University of Padua

The University of Padua is one of Europe’s oldest and most prestigious seats of learning. As a multi-disciplinary institute of higher education, the University aims to provide its students with professional training and a solid cultural background. The research field covered by the Dept. ICEA comprises not only the topics usually developed in all traditional disciplines of civil construction and environmental engineering, but is extended to cover the topics of materials and their mechanical performance in a broader sense, creating a link with innovative disciplines such as biomechanics and aerospace engineering. Technological innovation is understood as a field in which the research and experimentation undertaken in the new Department can face the challenging topic of the transfer of acquired scientific knowledge to applications in the sectors of civil, hydraulic, maritime, geotechnical, infrastructural constructions and transport systems engineering, and also to other sectors using similar research tools, e.g., aerospace structures, biomaterials and biomechanical structures.