Vera Rocca

Associate Professor
Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering (DIATI)

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Profile

Research interests

Land subsidence
Underground gas storage

Biography

Dr. Vera Rocca obtained her Master’s of Science (MSc) and her PhD in Petroleum Engineering from the Department of Environment, Land and Infrastructure Engineering of the Politecnico di Torino (Italy), where she is currently a Confirmed Assistant Professor. She is involved in numerous courses both at MSc, Master post Lauream and PhD levels at the Politecnico di Torino. She also taught at the Kazakh-British Technical University as well as in several training courses for private societies in Italy and abroad. She is author of numerous research papers; she also attended as speaker and chairman for many international conferences. Her research activities have been focus on the optimization of reservoir production, the fluid-flow and geomechanical analysis and 3D numerical simulation, the subsidence and rebound induced by anthropogenic activities. She is involved in research projects related to the underground energy systems and energy transition, as well as the storage of natural gas in underground formation.

Curriculum

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Scientific branch

ING-IND/30 - HYDROCARBONS AND UNDERGROUND FLUIDS
(Area 0008 - Civil engineering and architecture)

Teaching

Collegi of the degree programmes

Teachings

PhD

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Master of Science

  • Reservoir Engineering. A.A. 2023/24, GEORESOURCES AND GEOENERGY ENGINEERING. Collaboratore del corso
  • Fluid Mechanics in Porous Media. A.A. 2023/24, GEORESOURCES AND GEOENERGY ENGINEERING. Collaboratore del corso
  • Professional Training. A.A. 2022/23, PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA DEL PETROLIO E MINERARIA). Titolare del corso
  • Fluid Mechanics in Porous Media. A.A. 2022/23, GEORESOURCES AND GEOENERGY ENGINEERING. Collaboratore del corso
  • Reservoir Engineering. A.A. 2022/23, PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA DEL PETROLIO E MINERARIA). Collaboratore del corso
  • Professional Training. A.A. 2021/22, PETROLEUM ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA DEL PETROLIO). Titolare del corso
  • Professional Training. A.A. 2021/22, PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA DEL PETROLIO E MINERARIA). Titolare del corso
  • Fluid Mechanics in Porous Media. A.A. 2021/22, PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA DEL PETROLIO E MINERARIA). Collaboratore del corso
  • Reservoir Engineering. A.A. 2021/22, PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA DEL PETROLIO E MINERARIA). Collaboratore del corso
  • Professional Training. A.A. 2020/21, PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA DEL PETROLIO E MINERARIA). Titolare del corso
  • Fluid Mechanics in Porous Media. A.A. 2020/21, PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA DEL PETROLIO E MINERARIA). Collaboratore del corso
  • Reservoir Engineering. A.A. 2020/21, PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA DEL PETROLIO E MINERARIA). Collaboratore del corso
  • Professional Training. A.A. 2019/20, PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA DEL PETROLIO E MINERARIA). Titolare del corso
  • Fluid Mechanics in Porous Media. A.A. 2019/20, PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA DEL PETROLIO E MINERARIA). Collaboratore del corso
  • Reservoir Engineering. A.A. 2019/20, PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA DEL PETROLIO E MINERARIA). Collaboratore del corso
  • Professional Training. A.A. 2018/19, PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA DEL PETROLIO E MINERARIA). Titolare del corso
  • Fluid Mechanics in Porous Media. A.A. 2018/19, PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA DEL PETROLIO E MINERARIA). Collaboratore del corso
  • Reservoir Engineering. A.A. 2018/19, PETROLEUM AND MINING ENGINEERING (INGEGNERIA DEL PETROLIO E MINERARIA). Collaboratore del corso
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Teaching and training projects

Projects funded by commercial contracts

Research

Research fields

Research projects

Projects funded by commercial contracts

Supervised PhD students

  • Nacer Benlalam. Programme in Materiali, Processi Sostenibili E Sistemi Per La Transizione (38th cycle, 2022-in progress)
  • Alberto Manuel Garcia Navarro. Programme in Materiali, Processi Sostenibili E Sistemi Per La Transizione (38th cycle, 2022-in progress)
  • Celine Eid. Programme in Ingegneria Civile E Ambientale (36th cycle, 2020-in progress)

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