Universidad de Padova - Padua - ITALIA.-

1. DEPARTMENT
OF
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Padova - Italy

2. • Padua is a city in the north-east of Italy,
30km from Venice (250.000 people –
50.000 students).
• The University foundation year is 1222
(Galileo Galilei was teaching in Padua)
• Now the 792th Academic Year is running!
• 11,000 students are enrolled in the
Engineering undergraduate and
Graduate courses
• The Department of Industrial
Engineering hosts The Laboratory for
Electroheat of Padua (LEP) 2
University of Padova

3. Mission
The Department promotes and manages teaching and
research, as well as technology transfer in all fields of Industrial
Engineering.
An interdisciplinary approach and constant co-operation with
leading foreign Universities and Research Centres grant high
international standards in its activities.
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

4. Staff
• 108 faculty members
• over 100 postdoctoral research fellows
• 80 administrative & technical staff
• 48 research labs
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

5. Teaching
• 4 First cycle programmes (bachelor degree)
• 6 Second cycle programmes (master degree)
• 2 PhD Programmes (and participation to 4 external programmes)
• 5 Master Courses (lifelong learning)
•  4000 students
• over 120 PhD Students
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

6. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
3-years first cycle
programmes
1. Aerospace Engineering
2. Chemical and Materials Engineering
3. Energy Engineering
4. Mechanical Engineering
1. Aerospace Engineering
2. Chemical and Process Engineering
3. Electrical Engineering
4. Energy Engineering
5. Materials Engineering
6. Mechanical Engineering
2-years second cycle
programmes

7. PhD
Programmes
1. Chemical, Materials and
Mechanical Engineering
2. Energy Engineering
3. Space Technologies and
Measures
4. Materials Science and
Engineering
5. Management Engineering
6. Fusion Science and
Engineering
1. Strategic Environmental
Management
2. Project Management and
Innovation Management
3. Sciences Communication
4. Surface Treatments for Industrial
Applications
5. Technologies for Solar Energy in
African Countries
Master
Courses
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

8. International
Winter and
Summer
Schools in
2012
 Summer School
in Entrepreneurial
Management
and Innovation
(Desenzano del Garda,
16th-21st September 2012)
 Winter School
in Sports Engineering
(San Vito di Cadore,
4th-9th March 2012) with
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

9. Academic Co-operation & Research Agreements with:
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, U.K.
China, India
Tunisia
U.S.A., Brazil, Mexico
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

10. The University of Padova is member of T.I.M.E. (Top
Industrial Managers for Europe), a network gathering 55
of the world’s leading Technical Universities and
Engineering Schools and offering, through a system of
voluntary bilateral agreements between its members,
promotion and recognition of academic excellence and
relevance to the international labour market in the form of
Double Degrees in Engineering and related fields
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
The Department of Industrial Engineering is
also participating in “Ciencia sem
Fronteiras”, the Brazilian Government Study
and Research Mobility Programme
International mobility programmes

11. The Department clusters together all the
main expertise in industrial engineering
promoting innovation through excellence
and competitiveness in research
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

12. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
 Reaction and combustion engineering
 Food and pharmaceutical engineering
 Biological and biomedical engineering
 Safety engineering and risk analysis
 Biomaterials and biomechanics
 Product design and quality control
 Process systems engineering
 Metallurgy and foundry
 Process modeling and optimization
 Micro-manufacture and micro-tooling engineering

13. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
 Environmental engineering
 Organometallic synthesis and catalysis
 Platinum based drugs design and synthesis
 Functional materials synthesis and characterization
 Environmental impacts of industrial activity
 Atmospheric pollutant and odour transport
 Eco-compatibility of hydropower plants
 Performance of wetlands and natural pollutant receptors

14. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
 Polymer engineering and processing
 Particle technology
 Nanotechnology for sensors and enhanced material performance
 Surface treatments
 Materials for energy and optical applications
 Glass technology and micro- and nano-lithography
 Ceramic materials
 Mechanical behaviour of engineering materials

15. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
 Biofuels and bioenergy
 Renewable energy sources
 Energy and buildings
 Electro-chemical storage
 Applied acoustics
 Turbomachinery design and optimization
 Energy systems design and optimization
 Techno-economical optimization of hydropower plants
 Renewable energy electric-generating systems

16. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
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 Heating exchangers and cooling systems
 Motorcycle dynamics and design
 Characterization of the motorcycle components
 Electric and hybrid vehicles
 Structural durability assessment
 Fatigue design of components and structures
 Sports engineering

17. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
 Solar system exploration
 Mission into earth’s orbit
 Aerospace plant and systems
 Aerospace propulsion
 Industrial and geometrical metrology
 Measurements-testing on electrical machines
 Industrial electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)

18. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
 High voltage technology (innovative transmission lines, energy storage)
 Computational electromagnetics and multiphysics simulations
 Appliances of electroheat
 Electric machines, drives and automation systems
 Smart grids - Grid connected power converters
 Photometry and electric lighting techniques
 Plasma physics and technology
 Engineering management
 Entrepreneuship and innovation
 Performance management

19. Research Competitions
Race UP
The University of Padova has got its own team in
the Formula SAE, a student car design and racing
competition organized by SAE International
R3 Project
The University of Padova’s Project R3 team takes
part in the “Mille e Una Vela per l'Università" (One
Thousand and One Sailing Boats for University)
race cup
Formula Electric & Hybrid Italy
The Laboratory of Electric Systems for Automation
and Automotive has taken part in “Formula Electric
& Hybrid Italy”, an electric and hybrid vehicle
competition
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

20. The Department promotes the results of its applied
research and their application in innovative
entrepreneurial environments:
• Patents
• Spin-offs
• Participation in Start Cup Veneto, a business plan competition
aimed to support economic local development
• Participation in Start Cube, the University’s business incubator
• Collaborations with Science and Technology Parks
• Contracts with companies (108 in 2012)
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Technology transfer

21.  Dynamotion - innovative projects in mechanics and mechatronics
 Galileia - services for new energies
 HIT09 - advanced solutions for aerospace applications
 Inova - simulation tools for electromagnetic analysis
 NanoWebFun - nano solutions for innovation
 Unifront - demilitarization processes and plants
DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Spin-offs

22. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Research contracts (2012)
BFT SPA Scame s.R.L. GSK FICEP SPA DUCATI MOTOR HOLDING SPA
Rota infissi srl SIPRO SRL SME SRL
Univ.Di trento - dip.To ingegneria dei
materiali e tecnologie industriali
DE PRETTO INDUSTRIE SRL
Star pennsylvania new flower s.P.A. DE PRETTO INDUSTRIE SRL ACEM SRL REEL SRL Giplanet s.P.A.
Askoll holding s.R.L. Minerali industriali spa Brose fahrzeugteile gmbh & co. Danieli & c. Officine meccaniche spa Newmont usa limited
NUOVA OMPI SRL Ecostile srl Calpeda spa EUROSYSTEMS SPA Panizzolo s.A.S.
VAKUTEST KIMA SRL Ecoenergy srl Fiamm spa MCZ GROUP SPA Q-RAD
NUOVA OMPI SRL Ecogaia srl Piron srl Acque veronesi scarl SYSTEM SERVICE SRL
TERNA PLUS Misapor italia Veneranda arca di s.Antonio CENTRO VENETO SERVIZI SPA
Bim - consorzio dei comuni del bacino
imbrifero montano del piave
appartenenti alla provincia di belluno
Ilva spa Tipro nano photocatalyst coats SIPA SPA ACQUE VICENTINE SPA FABRIS SRL
O.M.E.R. SPA Siliconature spa Marangoni meccanica spa EUROFIBRE SPA REGIONE VENETO
ENERGY EYES SRL Recla srl ADAPTICA SRL OSMOTECH SRL EMERSON CLIMATE
F.LLI POLI SRL Telea biotech CONSORZIO ETHICS
CONSORZION DI BONIFICA ADIGE
EUGANEO
Danieli & c. Officine meccaniche spa
Eurapo srl BELFIORE SRL Neptun srl
Comas costruzioni macchine speciali
s.P.A.
SCAM SPA
Bluebox group srl CINETIX SRL Adaptica srl Tamanini hydro s.R.L. ZAITEX SPA
Eurapo srl RONAL STIFTUNG ELECTROLUX ITALIA SPA Aaco manufacturing srl
ACQUE MINERALI SAN BENEDETTO
SPA
Studio tretti MOLEMAB SPA CARRARO DRIVETECH SPA Blizzard sport gmbh COMUNE DI SANDRIGO (VI)
De longhi srl LAGO SPA IP CLEANING SPA Ex-novo studio CORECOM/REGIONE VENETO
STI SRL Enel foundation SAN BENEDETTO SPA INDUSTRIE GUIDO MALVESTIO SPA F.Lli beltrame s.P.A
Brandoni solare spa ANSWER DRIVES Isochemicals s.R.L. Blizzard gmbh Comune di abano terme
Unindustria rovigo ELECTROLUX ITALIA SPA Deriplast spa Selle royal spa PADOVA FIERE SPA

23. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Department of Industrial Engineering
University of Padova
Via G. Gradenigo, 6/A
35131 Padova (ITALY)
E-mail: direzione@dii.unipd.it
Website: www.dii.unipd.it