GENNARO RICCIO

PhD Student

PhD program:: XXXIX
email: gennaro.riccio@uniroma1.it
phone: +39 06-44585544
building: Via Eudossiana, 18 - RM032 - 5° Piano, Area Strade
room: L001

supervisor: Prof.ssa Laura Moretti

Research: LCA and LCC Studies on Prestressed Concrete Railway Sleepers

RESEARCH TOPIC
The research aims to assess the environmental and economic impact of railway infrastructure, with a specific focus on prestressed reinforced concrete sleepers. By applying Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA), the aim is to optimize the life cycle of railway sleepers, reducing both environmental impacts and economic costs associated with production, construction, and disposal phases. Additionally, particular attention has been given to the experimental analysis of the material obtained from crushed sleepers, with laboratory studies of its properties. In the first phase, the LCA methodology in compliance with UNI EN 15804 will be applied to identify and quantify emissions and natural resource consumption across the different life cycle stages of sleepers. Subsequently, the LCC analysis according to the ISO 15686-5 standard will be used to estimate the economic costs associated with the production and disposal of the sleepers.

September 2024: Qualification to practice as a Civil and Environmental Engineer - Section A

November 2023: Start of Ph.D. in Infrastructure and Transport, Curriculum: Infrastructure, Transport Systems, and Geomatics

October 2023: Master's Degree in Civil Engineering specializing in Road Infrastructure

Research products

11573/1743569 - 2025 - Performance evaluation of recycled aggregates from concrete railway sleepers for unbound subbase and base layers

Cantisani, Giuseppe; Del Serrone, Giulia; Moretti, Laura; Riccio, Gennaro - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE GEOTECHNOLOGY (Springer US) pp. - - issn: 2196-7202 - wos: WOS:001525407700001 (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-105010428397 (0)

11573/1732785 - 2025 - Cradle-to-cradle life cycle assessment of railway prestressed concrete sleepers: A state-of-the-art review and strategies for reducing environmental impacts

Del Serrone, G.; Riccio, G.; Moretti, L. - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: RESOURCES, CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING (Tokyo; Oxford; Frankfurt; Toronto; New York; Amsterdam; Sydney: Pergamon; Elsevier) pp. - - issn: 0921-3449 - wos: WOS:001368264600001 (4) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85210131377 (4)

11573/1743568 - 2025 - The zero-burden Illusion: Rethinking allocation methods for secondary raw materials in LCA

Del Serrone, G.; Riccio, G.; Moretti, L. - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: RESOURCES, CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING (Amsterdam: Elsevier) pp. - - issn: 1879-0658 - wos: (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-105010909361 (0)

11573/1743567 - 2025 - Life cycle assessment of prestressed concrete railway sleepers

Del Serrone, Giulia; Riccio, Gennaro; Moretti, Laura - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PROCEDIA ([Amsterdam] : Elsevier B.V.) pp. 170-177 - issn: 2352-1465 - wos: (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-105010334034 (0)

11573/1710231 - 2024 - Eco-efficient asphalt recycling for urban slow mobility

Bruno, S.; Loprencipe, G.; Di Mascio, P.; Cantisani, G.; Fiore, N.; Polidori, C.; Riccio, G.; D'andrea, A.; Moretti, L. - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: EURO-MEDITERRANEAN JOURNAL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRATION (Cham : Springer Internat. Publ.) pp. 957-964 - issn: 2365-6433 - wos: WOS:001227424000020 (2) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85190556444 (2)

11573/1717063 - 2024 - Analisi “dalla culla al cancello con opzioni” di traverse ferroviarie in calcestruzzo // “Cradle to gate with options” analysis of railway concrete sleepers

Del Serrone, G.; Loprencipe, G.; Riccio, G.; Moretti, L. - 01a Articolo in rivista

paper: INGEGNERIA FERROVIARIA (Roma: Presso Direzione Generale Ferrovie dello Stato.) pp. 293-307 - issn: 0020-0956 - wos: (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85193730812 (2)