Educational objectives Reliability of materials with particular attention to mechanical, metallurgical and physical properties. The student should be able to choose the best material as a function of the engineering application and evaluate correctly the structural integrity of the final structure by using advanced design criteria.
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Educational objectives Il corso mira a fornire una comprensione più approfondita delle proprietà e della natura pericolosa delle sostanze chimiche, effettuando l’analisi dei processi chimici.
Il corso mira a raggiungere i seguenti tre obiettivi:
- fornire agli studenti una panoramica delle statistiche sugli incidenti, gestire un incidente come processo dinamico e introdurre un approccio sistemico nei confronti degli incidenti
- essere in grado di valutare i pericoli che sono proprietà intrinseche dei prodotti e pericoli legati alle condizioni fisiche dei materiali o dei processi, per avere familiarità con la classificazione dei prodotti pericolosi
- essere in grado di valutare una strategia di prevenzione per l'uso di sostanze chimiche pericolose (in ambiente di laboratorio e industriale) e di adottare le misure di protezione adeguate contro gli incidenti
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Educational objectives General learning outcomes
The course aims to provide the scientific basis and technical knowledge to develop interdisciplinary skills aimed at assessing the sustainability of the use of renewable and exhaustible resources and, in general, of all production activities. Through the knowledge and use of tools and methods for environmental monitoring, for the characterization of the environmental and energy loads of the production cycles (LCA) and the related environmental costs (LCC), the course, in accordance with the principles of circular economy and with the SDGs n. 7, 11, 12 and 13 of the UN AGENDA 2030, aims to analyze the product and/or process impacts, pursuing the control and improvement of environmental performances, also in order to implement voluntary adhesion tools such as Environmental Labeling and Environmental Management Systems.
Specific learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
● define the elements that identify a sustainable growth; evaluate what use of renewable resources can be considered sustainable and how mining exploitation and the use of exhaustible resources should be analyzed with a view to rationalization and reduction, without neglecting the eco-compatibility of the extraction processes;
● know the Life Cycle Assessment methodology, identifying it as a tool for characterizing the environmental and energy load throughout the life cycle of a product/service and as a useful tool for identifying possible mitigation interventions on induced environmental impacts, also through the reduction of raw materials and energy used in a system;
● know the Life Cycle Costing methodology as a tool for assessing total costs (private and environmental) throughout the life cycle of a product/service; discern the implications of replacing the "price" criterion of an asset with that of "cost", with a view to circular economy;
● know the ecological labelling systems and the management tools that allow economic and non-economic organizations to control the environmental impacts of their activities, pursuing the continuous improvement of environmental performance;
● know image processing techniques in order to characterize the territory and all its components from a qualitative and quantitative point of view, through the study and interpretation of medium and high resolution satellite images.
Applying knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
● evaluate the economic feasibility of the exploitation and use of exhaustible and renewable resources;
● develop an LCA by setting the different phases of the methodology: functional unit and system boundaries, inventory analysis (LCI) with the creation of an analog model of the system, identification of process inputs and outputs, analysis and interpretation of data related to the resulting impacts (LCIA);
● set up an hypothetical procedure for ecological product/service labelling, choose the type of labelling according to the objectives and the monitored product/service group; create impact indicators in order to simplify the obtained information and make it accessible even to non-experts;
● use image processing software to radiometrically and geometrically correct satellite images at different resolutions; evaluate the coverage elements from a qualitative and quantitative point of view and make a photo-interpretation of these elements; identify color-composite images and standardized "indices" that amplify the interpretative skills by highlighting the characteristics of the coverage elements.
Making judgements
By sharing presentations, documents and specific publications, the course will develop students' analytical skills and independent judgment, stimulating the evaluation of the specific system dealt with in order to identify the critical elements and the possible improvements. During the lessons, LCA and satellite image analysis software will also be used to present application cases, even complex ones, encouraging students to discuss interpretative hypotheses and possible analytical solutions to the highlighted problems. At the end of the course, students will be able to work on the topics covered both independently and as members of a team.
Communication skills
The teacher will stimulate the students' communication skills, inviting them to discussion and analysis on the topics and application cases dealt with.
Learning skills
The sharing of the material relating to the course, the discussion and identification of the main actors in reference to the covered topics, the identification of how the concepts of sustainable development and circular economy interact with all anthropogenic production/consumption activities: all this will help the students to develop a strong ability to continue, in total autonomy, the study and the professional and scientific updating on the topics dealt with
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