PROGRAMMAZIONE DIDATTICA COORTE A.A. 2023/2024
CORSO DI LAUREA MAGISTRALE in 10720 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (classe LM-35)

SCHEDA INFORMATIVA

Sede amministrativa:  GE
Classe delle lauree in: 

Classe delle lauree magistrali in INGEGNERIA PER L'AMBIENTE E IL TERRITORIO (classe LM-35)

Durata:  2 anni
Indirizzo web:  https://corsi.unige.it/en/corsi/10720
Dipartimento di riferimento:  DIPARTIMENTO DI INGEGNERIA CIVILE, CHIMICA E AMBIENTALE

PIANO DI STUDI

1° anno (coorte 2023/2024)

Comune ai curricula: BLUE ENGINEERING - GE GREEN ENGINEERING - GE
Codice Disciplina Settore CFU Tipologia/Ambito Obiettivi Formativi Propedeuticità
98064 NUMERICAL CARTOGRAPHY AND GIS ICAR/06 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e Territorio
The course provides the necessary tools for the management and analysis of the various spatial data available today relating to the terrestrial, marine and aerial environment, including the most recent and high-resolution ones such as LiDAR Digital Terrain Models and satellite images. Several applications supporting the management of the environment will be addressed through GIS (Geographic Information System) software.

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98158 HYDROLOGY AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT ICAR/02 10

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  97232 - HYDROLOGY ICAR/02 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e Territorio
Provide the knowledge of advanced hydrologic modelling focusing on the frequency analysis of extreme events (storm and flood), distributed and semi-distributed hydrological models and event-based modelling

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  98069 - WATERSHED MANAGEMENT ICAR/02 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e Territorio
To provide interpretative and predictive tools for the analysis, design and management of ideas, projects and systems in the field of water resources at the watershed scale

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98159 ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS ICAR/01 10

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  97233 - ADVANCED FLUID MECHANICS ICAR/01 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e Territorio
Presents the fundamental principles and laws that govern the motion of fluids. Simple practical problems are formulated and solved and the foundation to tackle more complex problems are laid

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  97234 - ENVIRONMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS ICAR/01 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e Territorio
Provides the basic knowledge of the transport processes and dispersion of pollutants in natural water bodies.

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98161 SUSTAINABILITY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY 10

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  98070 - APPLIED ECOLOGY BIO/07 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e Territorio
Provide fundamental knowledge on the methods for the evaluation of environmental issues due to human impacts on the biosphere, with specific regard to pollution and resource consumption.

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  98071 - LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT AND ECODESIGN ING-IND/26 5 5 CFU AFFINI O INTEGRATIVE Attività Formative Affini o Integrative
Learn about sustainability, life cycle thinking and life cycle assessement as a tool to evaluate potential impacts along the life-cycle of a product for ecodesign purpose.

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104376 MATHEMATICAL METHODS FOR ENGINEERING MAT/07 5 5 CFU AFFINI O INTEGRATIVE Attività Formative Affini o Integrative
The course aims to provide a study of the most common partial differential equations (PDE) and their solution techniques through an analysis of various applications. The emphasis is devoted to second order PDE and the understanding of the specific analytical techniques for solving elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic cases. The course also provides the tools to solve problems in various applications with numerical methods implemented through the use of Matlab.

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108720 CHEMISTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES 10

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  97236 - CHEMISTRY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES CHIM/07 5 5 CFU AFFINI O INTEGRATIVE Attività Formative Affini o Integrative
At the and of this course, students will be able to describe, discuss and compare structure and properties of inorganic and organic chemicals (including polymers and biomolecules) involved in environmental and technological processes, with particular attention to atmospheric and water chemistry and pollution. Students will acquire skills and methods to deal with problems related to the chemicals reactivity and interactions.

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  98237 - ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS ING-IND/27 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e Territorio
In particular, the objective is, starting from the detailed analysis of the industrial chemical processes currently used for the production of fuels, fuels, materials, and chemical products for industrial and household use, to provide the student with the necessary knowledge to be able to evaluate the environmental effects of these processes and products and the presence on the territory of the production plants. Moreover, the course provides the basic knowledge on mass transfer processes of reacting chemicals and multicomponent phase equilibria useful for modelling environmental compartments and environmental interfaces. Applications are related to health risk assessment and environmental contamination.

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98068 EU AND TRANSNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IUS/14 5 5 CFU AFFINI O INTEGRATIVE Attività Formative Affini o Integrative
Provide critical analysis of principles, rules and current trends and concerns of European Union and international environmental law.

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2° anno (coorte 2023/2024)

BLUE ENGINEERING - GE
Codice Disciplina Settore CFU Tipologia/Ambito Obiettivi Formativi Propedeuticità
98246 FINAL THESIS 10 10 CFU PROVA FINALE Per la Prova Finale
The final thesis consists in the development of a specific project that asses the scientific, technical and professional skills gained by the student at the end of his studies.

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98245 EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL COMPETENCES FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS 2 2 CFU ALTRE ATTIVITA' Altre Conoscenze Utili per l'Inserimento Nel Mondo del Lavoro
The main goal of the course is to learn how to successfully deal with professional challenges, emotions and relationships, overcoming the main obstacle to professional success: the lack of emotional maturityand the lack of adequate social skills.

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98244 TRAINEESHIP 3 3 CFU ALTRE ATTIVITA' Tirocini Formativi e di Orientamento
To develop a self-employment work to deepen theoretical or applicative problems or project development in the framework of a company/institution internship.

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108727 CLEAN ENERGY PRODUCTION 10

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  108725 - WATER AND WIND FOR CLEAN ENERGY ICAR/02 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e Territorio
The course aims to provide a solid knowledge about fluid mechanics processes that could be exploited for the production of renewable energies. The assessment and conversion of energy potential in rivers, oceans and atmosphere will be addressed.

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  108726 - CHEMICAL PROCESSES FOR CLEAN ENERGY ING-IND/24 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e Territorio
The course aims to provide students with an overview of the main chemical processes for the clean production of energy, with particular attention to perspectives and strategies for energy transition, hydrogen as energy vector, thermochemical conversions of biomass, fuel cells, electrolysers and batteries.

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98162 COASTAL PROCESSES AND ENGINEERING 10

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  97237 - COASTAL STRUCTURES AND SHORE PROTECTION ICAR/02 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e Territorio
Principles of coastal structures planning and design and shore protection management

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  98074 - COASTAL HYDRO- AND MORPHO-DYNAMICS ICAR/01 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e Territorio
The course is aimed at introducing the student to the hydrodynamics and morphodyanics of the coastal region

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98258 MARINE BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT AND EMISSION TREATMENT PLANTS 10

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  98248 - MARINE BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT BIO/07 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e Territorio
Introduce students to the fundamental aspects of marine biodiversity management and conservation, with specific focus on biodiversity definition and measurement, ecosystem status evaluation, biodiversity maintenance and restoration of marine resources.

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  98249 - ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY TECHNIQUES AND PLANTS ING-IND/25 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e Territorio
To provide students a solid knowledge on process and occupational safety problems of industrial plants, to introduce evaluation tools and fundamental design approaches to minimize and prevent risk for man, environment and assets.

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112038 MIXING PROCESSES IN GEOPHYSICAL FLOWS FIS/06 10

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  112036 - GEOPHISICAL FLUID DYNAMICS FIS/06 5 5 CFU AFFINI O INTEGRATIVE Attività Formative Affini o Integrative

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  112037 - MIXING PROCESSES IN AIR AND SEA FIS/06 5 5 CFU AFFINI O INTEGRATIVE Attività Formative Affini o Integrative

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10 CFU tra i seguenti insegnamenti:
108884 CLIMATE CHANGES:PROCESSES AND MODELLING ICAR/02 5 5 CFU A SCELTA A Scelta dello Studente
Principles of atmospheric and ocean modeling for coastal impacts due to climate change with an overview of the main drivers in the change of the climate system and their modeling on a global scale and the downscaling and analysis of the main regional and local processes of sea level change and wave impacts in coastal areas.

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111855 DESIGN OF HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS AND INFRASTRUCTURES ICAR/02 5 5 CFU A SCELTA A Scelta dello Studente
This module addresses design methods and criteria for the dimensioning and construction of hydraulic systems and infrastructures used for water management and control on the urban and natural territory. Students will be able to design hydraulic works aimed to manage anthropic water outflows, to control water storage and release, and to allow partitioning of water flows. This also includes the design of pumping stations with knowledge of the characteristics and performance of centrifugal pumps, types of impellers, the risk of cavitation, combined use of multiple pumps, and the pump sump design with suitable turbulence dampening and vortex prevention devices.

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98239 HARBOUR ENGINEERING ICAR/02 5 5 CFU A SCELTA A Scelta dello Studente
Fundamentals of Port Planning and Design taking into account maritime operations and land requirements for terminals and inland transportation

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98117 RESILIENCE OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT ICAR/09 5 5 CFU A SCELTA A Scelta dello Studente
Seismic risk analysis of the built environment in relation to natural events: hazard, exposure and vulnerability. Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment: occurrence of earthquakes, mitigation laws. Taxonomy and classification of the exposed assets. Vulnerability models: observational (macroseismic method), mechanical based (analytical or numerical) and hybrid methods. Evaluation of fragility curves from nonlinear dynamic analyzes (IDA, MSA and cloud method). Probabilistic framework for the calculation of risk. Analysis of economic consequences and losses (direct and indirect damage). The resilience of the built environment and the society: robustness and recovery time. Risk assessment, prevention and management of the seismic emergency in the case of monumental building: LV1 models, vulnerability and damage survey forms.

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56880 SUSTAINABLE PLANNING ICAR/20 5 5 CFU A SCELTA A Scelta dello Studente
The course aims at providing a vast and up-to-date knowledge on the main policies, laws and tools for sustainable planning. It examines in depth the most important spatial issues at the local and international level and analyses the European and Italian landscape in relation to: urban safety and security, natural/anthropic risk prevention, smart and sustainable mobility, waterfront renewal, waste management, eco-responsible tourism, energy planning.

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97238 WASTE UTILIZATION AND SOIL REMEDIATION ICAR/03 5 5 CFU A SCELTA A Scelta dello Studente
The course offers a broad discussion of the issues of pollution, remediation and purification in the soil, based on the principles of the risk analysis. Beside the management of the contaminated sites, the solid waste treatment is also discusssed by analysing several case studies of incenerition, composting plants and landfills.

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2° anno (coorte 2023/2024)

GREEN ENGINEERING - GE
Codice Disciplina Settore CFU Tipologia/Ambito Obiettivi Formativi Propedeuticità
98165 FLUVIAL AND TIDAL MORPHODYNAMICS ICAR/01 10

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  97239 - TIDAL ECO-MORPHODYNAMICS ICAR/01 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e Territorio
Students will be instructed on the general processes involved in the morphodynamics and eco-morphodynamics of tidal environments, gaining useful skills to research and consultancy purposes

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  98156 - FLUVIAL HYDRAULICS AND MORPHODYNAMICS ICAR/01 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e Territorio
The course provides competences on how the morphology of rivers and tidal estuaries is shaped by the action of steady and unsteady free-surface flows, with an eye to the mutual interactions between the flow, the morphology and the ecosystem.

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98246 FINAL THESIS 10 10 CFU PROVA FINALE Per la Prova Finale
The final thesis consists in the development of a specific project that asses the scientific, technical and professional skills gained by the student at the end of his studies.

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98245 EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL COMPETENCES FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS 2 2 CFU ALTRE ATTIVITA' Altre Conoscenze Utili per l'Inserimento Nel Mondo del Lavoro
The main goal of the course is to learn how to successfully deal with professional challenges, emotions and relationships, overcoming the main obstacle to professional success: the lack of emotional maturityand the lack of adequate social skills.

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98244 TRAINEESHIP 3 3 CFU ALTRE ATTIVITA' Tirocini Formativi e di Orientamento
To develop a self-employment work to deepen theoretical or applicative problems or project development in the framework of a company/institution internship.

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97235 ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNICS ICAR/07 10

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  104334 - SLOPE STABILITY ICAR/07 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e Territorio
The purpose of the course is to provide students with theoretical and practical knowledge on the identification, characterization and analysis of landslide phenomena. The course focuses on the stability analyses of natural and artificial slopes, which are necessary to design mitigation countermeasures as well as for stabilizing landslides and preventing/reducing slope displacements.

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  104335 - GROUND ENGINEERING ICAR/07 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e Territorio
1) To introduce the various hydro-geological processes and the relevant analytical methods for engineering analysis; 2) To overview the main applications of groundwater flow principles as relevant to geotechnical engineers; 3) To introduce the fundamental aspects of capillarity in soils.

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108727 CLEAN ENERGY PRODUCTION 10

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  108725 - WATER AND WIND FOR CLEAN ENERGY ICAR/02 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e Territorio
The course aims to provide a solid knowledge about fluid mechanics processes that could be exploited for the production of renewable energies. The assessment and conversion of energy potential in rivers, oceans and atmosphere will be addressed.

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  108726 - CHEMICAL PROCESSES FOR CLEAN ENERGY ING-IND/24 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e Territorio
The course aims to provide students with an overview of the main chemical processes for the clean production of energy, with particular attention to perspectives and strategies for energy transition, hydrogen as energy vector, thermochemical conversions of biomass, fuel cells, electrolysers and batteries.

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111611 CLIMATE CHANGE AND INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY 10

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  98242 - MITIGATION AND ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ICAR/03 5 5 CFU CARATTERIZZANTI Ingegneria per l'Ambiente e Territorio
The course provides basic skills on climate change, on the behaviour of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and in the oceans and on the main impacts resulting from climate change. Mitigation and adaptation strategies and plans - in accordance with the Paris Agreement, the European Green Deal and the European Emission Trading System EU-ETS - are also analysed.

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  98250 - BIOCHEMISTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY CHIM/11 5 5 CFU AFFINI O INTEGRATIVE Attività Formative Affini o Integrative
Basic concepts of biochemistry and microbiology, main metabolic routes and applications of environmental concern

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10 CFU tra i seguenti insegnamenti:
108884 CLIMATE CHANGES:PROCESSES AND MODELLING ICAR/02 5 5 CFU A SCELTA A Scelta dello Studente
Principles of atmospheric and ocean modeling for coastal impacts due to climate change with an overview of the main drivers in the change of the climate system and their modeling on a global scale and the downscaling and analysis of the main regional and local processes of sea level change and wave impacts in coastal areas.

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111855 DESIGN OF HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS AND INFRASTRUCTURES ICAR/02 5 5 CFU A SCELTA A Scelta dello Studente
This module addresses design methods and criteria for the dimensioning and construction of hydraulic systems and infrastructures used for water management and control on the urban and natural territory. Students will be able to design hydraulic works aimed to manage anthropic water outflows, to control water storage and release, and to allow partitioning of water flows. This also includes the design of pumping stations with knowledge of the characteristics and performance of centrifugal pumps, types of impellers, the risk of cavitation, combined use of multiple pumps, and the pump sump design with suitable turbulence dampening and vortex prevention devices.

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98239 HARBOUR ENGINEERING ICAR/02 5 5 CFU A SCELTA A Scelta dello Studente
Fundamentals of Port Planning and Design taking into account maritime operations and land requirements for terminals and inland transportation

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98117 RESILIENCE OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT ICAR/09 5 5 CFU A SCELTA A Scelta dello Studente
Seismic risk analysis of the built environment in relation to natural events: hazard, exposure and vulnerability. Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment: occurrence of earthquakes, mitigation laws. Taxonomy and classification of the exposed assets. Vulnerability models: observational (macroseismic method), mechanical based (analytical or numerical) and hybrid methods. Evaluation of fragility curves from nonlinear dynamic analyzes (IDA, MSA and cloud method). Probabilistic framework for the calculation of risk. Analysis of economic consequences and losses (direct and indirect damage). The resilience of the built environment and the society: robustness and recovery time. Risk assessment, prevention and management of the seismic emergency in the case of monumental building: LV1 models, vulnerability and damage survey forms.

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56880 SUSTAINABLE PLANNING ICAR/20 5 5 CFU A SCELTA A Scelta dello Studente
The course aims at providing a vast and up-to-date knowledge on the main policies, laws and tools for sustainable planning. It examines in depth the most important spatial issues at the local and international level and analyses the European and Italian landscape in relation to: urban safety and security, natural/anthropic risk prevention, smart and sustainable mobility, waterfront renewal, waste management, eco-responsible tourism, energy planning.

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97238 WASTE UTILIZATION AND SOIL REMEDIATION ICAR/03 5 5 CFU A SCELTA A Scelta dello Studente
The course offers a broad discussion of the issues of pollution, remediation and purification in the soil, based on the principles of the risk analysis. Beside the management of the contaminated sites, the solid waste treatment is also discusssed by analysing several case studies of incenerition, composting plants and landfills.

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