PhD Student
Politecnico di Torino
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Ambiente,
del Territorio e delle Infrastrutture
C.so Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 – 10129, Torino, Italy
Tel.: +39-011-090-5606
giulia.evangelista@polito.it
CURRICULUM
Born in Atri (TE), 1st February 1994
- From February 2023: Visiting Ph.D. Student at the University of Bristol. Supervisor: Prof. Ross Woods. Research topic: Machine learning based identification of dominant controls on basin response times in UK.
- July 2021: Professional qualification as Civil Engineer.
- From November 2020: Ph.D. Student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Politecnico di Torino. Supervisors: Prof. Pierluigi Claps and Prof. Daniele Ganora. Research interests: Characterisation of the hydrological response of high elevation watersheds; Large scale assessment of flood peaks mitigation exerted by artificial reservoirs.
- October 2020: Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering, Hydraulics specialization, achieved at Politecnico di Torino. Thesis: “Methodological and numerical analysis of groundwater flows effects on shallow landslides, in the presence of topographical discontinuities”. Supervisors: Prof Pierluigi Claps, Prof. Ilaria Butera, Prof. Stefania Tamea, Prof. Marta Castelli and Prof. Monica Barbero.
- July 2017: Bachelor’s Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering achieved at Università Politecnica delle Marche. Thesis: “Development of a water distribution networks control system based on the reduction of hydraulic unavailability and leakages.”. Supervisor: Prof. Giovanna Darvini.
WORK EXPERIENCES
- June 2022 – September 2022: Update and revision of the hydraulic risk scenarios of the Mazzeno river (Noli, SV). External consultancy, CINID (Consorzio Interuniversitario per l’Idrologia).
- April 2021: Hydrological and hydraulic assessment and review of the Civil Protection planning tools for the town of Noli (SV).
- June 2017: Six months internship at Università Politecnica delle Marche: use of a pressure-driven hydraulic solver which employed the Monte Carlo simulation technique to menage the maintenance of a water distribution network.
PROJECTS
- November 2020: Collaboration in the RESBA (REsilienza agli SBArramenti) project.
TEACHING EXPERIENCES
- A.Y. 2022/2023: Teaching assistant of the “Operative hydrology” MSc course in “Environmental Engineering”. Politecnico di Torino.
- A.Y. 2021/2022: Tutor within the Transversal Skills and Orientation Project “Digital Tech for Natural Hazards“. Politecnico di Torino.
- A.Y. 2021/2022: Tutor of the “Civil protection” MSc course in “Environmental Engineering”. Politecnico di Torino.
- A.Y. 2021/2022: Tutor of the “Operative hydrology” MSc course in “Environmental Engineering”. Politecnico di Torino.
MASTER THESES CO-SUPERVISOR
- Chiaro M. – Characterization of flood discharges in high-elevations basins in the Italian Alps. Master Thesis in Civil Engineering, Politecnico di Torino.
- Ruggeri C. – Empirical estimates of rational method annual runoff coefficients. Master Thesis in Civil Engineering, Politecnico di Torino.
- Bogoni P. – Direct estimation of characteristic response times of Piedmont basins using event analysis. Master Thesis in Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Torino.
- Mcdowell M. – The influence of wildfires on the occurrence of shallow landslides and related triggering mechanisms. Master Thesis in Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Torino.
- Demateis Raveri M. – Calibration of the FloodAlp model on basins in the north-western Alps. Master Thesis in Environmental Engineering, Politecnico di Torino.
PUBLICATIONS
- Evangelista, G., Ganora, D., Mazzoglio, P., Pianigiani, F., Claps, P. 2023. Flood attenuation potential of Italian dams: sensitivity on geomorphic and climatological factors. Submitted.
- Ganora, D., Evangelista, G., Cordero, S., Claps P. Design flood hydrographs: a regional analysis based on flood reduction functions. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 68(2), 2023, 325-340 [Article].
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
- Monforte, I.; Evangelista, G.; Claps, P. Flooding Risk from Global Warming in Alpine Basins: An Estimate along a Stream Network. In: Environmental Sciences Proceedings. 2022. [Proceeding]
- Monforte, I., Evangelista, G., Ganora, D., Mazzoglio, P., Claps, P.: Nuovi open-data per nuove stime idrologiche alla scala di distretto. Il caso del Po. In: Atti del XXXVIII Convegno Nazionale di Idraulica e Costruzioni Idrauliche. 2022. [Proceeding]
- Evangelista, G., Ganora, D., Cordero, S., Claps, P.: Stime regionali di idrogrammi di piena da una nuova banca dati nel nord ovest italiano. In: Atti del XXXVIII Convegno Nazionale di Idraulica e Costruzioni Idrauliche. 2022. [Proceeding]
- Evangelista, G., Mazzoglio, P., Pianigiani, F. and Claps, P.: Towards the assessment of the flood attenuation potential of Italian dams: first steps and sensitivity to basic model features. In: Proceedings of the 39th IAHR World Congress. 2022. [Proceeding]
- Evangelista, G., Barbero, M., Butera, I., Castelli, M., Claps, P., and Tamea, S.: Calibrating soil cohesion and saturated conductivity in rainfall induced landslides in the Langhe area (1994). In: Proceedings of the 2nd IAHR Young Professionals Congress. 2021. [Proceeding]
CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS
- Evangelista, G., Monforte, I., Demateis Raveri, M., Claps, P. Relationship between rainfall and flood frequency curves in high elevation areas. EGU General Assembly 2023. [Abstract]
- Evangelista, G., Mazzoglio, P., Pianigiani, F., Claps, P.: Primi passi verso la valutazione del potenziale di laminazione delle grandi dighe italiane. Giornate dell’idrologia della Società Idrologica Italiana 2022. [Abstract]
- Claps, P., Evangelista, G., Mazzoglio, P.: Nubifragi “anomali” da Bitti (2020) a Cantiano (2022) e spunti per un ripensamento delle fasi di prevenzione e protezione. Giornate dell’idrologia della Società Idrologica Italiana 2022. [Abstract]
- Evangelista, G., Claps, P.: Dimensional analysis and intercomparison of the basin time of concentration formulas. EGU General Assembly 2022. [Abstract]
- Claps, P., Brunetto, M., Evangelista, G., Mazzoglio, P., Monforte, I.: FaBI: A new collection of flood data and attributes of basins in Italy. EGU General Assembly 2022. [Abstract]
- Monforte, I., Evangelista, G., Claps, P. Along-stream assessment of mountain flood dependence on global warming. SnowHydro 2022, 3rd Internation Conference on Snow Hydrology.
- Evangelista, G., Barbero, M., Butera, I., Castelli, M., Claps, P., and Tamea, S.: Parameters calibration in rainfall induced landslides in the Langhe area (1994). EGU General Assembly 2021. [Abstract] – [Poster]
TALKS
- Claps, P., Ganora, D., Evangelista, G. Considerazioni sulla pubblicazione dei dati disponibili. In: Seminario “Linee guida per la ricostruzione degli idrogrammi di piena massimi annui”. ITCOLD, 21st March 2023.
- Evangelista, G. (Re)Discovering empirical formulas to estimate the watershed response time. In: second webinar of the “Gotta catch’em all – A catchment by catchment hydrological adventure” serie organized by BHS, YHS, YHS-IT and EGUHS, 21st February 2023.