SMART INDUSTRY

Stefania TOMASIELLO SMART INDUSTRY

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DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
Corso di Dottorato (D.M.226/2021)
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
2024/2025



OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2024
AUTUMN SEMESTER
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1FUNDAMENTALS OF MACHINE LEARNING
18LESSONS
2HUMAN FACTORS AND ERGONOMICS IN SMART INDUSTRIES
18LESSONS
3TASK PLANNING AND CONTROL IN R&D PROJECTS
18LESSONS
4PROCESS INTENSIFICATION FOR A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT/SELECTED ISSUES ON 3D PRINTING
18LESSONS
5PROJECT WORK
18LESSONS
6ENERGY SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE AND RESILIENT TRANSITION
18LESSONS
Objectives
IN MODERN INDUSTRIES, THE HUMAN FACTOR IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY RELEVANT BOTH FOR SAFETY REASONS AND THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT'S QUALITY. IN RECENT YEARS (SINCE 2008) UNI-EN HAS PROVIDED SOME SEVERE REGULATIONS IN TERMS OF WORKERS’ SAFETY AND WELLBEING. PREVENTIVE ANALYSIS OF WORKING ENVIRONMENTS AND HUMAN WORKLOADS IS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF PRODUCT AND PROCESS DESIGN AND PLANNING. CAXX (COMPUTER AIDED EVERYTHING) TECHNOLOGIES ALLOW TO EARLY DESIGN THE PRODUCT LIFECYCLE AND THE PRODUCTION PROCESS IN ORDER TO FORECAST THE PRODUCT BEHAVIOUR AND TO PREVENT DANGERS AND DISEASES IN HUMAN-ARTEFACT INTERACTIONS. THE SAME TECHNOLOGIES, COUPLED WITH SMART SENSORS, EXO-SKELETON SYSTEMS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS, ALLOW TO DETECT DANGEROUS SITUATIONS AND TO GIVE TO WORKERS/USERS THE RIGHT INFORMATION TO CORRECT THEIR BEHAVIOURS AND TO DO THE RIGHT TASKS ON THE JOB.
THE COURSE AIMS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH THE BASIC TOOLS TO PLAN THE DESIGN PROCESSES OF PRODUCTS/SERVICES/PROCESSES IN A HUMAN CENTERED (HC) PERSPECTIVE, THAT IS, PLACING THE HUMAN (USER/CONSUMER) AT THE CENTER OF THE DESIGN PROCESS. DURING THE COURSE, THE REGULATIONS THAT GOVERN THE DESIGN PROCESSES IN A HUMAN CENTERED PERSPECTIVE, THE METHODS FOR ERGONOMIC ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION IN THE HUMAN-MACHINE/PRODUCT/PROCESS INTERACTION, AND THE CONCEPT OF COMFORT CONCERNING THE ACCESSIBILITY AND USABILITY OF PRODUCTS/PROCESSES ARE INTRODUCED. STUDENTS WILL LEARN HOW TO ANALYZE A WORK ENVIRONMENT AND A WORK TASK, HOW TO EVALUATE IT IN TERMS OF ERGONOMICS AND COMFORT, HOW TO FIND NEW SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE WORKER SAFETY.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
ISO-UNI-EN REGULATIONS, ERGONOMICS PRINCIPLES, COMFORT PRINCIPLES, ACQUISITION METHODS, ANALYSIS METHODS, EVALUATION METHODS, DESIGN FOR ERGONOMICS AND COMFORT METHODS.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
HOW TO ANALYSE A WORK-CYCLE, COLLECTING DATA, ANALYSE AND UNDERSTAND DATA, RECOGNIZE AND HIGHLIGHT CRITICAL TASKS, IMPLEMENT CORRECTIONS AND SEARCH FOR NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS.

MAKING JUDGEMENTS
STUDENTS WILL LEARN HOW TO EVALUATE THE CRITICAL SITUATIONS AND HOW TO RATE THE ERGONOMICS OF A WORKCYCLE USING CERTIFIED METHODS AND INTERNATIONAL RATING SCALES. THE STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO SEARCH FOR NEW KNOWLEDGE, NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODS THROUGH THE OPEN INNOVATION BY EXCHANGING EXPERIENCES IN DIFFERENT FIELDS.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS
STUDENTS WILL LEARN THE RIGHT LANGUAGE AND THE RIGHT TERMS TO DESCRIBE AND TO EXPLAIN THE PROBLEMS, TO INVESTIGATE SOLUTIONS AND TO WRITE A DESIGN PROPOSAL OR A RESEARCH PROPOSAL FOR SOLVING A PRACTICAL PROBLEM.

LEARNING SKILLS
THE RIGHT APPROACH IN INVESTIGATION OF A PROBLEM AND OF NEW METHODS AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR SOLVING IT, IS A KEY-FACTOR IN THE FUTURE OF HUMAN FACTORS AND ERGONOMICS. STUDENTS WILL LEARN HOW TO INDIVIDUATE THE RIGHT INFORMATION SOURCES AND THE KEYWORDS TO FIND THEM.

Prerequisites
NO SPECIAL PREREQUISITES ARE NEEDED. STUDENTS NEED TO KNOW THE BASICS ABOUT SMART TECHNOLOGIES, PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND BASICS ABOUT COMPUTER AIDED TECHNOLOGIES.
Contents
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN IN MODERN PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
THE ROLE OF THE VIRTUAL PROTOTYPES IN THE DESIGN PROCESS
ALGORITHMIC APPROACH, DESIGN FOR X, USER/HUMAN CENTRED DESIGN (UCD/HCD)
HUMAN FACTORS AND ERGONOMICS, ISO-EU-UNI REGULATIONS, ERGONOMICS BY IEA L’IEA (INTERNATIONAL ERGONOMICS ASSOCIATION)
DESIGN FOR ERGONOMICS, CORRECTIVE ERGONOMICS, WORK CYCLE ANALYSIS
THE ROLE OF COMFORT IN INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES
EVALUATION METHODS, SURVEY METHODS, ANALYSIS METHODS
PRACTICAL EXAMPLES
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE IS ORGANIZED IN FOUR LESSONS OF TWO HOURS. IN EACH LESSON, THE TOPIC WILL BE ADDRESSED FIRST IN THEORETICAL MODE AND A PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE SAME WILL BE PROVIDED. STUDENTS, IN GROUPS OR INDIVIDUALLY, WILL BE INVOLVED IN THE ANALYSIS AND RESOLUTION OF A PRACTICAL PROBLEM.
Verification of learning
IN EACH LESSON, STUDENTS WILL BE ASKED TO SOLVE A PRACTICAL PROBLEM RELATED TO THE DAY'S LESSON. FOR EACH PRACTICAL ACTIVITY, STUDENTS WILL HAVE TO WRITE A REPORT AND PRESENT THEIR WORK.
IN ADDITION, AT THE END OF THE COURSE, STUDENTS WILL BE GIVEN A MULTIPLE-CHOICE TEST TO VERIFY THE KNOWLEDGE ACQUIRED ON THE TOPICS COVERED.
THE FINAL EVALUATION WILL CONCERN BOTH THE RESULT OF THE TEST AND THE REPORTS OF EACH PRACTICAL ACTIVITY DISCUSSED AND CARRIED OUT IN CLASS.
Texts
LECTURE SLIDES.
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THE LECTURE WILL BE GIVEN IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
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