Program Overview

Dottorato in ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE FOR ENERGY AND INDUSTRY

The Ph.D. program in Engineering and Applied Science for Energy and Industry guarantees the acquisition of multidisciplinary skills and knowledge, strongly integrated, to form professional figures oriented towards the world of industrial research, experts in the analysis and management of complex systems with particular reference to energy and industrial systems. These figures will be able to address problems related to energy and industrial systems in the context of safety, innovation, sustainability, environment, energy, infrastructure, in an international context that sees the participation of industrialized, emerging, and developing countries.

Program Objectives

The program aims to form advanced professionals in the field of innovation, responding to the need to create a profile of Ph.D. holders prepared to perform research and development, design, and management of complex and energy systems in an industrial context, with an overall vision that ensures the coherence of technological choices with business strategies, in the context of the specific sector of relevance.

Program Structure

The program offers a wide range of opportunities for mobility, both abroad and in Italy, with various universities and companies involved in the Ph.D. program. The program also provides access to various resources, including:

• Spazi e postazioni di lavoro (workspaces and workstations)
• Biblioteche, archivi e collezioni museali (libraries, archives, and museum collections)
• Laboratori (laboratories)
• Attrezzature hardware e software specialistiche (specialized hardware and software equipment)
• Materiale bibliografico e specialistico (bibliographic and specialized material)

Research Areas

The program covers a wide range of research areas, including:

• Analisi dei sistemi complessi in visione interdisciplinare (analysis of complex systems in an interdisciplinary vision)
• Sviluppo e trasferimento delle conoscenze per le tecnologie innovative (development and transfer of knowledge for innovative technologies)
• Partecipazione al processo di innovazione, alla competitività delle imprese (participation in the innovation process, competitiveness of companies)
• Fondamenti chimici e chimico-fisici dei diversi settori delle tecnologie (chemical and physico-chemical foundations of different technology sectors)
• Studio dell'interazione fra strutture ed ambiente fisico (study of the interaction between structures and physical environment)
• Studio della meccanica dei materiali, di strutture non tradizionali (study of material mechanics, non-traditional structures)
• Studio di sistemi meccanici mediante le metodologie della meccanica teorica ed applicata (study of mechanical systems through theoretical and applied mechanics methodologies)
• Analisi della fisica dell'ambiente confinato, dei condizionamenti ambientali (analysis of confined environment physics, environmental conditioning)
• Studio delle macchine, degli impianti e dei sistemi elettrici ed elettronici (study of machines, plants, and electrical and electronic systems)
• Studio dei sistemi elettrici ed energetici con interazione di generazione da fonti rinnovabili (study of electrical and energy systems with interaction of generation from renewable sources)

International Mobility

The program offers opportunities for international mobility with various universities, including:

• Politehnica University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
• Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland
• Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
• Universidad de Piura (UDEP), Piura, Peru
• Politechnika Wroclawska - Wrocław University of Technology, Poland
• Waterloo University, Canada
• VSB Technicka Univerzita OS trava / Ostrava University, Czech Republic
• Irvine Valley College, California, USA
• George Washington University, USA
• University of Toulouse, France
• Florida International University, Miami, USA
• Università Pontificia Comillas ICAI, Madrid, Spain
• UDSM, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Resources

The program provides access to various resources, including:

• Spazi e postazioni di lavoro (workspaces and workstations)
• Biblioteche, archivi e collezioni museali (libraries, archives, and museum collections)
• Laboratori (laboratories)
• Attrezzature hardware e software specialistiche (specialized hardware and software equipment)
• Materiale bibliografico e specialistico (bibliographic and specialized material)

Funding

The program is funded by various sources, including companies and institutions, and offers a number of scholarships to students. The program also has an international connotation, with several foreign teachers from prestigious universities.