Green & Blue Energy Infrastructure

Developing sustainable resource exploitation

Development and technological improvement of marine renewable energy

CIMA is a multidisciplinary centre of excellence of marine and environmental research. CIMA engages with society to implement important decisions about Blue and Green Growth at the national and international level, and thus contribute to the delivery of Sustainable Development Goals. The mission of CIMA is to deepen scientific knowledge of marine and environmental systems, to support and encourage innovation, and to provide training. CIMA integrates two main research areas: Ocean and Coastal Dynamics and Environmental Systems and Resources.

Research activity in Materials and Structural - Civil Engineering, Coastal and marine infrastructure, Cement based materials, durability of materials, degradation of concrete and reinforced concrete, corrosion of reinforcement, chloride-ion penetration in concrete, fibre-reinforced self-compacting, self-healing concrete, Nano-materials in concrete, alkali-activated concrete, recycling of waste materaisl for high performance materials, repair and strengthening, restoration of structures. Life Cycle Analysis. Structural Modelling and Analysis & Design.