-degree and continuing education courses in Energy Management at various institutions. In particular, she has been lecturing on Cogeneration systems design and management, Feasibility studies and economic viability of energy and service facilities, Energy assessment of production sites.