PhD student profile, Alessio Tugnolo

PhD Student: Alessio Tugnolo

 

Tutor: Riccardo Guidetti

Dean: Prof. Ella Pagliarini

Research area: Food Science and Nutrition

PhD title achieved on: 1^st March 2022

 

Research topic

Development of non-destructive techniques for the analysis of agri-food products: feasibility studies of simplified devices

 

Project Synopsis

Nowadays, a high level of automation in the agri-food industry is required inside the context of industry 4.0. Each product, after a critical processing point, needs a real-time control to ensure the highest quality required by the customers.

Fast and precise analytical methods are essential to ensure product quality, safety, authenticity and compliance with labelling. Traditional methods and tools of food monitoring (e.g. high-performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry) are time-consuming, expensive and require sample destruction.

Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is well established as a non-destructive tool for multi-constituent quality analysis of food materials during the productive process. However, this technique requires good know-how and it provides punctual information about the product.

Therefore, the goal of the project is to elaborate a new kind of customized and simplified instruments, based on NIR techniques, which are easy to use, less expensive and provide the best information required.

 

Project keywords

Food quality, Industry 4.0, non-destructive techniques, simplified devices.

 

Contacts

Address: Via Celoria, 2, 20133 – Milano (MI)

Affiliation: Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences – Production, Landscape, Agroenergy

E-mail: alessio.tugnolo@unimi.it;

Office phone: 02503 16865

 

Collaborations

• Roberto Beghi

Address: Via Celoria, 2, 20133 – Milano (MI)

Institution: Università degli Studi di Milano

Affiliation: Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences -Production, Landscape, Agroenergy (DiSAA)

• Valentina Giovenzana

Address: Via Celoria, 2, 20133 – Milano (MI)

Institution: Università degli Studi di Milano

Affiliation: Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences -Production, Landscape, Agroenergy (DiSAA)

• Ernestina Casiraghi

Address: Via Mangiagalli, 25, 20133 – Milano (MI)

Institution: Università degli Studi di Milano

Affiliation: Department of Food, Enviromental and Nutritional Sciences – DeFENS

 

Sponsor

Fellowship sponsor: Università degli Studi di Milano

 

Publications

Publications with impact factor:

A. Casson, R. Beghi, V. Giovenzana, I. Fiorindo, A. Tugnolo, R. Guidetti (2019). Visible near infrared spectroscopy as a green technology: an environmental impact comparative study on olive oil analyses. Sustainability. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su11092611

A. Casson, V. Giovenzana, R. Beghi, A. Tugnolo, R. Guidetti (2019). Environmental Impact Evaluation of Legume-Based Burger and Meat Burger. Chemical Engineering Transactions. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3303/CET1975039

V. Giovenzana, A. Casson, R. Beghi, A. Tugnolo, S. Grassi, C. Alamprese, E. Casiraghi, S. Farris, I. Fiorindo, Guidetti R. (2019). Environmental benefits: traditional vs innovative packaging for olive oil. Chemical Engineering Transactions. DOI: 10.3303/CET1975033

Alessio Tugnolo, Roberto Beghi, Valentina Giovenzana, Riccardo Guidetti (2019). Characterization of green, roasted beans and ground coffee by using near infrared spectroscopy: a comparison of two devices. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0967033519825665

Casson, A., Beghi, R., Giovenzana, V., Fiorindo, I., Tugnolo, A., & Guidetti, R. (2020). Environmental advantages of visible and near infrared spectroscopy for the prediction of intact olive ripeness. Biosystems Engineering, 189, 1-10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2019.11.003

Beghi, R., Giovenzana, V., Tugnolo, A., Pessina, D., & Guidetti, R. (2020). Evaluation of energy requirements of an industrial scale plant for the cultivation of white button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus). Journal of Agricultural Engineering, 51(2), 57-63. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/jae.2020.1000

Casson, A., Giovenzana, V., Tugnolo, A., Fiorindo, I., Beghi, R., & Guidetti, R. (2020). Environmental impact of a new concept of food service: a case study for the re-use of naval shipping containers. Journal of Cleaner Production, 122912. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122912

Giovenzana, V., Tugnolo, A., Casson, A., Guidetti, R., & Beghi, R. (2018). Application of visible-near infrared spectroscopy to evaluate the quality of button mushrooms. Journal of Near Infrared Spectroscopy. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0967033518811921

Giovenzana, V., Beghi, R., Tugnolo, A., Brancadoro, L., & Guidetti, R. (2018). Comparison of two immersion probes coupled with visible/near infrared spectroscopy to assess the must infection at the grape receiving area. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 146, 86-92. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compag.2018.01.017

Beghi R., Giovenzana V., Tugnolo A., Guidetti R. (2017). Application of visible/near infrared spectroscopy to quality control of fresh fruits and vegetables in large-scale mass distribution channels: a preliminary test on carrots and tomatoes. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.8768

 

Publications without impact factor:

Beghi, V. Giovenzana, A. Tugnolo, A. Casson, R. Guidetti (2018). Uva e stato sanitario: per una classificazione oggettiva al conferimento. pp.20-21. In IL CORRIERE VINICOLO – ISSN:1827-5419 vol. 91 (37).

Beghi, V. Giovenzana, A. Tugnolo, R. Guidetti (2018). Progettazione di sistemi ottici semplificati per il settore agroalimentare. pp.145-151. In La meccanica agraria oggi: un confronto aperto su concetti idee e aspettative di una disciplina in continua evoluzione – ISBN:9788867879472

Beghi, V. Giovenzana, A. Tugnolo, R. Guidetti (2018). Assessing the use of visible and near infrared spectroscopy to rapidly evaluate the health status of grapes entering wineries. pp.26-29. In WINE & VITICULTURE JOURNAL – ISSN:1838-6547 vol. 33 (3).

Tugnolo, V. Giovenzana, R. Beghi, R. Guidetti (2018). Verso un’enologia 4.0. Parola chiave: connessione. pp.8-9. In IL CORRIERE VINICOLO – ISSN:1827-5419 vol. 91 (8).

Tugnolo, A., Giovenzana, V., Beghi, R., Guidetti, R. (2017). Potenzialità e prospettive del monitoraggio real time della fermentazione. pp.28-29. In IL CORRIERE VINICOLO – ISSN:1827-5419 vol. 91 (15).

Tugnolo, A., Giovenzana, V., Beghi, R., Brancadoro, L., Guidetti, R. (2017). Application of visible/near infrared spectroscopy to assess the grape infection at the winery. pp.1-6. In INFOWINE – ISSN:1826-1590

Tugnolo, A., Giovenzana, V., Beghi, R., Guidetti, R. (2017). Le potenzialità dell’ozono in vigna e in cantina. pp.20-21. In IL CORRIERE VINICOLO – ISSN:1827-5419 vol. 90 (21).

 

Communications to congress:

A. Tugnolo (2019). Optical LED prototypes for ripeness evaluation of grape (Vitis Vinifera L.). (Oral)

A. Tugnolo (2019). Feasibility studies and engineering of optical simplified and stand-alone instruments for agro-food applications. (Poster)

A. Casson, R. Beghi, V. Giovenzana, I. Fiorindo, A. Tugnolo, R. Guidetti (2019).Life Cycle Thinking applied to the analyses sector: a case study on olive oil analyses using E-LCA and LCC approach. (Oral)

A. Tugnolo, R. Beghi, V. Giovenzana, A. Casson, I. Fiorindo, R. Guidetti (2019). The E-LCA as a tool to quantify the environmental impact of meat and legumes-based burgers. (Poster)

I. Fiorindo, A. Casson, R. Beghi, V. Giovenzana, A. Tugnolo, R. Guidetti (2019). Environmental benefits: conventional vs innovative packaging for olive oil. (Poster)

R. Beghi, V. Giovenzana, A. Tugnolo, A. Casson, R. Guidetti (2019). Testing of optical prototypes for the fruit and vegetable sector: case studies from pre- to post-harvest. (Oral)

A. Tugnolo, V. Giovenzana, A. Casson, R. Guidetti, R. Beghi (2019) Characterization of green, roasted beans, and ground coffee using near infrared spectroscopy: a comparison of two devices. (Poster)

A. Tugnolo, V. Giovenzana, A. Casson, R. Guidetti, R. Beghi (2019) LED based simplified prototypes for field evaluation of ripeness: tests on grape (Vitis vinifera L.). (Oral)

R. Beghi, V. Giovenzana, A. Tugnolo and R. Guidetti (2019). Visible/near infrared spectroscopy for horticulture: case studies from pre-harvest to post-harvest. (Poster)

R. Beghi, V. Giovenzana, A. Tugnolo, A. Casson, and R. Guidetti (2019).Design of prototypes of LED based devices for the evaluation of grape (Vitis Vinifera L.) ripeness. (Oral)

A. Tugnolo, C. Alamprese, R. Beghi, S. Grassi, E. Casiraghi, V. Giovenzana (2018). La spettroscopia NIR per determinare il grado di maturazione delle olive: confronto tra uno spettrofotometro vis/NIR e uno FT-NIR. (Poster)

V. Giovenzana, A. Tugnolo, R. Guidetti, R. Beghi (2018). Sviluppo di un sistema ottico semplificato per la valutazione rapida della maturazione dell’uva 7° Convegno Nazionale di Viticoltura. (Oral)

A. Tugnolo, S.V. Marai, R. Beghi, V. Giovenzana, E. Ferrari, R. Guidetti (2018). L’impiego di ultrasuoni per velocizzare l’operazione di remuage. 7° Convegno Nazionale di Viticoltura. (Poster)

A. Tugnolo, V. Giovenzana, R. Beghi, R. Guidetti (2018). Application of vis/NIR spectroscopy to evaluate the quality of Agaricus bisporus mushrooms. VIII Simposio di Spettroscopia NIR, NIRITALIA 2018. (Oral)

V. Giovenzana, A. Tugnolo, R. Guidetti, R. Beghi (2018). Potential effectiveness of visible and near infrared spectroscopy coupled with wavelengths selection for real time control of the fresh fruit and vegetable quality in large-scale mass distribution channel: the case study of tomatoes. VIII Simposio di Spettroscopia NIR, NIRITALIA 2018. (Poster)

R. Beghi, A. Tugnolo, V. Giovenzana, R. Guidetti (2018). Preliminary tests on toasted coffee beans and grinded coffee for the setup of online vis/NIR measurements to detect process failures. VIII Simposio di Spettroscopia NIR, NIRITALIA 2018. (Poster)

R. Beghi, V. Giovenzana A. Tugnolo, L. Brancadoro, R. Guidetti (2018). Water status evaluation of grapevine leaf by means of NIR spectroscopy for a better irrigation scheduling. FRUTIC Symposium, Optimizing Water Use in the Supply Chain of Fresh Produce. (Poster)

Tugnolo A., Giovenzana V., Beghi R., Brancadoro L., Guidetti R. (2017). Application of visible/near infrared spectroscopy to assess the grape infection at the winery. 10° convegno Enoforum 2017, 16- 18 maggio. (Poster)