Energy Engineering

What is the objective of the course? What is it?
What does it train you for?

The specific objective of the Bachelor’s Degree in Energy Engineering at University of Palermo is to train an engineer with adequate skills to operate in the fields of energy engineering, with in-depth knowledge of the principles underlying the processes of production, distribution, management and use of energy in its various forms: thermal, cooling, chemical, electrical and nuclear, from either traditional and alternative or renewable sources, of the components and systems, of the related environmental, economic, regulatory and safety implications.

The envisaged educational pathway takes into account the recent trends towards a decarbonization of energy cycles and the development and diffusion of low environmental impact technologies.

It shares in common with other industrial engineering bachelor courses at Palermo University the basic subjects and some characterizing subjects, while envisaging a greater emphasis on training in the characterizing disciplines of energy and nuclear engineering, as well as industrial safety and security engineering.

In order to complain with the plural and heterogeneous fields of application, the course delves into further specific and sectorial aspects.

The Course is also enriched with complementary subjects that integrate the planned training.

What do you learn?

The Bachelor’s Degree program includes:

• Basic training activities, mainly in the fields of mathematics, physics and chemistry, and characterizing activities, such as computer-aided technical drawing, construction science and computational methods for engineering;
• Common training activities specific to the proposed training pathway, covering in particular: thermodynamics and heat transfer, energetics, electrical engineering, energy management and planning, thermotechnique measurements and instrumentation, renewable energy sources and related software tools, thermohydraulics;
• Differentiated training activities for each curriculum, aimed at deepening knowledge in the relevant fields: ü Energy: building energy assessment and certification, environmental comfort control, machines, building thermal-physics,electrical components and systems;

ü Technology and production: principles of nuclear engineering, safety and risk analysis.

• Optional and complementary subjects: energy use and applications in industry, thermomechanics, materials for energy, fossil fuels processing;
• The training is supplemented, within the subjects that require them or through seminars, by elements of statistics and economic-business culture, with specific reference to applications in the energy sector.

Seminars with companies operating in the energy field and a stage period further enrich the learning opportunities.

What can you do with it?

Occupational perspectives include employment in:

• Institutional and private companies dealing with the provision of complete energy services, including the supply of gas, heat and/or cooling, as well as servicing (also financial) and turnkey plants;
• Public administration (technical staff, energy managers, authorities);
• A large number of manufacturing companies operating in the energy (also with reference to the “Oil & Gas” field) and machinery sectors;
• Energy service companies operating in the fields of energy saving for civil and industrial users, design, testing and operation of thermal, cooling, electrical, polygeneration and district heating plants, as well as companies in the sector of energy production from renewables;
• Freelance professionals in professional firms or companies that design, manage or install energy systems, deal with energy certification and environmental impact assessments.

Graduates in Energy Engineering, after passing the State Examination, can enroll in the Register of Engineers, with the title of Junior Engineer.

The most attractivecontinuation of studies,with no Additional Training Obligations, is in the Master Degree Course in ‘Energy and Nuclear Engineering’ at the University of Palermo.