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Raffaello
Cossu
Dean of
Environmental Engineering
University of Padua
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M.Sc., 1973 in Chemical Engineering
at the Technical University of Milan.
Between 1974-1984 Researcher at the
Institute of Sanitary Engineering, Technical
University of Milan. Between 1984-1986
Associate Professor of Waste Management
Technologies, Technical University of
Milan. Between 1986-1997 Full Professor
of Environmental Engineering, University
of Cagliari. Since 1997Full Professor
of Environmental Engineering, University
of Padua. Since 1998 Dean of
Environmental Engineering, University
of Padua.
Raffaello Cossu (RC) started in 1998 the
Environmental Sanitary Engineering Group
at the IMAGE Department of the University
of Padua. The research conducted by the team
deals with subjects related to the study
and control of polluted environments, of
the treatment and disposal of liquid, solid
and gaseous wastes, and of the remediation
of contaminated sites. Some of the activities
that are being carried out are: Aqua Nova
Project, dealing with the separation of the
sewage flows and the integral treatment and
disposal of liquid and solid domestic wastes;
phytotreatment of greywater; anaerobic digestion
of the solid waste organic fraction and black
water; liquid and solid waste treatment for
Alpine refuges; composting of sludges and
diverse organic wastes; aeration on site
of the Modena Landfill for the stabilisation
of the deposited waste (technology developed
in Padua); solid waste degradation in a landfill
under diverse load pressures (European Project
PDSWP); processes and schemes of a plant
for a sustainable landfill. Experimental
surveying about the PAF process (innovative
model elaborated in Padua).
External professional activities include:
RC has a long experience in the
following
fields: restoration and reclamation
of old landfills, sanitary landfills
of municipal waste, sanitary
landfills
for special waste, landfill gas exploitation
plants, resource recovery plants
Other: RC has spent several research periods at
different scientific Institutions, including
two years at Water Research Centre of Stevenage,
UK. He has been visiting Professor at several
Universities and Research Centres (Technical
University of Kracow, Poland, Technical University
of Quito, Equador, the Universities of Durban
and Bloemfontein (SA), Environmental Section
(CRAES) of the Chinese Academy of Science,
Beijing, China; National Institute for the
Environment, Tsukuba and the Fukuoka University,
Japan). Member of the International Mentors
Group for the Environmental Engineering Programme
of the University of Kalmar, Sweden. RC is
the Chairman of the Italian Technical Committee
for the guidelines on Sanitary Landfill.
RC has Lectured in waste management topics
in more than 40 courses and seminars, and
has been speaker in numerous (more than 100)
conferences, congresses and symposia all
over the world, on waste management and wastewater
treatment topics. RC is the Italian Co-ordinator
of the Governmental Agreement on waste management
between Italy and Japan. RC is a Founding
member of the European Waste Club and of
the International Waste Working Group Some recent papers:
Cossu, R., Raga, R., & Rossetti D. (2003).
The PAF model: an integrated approach for
landfill sustainability. Waste Management,
Vol. 23 No. 1 pp.37-4.
Cossu, R. (2002). Landfill as
a multibarrier
system, in Proceedings Training
Course on
Remediation of Old Landfills,
IMAGE Department
University of Padua; IWWG International
Waste
Working Group.
Cossu, R., Lavagnolo, M.C., Raga, R. (2001).
The landfill role in the modern strategies
of urban solid waste disposal, Ingegneria
Ambientale, Quaderno n.33 C.I.P.A Milano.
pp. 58-72.
Cossu, R., Lavagnolo, M.C.,& Raga, R.
(2001). In situ stabilisation of old landfills:
lab scale and field tests. In: Proceedings
Sardinia 2001, Eight International Waste
Management and Landfill Symposium. CISA,
Cagliari. Vol. I, 219-230.
Cossu, R., Haarstad K., Lavagnolo
M.C., Littarru,
P. (2000). Removal of municipal
solid waste
COD and NH4-N by phyto-reduction:
A laboratory-scale
comparison of terrestrial and
aquatic species
at different organic loads, Ecological
Engineering,
Volume 16, Issue 4, 1 p.p 459-470.
Contact information:
IMAGE Department
University of Padua
Via Loredan 20
35131 Padua
Italy
Tel.+39-49-8275424
Fax:+39-49-8275446
e-mail: cossu@idra.unipd.it
Home page: http://www.image.unipd.it/
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