The general topic of the PhD in Industrial Chemistry and Chemical Engineering is the application of chemical, chemical-physical and engineering culture to all the activities related to the identification, synthesis, design, production and transformation of matter and energy. This study involves not only the processes of synthesis and transformation of matter (in its broadest sense, from pharmaceuticals to materials), but also the places where these processes take place, which may be industrial plants in the proper sense (from laboratory experimentation up to industrial production including environmental concerns and safety), ornatural environments (from the atmosphere to a reservoir where for instance chemical transformations of discharged pollutants take place, and the pharmacokinetics applied to the human body allows modelling and controlling the effect of a drug). In this context, the issues related to the lifecycle of the product (such as those related to quality of the product or interaction with the absorption-organ function-excretion of a drug) are also considered.
OBJECTIVES
The study of basic disciplines is seen as a necessary tool for the rationalization of technologies and of their rational, safe and sustainable use.
The training objective is not only trivially to provide the students with tools for the understanding, planning and management of processes and systems, but also to enable them to independently develop new technological applications and to design and characterize new products and new services with such characteristics.
The qualification of a PhD student is accomplished through the development of an original research work on a specific topic typical of the Industrial Chemistry and Chemical Engineering PhD. A list of possible and specific topics includes: