Doctor Matteo Pedrotti
Senior Lecturer
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Personal statement
My research focuses on the design and characterization of advanced composite systems of geomaterials and synthesised hydrogels. The nano and micro scale characterization of such systems aims to understand the role of atmospheric interactions (i.e. water evaporation), stress history and groundwater chemistry on their hydro-meachnical characteristics, and thus allows for engineering of advanced porous networks with unprecedented macroscopic bulk performances. My research bridges the gap between fundamental research carried out at the scale of nano-to-micro particle interaction and engineering performance at the field scale. My vision is to establish a research group in geomechanics to pursue a new generation of 鈥渟uper soils鈥� which, for instance, will have: enhanced water retention and adsorption capabilities for agriculture; enhanced mechanical strength for earth construction; self-healing potential for protection against desiccation cracking; zero water permeability for the formation of ground barriers against contaminant migration
Publications
- Alawadhi Abdulaziz, ,
- Buildings Vol 16 (2026)
- , , Annese Antonio, Cotecchia Federica, Vitone Claudia
- G茅otechnique Vol 75, pp. 459-471 (2025)
- , Xu Long, Murray Ian William,
- Computers and Geotechnics Vol 165 (2024)
- Ibeh Christopher U, , ,
- Computers and Geotechnics Vol 138 (2021)
- Ibeh Christopher U, , ,
- Construction and Building Materials (2021)
- Ibeh Christopher U, , ,
- Geoderma (2021)
Professional Activities
- Participant
- 26/2/2025
- Participant
- 23/9/2024
- Peer reviewer
- 8/2024
- Peer reviewer
- 6/2024
- Organiser
- 22/2/2024
- Participant
- 7/2/2024
Projects
- Tarantino, Alessandro (Principal Investigator) Pedrotti, Matteo (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2028
- Tubaldi, Enrico (Principal Investigator) Pedrotti, Matteo (Co-investigator)
- The project aims to investigate the effectiveness of using natural plant or animal fibres to develop sustainable construction and retrofit techniques targeting unreinforced masonry (UM) structures in Malawi, to increase the resilience against earthquakes, storms, and floods.
Non-engineered UM structures are the most popular construction dwelling typology in Malawi. Past devastating earthquakes (1500+ houses collapsed in the 2009 earthquake) and natural disasters (260,000+ houses damaged/destroyed by cyclone Freddy in 2023) have proven the high vulnerability of these structures and the need for effective strengthening solutions. There is also a need for more sustainable construction techniques based on unfired blocks to avoid recourse to fired brick, whose manufacturing has accelerated the loss of trees (Malawi risks of losing all its trees in 25- 30 years from the brick industry alone).
A study will be conducted to assess the fibres that could be locally available in Malawi and have the potential to be used within a circular economy framework. Different prototypes of unfired compressed blocks and plasters incorporating natural fibres will be created and tested. A workshop will be held in Malawi to disseminate the research outcomes and prepare the grounds for in-field testing and follow-on funding applications.
Funder: ISPF collaborative project between 吃瓜tv and Malawi University of Business and Applied Sciences
Funding: 拢24,986 - 21-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- Pedrotti, Matteo (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2025
- Pedrotti, Matteo (Principal Investigator) Lunn, Rebecca (Academic) Samadi, Parisa (Post Grad Student)
- The Global Research Studentship will cover 3 years of international fees for an equivalent amount of 拢62k
- 02-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2026
- Pedrotti, Matteo (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2027
- Pedrotti, Matteo (Principal Investigator) Tarantino, Alessandro (Co-investigator) Migliorelli, Maria Giulia (Academic)
- Xray Compute Tomography of mechanisms of stress transfer in clayey materials on beamline I13-2 at Diamond Light Source. Project Proposal No MG31709. Equivalent funding value of 拢60k.
- 01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2023
Contact
Doctor
Matteo
Pedrotti
Senior Lecturer
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email: matteo.pedrotti@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted