JUNIOR ENERGY ENGINEER OPERATING IN THE FIELD OF THERMAL AND FLUID DYNAMICS
Main functions:
- responsible for analysis and building of civil and industrial heating plants, in conformity with the latest legislation;
- responsible for the evaluation and certification of the thermal components of building enclosures;
- responsible for the analysis and building of systems for electrical and thermal energy production based on renewable resources ;
- responsible for the optimization of thermal and fluid dynamics in heat exchangers.
JUNIOR ENERGY ENGINEER OPERATING IN THE FIELD OF DESIGN OF THERMAL AND HYDRAULIC MACHINES AND FOSSIL FUEL ENEERGY PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
Main functions:
- responsible for the evaluation of the performance of gas turbines, combined groups, steam and cogeneration groups, both in a stationary regime and in any conditions that may be required according to variations in the network load;
- responsible for the modelling and simulation, by means of computerised systems, of energy production plants both in normal conditions and in part load;
- responsible for the performance of economic analysis for the choice of the type of plant most suited to a specific electrical, thermal and/or refrigerating requirements.
JUNIOR ENERGY ENGINEER OPERATING IN THE FIELD THE PRODUCTION AND CONVERSION OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY
Main functions:
- responsible for the analysis of electrical systems for energy and the use of methods for balancing between generation and load, even in the generation of energy from renewable resources, in a free electricity market;
- responsible for carrying out simplified calculations of allocation of power flows within the network;
- responsible for the analysis of the working principles and control of the main electrical machines and the static conversion models used for connections between electrical systems with ability to evaluate performance
JUNIOR ENERGY ENGINEER OPERATING IN THE FIELD OF APPLICATIONS OF NUCLEAR ENGINEERING, RADIATIONS AND PLASMA
Main functions:
- responsible for work as a radioprotection specialist, subject to success in the professional examinations to become a “qualified expert”;
- responsible for the implementation of systems for the industrial and technological and biological-biomedical use of ionised radiations, planning the choosing, acquisition and ensuring the management;
- responsible for the analysis of topics related to the generation of power from nuclear sources with the implications regarding physics, plants, protection from radiation and the evaluation of environmental impact;
- responsible for the study and design of processes for the handling of traditional and innovative materials with high-technological added-value and of interest in the area of energy, by means of processing procedures with plasma sources, with quality management and the safeguarding of the environment.
JUNIOR ENERGY ENGINEER OPERATING IN THE FIELD OF APPLICATIONS OF PROCESS ENGINEERING AND COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGIES
Main functions:
- responsible for the management of stationary combustion plants for electrical energy production and through cogeneration processes
- responsible for the design of electrical energy production processes based on gasification and co-combustion technologies
- responsible for the design of processes for exploiting biomass and alternative fuels for production of electrical energy
- responsible for the integrated management of processes for the treatment of gas effluents deriving from stationary combustion plants.
Career opportunities:
Graduates in Energy Engineering have excellent job opportunities and may be employed in almost all sectors of our modern technological society. In fact, all areas of production have to tackle the problem of making optimum use of energy resources and reducing consumption; this objective is also of primary national interest, given Italy's continuing dependence on energy supplies from abroad. Moreover, the area of advanced industrial production in which Energy Engineers may be expected to find work, requires a mental approach that enables them to tackle problems related to the analysis and modelling of complex systems, reliability, safety analysis, the evaluation and prevention of risk and of the environmental impact.
The main career opportunities for graduates in Energy Engineering are: service companies; public and private sector firms working in the sector of energy supply; firms producing components for electrical and thermotechnical plants; firms for car design and production; firms for the production and management of components and energy systems; design offices in the field of energy; civil and industrial firms and organisations in which an energy manager is required; centres of research and development in the area of new energy technologies; firms that require physical radioprotection surveillance.
Specifically, there are many important industries operating in sectors directly related to the professional skills of Energy Engineers:
- public and private sector organisations operating in the area of energy supply and research and development facilities in the sector of new energy technologies;
- firms that supply goods and services in the field of energy, Energy Service Company (ESCO);
- firms that produce components for heating plants, environmental conditioning plants, industrial refrigerating plants;
- firms that produce components for building enclosures and require energy certification of products;
- laboratories for the certification of the thermo-physical properties of materials;
- firms that design, build and install plants for the production of thermal and electric energy from fossil and renewable sources;
- factories operating in the manufacturing, mechanical, chemical, oil and process sectors that need professionals working as energy managers (mechanical industry, ceramics industry, chemical industry, brick industry, cement works, sugar refineries, paper mills, food and pharmaceutical industries);
- firms for design and production in the car sector;
- industries for the production and management of components and energy systems (turbines, compressors, plants for electrical energy production);
- firms that manage plants for the treatment and disposal of waste that include energy recovery processes;
- design studios in the area of radiation engineering with applications in the biological-biomedical field and technological industries;
- design studios in the area of thermotechnical plants, energy recovery from building complexes, cogeneration and teleheating systems, electrical and thermal energy production systems that use renewable resources;
- thermal plants, that in conformity with the legislative decree no. 230/95, as subsequently modified, require physical surveillance for radioprotection;
- ceramics factories, that require physical surveillance for radioprotection in conformity with the legislative decree no. 230/95, as subsequently modified;
- physical surveillance for radioprotection in underground work environments, which are also subject to the legislative decree no. 230/95, as subsequently modified;
- industries that use control methods that involve the use of radiations;
- firms from the electro-mechanical area that produce high-technology sources and the relative components, for the cutting and welding of metals.
The degree programme project has been submitted to selected external stakeholders in order to receive their opinions and feedbacks on the learning outcomes and the professional profiles.