The doctoral program covers several areas of study, including industrial design, development of new materials and technologies, research on innovative energy sources and their environmental impact. It also focuses on medical and sports engineering, sensor development, robotics, and the development of diagnostics for cultural heritage.
During the first year (38th cycle), the following research topics were pursued:
- Pattern recognition in vulnerability details and network vulnerability testing for the identification of vulnerabilities in computer networks by Deep Reinforcement Learning
- Metallic Materials to be used in Additive Manufacturing for Biomedical Applications
- Contribution to the design of the automation effectiveness of manufacturing processes
- Development of a new Hydrogen Sensor on Semiconductor basis
- Development and characterisation of new hydrogels for medical science education
- Engineering of Microelectrodes using Metal 3D Printing
- Wellness in elderly to evaluate and analyze the impact of various combined training regimes and nutritional profiles on motor skills
- Application of radiocarpal anatomy, kinetics and kinematics associated with digitization for the realization of protection glove prototype for combat sports
- Diamond Particle Detectors in Proton Boron Fusion and Plasma Tomography Diagnostic Research
- Alarm detection with horizontal lidar application for environmental monitoring
- Synthesis of Highly Efficient and Novel Sun light triggered Photocatalyst for Wastewater Treatment
At the end of the first year, the results obtained from the research activities carried out by the 22 Ph.D. students were presented at 17 conferences and led to the publication of 12 papers in international journals.
The research activities carried out by second-year (37th cycle) students cover aspects specific to industrial engineering with strong multi-disciplinary approach. Following are some of the topics:
- Industrial technologies for CO2 reduction applicable to Glass furnaces
- Fuel Cell Hybrid Electric Vehicles: experimental characterization, design and control for improving energy efficiency and performance
- numerical evaluation of biomass energy conversion
- Design of plasma-facing components for the first wall of tokamak machines
- Biological risk in 189 italian prison facilities: the evaluation of the spread of covid-19 for the set up of a predictive tool
- Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers: A pathway for hydrogen storage
- Synthesis of a novel nanocatalyst for the effective wastewater treatment
- Nanogenerators based on innovative nanostructured materials
- Detection of Microplastics in Water Through Real-Time Analysis of Fluorescence Signals
- Design of Filters for High-Current Converters in Fusion Applications
- Atmospheric hydropyrolysis for the conversion of biomass into highly deoxygenated condensates
- Design and experimental characterization of a new LARMbot torso
The results obtained from the research activities carried out by the 26 Ph.D. students of the 37th cycle were presented at about 15 conferences and led to the publication of 25 papers in international journals.
Third-year doctoral students
The research activities carried out by the third-year (36th cycle) students cover aspects peculiar to industrial engineering with strong multidisciplinary approach. Following are some of the topics:
- Research and development of a regulated high voltage power supply
- Design and Development of a High-Altitude Electric Aircraft Power Plant
- Automation of Vendor-Master in Finance Industry
- Development and characterisation of new hydrogels for medical science education
- Methods and Measures to assure AI-Based Perception Functions for Automated Driving
- Development of a PCR-Chip to detect Legionella pneumophila
- Study of static vs proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching of tight hamstrings, and its effect on lower limb flexibility and speed of sprinter-A Comparative study
- ADVANCED STATISTICAL TOOLS FOR INVESTIGATING ANTIBIOTICS RESISTANCE
- Modelling tools and detection technologies to support Nuclear-Radiological emergencies
- REAL-TIME DETECTION OF CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS AT CLEARANCE DECONTAMINATION LEVELS FOR SURFACE CONTAMINATION: A TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGE.
- Bioactive Implant Surfaces
The results obtained from the research activities carried out by the 27 Ph.D. students of the 36th cycle have been presented at about 30 conferences and have led to the publication of more than 50 papers in international journals.