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Professor Alessandro Rotta Loria works at the intersection of Mechanics, Materials, Energy, and Electrochemistry, focusing on subsurface phenomena. At Northwestern University, he leads the Subsurface Opportunities Innovations Laboratory (SOIL) within the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. His research harnesses theoretical, computational, and experimental investigations to unveil how environmental disturbances resulting from climate change and human activities affect the performance of geomaterials, geostructures, and geosystems. This work addresses temporal challenges that span from seconds to decades and spatial problems ranging in size from soil particles to large civil engineering structures. Significant highlights of his research include innovative studies on civil structures and infrastructures utilized as geothermal heat exchangers and thermal batteries, as well as performance assessments of these structures in the context of urban heat islands. The ultimate goal of his research program is to advance geological energy production and storage, contributing to sustainable manufacturing and construction practices that serve human development and the Earth.
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