The Department of Industrial Engineering (DIIN) at the University of Salerno (http://www.diin.unisa.it) promotes higher education and research and development in chemical, electronic and mechanical engineering.

The University of Salerno is one of the top universities in southern Italy, with its campus featuring modern buildings and state-of-the-art facilities for teaching, research and student life. It ranks 501—600^th in World University Rankings 2024, according to Times Higher Education World University Ranking.

The Ph.D. course in Industrial Engineering aims to train young highly qualified researchers in the areas of food, chemical, electronics, management, and mechanical engineering. The Ph.D. program was developed following the establishment of the Department of Industrial Engineering (DIIN), which combines teaching and research skills aimed at the design, construction, development, management of products, processes, plants, components, systems, and services, with specific reference to the scientific, technological, organizational and industrialization aspects, applicable to different industrial areas.

The Ph.D. course aims to train research doctors with a multi- and inter-disciplinary knowledge, solid methodological tools, specialist skills acquired in the context of specific research activity. Participation in scientific events and a period of stay abroad confer to the Ph.D. training an international dimension.

The course is divided into 3 curricula (Chemical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering) which include research themes developed in the DIIN, and refer to the National Research Programs, to the Horizon 2020 Program, and Industry 4.0 themes. Further details can be found here: https://corsi.unisa.it/ingegneria-industriale-88606/en/presentation

The doctoral studies in Industrial Engineering will offer individual research projects with Scholarships funded by Department/University/Ministry and self-funded positions in three different fields:

          Chemical Engineering

• Development and environmental evaluation of bulk and cellular biocomposites for enhanced performance in consumer and engineering applications (contact: Prof. L. Di Maio, ldimaio@unisa.it)
• Electrified catalytic reactors for the ammonia cracking process (contact: Prof. V. Palma, vpalma@unisa.it)
• Micro- and nanocarriers production by sustainable supercritical CO₂ assisted processes for the targeted delivery of active pharmaceutical ingredients (co-financing company: Micro and Nano materials, Lugano) (contact: Prof. E. Reverchon, ereverchon@unisa.it)
• Development of innovative advanced oxidation processes for abatement of refractory pollutants in wastewater (contact: Prof. V. Vaiano, vvaiano@unisa.it)
• Additive manufacturing of self-reactive composites (contact: Prof. L. Guadagno, lguadagno@unisa.it)
• Definition of new approaches and indicators for evaluating the sustainability of beverage packaging (contact: Prof. G. De Feo, g.defeo@unisa.it)
• Fabrication and characterization of thin layers of functional materials for energetics (contact: Prof. L. Maritato, lmaritato@unisa.it )
• Nanostructured catalytic materials for disinfection and Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs) degradation in wastewater by non-thermal plasma treatment (NANAQUA project) (contact: Dr. G. Iervolino, giiervolino@unisa.it)
• Transport phenomena in extrusion and texturization of food proteins from alternative sources (contact: Prof. F. Marra, fmarra@unisa.it)

          Mechanical Engineering

• Data science for the analysis of technological opportunities (contact: Prof. M. Caputo, mcaputo@unisa.it)
• Fluid-Structure Interaction: Direct Numerical Simulations and Stability Analysis (contact: Prof. F. Giannetti, fgiannetti@unisa.it)
• Human Centred Design: FEM simulation methodologies for (dis)comfort prediction in vehicle seating (contact: Prof. A. Naddeo, anaddeo@unisa.it)
• Manufacturing, processing and joining of thermoplastic matrix composites (contact: Prof. P. Carlone, pcarlone@unisa.it)
• Sustainable innovative materials in retrofitting of existing structures (contact: Prof. R. Citarella, rcitarella@unisa.it)

            Electronic Engineering

• Diagnostic Artificial Intelligence-Aided (contact: Prof. S. Tomasiello, stomasiello@unisa.it)
• Energy harvesting for sensor applications (contact: Prof. H. Neitzert, neitzert@unisa.it)
• Quantum computing for metrology (contact: Prof. T. Liguori, tliguori@unisa.it)
• Design of electronic circuits and devices for measuring physical quantities in hostile environments (contact: Prof. A. Rubino, arubino@unisa.it)
• Metasurfaces for manipulations of Electromagnetic Waves at Terahertz and Optical Frequencies (contact: Prof. F. Chiadini, fchiadini@unisa.it)
• Methods and technologies for monitoring of Railway Systems for safety and energy efficiency (contact: Prof. V. Galdi, vgaldi@unisa.it)
• Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things: design of Digital Twin for predictive monitoring) (contact: Prof. F. Colace, fcolace@unisa.it)

All the Doctoral Students will be enrolled for 36 months, starting from 1 November 2024. The funded positions will grant the standard Italian Doctoral scholarship of about 1200 Euro per month (net), with free tuition fees. The positions to be covered with their own fundings (governmental scholarships, industrial support, own resources) will benefit from free tuition fees.

The applications should be submitted according to the modalities described in the call (available at https://web.unisa.it/en/teaching/phd-programmes) by July 22, 2024, at 15:00 local time. However, prospective students are invited to send, preliminarily to the application, their CV and a short presentation letter, describing their previous experience and motivation, to the contact tutors in charge of the desired topic of research.

Any further information may be requested to the director of the Ph.D. course in Industrial Engineering the University of Salerno, Prof. Massimo De Santo (coord_dott_ingind@unisa.it).