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Space Education Catalogue

Master of Science in Materials Engineering and Nanotechnology Engineering

• Organisation : University of Salento
• Way of training : Initial education
• Language(s): English
• Place: Lecce
• 1st required level : French baccalauréat + 3

Course Details

Objectives : The course is aimed to develop the engineering know
-how combined with a significant amount of more basic scientific subjects. This strong background is needed to better understand nanotechnology, using either a bottom-up approach, in the case of optical and electronic devices, either a top-down approach for nanocomposites and nanocrystalline materials.
The course requires a solid background in industrial engineering (applied thermodynamics, solid mechanics, fluid dynamic, mechanical technology among others), providing further knowledge of the basic phenomena underline the behaviour and transformation processes of materials and nanomaterials (chemistry, physics, computational mechanics, transport phenomena, physical chemistry)
. Besides these subjects, deeper knowledge of technological nature is provided, including the measure of materi
als properties, the design methodology of new materials and the design and planning of new transformation processes, especially those which deal with physical and/or chemical transformations and those devoted to the fabrication of nanomaterials. Classes courses are focused on the complex structural-property-process relations for different materials. In fact, for each type of material and nanomaterial, only a thorough knowledge of these relations leads to the understanding of highly complex problems in this field. Great
attention is given to the interdisciplinary aspects
. The focus is on materials chemistry and physics, transformation processes, materials properties, mechanics of mater
ials and nanotechnology. This approach favours a “cross fertilization” between the different subjects and make possible to deal with complex design and manufacturing problems them fromdifferent points of view and using different approaches to find solutions.

Public concerned : Students

Admission requirements : First-cycle degree, or three-year University diploma, or second cycle degree, or five-year university degree issued by
an Italian University or any other title taken abroad and classified equivalent to one of the previous ones, enrollement to a master degree in thematic field.
Certification of an English language examination or English exam; English test can be substituted by a CEF (Common
European Network) certification of level B1 or higher.

Duration and terms : 4 semesters

Dedicated web site : https://goo.gl/SFi5ql

Topics

• 1 - Physics and Environment: radiation, particles, fields, debris, climatic and vibratory conditions, meteorology
• 2 - Dynamics and Kinetics (flight dynamics, space dynamics, constellations, formation flying, attitude and orbit control...)
• 3 - Mechanical Engineering (structures, structural dynamics…), Materials (composites, metallurgy, forming…), Processes, Chemistry, Mechatronics
• 4 - Thermal engineering, Energetics
• 5 - Fluid Dynamics, Aerodynamics, Acoustics
• 6 - Propulsion, Thermodynamics, Pyrotechnics
• 7 - Electrical systems (generation, storage and management of energy), Actuators, Microsystems
• 8 - Avionics and on-board Systems (embedded networks, sensors, instrumentation, etc.), Real-time Systems
• 9 - Electronics, Microelectronics, Microwaves, Propagation, Antennas, Radar, Optics, Optronics
• 10 - Control Systems, Robotics, Guidance and Control, Autonomous Systems
• 11 - Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Modelling, Optimisation, Digital and Data Sciences, Big Data, Cryptography, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence
• 12 - Telecommunications, Networks, Information and Communications Technologies, Multimedia, Internet of Things, Teleservices
• 13 - Positioning, Navigation, GNSS
• 14 - Transports, Intelligent Transportations Systems (ITS), Mobility, Vehicles, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
• 15 - Earth Observation, Remote Sensing, GIS, Geomatics
• 16 - System Engineering, Product Assurance and Safety, Qualification/Testing, Validation & Verification, Metrology, Certification
• 17 - Project Management, Production, Industrialization, Factory of the Future, Integration, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Recycling
• 18 - Human Factors, Human Machine Interfaces, Operations, Exploitation, Air Traffic Management
• 19 - Law and Business Engineering: Law, Regulations, Standards, Management, Finance, Marketing, Accounting, Purchasing, Contracts, Intellectual Property, etc.
• 20 - Health and Society: Health, Space Medicine, Biomedical, Biological Engineering, Risks, Defence, Security, Tourism, Policy
• 21 - Natural Resources and Environment Management/Protection, Infrastructures
• 22 - Space Exploration, Science, Astronomy, Astrophysics, Geophysics