PhD Course

Sciences of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering

Thematic area Hard Sciences
Duration 3 years
Language English
PhD Programme Coordinator Massimiliano Ferronato

Research, technological development and innovation are fundamental objectives of this PhD. In this context, the topics addressed are those typical of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, understood in their broadest sense, with specific contributions from other disciplines aimed at offering, where necessary, a mathematical engineering contribution to the issues addressed by the PhD students. The PhD program is organized in courses and seminars, with the aim of offering to the PhD students a precise advanced and detailed picture of the state of national and international research in relation to the different issues addressed. These courses and seminars are both held by the Professors of the PhD Course and by external lecturers who represent, within the international scientific community, a reference point for their specific expertise.

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The mission of the PhD Course in Sciences of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering is the training of young researchers in the fields of Engineering, Architecture and Applied Sciences, through the acquisition and development of knowledge, skills and competencies in the research fields of the course.
The PhD course, marked by a strong interdisciplinary nature, is organized into 2 curricula:

  1. Risk, vulnerability, environment, health and territory
  2. Materials, structures, complex systems and architecture

which share a focus on technological innovation and the development of basic knowledge through theoretical, experimental, and computational approaches, with the development of mathematical and numerical models.
The activity is organized into advanced courses and research on the topic chosen for the doctoral thesis. The result of the research activity has to materialize in a thesis with original and innovative content.

During the first year of the course, each PhD student has to complete a personalized educational program consisting of 6 courses, for a total of 18 credits (3 credits for each course; equal to 20 hours of frontal lectures), divided as follows:
- 4 courses chosen from those offered by this PhD course,
- 2 courses chosen from those offered by this PhD course and/or other PhD courses.
The courses are offered in English and, for the completion of each course, the PhD student is required to take a final examination. The courses cover topics from both doctoral curricula pertaining to the doctoral program.
This PhD course offers, in addition to advanced courses, cycles of seminars , with the aim of offering to the PhD students a precise advanced and detailed picture of the state of national and international research in relation to the different issues addressed. Courses and seminars are both held by the Professors of the PhD Course and by external lecturers who represent, within the international scientific community, a reference point for their specific expertise.

Objectives of the course:

Research, technological development and innovation are core objectives of the PhD program. Within this framework, the topics addressed are those typical of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, understood in their broadest sense, with specific contributions from other disciplines aimed at offering, where necessary, a mathematical and numerical contribution to the topics addressed by PhD students.
At the end of the doctoral course, the student is expected to have developed the ability to carry out research activities independently as well as the ability to communicate effectively the results and methods used to an international audience, both in oral and written form. The candidate also has to develop the skills necessary for the formulation of research projects and their management in national and international contexts, acquiring the necessary tools to carry out individual and group research work.
Finally, the doctoral activity aims at the development of an exploratory approach to research topics and at the transfer of results of scientific relevance and qualification into applied problems and contexts, with a view to strengthening the links between basic and applied research in the field of the environmental issues that are a priority for society and require the development of highly innovative technologies, methods and solutions.

  Curriculum

  • Risk, vulnerability, environment, health and territory
  • Materials, structures, complex systems and architecture

  Contacts

Department of Civil, Environment and Architectural Engineering - ICEA
Via Marzolo 9 - 35131 Padua (Italy)

phdcourse@dicea.unipd.it
francesco.brunetta@unipd.it