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Academic year 2021/2022
Bachelor's Degree (BSc) on CYBERNETIC ENGINEERING
MECHATRONICS

Coordinator Prof. Giuseppe Costantino Giaconia
Class of Bachelor's Degree (BSc) on Information technology engineering (L-8)
3 years
PALERMO
Free access
Department of Engineering
Course Code
2188

Course info
The course specifically aims at training professionals alternative to the traditional engineering ones (electrical, electronic, computer engineering, etc.), capable of analysing and managing various systems, characterised by networks of interacting elements, and to apply information technologies to automation issues in various field (smart automation, smart factories, industry 4.0, smart homes, etc.). The course provides the possibility to acquire multidisciplinary knowledge and skills, aimed at understanding basic control theory and at the analysis and operation of mechantronic and, in general, cyberphysic systems, representing the bases for the development of modern production, distribution and supply of goods and services. In the operation of these systems, cybernetic engineers must be able to plan the objectives to achieve, to proceed to the mathematical formulation of a control problem considering the above mentioned objectives, to the solution of the problem also using the available software tools and, finally, to the verification of the obtained performance, through simulation techniques and, where possible, through the practical implementation of a prototype of the whole system. Together with these skills, the course aims at providing students the specific engineering knowledge and skills, needed to enable them to study and make interact among them systems with a different physical (real and/or virtual) nature. The course is divided into two curricula, both investigating the issues of interest. The first curriculum aims at training engineers capable of facing the issues related to the operation and control of mechatronic systems, with respect, in particular to the automation systems of machines, processes and plants integrating computer components, measurement systems, actuators and data transmission and elaboration systems, with centralised and/or distributed supervision and control logics and architectures. The second curriculum aims at training engineers capable of applying the emerging internet and cloud technologies, such as internet-of-things, virtualisation, big data processing, to the automation of processes, and to add intelligence in the fields of smart home, smart industry, smart city, etc…, through the use of distributes cyberphysic systems, capable of processing information, communicating, deciding and acting in the real and virtual world. To achieve these objectives, the course provides the typical knowledge and methodological skills of information engineering, with a strongly multidisciplinary orientation. The educational programme is divided in four subjects’ groups: - The first group consist of the basic subjects of the degree class in Information Engineering (mathematics, physics, geometry); - The second group is related to other engineering skills, in the fields of electrotechnics, electronics, electric and electronic measurements, information and telecommunication engineering, economic-management engineering; - The third subjects’ group is related to the typical Automation methodologies, both theoretical (automatic control) and applicative (industrial robotics and autonomous vehicles) ones. - The fourth group is related to the specific traits of the two curricula. The “mechatronic” curriculum, more focused on the typical Automation Engineering areas, provides teachings related to mechanics, machines, electric converters and activators, industrial automation and domotics. - The teachings of the “internet and cloud information technology” curriculum, specifically oriented towards Safety Engineering and Information Protection, are related to programming, machine learning, cloud technologies, internet networks, numerical methods and big data. Graduates in Cybernetic Engineering will therefore possess adequate knowledge to continue their studies (2nd cycle degree, university master courses), as well as to fit immediately in the labour market, where they may carry out their professional activity as freelancers, in manufacturing or service companies, in public administrations, in various production or services areas (such ad, for instance, autonomous vehicles, telecommunications, sensors and internet networks, monitored and control distributed systems, production systems automation, distribution and supply of goods and services, assisted technology systems, robotic systems).
Profile 1st cycle Graduate in Cybernetic Engineering Functions: Graduates in Cybernetics Engineering are able to design and manage a cybernetic system as a whole, resulting in a model of this system, the interactions between subsystems, the communication among them, the optimal achievement of a goal and the fulfilment of control specifications. Their cultural and professional profile is focused on scientific and technological information engineering knowledge, such as the knowledge of sensor networks, robotics and distributed systems, electronics and automatic controls, mechatronics, Internet network and cloud platforms, thanks to which they are able to identify, formulate and solve problems which, even if non-complex, may require an interdisciplinary approach. They possess basic knowledge of Automatics design and analytical methods, enabling them to introduce within a non-complex system the necessary intelligence to manage its operation without human intervention (automatic control), optimizing e its operation and dominating the interaction among the various components of the system as well as between the system and the surrounding (real and/or virtual) environment. Graduates in Engineering Cybernetics are also able to deal with non-complex problems in intrinsically multidisciplinary settings and are therefore capable of interfacing with the specialists of the process and systems to automate, to suggest more effective operational and project solutions in technical and economic terms. Cybernetic engineers, therefore, possess specific capabilities enabling them to readily fit into very different work environments working as systems analysts and/or technicians in various application contexts in which technologies and automation principles play an important role. Skills: - Identification of descriptive models of (real and/or virtual) mechatronic processes real systems; - Study of the properties of the models aimed at analysing the behaviour of real processes and systems (operating limits and potential); - Identification of the control methods starting from models; - Definition of design specifications for process and systems control; - design and evaluation of control laws and strategies, based on the system or process model, in accordance with the design specifications; - identification of the most adequate technologies for the implementation of intelligence/automatic solutions for cyberphysic systems); - Simulation of processes and systems, for their analysis and for the validation of the relevant control laws and strategies; - Implementation of digital systems for rapid prototyping and ability to conduct experiments on such systems; - Theoretical and experimental development of control methods and strategies; - Monitoring, operation, maintenance of processes and systems. Professional opportunities: - Electronic, mechanical, automotive, electromechanical, aerospace, chemical and industrial, mobile, submarine robotics companies; - Service companies (water management and network services, transport, energy, civil and industrial automation, big data, Internet-of-Things, (IoT), and related services; - Research and development centres and laboratories for the automation industry; - public administration; - freelance activities. Also, since the 1st cycle degree is the first level of university education, in view of the continuation of their studies, graduates in Engineering Cybernetics can access different 2nd cycle degree courses of the University of Palermo as well as equivalent courses on the national territory. In particular, with respect to the 2nd cycle educational offer of the University of Palermo, the course of study is calibrated to allow access to different 2nd cycle in information engineering and Industrial Engineering, directly or by selecting appropriate elective activities available to students.
To obtain the degree, students must have acquired all the credits required by the curriculum with the exception of the credits of the final test, which are acquired at the time of testing. The final test has the objective of assessing the level of maturity and critical skills of the undergraduate, with respect to learning and to the acquired knowledge, on completion of the activities provided by the course syllabus. The final examination consists of a written or oral test, in accordance with the rules fixed every year by the Degree Course Regulations for the final examination, respecting and consistent with the calendar, the ministerial requirements and to the relevant Guidelines of the University.

course outline
Teachings first year \ in common with the others curricula\profiles
credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
02605 - COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN Details INGRASSIA (PO) 9.0 1 V C ING-IND/15
03675 - GEOMETRY Details SCHILLACI (PC) 6.0 1 V A MAT/03
04677 - ENGLISH LANGUAGE 3.0 1 G E
18794 - ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS - INTEGRATED COURSE Details LO PRESTI (PA) 12.0 Yearly V
PRINCIPLES OF COMPUTER SCIENCE LO PRESTI (PA) 6.0 A ING-INF/05
LOGIC CIRCUITS LO PRESTI (PA) 6.0 A ING-INF/05
19109 - MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS - INTEGRATED COURSE Details TRIOLO (PA) 12.0 Yearly V
MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS - MODULE 2 GARGANO (RD) 6.0 A MAT/05
MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS - MODULE 1 TRIOLO (PA) 6.0 A MAT/05
02795 - ECONOMICS FOR ENGINEERS Details ROMA (PA) 9.0 2 V C ING-IND/35
03295 - PHYSICS 1 Details LO FRANCO (PA) 9.0 2 V A FIS/03
Teachings second year
credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
02965 - ELECTRICAL DEVICES AND CIRCUITS Details ROMANO (PA) 9.0 1 V C ING-IND/31
04954 - RATIONAL MECHANICS Details GARGANO (RD) 6.0 1 V A MAT/07
07811 - PHYSICS II Details LO FRANCO (PA) 6.0 1 V A FIS/01
07393 - SIGNAL THEORY Details GARBO (PO) 6.0 2 V B ING-INF/03
17880 - INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION AND DOMOTICS Details RAIMONDI (RU) 9.0 2 V B ING-INF/04
17882 - DIGITAL MANUFACTURING Details PALMERI (RD) 6.0 2 V C ING-IND/16
19385 - AUTOMATIC CONTROL Details D'IPPOLITO (PO) 9.0 2 V B ING-INF/04
Free subjects 12.0 D
Teachings third year
credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
17881 - ELECTRONIC POWER CONVERTERS Details PELLITTERI (RD) 6.0 1 V B ING-IND/32
19177 - PRINCIPLES OF ROBOTICS Details FAGIOLINI (PA) 6.0 1 V B ING-INF/04
21109 - ELECTRONICS - INTEGRATED COURSE Details GIACONIA (PA) 15.0 Yearly V
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS ELECTRONICS GIACONIA (PA) 6.0 B ING-INF/01
PRINCIPLES OF ELECTRONICS CRUPI (PA) 9.0 B ING-INF/01
04807 - MACHINES AND ELECTRIC ACTIVATIONS Details DI DIO (PA) 9.0 2 V B ING-IND/32
05917 - FINAL EXAMINATION 3.0 2 V E
17879 - MEASURES AND EQUIPMENT FOR AUTOMATION Details COSENTINO (PO) 9.0 2 V B ING-INF/07
Stage and others 3.0 F
Optional subjects 6.0 C
Elective activities
Optional subjects credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
03318 - TECHNICAL PHYSICS CARDONA (RD) 6.0 1 V C ING-IND/10
21219 - PRINCIPLES OF STRUCTURAL MECHANICS Details RUSSOTTO (RD) 6.0 1 V C ICAR/08
07353 - GENERAL TECHNOLOGIES OF MATERIALS Details MICARI (PO) 6.0 2 V C ING-IND/16
10504 - NUMERICAL METHODS AND TOOLS Details FRANCOMANO (PO) 6.0 2 V C MAT/08
17872 - SENSORS Details FAES (PO) 6.0 2 V C ING-INF/06
21616 - FUNDAMENTALS OF DATA SCIENCE Details 6.0 2 V C INF/01
Stage and others credits Term Val. Area Scientific sector
11033 - INTERNSHIP 3 CREDITS 3.0 1 G F
21167 - INTERNSHIP 2 CREDITS 2.0 1 G F
11034 - OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES - 1 CREDIT 1.0 2 G F
11035 - OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES - 2 CREDITS 2.0 2 G F
11036 - OTHER EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES - 3 CREDITS 3.0 2 G F
19176 - CYBERNETICS LABORATORY 3.0 2 G F
Explaination
Term Term/Semester
Val. Valutation: V = mark in 30/30, G = note
(*) Teaching attended in english
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