LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michela-guarguaglini-8948b620b/
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Curriculum: Chemical and Materials Engineering Curriculum
Title of the PhD Project: Development of Risk Assessment Methods for Critical Infrastructure
Supervisor: Prof. Gabriele Landucci
Abstract of the PhD project:
Critical installations are characterized by the presence of hazardous substances and play a strategic role in the functioning of every country. These infrastructures require a high level of attention, as the release of hazardous substances could lead to accidents with severe consequences for people, assets, and the environment. Critical installations include both fixed installations and hazardous materials transport, such as land transport (road and rail), pipelines, inland waterways, and maritime transport. Safety, security, and NaTech events can affect these infrastructures. However, while risk assessment for safety-related events is supported by well-established and quantitative methodologies, current approaches available for security-related risk assessment are mostly qualitative or semi-quantitative.
The aim of this research is to fill this gap and to develop integrated quantitative methodologies for the risk assessment of critical installations, with a particular focus on safety, security, and NaTech events. The expected outcomes of this research include providing a comprehensive framework for risk assessment and management in critical installations, supporting decision-making, and enhancing emergency response in both fixed facilities and hazardous materials transport.
Teaching experience:
- 2025-ongoing: Qualification as Examiner (“Cultore della Materia”) for the course “Process Industry Reliability and Safety” (“Affidabilità e Sicurezza nell’Industria di Processo”) for the Master’s Degree Course in Chemical Engineering of University of Pisa
- 2025-ongoing: Qualification as Examiner (“Cultore della Materia”) for the course “Environmental Safety Techniques” (“Tecniche della Sicurezza Ambientale”) for the Master’s Degree Course in Chemical Engineering of University of Pisa
Publications
Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=59971304000
Orcid ID: 0009-0006-5165-396X
Articles:
- Assessment of Integrated Safety-Security Barriers Performance to Support the Management of Industrial Installations. Valeria Casson Moreno, Giulia Marroni, Michela Guarguaglini, Sanneke Kuipers, Gabriele Landucci, Chemical Engineering Transactions, Italian Association of Chemical Engineering – AIDIC, 2025, 10.3303/CET25116067
- Quantitative analysis of economic losses induced by malevolent acts of interference to process facilities. Giulia Marroni, Michela Guarguaglini, Wout Broekema, Sanneke Kuipers, Dino Dentone, Valeria Casson Moreno, Gabriele Landucci (ESREL2025)
- A Practical Three-Dimensional Tool for Real-Time Safety-Security Risk Assessment of Process Facilities. Giulia Marroni, Michela Guarguaglini, Sanneke Kuipers, Dino Dentone, Valeria Casson Moreno, Gabriele Landucci, Chemical Engineering Transactions, Italian Association of Chemical Engineering – AIDIC, 2025, 10.3303/CET25117093
Conferences:
- 18th EFCE International Symposium of Loss Prevention and Safety Promotion in Process Industries, 8 – 11 June 2025, Bologna, Italy
- 35th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL) 2025, June 15 – 19 June 2025, Stavanger, Norway
- Icheap 17 - International Conference on Chemical and Process Engineering, June 29 June- 2 July 2025, Florence, Italy
- RETASTE: Rethink Food Resources, Losses and Waste 5th International Conference, 24 – 27 September 2025, Athene, Greece