Phd in ENVIRONMENTAL AND HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING

email: francesco.cioffi@uniroma1.it
phone: 25043
building: D
room: 8

CURRICULUM VITAE FRANCESCO CIOFFI
Associate Professor
Hydraulics and Environmental Hydraulics
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile e Ambientale ,
Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering
Università di Roma ‘ La Sapienza’
Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma
Italy
Phone 06/44585523
email: francesco.cioffi@uniroma1.it
Fields of specialization: Hydraulics, Environmental Hydraulics, Applied Hydrology, Hydro-climatology
Francesco Cioffi’s areas of expertise are experimental hydraulics (laboratory and field velocity and turbulence measurements), environmental hydraulics (hydraulic and water quality mathematical models, solid transport models) and, applied hydrology (floods/droughts vs. climate changes). At present he is working on rainfall pattern changes in Europe and USA in the last Century, statistical downscaling methodologies for projections of rainfall, temperature and sea level in coastal areas under global warming scenarios, statistical forecast models for Tropical Cyclone rainfall and flood events for the Hudson River.
In the past, he has collaborated on over a dozen projects funded by Italian public institutions. These projects have concerned a number of research subjects including: control and management of erosion phenomena in coastal zones; inshore and off shore aquaculture plants; recovery and management of water quality of lagoons, rivers and lakes: control of tidal phenomena in the Venice lagoon; the management of solid transport in river and reservoirs.
Specifically, the research activity of Dr. Francesco Cioffi has concerned the following subjects:
• Models for the optimum management of agriculture water resource
• Laboratory experimental analysis of tip vortex downstream a wing
• Experimental analysis of transport, diffusion and sedimentation phenomena in turbulent flows
• Mathematical models for the simulation of coastal dynamics
• Hydrodynamic and water quality models for the analysis of pollution and eutrophication in rivers, lake, lagoons and coastal zones
• Analysis by model of optimum management of hyperintensive aquaculture plants
• Analysis by laboratory experiments and mathematical models of wind driven flows
• Laboratory experiments by LDA ( Laser Doppler Anemometry) for the study of free surface-vorticity interactions in an open channel
• Field measurements of turbulence in a lagoon by ADV ( Acustic Doppler Velocimetry)
• Non- linear analysis of eutrophic lagoon ecosystem dynamics
• Multi-Objective Analysis of Dam Release Flows in Rivers Downstream from Hydropower Reservoirs
• Low order climate models and GCM ( General Circulation Models ) for the analysis of effects of global warming on the rainfall patterns and on water resource management
• Investigation on the space-time structure of extreme precipitation in Europe over the last century
• Projecting Changes in Rainfall in different areas in the World for the 21st century: Scenarios, Downscaling & Analysis
• Statistical forecast models for Tropical Cyclone rainfall and flood events in coastal regions

Academic training
Degree in Hydraulic Engineering, University of Rome ‘ La Sapienza’ ,1979
Employed as Officer in the Italian Navy, Hydrodynamic Research Institute of Ministry of the Italian Navy 1982-1983
PhD in Environmental engineering University of Rome ‘ La Sapienza’; Thesis : Sedimentation Phenomena in Sanitary Engineering, 1983-1987

Academic employment
Researcher in Hydraulic engineering , Dipartimento di Idraulica Trasporti e Strade , University of Rome ‘ La Sapienza’, 1989-1998
Associate professor in Hydraulics , Department of Civil, Structure and Environmental Engineering , University of Rome ‘ La Sapienza’, 1999-current
Adjunct Research Scientist.at Columbia University (NY) 2014-2016

Teaching experience
Assistant professor of Hydraulics, Complements of Hydraulics and Hydraulics Constructions , University of Rome ‘ La Sapienza’ 1989-1994
Professor of Public Heath Engineering, University of Makerere, Kampala, Uganda ( Italian International Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs), 1992
Professor of Hydraulics for Environmental Engineering students ; University of Rome ‘ La Sapienza’, 1994-1996
Professor of Hydraulics for Environmental Engineering students and Hydraulics for Civil Engineering students ; University of Rome ‘ La Sapienza’1996 -1998
Professor of Urban Hydraulics for Architecture and Civil Engineering students , Hydraulics for Environmental engineering students and Advanced Hydraulics for Civil engineering students ; University of Rome ‘ La Sapienza’1998-2001
Visiting Professor at the Central University of Venezuela, 2001
Short course of Applied Hydraulics at the Ministry of Agriculture Jordan (Amman), 2001
Professor of Urban Hydraulics for Architecture and Civil Engineering students 2000-2008 and Mechanics of fluids I, II & Environmental Hydraulics for Environmental Enginering students; University of Rome ‘ La Sapienza’ , 2001-current
Member of the Environmental and Hydraulic Engineering PhD teacher college, 2001-current
Visiting Professor , Earth and Environmental Engineering Department of Columbia University New York, falls 2011-1013 and Instructor of the course ' River and Coastal Hydrodynamics ' at the Earth and Environmental Department of Columbia University New-York in the Academic years 2011,2012,2013
Collaboration to projects funded by Italian and Foreign Institutions
Hydrodynamic fields and solid transport at the mouth of the Tiber river, Lazio Region, 1990
Numerical simulation of the dispersion of oil into the sea from Nave Haven ENEA Energy and Environment Research Center ,1993
Research and development of models, ecological indicators and expert systems for environmental monitoring and the management of wetlands ; (Ministry of Agricultural Resources and Forestry, 1999
Numerical simulation of the impact of offshore fisheries on the surrounding marine environment Ministry of Agricultural Resources and Forestry, 2000
Assessment of interventions for the rehabilitation of Lake Miseno ENEA Energy and Environment Research Center, 2001
Modelling analysis for the defence of the Venice lagoon high water , ENEA Energy and Environment Research Center, 2001
Water quality and hydraulic models for the analysis of drainage system of the city of Naples: the study of Collector Arena S. Antonio, Municipality of Naples. 2001
Mathematical models for the study and testing of rehabilitation interventions in four lagoons in Sardinia; Hydrocontrol Society, 2002
Assessment of interventions for the rehabilitation of lake, Fusaro ENEA Energy and Environment Research Center, 2001
Environmental impact assessment of industrial discharge into the Mediterranean sea by Solvay Corporation, Solvay Corporation, 2003
Management of reservoirs for hydro-power: solid transport phenomena and river minimum flow downstream from dams, ENEL 2006
Recovery of hypertrophic Monaci lake, National Park of Circeo ( Lazio), 2008
Analysis of erosion phenomena of the Pontina coast from 1946- today - Causes and remediation actions, National Park of Circeo ( Lazio), 2010
“Potentiality of Non-homogeneous Hidden Markov Model (NHMM) as predictive tool of rainfall and temperature patterns in Everglades National Park under the Global Warming Scenarios” Research contract between Columbia University and University of Rome ‘ La Sapienza’ as part of the contract Everglades National Park/ Columbia University: How can the contribution of climate variability, water release patterns and hydrologic performance indices towards ecological restoration measures at the Everglades National Park be best quantified and predicted?, 2013
Projecting Changes in Tanzania Rainfall for the 21st century: Scenarios, Downscaling & Analysis. European Project: ACC DAR Adapting to Climate Change in Coastal Dar es Salaam. TOWARDS SCENARIOS FOR URBAN ADAPTATION PLANNING Assessing seawater intrusion under climate and land cover changes in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. ( 2010-2013)
‘Statistical forecast model for Tropical Cyclone Rainfall and Flood events for the Hudson River’, Research contract between Columbia University and University of Rome ‘ La Sapienza’, 2014
Extreme hydrologic events in Agro Pontinia plain. Research contract between Cersites, Sapienza University of Rome, and Municipality of Latina (Italy) ,2015
Experimental evaluation of roughness of painted surface in open channel flow. Research contract between DICEA, Sapienza University of Rome, and BASF Spa. 2016
Research Award
Philips Morris research prize 1990 for the best research on eutrophication and anoxia phenomena in lagoons ( together with Prof. Francesco Gallerano).
Italian Academy Fellowship, Columbia University, New York for the research: “Flood and drought from decade to century”, Fall 2010.
DAAD fellowship, GFZ-Potsdam ( Germany), for the research: “From global to local in times of climate change : exploring the existence of a underlying common climatic ( spatio-temporal) structure in extreme floods in Europe, February 2015

Society membership
Member of International Association of Hydraulic Research, American Geophysical Union, European Geoscience Union
Peer review
Reviewer of Hydraulic Research Journal, River Research and Application, Environmental Management , Applied Mathematical Modelling, WEAS , Monthly Weather Review, Journal of Climatology, Journal of Hydrology