Education
- M.Sc. Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia (Italy, 2010)
Thesis topic: Life Cycle Assessment
- B.Sc. Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia (Italy, 2008)
Thesis topic: Infra-Red Thermography
Work experience
- 12/2014 onwards Research assistant
Chair of Production and Logistics (Economic Sciences), University of Göttingen - 01/2014 - 11/2014 Guest Researcher
Chair of Production and Logistics, University of Göttingen (Germany)
Topic: Environmental assessment of biopolymers and peat for horticulture
- 12/2013 - 11/2014 Research Fellow
National Research Council (CNR), ISAFOM Perugia (Italy)
Topic: Prototyping (bioreactors for biodegradable assessment & composting) - 08/2012 - 11/2013 Research Grant
National Research Council (CNR), ISAFOM Perugia (Italy)
Topic: Prototyping (Hardware/Software), low-cost stand-alone systems, composting. - 05/2011 - 04/2012 Research Fellow
Dept. Industrial Engineering, University of Perugia (Italy)
Topic: Prototyping (Hardware/Software), biomass, waste management. - 02/2011 - 03/2011 Freelance Engineer
Engineering office Strappaghetti, Perugia (Italy)
Research interest
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Life Cycle Costing (LCC), Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA), biodegradability assessment, composting (respirometry and stability), thermal analysis, infrared thermography,
Research & Development: prototyping (bioreactors), control & automation (NI LabVIEW), low-cost/embedded systems (Arduino).
Publications
Articles in Scientific Journals
- S. Proietti, P. Sdringola, U. Desideri, F. Zepparelli, F. Masciarelli, F. Castellani (2013): Life Cycle Assessment of a passive house in a seismic temperate zone. Energy and Buildings 64, 463-472, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.05.013
Articles in Conference Proceedings
- F. Castellani, A. Esposito, V. Stanzione, R. Altieri (2015): Analysis of emissions from lab-scale composting equipment: Data for a sustainability challenge. In: Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology (CEST) 2015, September 3-5, Rhodes, Greece, pp. 1-5. ISBN 978-960-7475-52-7
Presentations
- Castellani F.; Geldermann J. (2015): Resource efficiency of bio-composite materials: sustainability assessment of agricultural supply chain. A case study in central Italy. Global Cleaner Production & Sustainable Consumption Conference, November 1-4, Sitges, Barcelona, Spain.
- Castellani F.; Esposito A.; Stanzione V.; Altieri R. (2015): Analysis of emissions from lab-scale composting equipment: data for a sustainability challenge. 14th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology (CEST) 2015, September 3-5, Rhodes, Greece.
- Krüger, C.; Castellani F.; Schöbel, A.; Geldermann, J. (2015): Supporting Sustainable Decisions in Agricultural Industries: An Application of Regularization Robustness in Multi-Objective Optimization. International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) 2015, August 2-7, Hamburg.
- Castellani F.; Geldermann J. (2015): Life Cycle Assessment of peat substitution cascaded use: a case study for Italian horticulture nurseries. International Society of Industrial Ecology Conference (ISIE) 2015, July 7-10, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
- Castellani F., Geldermann J. (2015): Biodegradability and Sustainability of Agricultural Biopolymers and Composted Organic Waste. PhD Winter School 'Research on Sustainable Development - Interdisciplinarity in PhD research' at University of Basel, February 9-13, Basel, Switzerland.
- Altieri R.; Esposito A.; Castellani F.; Stanzione V. (2014): Quality assessment of a simplified static method for olive mill waste composting. 18th International Trade Fair of Material & Energy Recovery and Sustainable Development, ECOMONDO, November 5-8, Rimini, Italy.
- Castellani F., Esposito A., Altieri R. (2014): Design and validation of an automated multiunit equipment for assessing the ultimate biodegradability (ISO 14855-1) of bio-plastics.18th International Trade Fair of Material & Energy Recovery and Sustainable Development, ECOMONDO, November 5-8, Rimini, Italy.
- Castellani F., Esposito A., Altieri R. (2014): Low-cost stand-alone equipment to monitor thermal diffusion in static composting system. 18th International Trade Fair of Material & Energy Recovery and Sustainable Development, ECOMONDO, November 5-8, Rimini, Italy.
- Castellani F.; Esposito A.; Stanzione V.; Altieri R. (2014): Prototyping and validation of an automated apparatus able to estimate the biodegradability of polymers under composting condition. XVI International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation Symposium, IBBS, September 3-5, Lodz, Poland.