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Page last updated: 15/04/2009
Several research activities are being carried
out by members of the Department, concerning
fundamental science and applied research. In both cases, the focus
is the development of materials and processes promoting and supporting
technological innovation. Several research projects are conducted in collaboration
with national and international universities, research institutions and industrial
partners.
The theoretical and experimental research approach aims at establishing
correlations among materials structure, properties and processing routes.
To improve further its reaserach capability, the Department has worked
out a development plan based on five key actions:
1- financing for the maintenance and improvement of the experimental
facilities of the laboratories;
2- appointment of research workers, research students, research associates;
3- strengthening and internationalization of the PhD
programme in materials engineering;
4- acquisition and management of large experimental research facilities,
through the Interdepartmental Laboratory of
Large Facilities for Materials Research
, founded in association with the Department of Physics.
5-acquisition and management, in the Technological
Laboratory, of equipments for materials processing and manufacturing,
on the industrial or semi-industrial scale, to develop new processing
routes through the production of prototypes and small series, as well
as of equipments for analysis and testing for the development and the
qualification of industrial products, which serves as spin-off for
technological transfer.
The wide network of collaborations has a beneficial effect of departmental
finance (budget), mainly consisting of
industrial contracts and no-ministery funding.
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