Dr. John Pye, visiting professor at Politecnico di Torino from Australian National University, will give a seminar on October 22, 2019, at 3pm in Room Capetti (DENERG) entitled Concentrating solar power: commercial outlook and research opportunities.

ABSTRACT There is a very rapid transformation of the global energy system underway currently, with renewables rapidly becoming competitive with conventional generation in many regions. The next challenges can be identified to include energy storage, to facilitate the matching of electricity supply to demand, and addressing non-electricity energy requirements in transport, industry and water supply. Concentrating solar power is a highly prospective technology because of its ready integration with low-cost thermal energy storage, and recently declining system costs, but the environment is now highly competitive. In this presentation, an overview of CSP technology and status will be presented, alongside some perspectives on currently relevant research topics, and highlights of current work at the Australian National University (ANU). Areas for future collaborations and student projects will be mentioned. 

SHORT BIO  John Pye is a senior lecturer at the ANU, with a BE/BSc in mechanical engineering and mathematics from the University of Melbourne, and a PhD in mechanical engineering in concentrating solar-thermal energy from the University of New South Wales, in Sydney. Since 2006 he has worked at ANU on developing technology for high-temperature solar-thermal systems and components, including the design, fabrication and testing of a 97%-efficient 550°C solar boiler, design of systems for solar gasification of biomass for fuel production, and the development of systems for large-scale thermal energy storage. He has been a core contributor in the Australian Solar Thermal Research Institute (ASTRI) and leads the System Modelling activity in that program. Recently, as part of the ANU 'Grand Challenge' program he has been working on the development of processes for carbon-neutral iron and steel production, and he has developed and taught an ANU masters course "Industrial Energy Efficiency and Decarbonisation" at ANU. In 2019, he has held a three-month Visiting Scholar position at the Politecnico di Torino and has taught the CSP portion of the Polito course "Technology for Renewable Energy Sources". 

For any additional information, please contact roberto.zanino@polito.it.

Il premio ENI Award è  rivolto a dottorandi e dottori di ricerca, nati nel 1987 o negli anni seguenti, che abbiano conseguito o debbano conseguire nel corso del 2018 o del 2019 il loro titolo di studio. 

Le candidature presentate devono riguardare temi relativi ai settori energetico e ambientale. 

La scadenza per la registrazione dell’account necessario alla presentazione della candidatura è fissata per venerdì 8 novembre 2019, entro e non oltre le ore 17. La procedura di candidatura potrà invece essere conclusa anche successivamente, non oltre venerdì 22 novembre 2019 alle ore 17. Tutti i documenti sono scaricabili a questo link.

The Altero Matteoli per la Libertà e il Bene Comune Association will grant a scholarship for undergraduate and postgraduate students in topics such as Environment, Transport and Infrastructure (including logistics). The shortlisted candidate will be awarded a grant in cash and the possibility of doing an internship in an association, organization or institution in Italy or in Europe that is in line with the theme of his thesis. The call with the admissibility requirements and rules for participation is available on the Association's website.

Download the Regulation and the Call for the award "Domodry Academy" - Edition 2019-20.

Information on the Package of Mobility and Cultural iniziatives for the 2019/2020 academic year is available. 

The main novelty concerns the fact that this year the students in possession of the requirements can also request the reimbursement of the subscription to a bike-sharing service. 

The application procedure will be active from 1st September to 20th December 2019 in the online secretariat.

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An additional opportunity for those wishing to continue their studies in the best universities of the world. The GRE TEST is an internationally-recognized exam that evaluates candidates’ logical-mathematical skills and provides common measure for comparing the qualifications of applicants, regardless of different educational and cultural backgrounds.  

For the first time, students interested in taking the GRE TEST do it in Torino, at Politecnico, which becomes an official Test Center. 

From 1st July 2017, the tax rate on your scholarship has increased by 0.51% (1/3 to be covered by the bursary and 2/3 by the Politecnico) because PhD candidates and research fellows (i.e. assegnisti di ricerca) can now apply for the unemployment benefits (DIS-COLL), provided that they have benefited of a PhD scholarship and do not have any VAT registration number, as per art. 7 of law no. 81/2017. 

The Social Security Service (INPS) has recently published two memorandums (no.115, 19 July 2017 and no.122, 28 July 2017 ) to clarify the minimum requirements to apply for the unemployment benefits: 

• unemployment status when applying; 
• involuntary unemployment; 
• not have any VAT registration number; 
• at least 3 months of INPS welfare contributions from the 1st January of the previous year until the date of the working relationship termination.  

The unemployment benefits DIS-COLL has a variable duration until a maximum of 6 month, depending on the welfare contributions paid. For any further information on this subject you are invited to contact directly the nearest INPS office; the procedure for the DIS-COLL shall be activated autonomously by the person concerned applying at the Social Security Service.