Dr Matteo Pedrotti

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

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Professional Activities

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

A hydrogel-soil system to enhance plant water uptake

Contributor

22/5/2023

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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-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-2026

Experimental characterization of Bentonite hydromechanical behaviour in high salinity environment

Pedrotti, Matteo (Principal Investigator)

01-Jan-2023 - 30-Jan-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-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2023

An energy free pump: nanoporous gels to passively lift subsurface water

Pedrotti, Matteo (Principal Investigator) Ghadir, Pooria (Researcher)

01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-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-Jan-2021 - 13-Jan-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-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2025

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