Catalogo dei Corsi di studio

FMECS
provides a second-level knowledge of applied thermodynamics with
specific reference to energy conversion systems, thermal, hydro and
wind. Mass- and energy balances, together with a thorough review of
entropy generation/exergy destruction analysis, are also studied in
great detail. After completion of the course, the student will be able
to perform mass-, energy and entropy balances and to calculate an
elementary exergy budget; of understanding both the principles and the
techical details of the operation of energy conversion machinery; of
successfully addressing the design problems forming the topics of the
subsequent Heat exchangers, ICE and Turbomachinery courses

Giving the basis to design correctly a measurement chain according to the requirements both of test drivers and of users. Teaching the students the most significant experimental methods and devices for mechanical and thermal measurements. Let graduate fellows operate experimentally in mechanical industry.

In the course program, the dynamics of EMS-Electromechanical Systems and their control are analyzed in details, including systems of rigid bodies and of continuous elastic structures (rod, beam and plates). Applications to vibration analysis and their control, smart structures and mechatronic systems, are examples approached in the course.

The class provides further insights on the mechanical behavior of industrial engineering materials and on the structural design and verification of several components and mechanical system broadly used in Machine Design. It is the natural continuation of the Design of Machine Elements course held during the last year of the Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering.
The main goals of the course are, in short:
- Functional analysis and structural design and dimensioning of: mechanical transmissions, spur, helical and bevel gears, gearboxes, flexible elements, rotating discs, thick walled vessels, tubes, plates, press fits. Identification of stress concentrations among connecting elements.
- Study of the constitutive elastic behaviour and yield criteria of anisotropic and orthotropic materials. Failure criteria under multiaxial fatigue loading conditions. Damage fracture criteria for the prediction of the ultimate strength of ductile materials.
- Methologies for the experimental mechanical characterization of materials and analysis of the structural performance of widely used traditional and modern engineering alloys.
- Analysis of typical design problems through case studies.

The candidate produces an original research work with experimental character, backed by appropriated maps and illustrations, by which he demonstrates that he has acquired the ability to manage and to elaborate on his own the skills gained during the theoretical and methodological study, with special regard to the search of bibliographic and cartographic sources, data collection, management and processing of statistical data, critical thinking and capacity of personal elaboration.

FMECS
provides a second-level knowledge of applied thermodynamics with
specific reference to energy conversion systems, thermal, hydro and
wind. Mass- and energy balances, together with a thorough review of
entropy generation/exergy destruction analysis, are also studied in
great detail. After completion of the course, the student will be able
to perform mass-, energy and entropy balances and to calculate an
elementary exergy budget; of understanding both the principles and the
techical details of the operation of energy conversion machinery; of
successfully addressing the design problems forming the topics of the
subsequent Heat exchangers, ICE and Turbomachinery courses

Giving the basis to design correctly a measurement chain according to the requirements both of test drivers and of users. Teaching the students the most significant experimental methods and devices for mechanical and thermal measurements. Let graduate fellows operate experimentally in mechanical industry.

Objectives
The course aims at describing energy sources, their conversion and transformation, their use and rationalization. Once the primary and secondary energy forms are introduced, the attention is focused on the conservation principles applied to energy systems and fluid machinery. Then conventional steam power plants are studied, followed by gas turbines, and internal and external combustion engines used as energy systems; furthermore, the attention is put on combined cycles and cogeneration power plants. Renewable power plants and direct conversion power plants are discussed. Moreover, end-use and rational use of energy, and energy recovery and saving are studied. Students will acquire the knowledge of the main energy systems and, using modelling and computation tools, they will be able to evaluate the performance and the applications of various energy systems. Also, they could compare the specificity of each system and chose the best coupling solution between a given end-use of energy and the available energy conversion systems.

The candidate produces an original research work with experimental character, backed by appropriated maps and illustrations, by which he demonstrates that he has acquired the ability to manage and to elaborate on his own the skills gained during the theoretical and methodological study, with special regard to the search of bibliographic and cartographic sources, data collection, management and processing of statistical data, critical thinking and capacity of personal elaboration.

FMECS
provides a second-level knowledge of applied thermodynamics with
specific reference to energy conversion systems, thermal, hydro and
wind. Mass- and energy balances, together with a thorough review of
entropy generation/exergy destruction analysis, are also studied in
great detail. After completion of the course, the student will be able
to perform mass-, energy and entropy balances and to calculate an
elementary exergy budget; of understanding both the principles and the
techical details of the operation of energy conversion machinery; of
successfully addressing the design problems forming the topics of the
subsequent Heat exchangers, ICE and Turbomachinery courses

Giving the basis to design correctly a measurement chain according to the requirements both of test drivers and of users. Teaching the students the most significant experimental methods and devices for mechanical and thermal measurements. Let graduate fellows operate experimentally in mechanical industry.

General objectives

The course provides the basic tools for analyzing and designing feedback controllers for linear dynamic systems, using both state-space and input-output descriptions.

Specific objectives

Knowledge and understanding:
Students will learn the basic methods for (1) modeling, (2) analyzing and (3) controlling single input/single output linear systems.

Apply knowledge and understanding:
Students will be able to analyze and design a control architecture for linear systems.

Critical and judgment skills:
Students will be able to choose the most suitable functional control architecture for a specific control problem.

Communication skills:
The course activities will allow students to be able to communicate/share the main problems concerning the definition of the specifications and the design of a control system.

Learning ability:
The course development aims at giving the student the capacity to design simple control systems in a linear setting.

The course is aimed at the creation of a knowledge-base, in the
student, on the main processing technologies, typical of metallic
materials, in use or expected to be adopted in the manufacturing
industry. This course aims also at provide some case studies of typical
industrial applications which analyze specific technological aspects
and limitations in order to give a technical-practical qualification to
the student and solid knowledge of tools that will enable him to
understand technological problems, to work by making innovations and
structuring its actions in a logical way, developing capacity also
strongly requested by companies.

Knowledge and understanding

The course deals with the decision making processes of firms. In particular, students are expected to learn the basic principles of
• microeconomic analysis of the firm,
• firm technology strategy,
• economic evaluation of investment projects,
• financial accounting

Applying knowledge and understanding

Students will be able to apply basic methods and models of microeconomics, organization theory and corporate finance in order to:
• identify the determinants of firms’ strategic choices,
• analyze the relationship between technological change in the industry and firms’ strategies
• evaluate the profitability of investment projects
• analyze the financial statement of a company

Making judgements
Lectures, practical exercises and problem-solving sessions will provide students with the ability to assess the main strengths and weaknesses of theoretical models when used to identify firms’strategies.

Communication
By the end of the course, students are able to discuss ideas, problems and solutions provided by the microeconomics of the firm and corporate finance both with a specialized and a non-specialized audience. These capabilities are tested and evaluated in the final written exam and possibly in the oral exam.

Lifelong learning skills

Students are expected to develop those learning skills necessary to undertake additional studies on relevant topics in microeconomics and corporate finance with a high degree of autonomy. During the course, students are encouraged to investigate further any topics of major interest, by consulting supplementary academic publications, specialized books, and internet sites. These capabilities are tested and evaluated in the final written exam and possibly in the oral exam, where students may have to discuss and solve some new problems based on the topics and material covered in class.

OBJECTIVES. The course gives the key competences of operations management, both from an organisational-management and a technical-operational point of view. The expected learning outcomes are the capabilities to analyse the relationship of market and supply chain, the role and processes of the company within the supply chain, and the applying knowledge and understanding of the methodologies for production and inventory management.
EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES. Knowledge and understanding: knowledge and understanding of the most important processes and techniques for operations management, and supply chain management. Models and methods for materials management, for the production configuration, the calculation of economic production quantity, and the planning and programming techniques. Capability: capability to analyse with a systemic approach, model problems and identify the best techniques for solving the main challenges of supply chain management, production, and logistics, with a focus on production planning/programming and materials management.

The candidate produces an original research work with experimental character, backed by appropriated maps and illustrations, by which he demonstrates that he has acquired the ability to manage and to elaborate on his own the skills gained during the theoretical and methodological study, with special regard to the search of bibliographic and cartographic sources, data collection, management and processing of statistical data, critical thinking and capacity of personal elaboration.

FMECS
provides a second-level knowledge of applied thermodynamics with
specific reference to energy conversion systems, thermal, hydro and
wind. Mass- and energy balances, together with a thorough review of
entropy generation/exergy destruction analysis, are also studied in
great detail. After completion of the course, the student will be able
to perform mass-, energy and entropy balances and to calculate an
elementary exergy budget; of understanding both the principles and the
techical details of the operation of energy conversion machinery; of
successfully addressing the design problems forming the topics of the
subsequent Heat exchangers, ICE and Turbomachinery courses

Giving the basis to design correctly a measurement chain according to the requirements both of test drivers and of users. Teaching the students the most significant experimental methods and devices for mechanical and thermal measurements. Let graduate fellows operate experimentally in mechanical industry.

General objectives

The course provides the basic tools for analyzing and designing feedback controllers for linear dynamic systems, using both state-space and input-output descriptions.

Specific objectives

Knowledge and understanding:
Students will learn the basic methods for (1) modeling, (2) analyzing and (3) controlling single input/single output linear systems.

Apply knowledge and understanding:
Students will be able to analyze and design a control architecture for linear systems.

Critical and judgment skills:
Students will be able to choose the most suitable functional control architecture for a specific control problem.

Communication skills:
The course activities will allow students to be able to communicate/share the main problems concerning the definition of the specifications and the design of a control system.

Learning ability:
The course development aims at giving the student the capacity to design simple control systems in a linear setting.

In the course program, the dynamics of EMS-Electromechanical Systems and their control are analyzed in details, including systems of rigid bodies and of continuous elastic structures (rod, beam and plates). Applications to vibration analysis and their control, smart structures and mechatronic systems, are examples approached in the course.

Knowledge and understanding

The course deals with the decision making processes of firms. In particular, students are expected to learn the basic principles of
• microeconomic analysis of the firm,
• firm technology strategy,
• economic evaluation of investment projects,
• financial accounting

Applying knowledge and understanding

Students will be able to apply basic methods and models of microeconomics, organization theory and corporate finance in order to:
• identify the determinants of firms’ strategic choices,
• analyze the relationship between technological change in the industry and firms’ strategies
• evaluate the profitability of investment projects
• analyze the financial statement of a company

Making judgements
Lectures, practical exercises and problem-solving sessions will provide students with the ability to assess the main strengths and weaknesses of theoretical models when used to identify firms’strategies.

Communication
By the end of the course, students are able to discuss ideas, problems and solutions provided by the microeconomics of the firm and corporate finance both with a specialized and a non-specialized audience. These capabilities are tested and evaluated in the final written exam and possibly in the oral exam.

Lifelong learning skills

Students are expected to develop those learning skills necessary to undertake additional studies on relevant topics in microeconomics and corporate finance with a high degree of autonomy. During the course, students are encouraged to investigate further any topics of major interest, by consulting supplementary academic publications, specialized books, and internet sites. These capabilities are tested and evaluated in the final written exam and possibly in the oral exam, where students may have to discuss and solve some new problems based on the topics and material covered in class.

The class provides further insights on the mechanical behavior of industrial engineering materials and on the structural design and verification of several components and mechanical system broadly used in Machine Design. It is the natural continuation of the Design of Machine Elements course held during the last year of the Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering.
The main goals of the course are, in short:
- Functional analysis and structural design and dimensioning of: mechanical transmissions, spur, helical and bevel gears, gearboxes, flexible elements, rotating discs, thick walled vessels, tubes, plates, press fits. Identification of stress concentrations among connecting elements.
- Study of the constitutive elastic behaviour and yield criteria of anisotropic and orthotropic materials. Failure criteria under multiaxial fatigue loading conditions. Damage fracture criteria for the prediction of the ultimate strength of ductile materials.
- Methologies for the experimental mechanical characterization of materials and analysis of the structural performance of widely used traditional and modern engineering alloys.
- Analysis of typical design problems through case studies.

The candidate produces an original research work with experimental character, backed by appropriated maps and illustrations, by which he demonstrates that he has acquired the ability to manage and to elaborate on his own the skills gained during the theoretical and methodological study, with special regard to the search of bibliographic and cartographic sources, data collection, management and processing of statistical data, critical thinking and capacity of personal elaboration.

Premise
Industrial plants are production systems characterized by a degree of complexity, tailored to the needs of a user (industrial company) in order to pursue economic goals.
Within an industrial plant, several technical components can be identified, essentially related to the production of industrial activities (production plants) and to the realization of all the services necessary for the operation of the plant (service facilities) .
Today's productive economic environment, in which industrial plants find use, requires some reflection in order to fully appreciate the needs of industrial companies and hence the role of the plant engineer.
In recent years, there have been significant economic and social changes, largely linked to the extraordinary technological progress that has characterized in particular the past of the last century and which have led to phenomena that have profoundly changed the markets. Among others, the following are particularly important and characterized by a sufficient degree of generality:
- the increase in the quantity and quality of information available to both suppliers and consumers;
- the expansion of markets, namely the so-called globalization;
- the increase in consumption;
- the enhancement of the quality of life.
These circumstances, in turn, have determined, from the point of view of the design and management of industrial plants:
- rationalization requirements;
- ability to satisfy ever more particular and changing needs;
- increase of competitiveness and competition;
- Increasing management needs compared with operating and executive requirements.
All this in a context that, due to the need to meet the new market perspectives and to renewed social and environmental sensitivity, is gradually becoming more interested in issues such as:
(A) Sustainable development (which in general terms translates into issues of rational use of energy, conservation / maintenance and security),
(B) the economic efficiency of production activities and
C) satisfaction of stakeholders (which translates into quality issues).

From a socio-economic point of view, the formation of new Political Entities (European Union) and of the new World Trade Organization (OCT) are also being formed. These include, inter alia, the definition of new rules aimed at homogenization Of technical and commercial behaviors:
- international voluntary standards on the management of productive activities;
- harmonized standards;
- directives of the "new approach".
Ultimately, processes such as European integration and, at a wider scale, globalization of markets, as well as creating new competitive conditions (all stakeholders), bring companies to more and more aggressive competitors, Coming from different economic realities. The tightening of business competition thus greatly enhances the importance of effectively combining customer satisfaction and cost containment, which can now be considered as the two core principles to be followed for the development of Any productive system economically and financially sound.

Educational goals
In view of the premise, the course of Industrial Plants aims to:
(A) provide basic knowledge of Industrial Facilities (identification, classification, description of the main elements);
B) provide elements related to the design and management of industrial plants

This course provides basic and andvances tools for the analysis of discrete and continuous systems.
Theoretical, numerical and experimental aspects are developed.
They are aimed to put the student in the conditionof solving basic and complex problems related to the analysis of mechanical structures.

The
main goal of the course is to introduce the student to the theory and practice
of aerodynamics of external and internal flows. The attention will be focused
on the study of exact and approximate solutions for airfoils with finite span,
with special emphasis of aerodynamic and machinery applications. The course
also aims at introducing the student to the theory of turbulent
flows, and to the practical evaluation of the aerodynamic force
coefficients for slender and bluff bodies. The course also includes a series of
computer exercises to make the student familiar with the techniques of
numerical analysis applied to aerodynamics.

Methodologies and modeling approaches to study the thermo-fluid dynamics behaviour of fluid machines used in energy conversion systems and energy uses.
Basic design principles and introduction to performance limitations.

Advanced in design methods within design framework oriented to product life cycle.

The educational objectives are: 1. Good knowledge of the main non destructive tests such as liquid penetrant testing, magnetic particle testing, ultrasonic testing, radiography 2. Ability to combine theory and practice in the application of these methods to the detection of casting and welding defects

OBJECTIVES. The course gives the key competences of operations management, both from an organisational-management and a technical-operational point of view. The expected learning outcomes are the capabilities to analyse the relationship of market and supply chain, the role and processes of the company within the supply chain, and the applying knowledge and understanding of the methodologies for production and inventory management.

EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES. Knowledge and understanding: knowledge and understanding of the most important processes and techniques for operations management, and supply chain management. Models and methods for materials management, for the production configuration, the calculation of economic production quantity, and the planning and programming techniques. Capability: capability to analyse with a systemic approach, model problems and identify the best techniques for solving the main challenges of supply chain management, production, and logistics, with a focus on production planning/programming and materials management.

This class aims to:
- to provide basic and advanced concepts of
machines and mechanisms, to be used for the comprehension of the mechanism
functionalities, and for their proper structural design.
- to describe the most important failure
modes of actual machine elements, taking into account both static and dynamic
load conditions.

The candidate produces an original research work with experimental character, backed by appropriated maps and illustrations, by which he demonstrates that he has acquired the ability to manage and to elaborate on his own the skills gained during the theoretical and methodological study, with special regard to the search of bibliographic and cartographic sources, data collection, management and processing of statistical data, critical thinking and capacity of personal elaboration.

FMECS
provides a second-level knowledge of applied thermodynamics with
specific reference to energy conversion systems, thermal, hydro and
wind. Mass- and energy balances, together with a thorough review of
entropy generation/exergy destruction analysis, are also studied in
great detail. After completion of the course, the student will be able
to perform mass-, energy and entropy balances and to calculate an
elementary exergy budget; of understanding both the principles and the
techical details of the operation of energy conversion machinery; of
successfully addressing the design problems forming the topics of the
subsequent Heat exchangers, ICE and Turbomachinery courses

Giving the basis to design correctly a measurement chain according to the requirements both of test drivers and of users. Teaching the students the most significant experimental methods and devices for mechanical and thermal measurements. Let graduate fellows operate experimentally in mechanical industry.

General objectives

The course provides the basic tools for analyzing and designing feedback controllers for linear dynamic systems, using both state-space and input-output descriptions.

Specific objectives

Knowledge and understanding:
Students will learn the basic methods for (1) modeling, (2) analyzing and (3) controlling single input/single output linear systems.

Apply knowledge and understanding:
Students will be able to analyze and design a control architecture for linear systems.

Critical and judgment skills:
Students will be able to choose the most suitable functional control architecture for a specific control problem.

Communication skills:
The course activities will allow students to be able to communicate/share the main problems concerning the definition of the specifications and the design of a control system.

Learning ability:
The course development aims at giving the student the capacity to design simple control systems in a linear setting.

This class will provide the students with the ground knowledge to correctly design and set up a measurement chain or system, taking in account the specific needs of the instrument user. Specific attention will be given to applications aimed at mechanical production and manufacturing industry. The class comprises a number of laboratory lessons, which explain and go into the main experimental techniques and are considered a fundamental part of the course.

In the course program, the dynamics of EMS-Electromechanical Systems and their control are analyzed in details, including systems of rigid bodies and of continuous elastic structures (rod, beam and plates). Applications to vibration analysis and their control, smart structures and mechatronic systems, are examples approached in the course.

This course is addressed to kinematics and dynamics of industrial
robots. Introductory cognitions of mechanical components and control are
also imparted. Basic concepts of mechanics are developed towards
multi-body systems, especially serial kinematics chain robotic arms, in
order to provide for the students the tools necessary to deal with
robotics applications.

Knowledge and understanding

The course deals with the decision making processes of firms. In particular, students are expected to learn the basic principles of
• microeconomic analysis of the firm,
• firm technology strategy,
• economic evaluation of investment projects,
• financial accounting

Applying knowledge and understanding

Students will be able to apply basic methods and models of microeconomics, organization theory and corporate finance in order to:
• identify the determinants of firms’ strategic choices,
• analyze the relationship between technological change in the industry and firms’ strategies
• evaluate the profitability of investment projects
• analyze the financial statement of a company

Making judgements
Lectures, practical exercises and problem-solving sessions will provide students with the ability to assess the main strengths and weaknesses of theoretical models when used to identify firms’strategies.

Communication
By the end of the course, students are able to discuss ideas, problems and solutions provided by the microeconomics of the firm and corporate finance both with a specialized and a non-specialized audience. These capabilities are tested and evaluated in the final written exam and possibly in the oral exam.

Lifelong learning skills

Students are expected to develop those learning skills necessary to undertake additional studies on relevant topics in microeconomics and corporate finance with a high degree of autonomy. During the course, students are encouraged to investigate further any topics of major interest, by consulting supplementary academic publications, specialized books, and internet sites. These capabilities are tested and evaluated in the final written exam and possibly in the oral exam, where students may have to discuss and solve some new problems based on the topics and material covered in class.

The class provides further insights on the mechanical behavior of industrial engineering materials and on the structural design and verification of several components and mechanical system broadly used in Machine Design. It is the natural continuation of the Design of Machine Elements course held during the last year of the Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering.
The main goals of the course are, in short:
- Functional analysis and structural design and dimensioning of: mechanical transmissions, spur, helical and bevel gears, gearboxes, flexible elements, rotating discs, thick walled vessels, tubes, plates, press fits. Identification of stress concentrations among connecting elements.
- Study of the constitutive elastic behaviour and yield criteria of anisotropic and orthotropic materials. Failure criteria under multiaxial fatigue loading conditions. Damage fracture criteria for the prediction of the ultimate strength of ductile materials.
- Methologies for the experimental mechanical characterization of materials and analysis of the structural performance of widely used traditional and modern engineering alloys.
- Analysis of typical design problems through case studies.

The course provides to the student notions of heat transfer and transport of energy in flowsof practical significance. The theoretical aspects of the problem, the coupling betweenvelocity and temperature field, and the main methodologies for the solution of typicalapplication problems are described. The course also introduces advanced aspects of gasdynamicsand computational fluid mechanics that the student will put in practice throughnumerical simulations.

We expect the student to learn the use of sequences and series of functions (in particular Fourier and power series) and to reconstruct signals via Laplace tranform.

A) Learning of basic knowledge of mathematical models of Continuum Mechanics based on Partial Differential Equations. Learning of the main perturbative methods: direct perturbative method, multiple scales and boundary layers.

B) Learning to set up and analyze problems for Partial Differential Equations. Learning to use the main perturbative methods when small parameters appear, also by means of qualitative analysis.

D), E) Development of the ability to understand qualitatively the solution, to exchange the results and to seek help in textbooks or from experts. In this connection, construction and graphical visualization of solutions obtained by symbolic calculus (MUPAD toolbox for MATLAB).

The candidate produces an original research work with experimental character, backed by appropriated maps and illustrations, by which he demonstrates that he has acquired the ability to manage and to elaborate on his own the skills gained during the theoretical and methodological study, with special regard to the search of bibliographic and cartographic sources, data collection, management and processing of statistical data, critical thinking and capacity of personal elaboration.

FMECS
provides a second-level knowledge of applied thermodynamics with
specific reference to energy conversion systems, thermal, hydro and
wind. Mass- and energy balances, together with a thorough review of
entropy generation/exergy destruction analysis, are also studied in
great detail. After completion of the course, the student will be able
to perform mass-, energy and entropy balances and to calculate an
elementary exergy budget; of understanding both the principles and the
techical details of the operation of energy conversion machinery; of
successfully addressing the design problems forming the topics of the
subsequent Heat exchangers, ICE and Turbomachinery courses

Giving the basis to design correctly a measurement chain according to the requirements both of test drivers and of users. Teaching the students the most significant experimental methods and devices for mechanical and thermal measurements. Let graduate fellows operate experimentally in mechanical industry.

General objectives

The course provides the basic tools for analyzing and designing feedback controllers for linear dynamic systems, using both state-space and input-output descriptions.

Specific objectives

Knowledge and understanding:
Students will learn the basic methods for (1) modeling, (2) analyzing and (3) controlling single input/single output linear systems.

Apply knowledge and understanding:
Students will be able to analyze and design a control architecture for linear systems.

Critical and judgment skills:
Students will be able to choose the most suitable functional control architecture for a specific control problem.

Communication skills:
The course activities will allow students to be able to communicate/share the main problems concerning the definition of the specifications and the design of a control system.

Learning ability:
The course development aims at giving the student the capacity to design simple control systems in a linear setting.

This class will provide the students with the ground knowledge to correctly design and set up a measurement chain or system, taking in account the specific needs of the instrument user. Specific attention will be given to applications aimed at mechanical production and manufacturing industry. The class comprises a number of laboratory lessons, which explain and go into the main experimental techniques and are considered a fundamental part of the course.

The course is aimed at the creation of a knowledge-base, in the
student, on the main processing technologies, typical of metallic
materials, in use or expected to be adopted in the manufacturing
industry. This course aims also at provide some case studies of typical
industrial applications which analyze specific technological aspects
and limitations in order to give a technical-practical qualification to
the student and solid knowledge of tools that will enable him to
understand technological problems, to work by making innovations and
structuring its actions in a logical way, developing capacity also
strongly requested by companies.

The course aims to provide the necessary knowledge to the design and management of safety and maintenance of industrial systems, considered as complex production systems.To this end, the course deals with the handling of hazardous phenomena that can occur in a productive activity, provides information on laws and existing good practice in this regard and introduces methodologies for systems analysis useful to anticipate and manage unexpected phenomena in the operation machinery, equipment and facilities.Particular emphasis is given to the services to guarantee the safety of any system, especially in view of some significant trends (facility management, global services and outsourcing).

Knowledge and understanding

The course deals with the decision making processes of firms. In particular, students are expected to learn the basic principles of
• microeconomic analysis of the firm,
• firm technology strategy,
• economic evaluation of investment projects,
• financial accounting

Applying knowledge and understanding

Students will be able to apply basic methods and models of microeconomics, organization theory and corporate finance in order to:
• identify the determinants of firms’ strategic choices,
• analyze the relationship between technological change in the industry and firms’ strategies
• evaluate the profitability of investment projects
• analyze the financial statement of a company

Making judgements
Lectures, practical exercises and problem-solving sessions will provide students with the ability to assess the main strengths and weaknesses of theoretical models when used to identify firms’strategies.

Communication
By the end of the course, students are able to discuss ideas, problems and solutions provided by the microeconomics of the firm and corporate finance both with a specialized and a non-specialized audience. These capabilities are tested and evaluated in the final written exam and possibly in the oral exam.

Lifelong learning skills

Students are expected to develop those learning skills necessary to undertake additional studies on relevant topics in microeconomics and corporate finance with a high degree of autonomy. During the course, students are encouraged to investigate further any topics of major interest, by consulting supplementary academic publications, specialized books, and internet sites. These capabilities are tested and evaluated in the final written exam and possibly in the oral exam, where students may have to discuss and solve some new problems based on the topics and material covered in class.

The class provides further insights on the mechanical behavior of industrial engineering materials and on the structural design and verification of several components and mechanical system broadly used in Machine Design. It is the natural continuation of the Design of Machine Elements course held during the last year of the Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering.
The main goals of the course are, in short:
- Functional analysis and structural design and dimensioning of: mechanical transmissions, spur, helical and bevel gears, gearboxes, flexible elements, rotating discs, thick walled vessels, tubes, plates, press fits. Identification of stress concentrations among connecting elements.
- Study of the constitutive elastic behaviour and yield criteria of anisotropic and orthotropic materials. Failure criteria under multiaxial fatigue loading conditions. Damage fracture criteria for the prediction of the ultimate strength of ductile materials.
- Methologies for the experimental mechanical characterization of materials and analysis of the structural performance of widely used traditional and modern engineering alloys.
- Analysis of typical design problems through case studies.

The course provides to the student notions of heat transfer and transport of energy in flowsof practical significance. The theoretical aspects of the problem, the coupling betweenvelocity and temperature field, and the main methodologies for the solution of typicalapplication problems are described. The course also introduces advanced aspects of gasdynamicsand computational fluid mechanics that the student will put in practice throughnumerical simulations.

We expect the student to learn the use of sequences and series of functions (in particular Fourier and power series) and to reconstruct signals via Laplace tranform.

The candidate produces an original research work with experimental character, backed by appropriated maps and illustrations, by which he demonstrates that he has acquired the ability to manage and to elaborate on his own the skills gained during the theoretical and methodological study, with special regard to the search of bibliographic and cartographic sources, data collection, management and processing of statistical data, critical thinking and capacity of personal elaboration.

FMECS
provides a second-level knowledge of applied thermodynamics with
specific reference to energy conversion systems, thermal, hydro and
wind. Mass- and energy balances, together with a thorough review of
entropy generation/exergy destruction analysis, are also studied in
great detail. After completion of the course, the student will be able
to perform mass-, energy and entropy balances and to calculate an
elementary exergy budget; of understanding both the principles and the
techical details of the operation of energy conversion machinery; of
successfully addressing the design problems forming the topics of the
subsequent Heat exchangers, ICE and Turbomachinery courses

Giving the basis to design correctly a measurement chain according to the requirements both of test drivers and of users. Teaching the students the most significant experimental methods and devices for mechanical and thermal measurements. Let graduate fellows operate experimentally in mechanical industry.

General objectives

The course provides the basic tools for analyzing and designing feedback controllers for linear dynamic systems, using both state-space and input-output descriptions.

Specific objectives

Knowledge and understanding:
Students will learn the basic methods for (1) modeling, (2) analyzing and (3) controlling single input/single output linear systems.

Apply knowledge and understanding:
Students will be able to analyze and design a control architecture for linear systems.

Critical and judgment skills:
Students will be able to choose the most suitable functional control architecture for a specific control problem.

Communication skills:
The course activities will allow students to be able to communicate/share the main problems concerning the definition of the specifications and the design of a control system.

Learning ability:
The course development aims at giving the student the capacity to design simple control systems in a linear setting.

This class will provide the students with the ground knowledge to correctly design and set up a measurement chain or system, taking in account the specific needs of the instrument user. Specific attention will be given to applications aimed at mechanical production and manufacturing industry. The class comprises a number of laboratory lessons, which explain and go into the main experimental techniques and are considered a fundamental part of the course.

The course is aimed at the creation of a knowledge-base in the student on the main processing technologies, typical of metallic materials, in use or expected to be adopted in the manufacturing industry. This course aims also to provide some case studies of typical industrial applications which analyze specific technological aspects and limitations in order to give a technical-practical qualification to the student and solid knowledge of tools that will enable him to understand technological problems, to work by making innovations and structuring its actions in a logical way, developing capacity also strongly requested by companies.Autonomy of judgment: Evaluate and compare the performance expected by the employment of different manufacturing technologies to scenarios which are different from the usual one, elaborating solutions on the basis of known information. Communicative skills: to be able to communicate clearly their own conclusions on issues concerning topics which are objet of the course and on topics concerning the performance of manufacturing processes.

Knowledge and understanding

The course deals with the decision making processes of firms. In particular, students are expected to learn the basic principles of
• microeconomic analysis of the firm,
• firm technology strategy,
• economic evaluation of investment projects,
• financial accounting

Applying knowledge and understanding

Students will be able to apply basic methods and models of microeconomics, organization theory and corporate finance in order to:
• identify the determinants of firms’ strategic choices,
• analyze the relationship between technological change in the industry and firms’ strategies
• evaluate the profitability of investment projects
• analyze the financial statement of a company

Making judgements
Lectures, practical exercises and problem-solving sessions will provide students with the ability to assess the main strengths and weaknesses of theoretical models when used to identify firms’strategies.

Communication
By the end of the course, students are able to discuss ideas, problems and solutions provided by the microeconomics of the firm and corporate finance both with a specialized and a non-specialized audience. These capabilities are tested and evaluated in the final written exam and possibly in the oral exam.

Lifelong learning skills

Students are expected to develop those learning skills necessary to undertake additional studies on relevant topics in microeconomics and corporate finance with a high degree of autonomy. During the course, students are encouraged to investigate further any topics of major interest, by consulting supplementary academic publications, specialized books, and internet sites. These capabilities are tested and evaluated in the final written exam and possibly in the oral exam, where students may have to discuss and solve some new problems based on the topics and material covered in class.

Aim of the course is the study of electromechanical systems of dimensions close to that of the micrometer by means of physical -mathematical models with lumped and distributed parameters. Particular attention is also paid to the study of control techniques for the design of complex micro-mechatronic systems with the function of actuators and sensors. The application areas range from the control of mechanical vibrations and noise to micro robotics.

We expect the student to learn the use of sequences and series of functions (in particular Fourier and power series) and to reconstruct signals via Laplace tranform.

In the course program, the dynamics of EMS-Electromechanical Systems and their control are analyzed in details, including systems of rigid bodies and of continuous elastic structures (rod, beam and plates). Applications to vibration analysis and their control, smart structures and mechatronic systems, are examples approached in the course.

To realize the knowledge for design and management of safety and maintenance in industrial complex systems.

The course aims to provide students with basic knowledge on the resistance characteristics of materials, with particular regard to mechanical, thermal and environmental.

The candidate produces an original research work with experimental character, backed by appropriated maps and illustrations, by which he demonstrates that he has acquired the ability to manage and to elaborate on his own the skills gained during the theoretical and methodological study, with special regard to the search of bibliographic and cartographic sources, data collection, management and processing of statistical data, critical thinking and capacity of personal elaboration.

The candidate produces an original research work with experimental character, backed by appropriated maps and illustrations, by which he demonstrates that he has acquired the ability to manage and to elaborate on his own the skills gained during the theoretical and methodological study, with special regard to the search of bibliographic and cartographic sources, data collection, management and processing of statistical data, critical thinking and capacity of personal elaboration.

FMECS
provides a second-level knowledge of applied thermodynamics with
specific reference to energy conversion systems, thermal, hydro and
wind. Mass- and energy balances, together with a thorough review of
entropy generation/exergy destruction analysis, are also studied in
great detail. After completion of the course, the student will be able
to perform mass-, energy and entropy balances and to calculate an
elementary exergy budget; of understanding both the principles and the
techical details of the operation of energy conversion machinery; of
successfully addressing the design problems forming the topics of the
subsequent Heat exchangers, ICE and Turbomachinery courses

General objectives

The course provides the basic tools for analyzing and designing feedback controllers for linear dynamic systems, using both state-space and input-output descriptions.

Specific objectives

Knowledge and understanding:
Students will learn the basic methods for (1) modeling, (2) analyzing and (3) controlling single input/single output linear systems.

Apply knowledge and understanding:
Students will be able to analyze and design a control architecture for linear systems.

Critical and judgment skills:
Students will be able to choose the most suitable functional control architecture for a specific control problem.

Communication skills:
The course activities will allow students to be able to communicate/share the main problems concerning the definition of the specifications and the design of a control system.

Learning ability:
The course development aims at giving the student the capacity to design simple control systems in a linear setting.

This class will provide the students with the ground knowledge to correctly design and set up a measurement chain or system, taking in account the specific needs of the instrument user. Specific attention will be given to applications aimed at mechanical production and manufacturing industry. The class comprises a number of laboratory lessons, which explain and go into the main experimental techniques and are considered a fundamental part of the course.

Student must will able to:
- choose an additive manufacturing technology in order to comply with product specifications
- apply the Design for Additive Manufacturing
- analyze a CNC code
- employ a Computer Aided Manufacturing
- plan a Flexible Manufacturing System and a Flexible Assembly System
- control a 3D part features by contact and non contact methods

The educational objectives are: 1. Good knowledge of the main non destructive tests such as liquid penetrant testing, magnetic particle testing, ultrasonic testing, radiography 2. Ability to combine theory and practice in the application of these methods to the detection of casting and welding defects

The aim of the class is understanding the design workflow, its methods and tools, necessary to develop industrial products that accomplish client-company-community requirements as defined through product lifecycle. Lifecycle involves attention not only to the product performances but also to its production assessment and sustainability (integrated product-design), maintenance assessment and recycling. CAD-CAE-CAPP methodologies, integrated with CAx and Design for X methods, are studied in the context of virtual prototyping applications for lightweight design (through topological optimization and digital design),robust product-process design (through RSM techniques), ecodesign in circular economy (product configuration and innovation driven by lifecycle assessment). Exercises will be carried out through computational and CAD-CAE software. At the end of the course students will be able to set up a design workflow plan, choosing the most relevant requirements and design approaches, for any product of the industrial sector, driving innovation in accordance to the most updated design methodologies (virtual prototyping, virtual and augmented reality, reverse engineering). In addition, basics on the practical use of some CAD-CAE software will be also given.

Keywords: Product Lyfecycle, integrated product-process design, ecodesign, lightweight design, virtual prototyping, CAD-CAE-CAPP methods, circular economy, digital design

OBJECTIVES. The course gives the key competences of operations management, both from an organisational-management and a technical-operational point of view. The expected learning outcomes are the capabilities to analyse the relationship of market and supply chain, the role and processes of the company within the supply chain, and the applying knowledge and understanding of the methodologies for production and inventory management.

EXPECTED LEARNING OUTCOMES. Knowledge and understanding: knowledge and understanding of the most important processes and techniques for operations management, and supply chain management. Models and methods for materials management, for the production configuration, the calculation of economic production quantity, and the planning and programming techniques. Capability: capability to analyse with a systemic approach, model problems and identify the best techniques for solving the main challenges of supply chain management, production, and logistics, with a focus on production planning/programming and materials management.

The candidate produces an original research work with experimental character, backed by appropriated maps and illustrations, by which he demonstrates that he has acquired the ability to manage and to elaborate on his own the skills gained during the theoretical and methodological study, with special regard to the search of bibliographic and cartographic sources, data collection, management and processing of statistical data, critical thinking and capacity of personal elaboration.

Critically learn the concepts of friction and lubrication. Acquire the knowledge to design mechanical systems accounting for the tribological issues. Being able to analyze, simulate (experimentally or numerically), interpret and solve problems of friction and wear of mechanical systems, taking into account the constraints dictated by the sustainable development (pollution of particulates and lubricants, durability and sustainability of the systems, ... ). Being able to participate in development projects in the main industrial areas: tribology of sliding contacts and not, tribology in extreme conditions (contacts subject to vibrations, high pressure, low and high temperatures, ...), bio-tribology. The course is based on the presentation of investigation approaches and models, in parallel to the presentation of current industrial issues, methods of analysis and proposed resolutions.

Student must will able to:
- choose an additive manufacturing technology in order to comply with product specifications
- apply the Design for Additive Manufacturing
- analyze a CNC code
- employ a Computer Aided Manufacturing
- plan a Flexible Manufacturing System and a Flexible Assembly System
- control a 3D part features by contact and non contact methods

The objective of the course is to introduce the students to the variational deduction of many physical models of Engineering interest. Using variational approaches, the students will learn not only to deduce rigorous mathematical models in both solid and fluid mechanics, but also to manage the numerical tools for their solutions.

Knowledge and understanding:

Knowledge and understanding of basic concepts of
differential geometry: differentiable manifold, differentiable map,
tangent bundle, vector field, flow of a field, tensor field,
differential form, Lie group. Local theory of curves: Frenet formulas;
local theory of surfaces: metric properties, gaussian curvature, Gauss
theorem.
Skills and attributes:

Be able to calculate the Frenet apparatus of a curve
defined by parametric or cartesian equations. Be able to calculate the
gaussian curvature, principal curvatures and normal sections of a
surface defined by parametric or cartesian equations. Be able to
determine local coordinates on a manifold and write down transition
maps. Be able to study a differential map, using local coordinates.
Find the tangent space to a manifold. Calculate the flow of a vector
field. Be able to operate with tensors. Calculate line integrals and
recognize exact forms.

Leading the student to the clear comprehension of the basic mechanisms of turbulence in free and wall bounded flows. Leading the student to the clear comprehension of the basic mechanisms of turbulent combustion. Providing critical knowledge of the different regimes of turbulent combustion and of the effect of turbulence in reactive flows. Developing basic skill for combustor design.

The lectures will focus on the fundamental concepts and advanced topics in fluid–structure interaction (FSI) modelling and computation.
The fundamental modelling of fluid dynamics, turbulence and structure dynamics of elastic solid will be briefly recall during the first part of the class. The second part of the course will move on the coupling technique and approaches.
All the concepts will be treated basing on the finite-element theory for the solution of partial differential equations. The topics will pass from the stabilized finite–element formulations, to the arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian (ALE) and space-time (ST) methods, dealing with mesh update methods and iterative solution techniques.

In the course program, the dynamics of EMS-Electromechanical Systems and their control are analyzed in details, including systems of rigid bodies and of continuous elastic structures (rod, beam and plates). Applications to vibration analysis and their control, smart structures and mechatronic systems, are examples approached in the course.

This class will provide the students with the ground knowledge to correctly design and set up a measurement chain or system, taking in account the specific needs of the instrument user. Specific attention will be given to applications aimed at mechanical production and manufacturing industry. The class comprises a number of laboratory lessons, which explain and go into the main experimental techniques and are considered a fundamental part of the course.

The aim of the class is understanding the design workflow, its methods and tools, necessary to develop industrial products that accomplish client-company-community requirements as defined through product lifecycle. Lifecycle involves attention not only to the product performances but also to its production assessment and sustainability (integrated product-design), maintenance assessment and recycling. CAD-CAE-CAPP methodologies, integrated with CAx and Design for X methods, are studied in the context of virtual prototyping applications for lightweight design (through topological optimization and digital design),robust product-process design (through RSM techniques), ecodesign in circular economy (product configuration and innovation driven by lifecycle assessment). Exercises will be carried out through computational and CAD-CAE software. At the end of the course students will be able to set up a design workflow plan, choosing the most relevant requirements and design approaches, for any product of the industrial sector, driving innovation in accordance to the most updated design methodologies (virtual prototyping, virtual and augmented reality, reverse engineering). In addition, basics on the practical use of some CAD-CAE software will be also given.

Keywords: Product Lyfecycle, integrated product-process design, ecodesign, lightweight design, virtual prototyping, CAD-CAE-CAPP methods, circular economy, digital design

The class provides further insights on the mechanical behavior of industrial engineering materials and on the structural design and verification of several components and mechanical system broadly used in Machine Design. It is the natural continuation of the Design of Machine Elements course held during the last year of the Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering.
The main goals of the course are, in short:
- Functional analysis and structural design and dimensioning of: mechanical transmissions, spur, helical and bevel gears, gearboxes, flexible elements, rotating discs, thick walled vessels, tubes, plates, press fits. Identification of stress concentrations among connecting elements.
- Study of the constitutive elastic behaviour and yield criteria of anisotropic and orthotropic materials. Failure criteria under multiaxial fatigue loading conditions. Damage fracture criteria for the prediction of the ultimate strength of ductile materials.
- Methologies for the experimental mechanical characterization of materials and analysis of the structural performance of widely used traditional and modern engineering alloys.
- Analysis of typical design problems through case studies.

The
main goal of the course is to introduce the student to the theory and practice
of aerodynamics of external and internal flows. The attention will be focused
on the study of exact and approximate solutions for airfoils with finite span,
with special emphasis of aerodynamic and machinery applications. The course
also aims at introducing the student to the theory of turbulent
flows, and to the practical evaluation of the aerodynamic force
coefficients for slender and bluff bodies. The course also includes a series of
computer exercises to make the student familiar with the techniques of
numerical analysis applied to aerodynamics.

The apprenticeship allows to acquire credits through laboratory activities or through the attendance at scientific seminars certified and approved by the council.

The Lab of Computational Aerodynamics aims at:

1) Providing the students with a proper understanding of wing system aerodynamics. The related skills concern theoretical and numerical aspects, in particular:

a) mathematical modeling of the external flow about wing systems;
b) capability of dealing with and interpreting the meaning of the equations stemming from the mathematical model;
c) knowledge of the basic discretization techniques used in external aerodynamics.


2) Provide the students with the ability to numerically predict the aerodynamic characteristics of wing systems. Specifically:

a) The capability of correctly describing the geometry of the wing system;
b) The ability to reproduce the relevant geometries in discrete form;
c) The ability in using free-ware aerodynamic simulation tools to estimate the aerodynamic characteristics of wing systems;
d) The capability of interpreting the results of numerical simulations in terms of flow field and force systems acting on the wing.

3) Develop the ability of critically selecting and assessing the numerical tools most appropriate for solving problems in aerodynamics and interpret and understand the results of the relevant numerical solution, also by comparison with experimental results.

The candidate produces an original research work with experimental character, backed by appropriated maps and illustrations, by which he demonstrates that he has acquired the ability to manage and to elaborate on his own the skills gained during the theoretical and methodological study, with special regard to the search of bibliographic and cartographic sources, data collection, management and processing of statistical data, critical thinking and capacity of personal elaboration.

FMECS
provides a second-level knowledge of applied thermodynamics with
specific reference to energy conversion systems, thermal, hydro and
wind. Mass- and energy balances, together with a thorough review of
entropy generation/exergy destruction analysis, are also studied in
great detail. After completion of the course, the student will be able
to perform mass-, energy and entropy balances and to calculate an
elementary exergy budget; of understanding both the principles and the
techical details of the operation of energy conversion machinery; of
successfully addressing the design problems forming the topics of the
subsequent Heat exchangers, ICE and Turbomachinery courses

Giving the basis to design correctly a measurement chain according to the requirements both of test drivers and of users. Teaching the students the most significant experimental methods and devices for mechanical and thermal measurements. Let graduate fellows operate experimentally in mechanical industry.

In the course program, the dynamics of EMS-Electromechanical Systems and their control are analyzed in details, including systems of rigid bodies and of continuous elastic structures (rod, beam and plates). Applications to vibration analysis and their control, smart structures and mechatronic systems, are examples approached in the course.

The class provides further insights on the mechanical behavior of industrial engineering materials and on the structural design and verification of several components and mechanical system broadly used in Machine Design. It is the natural continuation of the Design of Machine Elements course held during the last year of the Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering.
The main goals of the course are, in short:
- Functional analysis and structural design and dimensioning of: mechanical transmissions, spur, helical and bevel gears, gearboxes, flexible elements, rotating discs, thick walled vessels, tubes, plates, press fits. Identification of stress concentrations among connecting elements.
- Study of the constitutive elastic behaviour and yield criteria of anisotropic and orthotropic materials. Failure criteria under multiaxial fatigue loading conditions. Damage fracture criteria for the prediction of the ultimate strength of ductile materials.
- Methologies for the experimental mechanical characterization of materials and analysis of the structural performance of widely used traditional and modern engineering alloys.
- Analysis of typical design problems through case studies.

The candidate produces an original research work with experimental character, backed by appropriated maps and illustrations, by which he demonstrates that he has acquired the ability to manage and to elaborate on his own the skills gained during the theoretical and methodological study, with special regard to the search of bibliographic and cartographic sources, data collection, management and processing of statistical data, critical thinking and capacity of personal elaboration.