Doctoral School in Environmental Engineering

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School coordinator: prof. Alberto Bellin

Environmental Engineering
The School has an interdisciplinary structure  motivated by the multi-faced nature of environmental issues and is characterised by its focus on problems in mountainous and foothill areas, through specific innovative and sustainable approaches.
The complexity of all the issues that must be taken into account for the study, protection and management of natural resources, requires specific knowledge and expertise that can be acquired by attending the Doctoral school, which is divided into two main sections:

1. Environmental Engineering:
  a. Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology;
  b. Environmental Resources Management, Energy and Sanitary Engineering;
  c. Computational Models.
2. Environmental Planning, Landscape Architecture and Sustainable Building:
  a. Sustainable Building;
  b. Architecture for City and Landscape;
  c. Planning and Design for Sustainable Development.

The School’s official language is English.

General overview of the programme and its aims

Doctoral students’ training focuses on:

• teaching the necessary skills which make high quality research possible in universities, public institutions, and private organizations;
• developing scientific and technological progress;
• developing an exploratory approach to areas of research and application of scientific results to real-world problems, with a view to reinforcing the connections between basic and applied research in environmental studies, which are important for society and call for development of innovative technologies, methods and solutions;
• contributing to the creation of a leading class with a distinctive professional background and a corresponding international approach.

Students must also develop the ability to formulate, manage and conduct autonomous research and effectively communicate the results and methods used to an international audience.
Doctoral students must successfully complete a series of courses, pass the end of year examination, write a research thesis and take an oral examination in defence of the thesis. The course programme and research topic are decided by the student and the supervisor(s) with the approval of the School Committee.
Students are expected to spend at least 3 months abroad at important research institutes.

Research areas
- Morphodynamics and Ecology of Natural Environments
- Water and Environmental resources Management
- Fluid Mechanics
- Hydrology and Eco-hydrology
- Renewable Energy Resources and Energetics
- GIS and Remote Sensing Applications
- Atmospheric Physics
- Sanitary Engineering
- Numerical Methods for Differential Equations and Applications
- Building Engineering and Architecture
- Landscape Architecture
- Urban and Regional Planning
- Spatial Design
- Environmental Assessment.

Duration: 3 years.