Master Degree in Green Industrial Engineering

The Degree Program in Green Industrial Engineering prepares master graduates in the energy engineering sector who have a specialized preparation that makes them able to successfully enter the world of work in the energy and industrial sector or continue their training path with the achievement of the Ph.D. title.
The course aims to train an energy engineer able to tackle the problems related to the conversion / production, transport, accumulation and final consumption of energy in its various forms and who knows how to examine the interdisciplinary aspects in the fields of economics, environmental impact and secure information management.
The educational objectives of the master's degree course, which will be delivered in English, are achieved through the definition of a study plan consisting of an initial unitary imprint, characterized by a set of compulsory courses, which is completed through a set of courses by choice, organized according to two coherent alternative curricula, aimed at deepening specific technological, economic, environmental and methodological aspects.

The common teachings, which constitute the founding core of the training project, refer primarily to the area of energy generation, distribution and storage with particular attention to renewable sources and distributed generation systems, considering, in addition to the technological aspects , including economic and structural ones. A further pillar of the course is given by the maturation of skills in the field of how to manage energy efficiently in industrial and plant applications, considering that the systems (products, production systems and plants) of the future will be increasingly computerized and will be need to understand how to analyze data and make information safe and secure. These operating models and the resulting technologies can be applied in different fields, from plant engineering to production processes in industrial manufacturing sectors and will affect both infrastructures and capital goods. Finally, methodological expertise will be provided in order to evaluate both the eco-sustainability aspect of the solutions and the economic impact. The training project of the first is completed by a series of courses related to the ICT field, in particular to the management, processing and security of data in the energy sector and production processes.

Downstream of the common teachings, the training project provides the opportunity to take advantage of one of the two alternative paths that combine the energy engineering approach in a different way towards environmental, economic and social sustainability of the production processes of goods and towards plant infrastructures. , with attention to renewable energies and their better exploitation. The training course of the Master's Degree in "Green Industrial Engineering", thanks to its multicurricular nature, offers an overall and multidisciplinary vision of the energy, economic and environmental issues related both to industrial production processes and to the development and construction of generation infrastructures, distribution, energy storage in its various forms, with particular attention to renewable energy plants and the issues of distributed generation.
The multidisciplinary nature is supported by the in-depth study of issues related to ICT, such as cyber security and data analysis, and energy and environmental policy issues. The internship, especially if carried out in the company, constitutes a precious opportunity for comparison with the future work environment.

The skills acquired in this training course make the graduates in “Green Industrial Engineering” qualified to work professionally in the various sectors of energy and industrial engineering. Graduates in “Green Industrial Engineering” can therefore work as professionals in the industrial sector in general and in particular in the energy and electrical sector, assuming roles of a higher technical level and greater responsibility than three-year graduates. By virtue of the scientific culture and the versatility of technical preparation, the master's engineer in "Green Industrial Engineering" is at ease in any technical context, even far from his own specific cultural environment; this often allows him to assume coordination roles in fora in which specialists from other disciplines, including non-engineering ones, participate.

In particular, graduates in "Green Industrial Engineering" can tackle advanced design issues, even of considerable complexity and take care of the innovation and development of new products and new technological processes, such as:
- the design of products and processes taking into consideration, in addition to purely technical aspects, the contextual energy, economic and environmental problems;
- the design of energy processes, systems and plants in the context of the new challenges required by the energy transition with particular regard to the integration of renewable sources and energy storage (in its various forms), to distributed generation and to electricity grids ;
- the implementation of energy management systems in companies that want to obtain ISO 50001 certification, as an energy management expert (EGE).
The job market for a Master's Energy Engineer is therefore very broad. In addition to manufacturing companies, in which he can play a leading role and aspire to the highest management levels, his field of action extends to service companies, research centers, public administrations, municipal service companies for energy management to professional firms, engineering companies, energy service companies (SSE) and ESCo, freelance activities as well as of course the continuation of the training course up to the achievement of the Research Doctorate.
The criteria for access to the Master's Degree Course in "Green Industrial Engineering" provide for the possession of curricular requirements (Bachelor's degree pursuant to Ministerial Decree 509/99 belonging to class X Class of degrees in industrial engineering, or Bachelor's Degree pursuant to Ministerial Decree 270 / 04 belonging to class L-9 - Industrial Engineering, L-8 - Information Engineering) and a suitable number of credits obtained in specific Scientific Disciplinary Sectors (SSD), detailed in the Regulations of the Course of Studies (CdS).
The CdS is divided into a common part and two curricula whose contents have been identified in close collaboration with the industrial fabric. Without prejudice to the conventional method of teaching delivery, the Degree Program makes use of e-learning platforms (Moodle - Learning Management System) for the transmission of knowledge and skills.

Energy Engineer

Function in a work context:
Master graduate in Green Industrial Engineering is an engineer with a university background that allows them to integrate into working groups made up of specialists from all engineering sectors.
Furthermore, as part of the production process, he can coordinate specific activities carried out by the technical staff. Graduates in Green Industrial Engineering are able to perform their duties both independently and in collaboration, being able to play coordinating roles in groups made up of several professional figures with specialist skills also in other disciplines. It tackles new design problems, sometimes defined incompletely or with conflicting specifications, making the appropriate decisions and carries out energy diagnosis, design, consultancy, construction management, estimation and testing of machines, plants and energy systems.
The main roles of the professional figure of expert energy engineer and / or highly qualified manager are:
- Energy manager in public or private companies;
- Expert in the preparation of energy diagnosis analysis of machines and systems and energy audits in the civil and industrial field;
- Designer of energy (in its various forms ) production, distribution and storage systems;
- Designer of plants for the production of electrical, thermal and refrigeration energy in the industrial and civil sectors;
- Expert in the optimal management from the technical / economic / environmental point of energy systems in the industrial sector (cogeneration, systems for the production of electrical, thermal and refrigeration energy);
- Designer of energy production plants from renewable sources, electricity, bioenergy and biofuels;
- Expert in thermofluidodynamic modeling
He is able to draw up energy audits and projects both in the industrial and civil sector and to design and manage systems and plants both for the production of heat and for the production of cold.
Over the course of his career, the energy engineer can certify his competence in energy management and become certified as an Energy Management Expert (EGE).

Skills associated with the function:
- in-depth knowledge of the basic aspects of thermodynamics, heat transmission, energy conversion aimed at the interpretation and description of complex and interdisciplinary problems in the field of energy engineering;
- design of systems for centralized and distributed generation of electrical, thermal and cooling energy from conventional and renewable sources;
- design of energy storage systems in its various forms: electrical, thermal, chemical (hydrogen)
- design of high energy efficiency industrial plants and processes;
- setting up and drafting of energy audits and requests for energy efficiency certificates;
- design of energy consumption and process data acquisition systems and knowledge of data analysis tools for their subsequent processing;
- evaluation of thermal and energy performance of mechanical components and systems;
- thermo-fluid dynamic design and analysis of systems in the energy field;
- evaluation of energy consumption of end users and implementation of energy audits;
- sizing and detailed design, also using numerical models in a critical way, of plants for the production, transport and final uses of energy in the industrial and civil fields;

Employment opportunities:
- municipal energy management service companies;
- public and private entities operating in the energy supply sector, energy utilities;
- companies that produce and trade energy, electrical and thermotechnical machines and systems;
- studies for the design, installation and testing of plants for production, transport and end uses
energy (for example: thermotechnical and refrigeration systems).
- companies and civil and industrial bodies in which the figure of the energy manager is required
- EGE, energy management expert (subject to certification) both within companies (ISO 50001) and as a freelancer;
- free profession (registration required in the order of engineers, section A, after passing a qualification exam)
- continuation of studies through PhD courses