The department researches the following areas in the field of engineering and architecture.

Energy

• Biofuels
• Photovoltaics
• Electrical energy engineering
• Electromagnetism engineering
• Sensors, measurements and characterization
• Smart grids
• Industrial sustainability
• Energy recovery and distributed generation
• Building energetics
• Thermophotovoltaic generators
• Cogeneration and trigeneration
• Fuel cells
• Gas marine propulsion
• Thermal exchange engineering
• Geothermal energy

Product and process design - materials

• Automation and control of systems and processes
• Biomedical devices
• Electromagnetism engineering
• Electronic engineering and devices
• Nanomaterials and nano-microtechnologies
• Materials design
• Design and technology of electrical machines
• Sensors, measurements and characterization
• Tools and techniques for product and process innovation
• Complex structure materials
• Vibrations and active control of vibrations
• Mechanical solutions for linear electromagnetic actuators
• Robotics

ICT

• Automation
• Bioengineering
• CAD/CAE
• Electronic engineering
• Electrical engineering
• Computational fluid dynamics
• Electrical energy management and control
• Computer science
• Electromagnetism engineering
• Name e micro devices
• Sensors, measurements and characterization
• Telecommunications

Civil Engineering, Architecture and Spatial Planning

• Coinstruction and technology
• Architecture
• Landscape and environmental design
• Infrastructural systems
• Historic and cultural capital
• No-barrier design
• Old engineering
• Waste treatment
• Fluid dynamics
• Hydraulic systems
• Geomatics
• Natural risks
• Structures, infrastructures, transportation
• Seismic engineering
• Hydrodynamics and computational hydrodynamics
• Meteo-marine models

Decision making science

• Automation and systems engineering
• Bioengineering and clinical engineering
• Health care management
• Production systems management
• Logistics
• Operational research
• Optimization methods
• Transportation science

Biotechnology

• Bioengineering
• Food
• Nanomedicine
• Sensors, measurements and characterization

Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering