Young Tunnellers of the Year
Luigi D'Angelo
Currently working as a Project Engineer for Italferr on the Naples-Bari high speed railway, Luigi D'Angelo is proposing a gradually move to a new role providing support and coordination to underground projects all over Italy with the aim of helping to standardise design choices and processes to improve and simplify the productive chain for clients and all parties involved.
Hanan Samadi
After graduating from University of Tehran with an MSc in engineering geology, Hanan Samadi, is advancing her career in a male-dominated industry and in a fiercely traditional country. Through her pioneering work in machine learning and artificial intelligence in Iran, Hanan has made tangible differences in the environment in which tunnelling machines operate.
Adriano Martoccia
For seven years since completing his studies as a structural and geotechnical civil engineer, Adriano Martoccia has been working in the technical department of contractor Ghella. To date he has worked on several diverse projects in Italy and abroad and is currently a senior project engineer on the Trento high speed railway project leading a team setting up for launch of four dual mode TBMs to excavate 20km of twin tunnels. Advancing projects that drive progress and innovation is his career ambition.