Dr 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 “super soils” 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
- A microstructural insight into the compression behaviour of scaly clays
- Pedrotti Matteo, Tarantino Alessandro, Annese Antonio, Cotecchia Federica, Vitone Claudia
- Géotechnique, pp. 1-40 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1680/jgeot.23.00269
- Drying-induced volumetric behaviour of clays interpreted via binary pore-scale modelling
- Pedrotti Matteo, Xu Long, Murray Ian William, Tarantino Alessandro
- Computers and Geotechnics Vol 165 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2023.105911
- PLATYMATCH- A particle-matching algorithm for the analysis of platy particle kinematics using X-ray Computed Tomography
- Ibeh Christopher U, Pedrotti Matteo, Tarantino Alessandro, Lunn Rebecca
- Computers and Geotechnics Vol 138 (2021)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2021.104367
- An experimental investigation into the use of mica as a material for the stabilisation of marginal clays in construction
- Ibeh Christopher U, Tarantino Alessandro, Pedrotti Matteo, Lunn Rebecca J
- Construction and Building Materials (2021)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.123971
- On the utilization of mica waste : the pore-fluid chemistry of mica soils and its implication for erosion susceptibility
- Ibeh Christopher U, Pedrotti Matteo, Tarantino Alessandro, Lunn Rebecca J
- Geoderma (2021)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115256
- A critical review of the effect of temperature on clay inter-particle forces and its effect on macroscopic thermal behaviour of clay
- Casarella A, Pedrotti M, Tarantino Alessandro, Di Donna Alice
- Challenges and Innovations in Geomechanics - Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of IACMAG Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering Vol 125, pp. 608-615 (2021)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64514-4_62
Professional Activities
- IS-Grenoble2024 international symposium
- Participant
- 23/9/2024
- Geotechnical Engineering Course (CL-314)
- Organiser
- 22/2/2024
- Grout Group
- Participant
- 7/2/2024
- Shear Strength in Geotechnical Engineering
- Speaker
- 5/2/2024
- Quick clay: An Alternative material for the creation of barriers in wells
- Invited speaker
- 28/6/2023
- Biology workshops organized by Professor Luke Chamberlain at the University of Strathclyde
- Speaker
- 2/6/2023
Projects
- Experimental characterization of Bentonite hydromechanical behaviour in high salinity environment
- 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 £62k
- 02-Oct-2023 - 30-Sep-2026
- Experimental characterization of Bentonite hydromechanical behaviour in high salinity environment
- Pedrotti, Matteo (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Oct-2023 - 30-Sep-2027
- Mechanisms of stress transfer in clayey materials at the scale of the clay particle
- 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 £60k.
- 01-Sep-2022 - 30-Apr-2023
- An energy free pump: nanoporous gels to passively lift subsurface water
- Pedrotti, Matteo (Principal Investigator) Ghadir, Pooria (Researcher)
- 01-Jun-2022 - 30-Nov-2024
- Plants: climate-smart and carbon-efficient nature based solution to mitigate ‘diffuse’ climate-induced landslide hazard
- Tarantino, Alessandro (Principal Investigator) Pedrotti, Matteo (Co-investigator)
- 14-Dec-2021 - 13-Dec-2023
- Carbon geological storage: understanding micro-mechanisms of CO2 capillary breakthrough and localized pathways to assess caprock CO2 leakage hazard”
- Pedrotti, Matteo (Principal Investigator) Tarantino, Alessandro (Co-investigator) Allsop, Craig (Post Grad Student)
- 4-year fully funded PhD studentship awarded by CDT Geoscience and its Role in the Low Carbon Energy Transition 2020. Equivalent value £85k
- 04-Oct-2021 - 30-Sep-2025
Contact
Dr
Matteo
Pedrotti
Senior Lecturer
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Email: matteo.pedrotti@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted