Sustainable Industrial Engineering

The Course of Studies (CdS) in Engineering for Industrial Ecosustainability prepares graduates who have a basic and specialized preparation that enables them to successfully continue the training process by enrolling in a Master's Degree Program, or who they can profitably enter the world of work in the energy and industrial sector.
The course aims to train an industrial engineer capable of designing and manufacturing eco-sustainable products and production processes with high energy efficiency. Environmental sustainability will be a fundamental factor for the conception of goods and services in the coming years.

The environmental and economic repercussions, the methodological approaches and the technologies supporting these approaches will have to become an indispensable knowledge base for a neo-engineer who will work in all fields of engineering, especially the industrial one. Sectors ranging from production systems, to energy management, to its transport, to energy plants will require new ways of facing the design problem and environmental sustainability will be the fulcrum around which the choices in terms of construction, performance will also move. , costs and marketing. This figure can therefore be placed in numerous work fields, from the manufacturing industry to that of services. Precisely in order to obtain a new professional figure (engineer for industrial eco-sustainability) compared to the mechanical or energy engineer, it was considered useful to draw on Scientific Disciplinary Sectors present at the University of Urbino (Uniurb) which will be able to provide basic and complementary specialist elements compared to the knowledge provided by the Faculty of Engineering of the Polytechnic University of Marche (UnivPM). Uniurb, in addition to being a university center of reference for the territory of the province of Pesaro, has relevant skills for what concerns the assessment of the environmental impact and the approaches to implement the Circular Economy. These and other issues are punctually included in the training course to complete the cultural background of the aforementioned figure. To this end, it was considered essential to structure the three-year degree course in inter-university mode, under the coordination of UNIVPM.

The Degree Program in Eco-sustainable industrial engineeringprovides the basic methods and tools necessary to increase and update one's knowledge over time, adapting it to constant scientific and technological evolution. The Degree Program in Eco-sustainable industrial engineeringcan be accessed if you are in possession of a secondary school diploma or other qualification obtained abroad recognized as suitable. Furthermore, the following are required: a good knowledge of the Italian language, logical reasoning skills, knowledge and ability to use the main results of elementary mathematics and the foundations of experimental sciences. Adequate initial preparation is verified according to the methods described in the Academic Regulations of the Degree Programs.
The course of study includes 18 CFUs of free choice of the student and the carrying out of an internship.
The first year is mainly but not exclusively dedicated to basic scientific training.
In the second year, in addition to the completion of basic scientific training, courses relating to basic and specialized engineering training are provided.
The third year is dedicated to completing the acquisition of engineering knowledge and skills typical of mechanical engineering, to carrying out the internship and to the final exam.
Without prejudice to the conventional method of teaching delivery, the Degree Program makes use of e-learning platforms (Moodle - Learning Management System, Microsoft TEAMS) for the transmission of knowledge and skills.
Graduates will be able to carry out all those tasks of a technical and organizational nature that are required in the mechanical and energy production chains, from technical offices to production plants, from maintenance and management of energy and manufacturing plants, to purchasing offices and to the technical commercial sectors. The degree course is also structured to give students an excellent cultural basis for the continuation of engineering studies in master's courses, mainly in the mechanical and energy sectors but also in the management sector.

Engineer for Industrial Sustainability

Function in a work context:

The Graduated in Engineering for Industrial Sustainability is an engineer with a university background that allows him to be integrated into working groups made up of specialists from all sectors of Industrial Engineering, of energy and electrical engineering.
The main job functions of the Engineer for sustainable industry can be summarized as follows:
• Junior engineer in charge of the construction and maintenance of machines and energy production plants electrical, thermal and refrigeration in the industrial and civil sectors;
• Junior engineer in charge of the construction and maintenance of the distribution networks of electricity carriers, heating and cooling in civil and industrial fields;
• Junior engineer in charge of the production and management of industrial and mechanical plants with particular attention to their energy efficiency;
• Junior engineers assigned to the energy analysis of products and processes within the company;
To achieve greater levels of responsibility it is necessary to acquire additional skills through, for example, the
continuation of studies in a master's degree course.

Skills associated with the function:

The Degree Course in sustainable industrial engineering prepares an engineer with a solid basic technical preparation in the cultural areas of industrial engineering and with specific skills in the mechanical, energy and electrical fields, favoring basic knowledge and methodological aspects.
Graduates in sustainable industrial engineering have the specific skills to:
- apply mathematical methods to model, analyze and solve engineering problems
- analyze the machines, in relation to their operation, their energy efficiency and the resistance of the related components; for complex machines, the graduate works under the supervision of a technician with a higher level of specialization;
- develop, from a functional, constructive and energetic point of view, the design of components, simple mechanical systems and simple electrical energy distribution systems; for more complex components, mechanical systems and electricity distribution systems, the graduate works under the supervision of a technician with a higher level of specialization;
- develop the design of simple electricity distribution systems and simple systems for the production of energy from renewable sources from a functional, constructive and energy point of view; for the design of more complex electricity distribution networks and production systems from renewable sources, the graduate works under the supervision of a technician with a higher level of specialization;
- choose the materials and technological processes to be used in the manufacturing of components and products; for the choice of materials and more complex technological procedures, the graduate works under the supervision of a technician with a higher level of specialization
- manage and use the machinery inside a plant.
- operate independently and work effectively in work groups;
- interface, with technical language properties and knowledge of basic concepts, with specialists from other engineering sectors;

Employment opportunities:

The main employment opportunity is the continuation of studies towards the achievement of a master's degree, mainly in the classes LM-33 or LM-30, in the same University or in another Italian university.
Furthermore, graduates will work mainly, but not only, in the fields of energy and industrial engineering and in general in all those sectors that require new ways of facing the design problem and environmental sustainability will be the fulcrum around which the choices will also move. in terms of implementation, performance, cost and marketing. Graduates will therefore find employment in numerous work fields, from the manufacturing industry to that of services, to sectors ranging from production systems, to energy management, to its transport, to energy plants, industries for the production of equipment and machinery. electrical and electronic power systems, for industrial automation and robotics, municipal service companies; public and private entities operating in the energy supply sector; companies producing components for electrical and tHVAC systems; design studies in the energy field; companies and civil and industrial bodies in which the figure of the energy manager is required;
Employment in public administrations or in the free profession is also possible (registration in the order of engineers, section B required, after passing a qualification exam).