Seminar about Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) in the geological and environmental fields.
On Tuesday 28 January Prof. Enrico Mugnaioli held a seminar at the Uzbek University of Geological Sciences (UGS), in which he illustrated the potential of the Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) in the geological and environmental fields.
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The TEM is one of the flagship instruments of the Center for Instrument Sharing of the University of Pisa (CISUP), with applications ranging from Engineering to Life Sciences. The seminar was attended by representatives of the Uzbek Geologic Service and the Center for Advanced Technologies, who are currently engaged in setting up an advanced instrumentation center in Tashkent.
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On the sidelines of the seminar, Prof. Marco Pasero, as vice-chairman of the Commission on New Minerals Nomenclature and Classification, made contacts to promote greater participation of Uzbek institutions in the international framework established by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA). |
The meeting highlighted once again the interest of Uzbek institutions in the instrumental facilities present at the University of Pisa, many of which werea cquired and managed within CISUP, and in the related know-how. This will favor in the near future the strengthening of relations between Italy and Uzbekistan, also linked to the imminent Joint Call 2025 for scientific cooperation projects between the two nations.
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The renewed interest in the collaboration between UniPI and Uzbek institutions is also demonstrated by the second visit to the Branch of Piergabriele Papadia de Bottini, the new Italian ambassador to Tashkent, accompanied this time by Stefano Lo Russo, Mayor of Turin and vice-president of the National Association of Italian Municipalities (ANCI), as well as Professor of Applied Geology at the Polytechnic of Turin, and by representatives of Italian entrepreneurship. |
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The visit of the Minister of University and Research of Italy to the Branch of UNIPI
On Tuesday 24 September, as part of the 1st Uzbek-Italian Educational Forum, the Minister of University and Research of Italy Anna Maria Bernini visited the headquarters of the Branch of the University of Pisa within the campus of the University of Geological Sciences (UGS) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Accompanying Anna Maria Bernini on the visit were Prof. Riccardo Zucchi (Rector of the University of Pisa), Prof. Sergio Rocchi (BSc teacher and member of the Managing Committee of the Branch), Prof. Giovanni Federico Gronchi (Vice-Rector for International Cooperation), and Dr. Numonbek Dalimov (Operations Manager of the Branch).
The visit was also attended by the Ambassador of Italy to Uzbekistan, the Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Italy, the Deputy Minister of the University of Uzbekistan and a representative of the Ministry of Geology.
Rector Zucchi and Professor Rocchi reminded Minister Bernin that Branch is the seat of the Degree Course in Geology, the first and to date only degree course of an Italian university held abroad and accredited by the Ministry of University and Research. In addition to Branch, the campus of the University of Geological Sciences currently also hosts four research institutes, teaching facilities, the canteen and the dormitory, and the National Museum of Geology and the new headquarters of the Ministry of Geology and Mining Industry of Uzbekistan are ready for inauguration
The day before, Zucchi, together with Rocchi, Gronchi and Dalimov, inaugurated the new academic year in the presence of the students gathered in the Aula Magna. The course has reached its third year of activation, with an annual average of freshmen of over 50. In the afternoon, the rector met with the Deputy Minister of Geology to discuss the developments of the UniPi Branch in Tashkent.
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Unipi branch in Tashkent: the cooperation project with Uzbekistan is growing
With a signature between the rector Riccardo Zucchi, the Uzbek deputy minister of mining and geology, Azam Alisherovich Kodirhodjaev, and the director of the Unipi branch of UGS, Numonbek Rustamovich Dalimov, an agreement was formalized which provides for an expansion of the cooperation project with Uzbekistan. 
The University of Pisa and the University of Geological Science will develop a "Double degree MSc in Geology". The double degree program will be taught in English in accordance with the regulations of the Italian Ministry of University and Research and the Ministry of University of Uzbekistan. the title awarded is recognized as a master's degree valid both in Italy and in Uzbekistan. The two universities also intend to expand the three-year degree program in Geology with the addition of an "environmental curriculum" focused on specific subjects in that sector. The qualification awarded will be the same as the Geology program and will therefore be recognized as valid both in Italy and in Uzbekistan.
Present at the signing of the agreement in the rectorate were the rector Riccardo Zucchi, Azam Alisherovich Kodirhodjaev, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Geology and Mining Industry, Numonbek Rustamovich Dalimov, Operations Manager of the UniPi Branch at UGS, Antonio Mazzeo, president of the Regional Council of Tuscany, Frida Scarpa, councilor for relations with university institutions of the Municipality of Pisa, Giuseppe Iannaccone, deputy vice-rector, Giovanni Federico Gronchi, vice-rector for cooperation and international relations, Giovanni Paoletti, vice-rector for teaching, Luca Pandolfi, director of the Department of Earth Sciences, professors Sergio Rocchi, Francesco Marcelloni, Marco Abate, Giovanni Sarti, Roberta Moruzzo and the head of the International Cooperation Unit Paola Cappellini.
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Didactic Project: “Pisa Meets Tashkent: a journey between geosciences and cultures”
UNIPI funded a study trip for 12 Italian students and 4 teachers of the MSc in Geological Science and Technologies, Exploration and Applied Geophysics, Environmental Sciences.The topics covered during the field trip are:
- to know the environmental problems related to the exploitation of georesources
- to get knowledge regarding geological processes and the formation and mineral resources
- to facilitate integration and cultural interconnection with Uzbek students
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