Phd in ENVIRONMENTAL AND HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING

List of courses / activities for the first year

More information In the first year of the PhD course, the student has to attend at least one course chosen among the ones listed above. Those courses can be replaced also by seminars or other courses not present in the list, after the approval of the PhD Board. The PhD student must carry out laboratory activities. This activity must be carried out in one of the laboratories of the Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering: Laboratory of computational hydraulics; laboratory of experimental hydraulics and environmental fluid dynamics; laboratory of hydraulic constructions; laboratory of sanitary-environmental engineering; laboratory of geophysics; laboratory of applied geology and geotechnics. The PhD student can attend seminars. The PhD student can propose, to the PhD Board, variations of his formative plan by including courses or seminars different from the ones initially planned or by including additional or different research and formative activities. Such variations must be approved by the PhD Board. Method of choosing the subject of the thesis Every PhD student enrolled in the first year of the PhD course must present, to the PhD Board, a proposal of research project aimed to produce an element of originality in the engineering science or in the technological innovation. The subject of the thesis should represent an element of novelty, regarding the theoretical representation of the phenomenon under investigation or the proposed methodological approach (analytic, experimental or numerical). The PhD student carries out a deep bibliographic research in order to define the state of the art in the subject of the thesis, identify a problem and the methodological tools that he intends to use for solving the problem (theoretical, experimental or numerical) and makes a research proposal to the PhD Board. The PhD Board evaluates the proposal and provides the student with a tutor chosen among the PhD Board and, possibly, a co-tutor that can be external to the PhD Board. Admission to the second year For the admission to the next year, two verifications are carried out during the first year: a first verification before July and a second one in October. Both the verifications consist in an oral presentation by the student in front of the PhD Board. The first one is aimed to allow the student to present the main elements of his research project, the state of the art of the subject of his thesis and the goals that he wants to achieve. After this verification, the PhD Board provides the student with suggestions concerning possible modifications, insights and corrections to the presented research project. The second verification aims to allow the student to present the main elements of his research project, the state of the art of the problem, the state of progress of his methodological tool (analytical, experimental or numerical) and the possible partial results obtained in the first year. After this verification, if the PhD Board considers positively the work of the student, the student is admitted to the next year.

List of courses / activities for the second year

More information In the second year of the PhD course, the student is not required to attend any course. The PhD student must carry out laboratory activities. This activity must be carried out in one of the laboratories of the Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering: Laboratory of computational hydraulics; laboratory of experimental hydraulics and environmental fluid dynamics; laboratory of hydraulic constructions; laboratory of sanitary-environmental engineering; laboratory of geophysics; laboratory of applied geology and geotechnics. The PhD student can attend seminars. The PhD student can propose, to the PhD Board, variations of his formative plan by including courses or seminars or research and formative activities. Such variations must be approved by the PhD Board. Method of preparation of the thesis For the preparation of the thesis, the student provides to acquire the knowledge necessary to possess a clear understanding of the conceptual cornerstones of the problem under investigation and the methodologies necessary to face the problem. He provides to develop the methodological tools that he wants to adopt and produces partial results and preliminary conclusions. Admission to the third year For the admission to the next year, two verifications are carried out during the second year: a first verification before July and a second one in October. Both the verifications consist in an oral presentation by the student in front of the PhD Board. The first one is aimed to allow the student to present the main elements of the research activity carried out, the obtained results and the further objectives that he wants to achieve. After this verification, the PhD Board provides the student with suggestions concerning the elements of the research activity that require modifications, corrections, insights or further development. The second verification aims to allow the student to present the main elements of his research activity and the state of progress of his thesis. After this verification, if the PhD Board considers positively the work of the student, the student is admitted to the next year.

List of courses / activities for the third year

More information In the third year of the PhD course, the student is not required to attend any course. The PhD student must carry out laboratory activities. This activity must be carried out in one of the laboratories of the Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering: Laboratory of computational hydraulics; laboratory of experimental hydraulics and environmental fluid dynamics; laboratory of hydraulic constructions; laboratory of sanitary-environmental engineering; laboratory of geophysics; laboratory of applied geology and geotechnics. The PhD student can attend seminars. The PhD student can propose, to the PhD Board, variations of his formative plan by including courses or seminars or research and formative activities. Such variations must be approved by the PhD Board. Method of admission to the final examination For the admission to the final examination, two verifications are carried out during the third year: a first verification before July and a second one in December. Both the verifications consist in an oral presentation by the student in front of the PhD Board. The first one is aimed to allow the student to show the research activity carried out and present a first version, non-definitive, of his PhD thesis. After this verification, if the PhD Board considers positively the work of the student, the PhD Board identifies two experts in that field, to which send a preliminary version of the thesis. The second verification consists in the presentation by the student of the whole research activity carried out and an updated version of the thesis. In such version, corrections and suggestions of the PhD Board and external expert must have been included. if the PhD Board considers positively the work of the student, the student is admitted to the final examination. The PhD Board identifies professors external to the PhD Board, experts in the field of the subject of the thesis, for the committee of the national final PhD examination. A copy of the thesis is sent, in sufficient time, to every member of the committee. Final examination The PhD final examination consists in an oral examination in which the student presents his research work to a national committee composed by professors external to the PhD Board, that have received, in sufficient time, a copy of the thesis. In this presentation, the student show the research activity carried out and the obtained results.