B031730 - CIRCULAR DESIGN POLICIES, REGULATIONS AND PRACTICES

English

The aim of the course is to transfer knowledge of Policies&Regulations, main practices (i.e. methodologies, tools, and standards) functional to the Circular Design and development of industrial products and technologies during their whole life-cycle.

Mahendra S. Hundal, Mechanical Life Cycle Handbook, 2002.
Ostad, Ecodesign for Sustainable Development - Volume 4 Product Development
Ashby, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design
Giudice F., La Rosa G., Risitano A., Product Design for the Environment: A Life Cycle Approach, CRC Press/Taylor & Francis, Boca Raton, FL, 2006

The course will contribute to the following learning objectives specific to the Master Programme:
• Knowledge and understanding
- cc1 The multidisciplinary normative, methodological, technological, and instrumental knowledge of the context related to the ecological transition of systems, services, and products.
- cc13 Knowledge of the methods and tools for cooperative work.

• Applying knowledge and understanding
- ca1 The ability to identify, formulate and solve industrial engineering problems, by defining specifications, technical, social, environmental, and commercial constraints.
- ca2 The ability to carry out engineering projects, working in a multidisciplinary environment.
- ca3 The ability to select and apply methods for the development of new processes, systems, and components.

• Making judgments
- ag1 The ability to independently analyze data and information, draw objective conclusions and make consequential decisions.
- ag2 The ability to grasp the ethical implications of design choices and technologies employed or developed.

• Communication skills
- ac1 The ability to communicate and transfer information, ideas, problems, and solutions to specialists and non-specialists.

• Learning skills
- ap1 The capacity for continuous and autonomous learning, and self-updating in the relevant engineering area.

Knowledge of industrial product and process design.

The course will consist of a theoretical and a practical part. In the theoretical part, knowledge related to the course topics will be transferred to students through traditional lectures accompanied by interactive teaching and supported by PPT slides and supplementary material made available by the professor. Contextually, students will be organized into working groups so as to tackle case studies together based on the application of the notions developed in the theoretical part.

The level of knowledge acquired is assessed by means of two intermediate tests, carried out during the course.
Students who do not reach the minimum knowledge level (or who have not taken the two intermediate tests) must take a written test on the entire course program.
Students who pass the two intermediate tests but are not satisfied with their final result may take an oral test. The questions concern the theoretical and applicative sphere with the aim to verify the knowledge, understanding and capacity for self-updating of regulations, standards, and practices, in terms of methods and tools, related to the ecological transition of products and processes (cc1, cc13, ap1). To pass the exam the student must demonstrate the ability to identify, formulate and solve industrial engineering problems (ca1) through a selection and application of methods and practices (ca3) according to a multidisciplinary approach (ca2). Additionally, it must emerge the ability to analyze data and information (ag1), to perceive the ethical implications of design choices (ag2) and to communicate and transfer information (ac1).

- Product and process sustainability context: European policies, regulations, and standards with an overview of the worldwide scenario in the technology, energy, and mobility areas
- Approach to designing the eco-profile of an industrial product: Life Cycle Thinking; Integration of Circular Design in the design and development process; Designing the product life cycle through the Design for X approach and practices
- Methods, tools, and practices for Circular Design: theory and application to case studies

Responsible production and consumption; Affordable and clean energy;Climate action; Industries, innovation and infrastructure