Professor Stefano Piva is full professor of "Fisica Tecnica" (Thermodynamics and Heat and Mass Transfer). Actually he has the chair of "Fisica Tecnica" for Mechanical and Material Engineering at the Università di Ferrara. Between 2001 and 2007 he was the Head of the Dipartimento di Ingegneria of the Università di Ferrara. He is author or co-author of more than 100 papers published on Italian or International scientific journals and presented at Italian or international conferences. His principal interest has been in Heat Transfer, Applied Thermodynamics and Thermal Plant Design. In particular he published papers on forced and mixed convection heat transfer, natural convectio, energy storage in solid-liquid phase-change systems, thermoelectrics, air conditioning plants for surgeries and sterile patient rooms, district heating, energy saving in civil engineering, thermal solar collectors, thermal bridges.