Pasquale, Nicola

PhD student in the Hydrology group (Prof. Paolo Burlando); the PhD is part of the RECORD project (REstored CORridor Dynamics) funded by the CCES.

Research interest

River dynamics, river and riparian vegetation interaction, root reinforcement of soils, sediment transport, hydraulic modelling, hydrology.

Education

2004 Bachelor degree in Civil engineering, Progetto di sistemazione idraulica del Rio Rocchea (in italian), Politecnico di Torino, Italy
2007 Master degree in Civil engineering (hydraulic constructions and Hydrology), Differential models for the hydrological dynamics of glacial basins, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
2008 State examination, in Italy, for obtaining the right of law to practice as engineer. Member of the Italian Engineers register (Albo professionale degli ingegneri).

Pubblications

P.Perona, N.Pasquale and D.Molnar
Mechanicistic Interpretation of Alpine Glacierized Environments: Part 2
Hydrological interpretation and model parameters identification on case study
Advances in Water Resources 31 (2008) 948-961

International conferences

P. Perona, N. Pasquale and D. Molnar (2007)
Mechanicistic Modeling of Glaciated Alpine Basin: Case Study. E.G.U., General Assembly, Wien
N. Pasquale, P. Perona, Z. Jiang, P Burlando (2009)
Restored river corridors: first results on the effects of flow variability on vegetation cuttings survival rate and related root architecture. E.G.U., General Assembly, Wien
N. Pasquale, P. Perona, F. Verones, R. Francis, P Burlando (2009)
Experimental Salix shoot and root growth statistics on the alluvial sediment of a restored river corridor. A.G.U., Fall Meeting, San Francisco

Language Skills

Italian:
Native speaker, mother tongue
English:
Excellent level, certificate: Certificate by the University of Cambridge.
French:
Good level, not certificated
German:
Basic level which I am improving by taking private lessons

Computer Skills

Matlab, ArcGIS, Windows Office (Word, Excel and Power Point), AutoCAD, Fortran (basic knowledge), Hec-Ras (1-d flow simulation), Basement 1.6 (2-D flow simulation), WinRhizo (root analysis), Photoshop CS3.