European Researchers' Night 2011

 

Researchers' Night 2011 - September, 23rd

Udine

Science in Cooking – Piazza Venerio e via Savorgnana

Science in Cooking

  • Stand 1: Can you recognize the quality of ham?
  • Stand 2: All about beer, from the field to the mug
  • Stand 3: Food safety in the region: focus on the rainbow trout
  • Stand 4: Getting to the roots of a new diet
  • Stand 5: Foods under control
  • Stand 6: Apple stories
  • Stand 7: Flavour and Knowledge Raising
  • Stand 8: Home-Automation is served
  • Stand 9: Tasting and Sensory Analysis

Can you recognize the quality of ham?

Where

  • Udine – Old town

When

  • from 18.00 to 24.00
  • Tasting – Stand 9
    Timeline: from 20.00 to 21.00

Who

  • Prof. Edi Piasentier
    Professore Ordinario
    Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie ed Ambientali – Università di Udine
  • Dott.sa Saida Favotto
    Tecnico
    Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie ed Ambientali – Università di Udine

What

  • Analysis and sensory testing for the quality assessment of ham. An area equipped with tasting-stations, where participants can give their opinion on the quality of the hams tasted.

All about beer, from the field to the mug

Description of the supply-chain process

Where

  • Udine – Old town

When

  • from 18.00 to 24.00
  • Tasting – Stand 9
    Timeline: from 22.15 to 23.15

Who

  • Dott. Stefano Buiatti
    Ricercatore Universitario
    Dipartimento di Scienze Degli Alimenti – Università di Udine
  • Dott. Paolo Passaghe
  • Dott. Stefano Bertoli

What

  • Starting from raw materials, we proceed with the sensory analysis, the explanation of differences between industrial brewing and home brewing, to conclude with a focus on the nutritional aspects of beer.

Food safety in the region: focus on the rainbow trout

Where

  • Udine – Old town

When

  • from 18.00 to 24.00

Who

  • Prof. Marco Galeotti
    Professore ordinario
    Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti – Università di Udine

What

  • The purpose of the initiative is to inform the public about food safety in the rainbow trout chain in Friuli Venezia Giulia. This is supported by practical demonstrations under the microscope on the evaluation of lesions caused by disease.

Getting to the roots of a new diet

Where

  • Udine – Old town

When

  • from 18.00 to 24.00
  • Theatral performances

Who

  • Prof. Raffaele Testolin
    Professore ordinario
    Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie ed Ambientali – Università di Udine
  • Dott.sa Francesca Cerno

What

  • Potatoes, tea and sugar cane are some of the products in the world which have changed eating styles and habits. News and curiosities about these extraordinary plants, narrated and performed by young actors.

Foods under inspection

Where

  • Udine – Old town

When

  • from 18.00 to 24.00
  • Tasting – Stand 9
    Timeline: from 18.45 to 19.45

Who

  • Prof. Lanfranco Conte
    Professore ordinario
    Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti – Università di Udine
  • Dott.sa Giorgia Purcaro
  • Dott.sa Milena Marega

What

  • In this stand there is much to discover about the nutritional properties and the controls on oil, fats and smoked products. In addition, we offer insights into the reduction of food contamination.

Apple stories

Where

  • Udine – Old town

When

  • from 18.00 to 24.00

Who

  • Prof.ssa Maria Cristina Nicoli
    Professore ordinario
  • Dott.sa Sonia Calligaris
    Ricercatore Universitario
  • Prof.ssa Monica Anese
    Professore Associato
  • Dott.sa Lara Manzocco
    Ricercatore Universitario
    Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti – Università di Udine
  • Dott. Paolo Ermacora
    Ricercatore Universitario
  • Dott.sa Marta Martini
    Ricercatore Universitario
    Dipartimento di Scienza Agrarie ed Ambientali – Università di Udine
  • Dott.sa Agnese Panozzo
  • Dott. Alberto Rumignani
  • Dott.sa Serena Moruzzi

What

  • An area where the new technological strategies for the improvement of food safety are explained, with particular reference to the nutritional and health-promotion properties. All “seasoned” with interesting explanations: the salad and the hydroponic culture; processing apples into juice.

Flavour and Knowledge Raising

Where

  • Udine – Old town

When

  • from 18.00 to 24.00

Who

  • Prof. Giuseppe Comi
    Professore ordinario
    Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti – Università di Udine

What

  • Some products made by bacteria or industrial yeasts are compared to others prepared with traditional micro-organisms. A challenge that affects bread, with only yeast or sourdough, and cheese, with or without probiotics.

Home-Automation

Where

  • Udine – Old town

When

  • from 18.00 to 24.00

Who

  • Dott. Andrea Tonello
    Ricercatore Universitario
    Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica Gestionale Meccanica – Università di Udine
  • Dott. Salvatore D’Alessandro
  • Dott. Daniele Inserra
  • Dott. Luca Di Bert
  • Dott.sa Milena Biondi

What

  • IA laboratory of home-automation to learn about the technological innovations that improve the quality of life at home, especially in the kitchen. A practical demonstration of some new technologies.

Tasting and Sensory Analysis

Where

  • Via Savorgnana

When

  • 18.45 – 19.45 The nutritional properties and the controls on oil, fats and smoked products, with Gruppo di Ricerca del Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti
  • 20.00 – 21.00 The ham with Gruppo di Ricerca del Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali
  • 22.15 – 23.15 Bier with Gruppo di Ricerca del Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti

Who

  • All the laboratories of Science in Cooking

What

  • This stand will carry out the various tasting, sensory tests and analyses proposed in the different activities of “Science in Cooking” on a rotational basis.
 

Science in Virtual Realities – Piazza Matteotti

Science in Virtual Realities

  • Stand 10: Tourism away
  • Stand 11: Discovering the Great Baths of Aquileia
  • Stand 13: Technology and cultural heritage
  • Stand 14: The secrets of electricity
  • Stand 15: Re-construction
  • Stand 16: Virtual driving experience
  • Stand 17: Let’s spread our wings
  • Stand 18: Microkopter, spy aircraft
  • Stand 19: Virtual disasters. Getting ready for the emergencies through virtual reality

Tourism away

Where

  • Udine – Old town

When

  • from 18.00 to 24.00

Who

  • Dott. Riccardo Bernardini
    Ricercatore Universitario
    Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica Gestionale Meccanica – Università di Udine

What

  • An area dedicated to the virtual exploration of the mound at the University Farm.

Discovering the Great Baths of Aquileia

Where

  • Udine – Old town

When

  • from 18.00 to 24.00

Who

  • Prof. Frederick Mario Fales
    Professore ordinario
    Dipartimento di Storia e Tutela dei Beni Culturali – Università di Udine
  • Dott.sa Marina Rubinich
    Ricercatore Universitario
    Dipartimento di Storia e Tutela dei Beni Culturali – Università di Udine

What

  • A video overview proposed by the Research Team: from the virtual reconstruction of interiors and exteriors, entitled “The Great Baths of Aquileia: how were they?”, to the transformations of the thermal complex from the early Middle Ages to the present, entitled “The Great Baths after the Great Baths”. To follow, other videos about the methodology of stratigraphic excavation, the trainees’ activities and the history of excavations in Aquileia.
    Four workshops dedicated to the Great Baths, catering for all ages: “Detect and reconstruct: survey techniques and aids for virtual reconstruction”; “From the pottery shard to the reconstruction of the ancient trade: the case of the transportable amphorae”; “Aquileia and the sea: the river port and its goods. The underwater archaeologist’s point of view”; “Men and animals in antiquity: archaezoological studies”.

Technology and cultural heritage – INFOBC

Where

  • Udine – Old town

When

  • from 18.00 to 24.00

Who

  • Prof.ssa Donata Levi
    Professore ordinario
    Dipartimento di Storia e Tutela Beni Culturali – Università di Udine
  • Dott. Marco Mozzo
  • Dott.sa Martina Visentin

What

  • Metasearch engine, prototypes of mobile phones as contextual guides and 3D models to promote cultural heritage for the benefit of citizens and tourists.

The secrets of electricity

Where

  • Udine – Old town

When

  • from 18.00 to 24.00

Who

  • Prof. Michele Ramundo

What

  • A stand demonstrating an experiment that microscopically shows the behaviour of conductors and non-conductive materials present in an electrical circuit.

Re-construction

Where

  • Udine – Old town

When

  • from 18.00 to 24.00

Who

  • Prof. Domenico Visintini
    Professore associato
    Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Architettura – Università di Udine
  • in collaborazione con CIRMONT
    Centro Internazionale di Ricerche Per la Montagna, Amaro (UD)

What

  • Virtual reconstructions of buildings
    Virtual visit to the cathedral of Aquileia and Venzone by means of the terrestrial scanning laser

Virtual driving experience

Where

  • Udine – Old town

When

  • Video screenings

Who

  • Vi-Grade
    Spin off – Università di Udine

What

  • An area equipped with video streaming connection during the Night.

Let’s spread our wings

Where

  • Udine – Old town

When

  • from 18.00 to 24.00

Who

  • Prof. Fasano
    Istituto ITI Malignani

What

  • A stand with a flight simulator from the “Malignani” Institute.

Microkopter, spy aircraft

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Where

  • Udine – Old town

When

  • from 18.00 to 24.00

Who

  • Prof. Fabio Crosilla
    Professore ordinario
    Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Architettura – Università di Udine
  • Dott. Stefano Rizzotti

What

  • An area that offers an example of a UAV designed for the study of landscape: the “MIKROKOPTER”

Virtual disasters. Getting ready for the emergencies through virtual reality

Where

  • Udine – Old town

When

  • from 18.00 to 24.00

Who

  • Prof. Luca Chittaro
    Professore Ordinario
    Dipartimento di Matematica Informatica – Università di Udine
  • Dott. Roberto Ranon
    Ricercatore Universitario
    Dipartimento di Matematica Informatica – Università di Udine
  • Dott. Fabio Buttussi
    Assegnista di ricerca
  • Dott. Stefano Burigat
    Ricercatore universitario
  • Dott. Alberto Catto
    Assegnista di ricerca
  • Dott. Riccardo Sioni
    Dottorando in informatica
  • Dott. Nicola Zangrando
    Assegnista di ricerca

Cosa

    What

    • S.O.S. Blaze. Virtual experiences by means of a special helmet or stereoscopic projection and 3D glasses.
     

    Science in the human body – Piazza Lionello e palazzo Morpurgo

    Science in the human body

    • Stand 20: Stem cells and regenerative medicine
    • Stand 21: LabCUBEgress: evacuation situation

    Stem cells and regenerative medicine

    Where

    • Udine – Old town

    When

    • from 18.00 to 24.00

    Who

    • Prof. Carlo Aberto Beltrami
      Professore ordinario
      Dipartimento Scienze Mediche e Biologiche – Università di Udine
    • Dott.sa Daniela Cesselli
      Incaricato esterno di insegnamento
      Università di Udine

    What

    • An insight into stem cells and regenerative medicine: methods, experiments and microscopic observation.

    LabCUBEgress: evacuation situation

    Where

    • Palazzo Morpurgo
    • Via Savorgnana

    When

    • from 18.00 to 24.00

    Who

    • Dott. Stefano Grimaz
      Ricercatore Universitario
      Dipartimento di Chimica, Fisica e Ambiente – Università di Udine
    • Dott. Elia Tosolini
    • Centro Studi e Ricerche SPRINT
      Università di Udine

    What

    • This is a laboratory for the study of evacuation from confined spaces with safety risks. LabCUBEgress requires the active participation of the public, with video recordings of their actions and data measurement with subsequent evaluation. All this is accompanied by musical entertainment.