Curricular Units with focus in pillars of Sustainability
Study Cycles: M.EA
Objective: The Environmental engineer is required to have specific knowledge to respond to the need to evaluate the sustainability of products and processes that are used in Society. The objectives include: Knowledge and application of tools based on Industrial Ecology current practices for applying this concept. The basic concepts include: Clean Production, Environmental Management in Organizations (ISO 14001 standard), Life Cycle Management, EcoDesign, Integrated Waste Assessment, Industrial Symbiosis (Eco Industrial Parks), Sustainable Consumption and Production and Circular Economy.</ span>
Objective: This course unit (CU) presents the foundational elements of the use of biological resources for the production of utilities (e.g. energy) and products (e.g. chemicals with high added value), from an environmentally correct perspective (e.g. sustained use and remediation). Benefiting from the knowledge and skills acquired in a first cycle of studies, a comprehensive and coherent treatment of concepts is provided, as well as common tools for applications involving extraction, processing and use of information in multiple scenarios. This UC addresses, in fact, fundamental concepts for understanding the main existing and other emerging technologies, with the aim of allowing the discussion of data and the analytical processing of information for its effective use.
Study Cycles: M.EQ
Objective: This curricular unit’s main objective is to provide students with skills in all aspects related to energy recovery; reducing pollution at source; end-of-line treatments of effluents and waste; life cycle analysis (LCA) methodology and potential applications thereof; environmental, economic and social sustainability, impact of products and/or processes.
Study Cycles: MMSEGEO
Objective: The environmental assessment of industrial processes and products is fundamental to the assessment of sustainability environmental. The introduction of these concepts in this curricular unit at MIEMM allows the student to student recognize the environmental damage associated with industrial processes and products.
Study Cycles: M.EC< /p>
Objective: Highlight the environmental and social consequences of Engineering projects
– Knowledge of Environmental Policies at international and national level
– Understanding the implications of AIA and SEA in the exercise of the profession
– Knowledge of the issues associated with Sustainable Development and Climate Change and implications for the exercise of Engineering activities
Study Cycle: MPRINCE
UC Objectives: The aim is to convey the fundamental concepts of sustainability in construction and present the different levels of approach. Methods for assessing sustainability in the construction of buildings and the respective application criteria will be presented in order to provide students with tools that allow them to identify the most sustainable construction solutions and know how to apply them, from the planning phase to the end of the useful life of the building.
Study Cycle: MDIP
UC Objectives: Raise awareness of the historical and ethical relevance of the idea of sustainability (in general).
Create awareness and deepen knowledge about design sustainability.
Motivate and develop the application of design sustainability in global and local contexts.
Understand and know how to evaluate sustainability in the context of product design.
Acquire experience in developing sustainable products.
Reflect on the issue of sustainability in the context of project activity.
Identify sustainable design opportunities within projects and explain the respective benefits.
Demonstrate advantages in choosing sustainable design practices.
Ability to implement sustainable design decisions.
Study Cycle: MGMU
Objectives: it is intended that the student acquires a set of critical knowledge and tools that allow you to make technical, methodological and strategic decisions, duly substantiated, in the context of definitions of the nature of mobility policy and mobility planning actions in an urban context, understood as an integral and relevant part of a sustainable development.
Study Cycle: PDSSE
UC Objectives: The aim is, first and foremost, for students to understand the concept of Sustainability in its various aspects and variants. It is also intended that they will be able to identify the main relationship vectors between natural resources and sustainability, with particular emphasis on energy flows, forms and transformations, as well as knowing and using methodological tools for analyzing material and energy chains. energy.
Study Cycle: M.EC
UC Objectives: Analysis of the following topics: Construction Management, Construction Legislation, Construction Planning, Construction Organization, Construction Control, Health and Safety in Construction, Industrialization of Construction, Digital Information Management in Construction and Sustainable Construction.
Study Cycle: M.EC
UC Objectives: Presentation and discussion of the displacement method, matrix formulation, for analysis of linear, flat and three-dimensional lattice structures, and their developments from the point of view of their practical application, particularly with regard to their use in automatic calculation.
Presentation of general aspects of the finite element method. Dynamic analysis of structures applied to simple structural systems. Introduction to geometric nonlinear analysis and plastic analysis.
Study Cycle: MCI
UC Objectives: To make students aware of the relevance of the issues of digital preservation in the context of an information security analysis. During classes, the aim is to create sensitivity in students towards the problems of digital preservation and provide them with experiences in analyzing cases, experimenting with tools and developing solutions that provide them with skills for participation in information systems development teams with a strong preservation component..
Study Cycle: M.EEC
UC Objectives: Currently, the enormous number of automobiles with of internal combustion, ICE, present on the planet, has
leading to serious problems for human health, the environment, as well as hydrocarbon resources and global warming, due to emissions of greenhouse gases, GHG.
The need to evolve towards more efficient, environmentally friendly and polluting-free vehicles is now clear.
In this sense, the EU recently legislated so that, by 2025, the average CO2 reduction in new car fleets will be 20% and, by 2030, a 40% reduction in said emissions will be achieved. Therefore, to face these challenges, manufacturers are, in the very near future, forced to invest in the sale of large quantities of electric and hybrid vehicles.
In line with this recent trend, this UC aims to provide Students with fundamental knowledge, theoretical bases and control strategies and project methodologies associated with ICEs, electric, hybrid and fuel cell vehicles.
Therefore, mathematical analysis of these systems is carried out for their modeling and simulation. Power-train architectures for ICE, BEV, HEV and FCHEV are also presented, as well as energy charging, storage and propulsion systems.
Study Cycle: M.EIC
UC Objectives: Understand the basic concepts of Robotics and the framework of Artificial Intelligence in Robotics.
Study methods of sensory perception and interpretation (with an emphasis on computer vision) that allow the creation of precise states of the world and methods of controlling mobile robots.
Study methods that allow mobile robots to navigate in known or unknown environments using Planning and Navigation algorithms.
Study the fundamentals of cooperative robotics and building robot teams.
Analyze the main national and international robotic competitions, the most realistic robotic simulators and the most advanced robotic platforms available on the market.
Study Cycle: L.EM
UC Objectives: Study of drive systems, energy transmission and command through fluids: pneumatics and hydraulics. With this subject, the student should become familiar with the technologies involved in hydraulic and pneumatic systems, their functions, their sizing and selection for an application. The student must also learn how to build and design systems.
Study Cycle: M.EM
Objectives of the UC:This curricular unit has the fundamental objective of providing students with a set of knowledge in the field of electromechanical drives. In particular, the objective of this UC is to present and develop a set of concepts and knowledge in the area of electrical drives, mechanical transmission elements, electromechanical cutting, protection and command equipment, as well as control and supervision equipment.</ p>
Study Cycle: PDSSE
UC Objectives:To provide students with basic knowledge about the structure of an electrical system of energy, in its energy production, transport and distribution components.
Provide students with training to understand and explain the principles and operating bases of electrical production plants.
Provide training students in order to know and explain transmission line models
Provide students with training in order to know how to calculate the transit of powers in mesh networks using a simplified method.
Provide students with knowledge about tariff and incentive systems applicable to promoting the rational use of energy
Study Cycle: M.EM
UC Objectives: The objective of this course is to provide students with an integrated view of concepts important aspects, techniques and strategies of Production Management. Students are expected to acquire a global view of the concepts, problems and tools available, allowing them to make better decisions. Students are trained to better analyze production situations, recognizing “trade-offs” between cost, time, quality and flexibility in designing solutions for competitive systems.
Study Cycle: M.EEC
UC Objectives: Explain the operating principles of the main renewable energy sources and identify the main topologies for converting different primary energies into electrical energy. Explain and know how to apply the fundamental methods of controlling the power produced. Analyze and compare different conditioning topologies for renewable energy sources. Identify, apply and verify the fundamental regulatory aspects of the interface of renewable energies to the electricity grid. Design and integrate the different electronic and control subsystems of the energy conversion chain.
Study Cycle: PDPT
Objectives of the UC: The objectives of this Curricular Unit relate to the opportunity to provide PhD students in Territorial Planning have solid training and advanced knowledge about the current issue of environmental policies in a context of change and major transformations, particularly associated with climate change and the specific role of planning in the environmental enhancement and ecosystem balance of settlements humans. Capacities for analyzing and interpreting environmental phenomena and their social, economic and cultural dimensions will be developed, as well as for diagnosing and formulating policies with spatial repercussions.
Study Cycle: MPPAU
CU Objectives:
Raising awareness of the issue of preserving / enhancing the quality of the Environment
Presentation and justification of environmental policy instruments
The problem of coastal zone management
Introduction to the concepts of natural resources and climate
The problem of air quality in urban spaces
Introduction to Natural Resource Planning
Concepts from citizenship to well-being
Discussion of sustainability in urban policies
Study Cycle: M.EC
UC Objectives:The Civil Engineer of the 21st century. XXI needs to understand, in depth, the causes and consequences of the major environmental challenges facing contemporary societies and, in particular, Climate Change, whose adaptation and mitigation strategies involve, among other measures, the design and construction of public and private works projects that span the spectrum of current civil engineering specialties. Specifically, such projects and works must always be framed by territorial planning plans, at regional, urban or local scales, depending on their spatial scope, which is the reason for this UC. In fact, the program is designed to develop skills and competencies that will serve not only students who wish to pursue the specialty of Spatial Planning and Transport, but also other engineering students. who wish to pursue other specialties.
Objectives of the UC:The curricular unit of Renewable Energy I aims to prepare students to select, acquire, operate and develop technologies and solutions in the area of Renewable Energy.
The subjects studied in this UC are: a) solar energy and radiation; b) thermal solar collectors; c) solar power concentrators; d) solar thermolysis; e) electrochemistry and photo-electrochemistry; f) fuel cells; g) photovoltaic cells; h) batteries and i) electrolysis.
Study Cycle: M.EM
- UC Objectives:
- To understand advanced and emerging materials technologies and their importance in the face of new industrial and societal challenges.
- To understand their transformation processes.
- To know and distinguish their mechanical, optical, thermal, and electrical properties.
- To be able to select these materials for engineering applications.
Study Cycle: M.EC
UC Objectives: The Civil Engineer of the XXI century needs to understand in depth the causes and consequences of the major environmental challenges facing contemporary societies and, in particular, Climate Change, whose strategies for adaptation and mitigation include, among other measures, the design and construction of public and private works that sweep the spectrum of the current domains of civil engineering. Specifically, such projects and works should always be framed by territorial plans, at regional, urban or local scales, according to their spatial scope, constituting the reason for this UC. In fact, the program is designed to develop skills and competencies that will serve not only students who intend to follow the Spatial Planning and Transports specialization but also one of the other civil engineering specializations.