DC 13: Innovative Applications of EGs in Densely Urbanized Areas: study of their potentiality in Mitigating Subsurface Urban Heat Islands.
Doctoral Candidate
Lina Sandafi
Bio
Lina is a mechanical engineer whose research focuses on renewable energy and heat transfer.
Currently, she is a Marie Skłodowska‑Curie Doctoral Researcher in the GENIUS Doctoral Network, based at the Università degli Studi di Perugia. Her work involves exploring the applications of EGs in densely urbanised environments, assessing their capacity in mitigating subsurface urban heat islands (SUHI).
Lina holds a BSc and MSc in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering from the Cyprus University of Technology. She has experience in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, finite element modelling and renewable energy systems, including work on Solar-Assisted Ocean Thermal energy Conversion (OTEC). She enjoys working in multidisciplinary research environments as her fields of interest also involve biomedical engineering and the use of AI for prediction and diagnosis.
The main objective is to examine the role of EGs in mitigating underground urban climate changes (Subsurface Urban Heat Islands – SUHI), enhancing the understanding and practical implementation of EGs for sustainable energy management and climate change mitigation.
Specific Objectives
Development and validation of advanced numerical models to simulate the behaviour of EGs in various scales.
Integration of advanced constitutive models to describe the interactions between ground and EGs accurately.
Assessment the effectiveness of EGs in mitigating subsurface urban heat islands (SUHIs) and their potential for District Heating and Cooling networks.
Secondment
GEOEG (Switzerland)
This project is funded by the European Union as part of the Horizon Europe programme, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Networks (MSCA-DN) 2024 and under the Agreement number 101226708
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