STEFANIA SPECCHIA – Associate Professor
Politecnico di Torino
Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24
10129 Torino - Italy
Tel +39.011.0904608 - Fax +39.011.0904699
E-mail: [email protected]
Web-sites: www.polito.it
www.dismic.polito.it
www.dismic.polito.it/staff/stefania.specchia
www.cre3.org
Catalytic Reaction Engineering for Energy and Environment Group
CURRICULUM VITAE ET STUDIORUM
Stefania Specchia, born in Torino, 15/10/1970, graduated in Chemical Engineering (M.S.) in 1995
(Catalytically modified fly-ash filters for NOx reduction with ammonia,) at Politecnico di Torino with 110/110.
She is actually Associate Professor of Chemical Plants Design at Politecnico di Torino, I Faculty of
Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering (from 01/01/2011).
She was Assistant Professor of Chemical Plants Design at Politecnico di Torino, I Faculty of Engineering,
Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering (from 01/10/2002 to 31/12/2010).
She speaks English, French and German.
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Teaching activities @ Politecnico di Torino
She is actually lecturer of the following courses:
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General Services and Safety in Industrial Factories (B.S. in Textile Enfineering, Biella campus,
course in English language)
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Introduction to Industrial Quality Management (B.S. for all Engineering courses @ Politecnico,
Torino campus, course in English language)
During Spring 2007 she was lecturer of the course “Fuel Cells: fundamental aspects and process
engineering” (8 hours) for graduate students at Cà Foscari University, Department of Environment
Engineering, Venice (Italy), in cooperation with Prof. Szpyrkowicz. In the same period she was tutoring the
Master course “Play with Energy” for high-school students, promoted by ENEL.
During Summer 2006 she was Visiting Professor at The University of Western Ontario, Department of
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, London (ON) Canada, working with Prof. Karamanev on bio fuel
cells; in this period she was lecturer of the course “Selected Topics in Chemical Engineering: Aspects of
Hydrogen Economy” (36 hours) for graduate students.
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Research activities @ Politecnico di Torino
From 2002 she approached the group of Proff. V. Specchia and G. Saracco in the Department of Materials
Science and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, into the CRE3 Group (Catalytic Reaction
Engineering for Energy and Environment Group), taking care of the “Energy” sector of the group.
She is actually tutoring the research activities of approx 10 graduate and undergraduate students. She is
author of more than 65 publications on catalytic combustion, hydrogen production processes, fuel cells
systems.
Her scientific activity is mainly focused on three topics:
1. Fiber premixed catalytic burners for methane combustion;
2. Hydrogen production:
2.1 short-contact-time catalytic reactors for syngas production via partial oxidation and steam reformers;
2.2 catalytic reactors for syngas clean-up (WGS/CO-PROX/CO-SMET);
2.3 fuel processors design and modeling for hydrogen production starting from hydrocarbon fuels;
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STEFANIA SPECCHIA – Associate Professor
Politecnico di Torino
Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24
10129 Torino - Italy
Tel +39.011.0904608 - Fax +39.011.0904699
E-mail: [email protected]
Web-sites: www.polito.it
www.dismic.polito.it
www.dismic.polito.it/staff/stefania.specchia
www.cre3.org
Catalytic Reaction Engineering for Energy and Environment Group
3. Low-temperature fuel cells (DMFC/PEMFC).
These activities were and are mainly correlated to projects funded by the E.C., the Regione Piemonte, the
Ministry of Higher Education and private industries.
From April 2006 to April 2007 she was the scientific responsible of the private contract with industry RIELLO
Burners S.p.A. (Development of suitable methane combustion catalysts for premixed metallic burners).
From November 2005 to January 2008 she was the scientific responsible of the EU project BURNERCAT
(Catalytic, environmental-friendly, fuel flexible and cost effective burner for domestic boiler).
From May 2005 to April 2008 she is the scientific responsible and coordinator of the Italian research project
MICROCELL (Methanol and ethanol micro fuel cells development for portable application).
From January 2003 to April 2006 she was in charge of the EU project BIOFEAT coordination (Biodiesel fuel
processor for a fuel cell auxiliary power unit for a vehicle), together with Prof. Saracco.
She took part in active research of the following projects, now ended:
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EU projects CATNAT (Cost-effective and durable nanostructured Pd catalysts for natural gas vehicle
and premixed burner applications); MOREPOWER (Compact direct methanol fuel cells for portable
applications); FLEXHEAT (Flexible premixed burners for low-cost domestic heating systems) and
MC-WAP (Molten-carbonate fuel cells for waterborne applications).
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National projects PRIN 2001 - Combustion (Development of perovskite catalysts for methane
combustion), PRIN 2002 - Hydrogen (Innovative catalysts for hydrogen production from light
hydrocarbons), PRIN 2004 - Hydrogen (Ultra-compact structured catalyst with integrated heatexchange systems for hydrogen production). FISR-CRF (Development of hydrogen microcombustors for direct power production), CELCO-YACHT (Development of a diesel APU for a
Yacht); and MICRO-CHP (Development of a natural gas micro-CHP unit for residential applications).
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Previous activities
Experiences in different industrial fields:
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From 01/12/1999 to 30/04/2002: researcher in the R&D department of a burner manufacturer company,
Infragas S.p.A. (Caselle Torinese, TO, Italy), jointly some EU project, with special role in the
coordination of one of them (CATADRY, “Development of Catalytic Burners and of specifically adapted
tunnels for the drying of lacquers and of stains”; HIMOCAT, “High-modulation, high-efficiency and low
emission boilers for household application based on pre-mixed catalytic burner”; MINIREF, “Miniaturised
gasoline fuel processor for fuel cell vehicle applications”).
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From 01/12/1996 to 30/11/1999: responsible of the quality system management in Messer Italia S.p.A.,
(Collegno, TO, Italy) a German gas filling company.
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From 01/06/1996 to 31/10/1996: researcher in the R&D department of a foodstuff industry, Allione
Industria Alimentare S.p.A. (Tarantasca, CN, Italy), working on crio-milling and lyophilization process of
aromatic herbs.
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From 01/01/1996 to 31/05/1996: stage @ Ecosicura s.a.s. (Torino); risk analysis and fire prevention
assessment according to Italian D.L. 626/94.
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From 01/06/1995 to 31/08/1995: stage @ Clariant AG (ex Sandoz Produkte AG, Basel, Switzerland);
research activities on "Influence of particle size distribution on dispersion stability for different polyester
fibres dyestuffs".
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STEFANIA SPECCHIA – Associate Professor
Politecnico di Torino
Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24
10129 Torino - Italy
Tel +39.011.0904608 - Fax +39.011.0904699
E-mail: [email protected]
Web-sites: www.polito.it
www.dismic.polito.it
www.dismic.polito.it/staff/stefania.specchia
www.cre3.org
Catalytic Reaction Engineering for Energy and Environment Group
INVITED LECTURES:
1. 276th Applied Chemistry Colloquium, Department of Applied Chemistry Graduate School of Urban
Environmental Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo (Japan), 2008, September 5:
“Research activities at Politecnico di Torino on fuel processors for H2 production from syngas to CO
clean-up“, reference Prof. Masatake Haruta
2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Tokyo University of
Science, Tokyo (Japan), 2008, September 11:
“Research activities at Politecnico di Torino on fuel processors for H2 production from syngas to CO
clean-up“, reference Prof. Masanori Hayase
3. NEST International Conference, Tours (France), 2009, May 26-27:
“μDMFCs @ Politecnico di Torino: recent developments“ (keynote lecture), reference Dr Marie-Pierre
Sajot
4. Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation, National Research Council of Canada, Vancouver (BC, Canada),
2009, June 5:
“Research activities @ Politecnico di Torino on Fuel Processors for H2 production: from syngas to CO
clean-up“, reference Dr Jiujun Zhang, Dr Mashid Karimi
5. Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of
Western Ontario, London (ON, Canada), 2009, August 28:
“Overview on various possible uses of the natural gas at Politecnico di Torino“, reference Prof. Franco
Berruti
6. XVII Congreso Chileno de Ingenieria Quimica, Vina del Mar (Chile), 2009, October 25-28:
“Durability of PEM-FCs: studies on freezing conditions and H2 crossover” (keynote lecture), reference
Prof. Carlos Carlesi Jara
7. Indo-Italian Conference on Emerging Trends in Waste Management Technologies ETWMT-2009, Pune
(India), 2009, December 3-4:
“The use of hydrogen as clean energy vector” (keynote lecture), reference Prof. Dr. Santhos N. Kaul
8. Indian Institute of Chemical Engineering IIChE, Mumbai (India), 2009, December 4:
“Research activities on hydrogen and fuel cells @ Politecnico di Torino”, reference Dr. Dhawal Saxena
9. 5th Annual International Conference on Fuel Cells Durability & Performance, Alexandria (VA, USA),
2009, December 8-9:
“Effect of freezing/thawing cycles on the performance of PEM fuel cells” (keynote lecture) , reference
Dr. Serge Pann
10. 2nd International Symposium on Air Pollution Abatement Catalysts, APAC 2010, Cracow (Poland) 2010,
September 8-11:
"Hydrocarbons valorisation to cleaner fuels: H2-rich gas production via fuel processors" (keynote
lecture), reference Prof. Patrick Da Costa
11. International Congress on Climate Change ICCC-2010, Osmania University, Hyderabad (India) 2010,
December 9-11:
“R&D activities on Fuel Cells at Politecnico di Torino” (keynote lecture), reference Prof. Janardhan
Reddy
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STEFANIA SPECCHIA – Associate Professor
Politecnico di Torino
Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24
10129 Torino - Italy
Tel +39.011.0904608 - Fax +39.011.0904699
E-mail: [email protected]
Web-sites: www.polito.it
www.dismic.polito.it
www.dismic.polito.it/staff/stefania.specchia
www.cre3.org
Catalytic Reaction Engineering for Energy and Environment Group
PhD COMMITTEES:
1. PhD candidate Marta Radaelli, “Applicazione dei processi elettrochimici per la rimozione di inquinanti”
(supervisor Prof. Lidia Szpyrkowicz), PhD course in Environmental Science, Università Cà Foscari,
Venezia (Italy), December 2007 (Committee on 11/12/2007 @ Venezia)
2. PhD candidate Reine Abbas Ghaleb, “Production d’énergie propre à partir d’une source renouvelable:
combustion catalytique du biogaz” (supervisors Proff. Patrick Gelin and Edouard Garbowski), PhD
course in Chemistry, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne (France), March 2008 (Committee
on 28/03/2008 @ Villeurbanne).
3. PhD candidate Diego Scognamiglio, “Produzione decentralizzata di idrogeno tramite reforming
autotermico del metano” (supervisor Prof. Pier Luca Maffettone), Università Federico II, Napoli (Italy),
October 2008 (evaluation of the PhD thesis only).
4. PhD candidate Xuyen Kim Phan, “Catalyst formulations for use in microstructured reactors for
conversion of synthesis gas to liquids” (supervisor Proff. Anders Holmen and Hilde Venvik), PhD course
in Chemical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Norway),
January 2011 (Committee on 14/01/2011 @ Throndheim).
5. PhD candidate Kiran Singh, “Studies of removal of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) using biofilters”
(supervisor Prof. Birendra Rai), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (India), June 2011 (evaluation of
the PhD thesis only).
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