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1 Politecnico di Milano di Ce.S.N.E.F. Centro Studi Nucleari Enrico Fermi Laurea Magistralis in Nuclear Engineering PhD in Radiation Science and Technology

2 Laurea Magistralis in Nuclear Engineering Admission from three-year Laurea Power Engineering Physics Engineering Electrical Engineering Others No debts No debts No debts debts Laurea Magistralis in Nuclear Engineering Two-year program.

3 Major Fields The Nuclear Engineering program is founded on the study of the physics and engineering of radiations and their applications From this common root, two Major fields arise Nuclear Systems Radiation Science

4 Program Structure First Year Course Mathematical +Numerical methods for engineering Solid State Physics 10 Advanced Solid State Physics A+B ** Nuclear Instrumentation and Measurements Nuclear Plants and Applied Radioprotection Radiation Field Design and Measurement Solid State Physics A+B Advanced Solid State Physics A+B Industrial and Nuclear Electronics Credits

5 Program Structure Second Year. Nuclear Systems Course Safety and Control in Nuclear Plants Credits 10 Radiation Science Course Medical Applications of Radiations Credits 10 Computational Methods for Signal Analysis Computational Methods for Signal Analysis Computational Methods for Safety and Risk Snalysis 10 Computational Methods for Safety and Risk Snalysis 10 Technology of Nuclear Materials Technology of Nuclear Materials Elective Courses 20 Radiochemistry and Chemistry of Radiation Thesis Project 20 Elective Courses 20 Thesis Project 20

6 PhD in Radiation Science and Technology 180 credits 10 Preparatory 40 Base 15 Specialized 115 Thesis project

7 Departmental Base Courses Numerical, computational, simulation methods for nuclear engineering Particle, fluid, state transport for applications to nuclear engineering Advanced materials: synthesis and characterization using radiation Electromagnetic radiation Semiconductor radiation detectors Advanced detection systems and radioprotection

8 Department Research

9 Radiation Science

10 Radiation Detectors Electronics Measurement Instrumentation for Advanced Technology Si Kα 1.7 kev S Kα 2.3 kev Ca Kα 3.7 kev Mn K α 5.9 kev Al Kα 1.5 kev Cl Ag Ti Energy Non-Destructive Analysis of Art Pieces Composition analysis of materials, rocks, atmospheric particulate, etc.

11 Radiation field design for medical applications National Center for Adro-Therapy Oncology.

12 Treatment by ionizing radiation Sterilization Polimeric lattice construction Food irradiation

13 Micro- and Nano-structured Materials Design, construction and analysis of nanostructures through assembling of atomic clusters and nano-tubes Oriented carbon nano-tubes Design and analysis of thin films Laser light scattering and atomic microscopy Laser light scattering for the study of surfaces in nanostructures Materia soffice Design and Synthesis of polimer films from colloidal phases Protein study X-ray diffraction Laser light scattering PTFE ( Teflon ) film formation.

14 Nuclear Systems

15 Computational methods for safety, reliability, diagnostic analysis of complex systems Monte Carlo Methods Neural Networks Genetic Algorithms Fuzzy Logic Systems Cellular Automata

16 Advanced Nuclear Reactors (earth and space). Il di Ing. con 18 partners (aziende, università, centri di ricerca, elettroproduttori) di 9 paesi

17 Radioactive Contaminant Transport Modelling and Experimentation Nuclear Waste Deposits Monte Carlo Simulation

18 WHERE di Ce.S.N.E.F. Via Ponzio, 34/ Milano Academic Secretary: Tel: Fax: E.mail:

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