Pietro Teatini - Curriculum Vitae

I was born in Padova, in the North-East of Italy, where I attended the School of Engineering. In 1991 I took the degree with honors in Hydraulic Engineers at the University of Padova with the thesis entitled ''Mathematical modeling of long-term evolution of tidal lagoon morphology'', in which Prof. G. Di Silvio and Prof. G. Gambolati were my advisor. In this study I implemented a finite element mathematical model to numerically solve a two-dimensional advective/dispersive balance equation for the sediments transported in suspension in a lagoon environment coupled to a first order reaction equation that describes the bottom erosion/sedimentation.
After graduating, I joined in Venezia the Istituto per lo Studio della Dinamica delle Grandi Masse (ISDGM) of the National Research Council where I worked on stochastic interpolation methods. In 1992 I left the CNR and joined in Torino Hydrodata S.p.A., one of the bigger hydraulic consulting company in Italy, with the specific committment of applying Danish Hydraulic Institute software for river flow and transport modeling (MIKE 11).
After six months I won a research fellowship at the Department of Mathematical Methods and Models for Scientific Applications (DMMMSA) of the University of Padova to work with the research group headed by Prof. Gambolati. From 1997, I am researcher at the same department and regularly collaborate with the research group headed by Dr. Carbognin at the ISDGM-CNR.
My research and professional activity are mainly concerned with studies of natural and anthropogenic land subsidence, groundwater flow, and subsurface contaminant transport, the development of numerical models for their simulation, the model application to real world problems, the execution of field experiments and the management of survey networks to monitor these processes.
I have been involved in national and international subsurface hydrology programs, including programs funded by the European Union in the Environmental Programme, the European Space Agency, Italian national and regional governments, by local Water Authorities and ENI-AGIP, the Italian oil company.
Beside several technical reports related to projects commissioned to the DMMMSA by either public or private institutions, I have co-authored some tens of papers published in international referred journals and proceedings of international conferences.

Current Position

1997- Researcher at the DMMMSA - University of Padova since 1997

Education

1994-1996 Research fellowship at DMMMSA - University of Padova within the European Community Project ''CENAS - Study on the coastline evolution on the eastern Po plain due to sea level change caused by climate variation and to natural and anthropogenic subsidence''

1992-1994 Research fellowship at DMMMSA - University of Padova within the Project ''Development of a 3-D finite element model for the land subsidence simulation in the Venice area''

1991 Degree (laurea) in Hydraulic Engineering (5-year program) at the University of Padova (Italy) with honors

Licenses

1991 Professional Engineer, Italy

Professional Affiliations

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Member of the UNESCO Working Group on Land Subsidence
Awards and Invited Lecturer

2010 Scientific Advisory Board of EISOLS 2010, Eigth International Symposium on Land Subsidence, Queretaro (Mexico), 12-22 October 2010

2000 Local Organizer of SISOLS 2000, Sixth International Symposium on Land Subsidence, Ravenna (Italy), 24-29 September 2000

2000 Summer Course on ''Processes in the Coastal Zone: Links to Management Issues'', International Advanced School Leonardo da Vinci, CNR, Bologna (Italy), July 3-14

1998 Training Course on ''Coastal Zone Monitoring and Management'', UNESCO, Venice (Italy), December 7-19

1994 International Award ''Paolo Gatto'', Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome (Italy), for the research ''Simulation of the Venice multiaquifer system by a quasi 3-D finite element model''

Tutoring

2009 Luca Bincoletto, Analisi dei movimenti da misure interferometriche satellitari su riflettori persistenti attraverso indagini geognostiche. Il bacino settentrionale della Laguna di Venezia. (Analysis of ground displacements revealed by Persistent Scatetrer Interferometry and their interpretation based on geotechnical and geological information. The northern basin of the Venice Lagoon), M.Sc. thesis, University of Trieste (Italy). Supervisors: Prof. P. Simonini, Ing. P. Teatini, Dr. L. Tosi

2007 Francesca Zanello, Analisi e modellazione dell'isteresi capillare nei terreni torbosi del Bacino Zennare (Analysis and modeling the hysteresis of the water retention relationships for the peat soils of the Zennare Basin), M.Sc. thesis in Environmental Engineering from the University of Padova (Italy). Supervisors: Prof. M. Bisiacco, Prof. M. Putti, Prof. P. Salandin, Ing. P. Teatini

2007 Cecilia Rorai, Simulazione numerica dell'intrusione salina negli acquiferi superficiali confinanti col margine meridionale della Laguna di Venezia (Modeling study of the saltwater intrusion in the shallow aquifers at the southern margin of the Venice Lagoon), M.Sc. thesis in Environmental Engineering from the University of Padova (Italy). Supervisors: Prof. M. Putti, Ing. P. Teatini

2005 Matteo Camporese, Modeling and experimental analysis of peat hydrology and its relationships with tthe subsidence of the Zennare Basin, Venice (Italy), Ph.D. thesis in Environmental Engineering, University of Padova (Italy). Supervisors: Prof. L. Da Deppo, Prof. M. Putti, Prof. P. Salandin, Ing. P. Teatini

2004 Maria Francesca Piccini, Sperimentazione numerica per l'interpretazione dell'effetto del dewatering sulla stabilita' della spiaggia (Numerical simulations to analyze the dewatering effect on the beach stability), M.Sc. thesis in Environmental, Marine and Oceanographic Sciences from the University of Bologna (Italy). Supervisors: Prof. G. Gabbianelli, Dr. M. Gonella, Ing. P. Teatini

2002 Alessandro Costa, Ricerca sperimentale e numerica per lo studio della subsidenza dei terreni torbosi del Bacino Zennare (VE) (Experimental and modelling study of the peaty soil land subsidence in the Zennare Basin, Venice), M.Sc. thesis in Environmental Engineering from the University of Padova (Italy). Supervisors: Prof. M. Putti, Ing. P. Teatini

1998 Massimiliano Ferronato, Studio modellistico del comportamento deformativo di ammassi rocciosi in prossimita' di giacimenti (Modelling study on the strain field close to depleting gas reservoirs), M.Sc. thesis in Structural Engineering from the University of Padova (Italy). Supervisors: Prof. G. Gambolati, Ing. P. Teatini

1997 Domenico Bau', Studio modellistico della subsidenza residua su giacimenti di gas (Modelling residual land subsidence close to gas reservoirs), M.Sc. thesis in Structural Engineering from the University of Padova (Italy). Supervisors: Prof. G. Gambolati, Ing. P. Teatini

1995 Lucio Tomasi, Studio con metodo nonlineare agli elementi finiti della subsidenza causata da estrazione di gas (Development of a nonlinear three-dimensional finite element model to simulate land subsidence caused by gas production), M.Sc. thesis in Structural Engineering from the University of Padova (Italy). Supervisors: Prof. G. Gambolati, Ing. P. Teatini

Main Computer Skills

2-D and 3-D finite element codes developed at the DMMMSA: nonlinear poro-elasto-plastic deformation (SUB3DIST), coupled poroelasticity for consolidation analysis (COUP3D), saturated/unsaturated flow in porous media (FLOW3D), transport with equilibrium and non-equilibrium adsorpion (TRAN3D), density-dependent variable saturated flow and miscible solute transport (CODESA)

codes developed by Danish Hydraulic Institute: MIKE-11 for river flow/transport analysis, MIKE-21 for wave and 2-D hydrodynamic simulations, MIKE-SHE for surface/subsurface flow and transport modeling

codes for automatic finite element mesh generation: PLTMG (by University of S. Diego), MeshMaker (by Argus)

commercial software: AVS-Express (by Advanced Visual system Inc.), Surfer (by Golden Sofware), AutoCAD (by Autodesk), Arcview (by Esri), GRASS (originally by USACERL), Office (by Microsoft)

operating systems: unix, linux, windows
programming languages: fortran

1994-1996	Research fellowship at DMMMSA - University of Padova within the European Community Project ''CENAS - Study on the coastline evolution on the eastern Po plain due to sea level change caused by climate variation and to natural and anthropogenic subsidence''
1992-1994	Research fellowship at DMMMSA - University of Padova within the Project ''Development of a 3-D finite element model for the land subsidence simulation in the Venice area''
1991	Degree (laurea) in Hydraulic Engineering (5-year program) at the University of Padova (Italy) with honors

2010	Scientific Advisory Board of EISOLS 2010, Eigth International Symposium on Land Subsidence, Queretaro (Mexico), 12-22 October 2010
2000	Local Organizer of SISOLS 2000, Sixth International Symposium on Land Subsidence, Ravenna (Italy), 24-29 September 2000
2000	Summer Course on ''Processes in the Coastal Zone: Links to Management Issues'', International Advanced School Leonardo da Vinci, CNR, Bologna (Italy), July 3-14
1998	Training Course on ''Coastal Zone Monitoring and Management'', UNESCO, Venice (Italy), December 7-19
1994	International Award ''Paolo Gatto'', Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome (Italy), for the research ''Simulation of the Venice multiaquifer system by a quasi 3-D finite element model''

2009	Luca Bincoletto, Analisi dei movimenti da misure interferometriche satellitari su riflettori persistenti attraverso indagini geognostiche. Il bacino settentrionale della Laguna di Venezia. (Analysis of ground displacements revealed by Persistent Scatetrer Interferometry and their interpretation based on geotechnical and geological information. The northern basin of the Venice Lagoon), M.Sc. thesis, University of Trieste (Italy). Supervisors: Prof. P. Simonini, Ing. P. Teatini, Dr. L. Tosi
2007	Francesca Zanello, Analisi e modellazione dell'isteresi capillare nei terreni torbosi del Bacino Zennare (Analysis and modeling the hysteresis of the water retention relationships for the peat soils of the Zennare Basin), M.Sc. thesis in Environmental Engineering from the University of Padova (Italy). Supervisors: Prof. M. Bisiacco, Prof. M. Putti, Prof. P. Salandin, Ing. P. Teatini
2007	Cecilia Rorai, Simulazione numerica dell'intrusione salina negli acquiferi superficiali confinanti col margine meridionale della Laguna di Venezia (Modeling study of the saltwater intrusion in the shallow aquifers at the southern margin of the Venice Lagoon), M.Sc. thesis in Environmental Engineering from the University of Padova (Italy). Supervisors: Prof. M. Putti, Ing. P. Teatini
2005	Matteo Camporese, Modeling and experimental analysis of peat hydrology and its relationships with tthe subsidence of the Zennare Basin, Venice (Italy), Ph.D. thesis in Environmental Engineering, University of Padova (Italy). Supervisors: Prof. L. Da Deppo, Prof. M. Putti, Prof. P. Salandin, Ing. P. Teatini
2004	Maria Francesca Piccini, Sperimentazione numerica per l'interpretazione dell'effetto del dewatering sulla stabilita' della spiaggia (Numerical simulations to analyze the dewatering effect on the beach stability), M.Sc. thesis in Environmental, Marine and Oceanographic Sciences from the University of Bologna (Italy). Supervisors: Prof. G. Gabbianelli, Dr. M. Gonella, Ing. P. Teatini
2002	Alessandro Costa, Ricerca sperimentale e numerica per lo studio della subsidenza dei terreni torbosi del Bacino Zennare (VE) (Experimental and modelling study of the peaty soil land subsidence in the Zennare Basin, Venice), M.Sc. thesis in Environmental Engineering from the University of Padova (Italy). Supervisors: Prof. M. Putti, Ing. P. Teatini
1998	Massimiliano Ferronato, Studio modellistico del comportamento deformativo di ammassi rocciosi in prossimita' di giacimenti (Modelling study on the strain field close to depleting gas reservoirs), M.Sc. thesis in Structural Engineering from the University of Padova (Italy). Supervisors: Prof. G. Gambolati, Ing. P. Teatini
1997	Domenico Bau', Studio modellistico della subsidenza residua su giacimenti di gas (Modelling residual land subsidence close to gas reservoirs), M.Sc. thesis in Structural Engineering from the University of Padova (Italy). Supervisors: Prof. G. Gambolati, Ing. P. Teatini
1995	Lucio Tomasi, Studio con metodo nonlineare agli elementi finiti della subsidenza causata da estrazione di gas (Development of a nonlinear three-dimensional finite element model to simulate land subsidence caused by gas production), M.Sc. thesis in Structural Engineering from the University of Padova (Italy). Supervisors: Prof. G. Gambolati, Ing. P. Teatini

	2-D and 3-D finite element codes developed at the DMMMSA: nonlinear poro-elasto-plastic deformation (SUB3DIST), coupled poroelasticity for consolidation analysis (COUP3D), saturated/unsaturated flow in porous media (FLOW3D), transport with equilibrium and non-equilibrium adsorpion (TRAN3D), density-dependent variable saturated flow and miscible solute transport (CODESA)
	codes developed by Danish Hydraulic Institute: MIKE-11 for river flow/transport analysis, MIKE-21 for wave and 2-D hydrodynamic simulations, MIKE-SHE for surface/subsurface flow and transport modeling
	codes for automatic finite element mesh generation: PLTMG (by University of S. Diego), MeshMaker (by Argus)
	commercial software: AVS-Express (by Advanced Visual system Inc.), Surfer (by Golden Sofware), AutoCAD (by Autodesk), Arcview (by Esri), GRASS (originally by USACERL), Office (by Microsoft)
	operating systems: unix, linux, windows programming languages: fortran