Bruno Brunone
Professor, PhD, Director of the Water Engineering Laboratory of the University of Perugia. President of the Steering Committee of the Department of Excellence (2018-2022).
Bologna 2016 Water Fair Innovation award for the Portable Pressure Wave Maker device (PPWM); 2018 EWRI J. C. Stevens Award; “London Global Leakage Summit” (2013, 2019) invited speaker; chair of CCWI2013 and WDSA2014 Int. Conf.; co-Investigator Smart UWSS project at HKUST; Associate Editor of the J. of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE; 2025 IAHR Distinguished Fellow Award..
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Silvia Meniconi
Professor, PhD, Marie Curie fellow at the Eindhoven University of Technology (NL) in 2004-2005.
Bologna 2016 Water Fair Innovation award for PPWM device. Invited lecturer for many international conferences (e.g., 1st IAHR online forum 2021). Coordinator of the European project “Combined monitoring and forecast for a sustainable management of water resources and timely adaptation to drought (MORE4WATER)”, funded under the 2022 Joint Transnational Call of the European Partnership Water4All. Principal investigator of a Project of Relevant National Interest funded by the Italian Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (PRIN2012); co-Investigator Smart UWSS project at HKUST; chairperson of the special session on “Transients in pipes” at IAHR2017 (Kuala Lumpur) and IAHR2019 (Panama City) World Congress, member of the organizing committee of HIC2018, WDSA2014, CCWI2013 international conferences. Chair of IAHR Transient Flows Working Group. Associate Editor of the J. Water Supply, IWA, and J. Hydraulic Research, IAHR.
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Caterina Capponi
Associate Professor of Hydraulics, qualified for Full Professorship.
She is the Principal Investigator of the ongoing PRIN2022 project “Hybrid Transient-machine learning approach for ANomaly DEtection and classification in water transmission Mains (TANDEM)” and has contributed to over 25 research projects and collaborations with major Italian water utilities, providing technical-scientific consulting, diagnostic analysis, and innovative solutions for water distribution and transmission systems. She is also the work package leader in the European project “Combined monitoring and forecast for a sustainable management of water resources and timely adaptation to drought (MORE4WATER)”, funded under the 2022 Joint Transnational Call of the European Partnership Water4All. She serves as a reviewer for several international scientific journals and is a co-opted member of the IAHR (International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research) Working Group on Transient Flows.
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