IDEA-RT

IDEA (Innovation, Decision, Environment, Awareness) Research Transfer s.r.l. is a limited liability company, registered in the ordinary section of the Chamber of commerce under REA 562058 of Bari. It has been reported in the special section as an innovative startup. IDEA-RT provides innovative technical-scientific tools to support the analysis and management of complex systems in civil and environmental engineering, in order to promote awareness of decisions in terms of effectiveness, rationality (replicability), integration, flexibility and efficiency. IDEA-RT's technology transfer paradigm is based on the development of advanced tools in a high-level programming environment and their implementation as simple functions in software packages familiar to technicians, such as Microsoft Office® Excel, QGIS and ArcGIS®, ArcGIS -PRO®. This allows to quickly develop, update and test tools for specific applications in collaboration with users. This achieves a dynamic and real-time transfer of technical-scientific research outside the academia, but also within university courses, where future technicians and decision makers are trained as economic operators in civil and environmental engineering. The transfer of technical-scientific research takes place through the following main activities: • technical-scientific innovations for analysis and decision support in civil and environmental engineering through innovative tools, integrated on users’ systems, • continuous training on innovative tools through courses aimed at researchers and technicians in the fields of water cycle management as well as engineering companies, • development and customization of innovative tools. For this reason, IDEA-RT is a unique provider of innovation and technology transfer service worldwide with high technical-scientific skills in the field of hydraulic system management.