Master's Degree in MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY

Degree course in italian
MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY - INGEGNERIA DEI MATERIALI E NANOTECNOLOGIE
Degree course
MATERIALS ENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
Title
Master's Degree
MIUR Class
Ingegneria dei materiali - LM-53. (DM270)
Length
2 years
Credits
120
Department
ENGINEERING FOR INNOVATION
Website
https://www.unisalento.it/didattica/cosa-studiare/percorsi/-/dettaglio/corso/LM76/materials-engineering-and-nanotechnology
Language
ENGLISH
Location
Lecce
Academic year
2022/2023
Type of access/Available places
Free access course
Career opportunities
2.2.1.5.2 - Ingegneri dei materiali
Other useful information

The graduate is a technological engineer experienced in transformation processes with traditional and innovative materials and he/she possesses theoretical and operational skills that ensure significant knowledge of materials engineering and nanotechnology and the associated product and innovation processes. Thanks to the multidisciplinary approach, the graduate in Materials Engineering is able to demonstrate interdisciplinary skills, both theoretical and operational in nature, which will ensure mastery in addressing and solving the main problems of industrial production and design, where transformation processes of materials and nanomaterials or the innovation associated with them are required.

Course description

The graduate is a technological engineer experienced in transformation processes with traditional and innovative materials and he/she possesses theoretical and operational skills that ensure significant knowledge of materials engineering and nanotechnology and the associated product and innovation processes. Thanks to the multidisciplinary approach, the graduate in Materials Engineering is able to demonstrate interdisciplinary skills, both theoretical and operational in nature, which will ensure mastery in addressing and solving the main problems of industrial production and design, where transformation processes of materials and nanomaterials or the innovation associated with them are required.
Admission to the Master's Degree Course is by means of a compulsory test to assess individual preparation, consisting of an interview, which is a prerequisite for subsequent enrolment.
Failure to pass the test to assess the adequacy of individual preparation does not allow enrolment. Students who have passed the test will be able to enrol after having obtained the aptitude test.
The assessment tests, scheduled according to the annual Announcement of Admission, must in any case be preceded, for each individual candidate, by the verification of the existence of the curricular requirements.

The annual Announcement of Enrolment to the Course of Study will explain the procedures for any exemption from the test (interview) required for access.

Profile

Technological engineer experienced in transformation processes with traditional and innovative materials

Functions

Functions in a working context:

Masterial Materials Engineering and Nanotechnology graduates will be characterised by:
a thorough knowledge and understanding of the basic principles of materials engineering;
a critical awareness of the technological and regulatory developments in the chosen field;
The graduate will possess theoretical and operational skills that will ensure significant knowledge of materials engineering and nanotechnology and the associated product and process innovation processes. In particular, the skills acquired will enable graduates to enter working contexts involving, for example:
-the development of new products and processes for all industries that use transformation processes of metallic, polymeric, composite, nanocomposite, ceramic materials for the manufacture of manufactured goods;
-the development of new products and processes for the biomedical industry
-the development of new products and processes in the area of nanotechnologies for electronic, opto-electronic, biomedical and industrial applications in general
-the design of a new product, process or system, also including the problems related to the management of the product life cycle (from production to distribution to its maintenance) evaluating the specific safety and eco-compatibility issues;

Thanks to the multidisciplinary approach, the graduate in materials engineering will be able to acquire the skills useful to design, build, install, test, effectively manage and control complex production systems (such as machines and plants together with the means to operate them and their related services); to make choices concerning the executive and detailed design and to effectively conduct and plan tests and experimental plans both for the development of a new product and for the control of existing industrial systems.
Specifically, graduates will be able to perform a variety of roles in the process industry, as well as leadership, coordination and managerial roles, in collaboration with other specialised technical figures such as engineers, physicists, chemists, mathematicians, biologists and doctors.
Process roles include:
Process engineer and expert in the development of new products and processes for the metal, polymeric, composite and ceramic materials processing industry; expert engineer in the development of new products and processes for the biomedical industry, expert engineer in the development of new products and processes in the area of nanotechnology for electronic, opto-electronic, biomedical and industrial applications in general

Competences

competences associated with the function:

The graduate will acquire interdisciplinary skills, both theoretical and operational in nature, which will ensure mastery in addressing and solving the main problems of industrial production and design, where transformation processes of materials and nanomaterials or the innovation associated with them are required. In particular, their skills will cover
The course will focus on the relationship among processing, properties and structure of all materials of industrial interest, i.e. metals, polymers, ceramics, composites, biomaterials, semiconductors. Nanomaterials and their applications in electronic and other fields are also object of the courses. During the first year fundamentals of chemistry and physics of materials and of transport phenomena are provided. Then the study will focus on fabrication technologies and properties of the mentioned materials. In the second year specific courses are devoted to biomedical applications and nanotechnology for electronic. While maintaining the connotation of an engineering degree, it has chemistry, physics, electronics, as well as industrial and mechanical engineering of materials among its teachings. The "cross-fertilization" between different disciplinary fields, which, pushing the trainees to embrace the problems in an organic and complete way, teaches them to analyze new problems using different approaches. Visits to industrial plants are usually performed.
The final examination consists of the discussion of a paper that serves to prove the possession of the competences envisaged by the educational objectives assigned to the course of study.
The paper proposed for the final examination, characterised by originality, always refers to a significant experience that may concern:
- a project activity;
- an in-depth study of a basic or applied research theme;
- an experimental research activity, carried out in university laboratories or at external organisations.

Course modules

MATERIALS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS