Civil Engineering

This course provides research training for exchange students. Students work on a research project under the guidance of assigned faculty members. Through a full-time commitment, students improve their research skills by participating in the different phases of research, including development of research plans, proposals, data analysis, and presentation of research results. A pass/no pass grade is assigned based a progress report, self-evaluation, midterm report, presentation, and final report.

This course introduces the techniques and possibilities in modern experimental mechanics for the characterization of the mechanics of solid, porous, and granular materials using a range of physics techniques and full-field analyses. The course pays particular attention to full-field analyses using optical methods (with a focus on digital image correlation), x-ray and neutron imaging and scattering approaches, and wave propagation. The course includes both theoretical and practical parts, and involves study visits to MAX IV and ESS. Inverse analyses and digital image/signal processing in the context of experimental analyses are also covered.

The course is part of the Laurea Magistrale program and is intended for advanced level students. Enrolment is by consent of the instructor. The course focuses on the roles of microbial populations in natural and contaminated habitats and the main microbial and technological aspects related the conduction and optimization of the prominent environmental biotechnological processes currently applied in the remediation of industrial wastewaters, sediments, and sites contaminated with xenobiotic compounds. The course includes class lectures, as a series of seminars, and optional laboratory training.

This course introduces basic principles and tools to design, plan, evaluate, analyze, manage and control transportation systems. The courses covers how to identify, formulate, examine, and solve transportation engineering problems. The major topics include transportation system, planning and management, geometric design of roads and intersections, structural design of pavement, pavement materials, traffic flow and analysis, and traffic management and control.