Thermal No. 4 January 31, 2022

Italy
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Thermal No. 4 January 31, 2022
In addition, an on-line UIT Newsletter is published and sent monthly by email to the members of the association.
4. Foundations of Scientific Research
Ministry of University and Research MUR (Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca)
https://www.mur.gov.it(Italian Standard Time, PST: UTC+1, Population: 60 million)
1. Organizations
There are two national organizations related to heat and mass transfer:
UIT (Italian Union of Thermal-Fluid Dynamics). UIT isa non-profit organization. The UIT mission is to bring
together Italian researchers, engineers and people interested
in thermal and fluids problems and applications, to linkthem with each other and with their peers in Europe andworldwide, fostering cooperation and promoting new
generations of researchers.
https://www.uitonline.it
ATI (Italian Association of Heat Transfer and ThermalManagement). Officially founded in 1947, but active since1918, ATI is a non-profit organization which promote theapplied thermal engineering in the scientific, technical andindustrial fields. It handles also committees and technicalregulations in the field.
https://www.atinazionale.it
Other two national organizations are devoted to energy
management and design of HVAC systems:
AIGE (Italian Association of Energy Management)
spreads studies, research, experiences and activities carriedout in academic, industrial and public administration
environments, in the field of energy management andenergy policies.
http://www.aigeancona2021.univpm.it/
AICARR (Italian Association of Air Conditioning Heating and Refrigeration) promotes production anddissemination of the culture of sustainable comfort and energy savings in HVAC systems.
https://www.aicarr.org

5. Education (Undergraduate/Graduate School)
Elementary School, 5 years; Junior High School, 3 years; High School, 5 years.
Most of undergraduate school education is carried out by using Italian textbooks.
The Italian higher education system is in compliance with the Bologna Process guidelines (seehttps://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/higher-education/bologna-process-and-european-higher-education-area_en),
which introduced an European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) in study cycles, ERASMUS mobility mechanisms,
diploma supplement.
Higher education is organized on three cycles of studies, leading to the academic degrees of bachelor, master andphilosophy doctor.
 First cycle, 3 years, Bachelor's degree (Universities and Polytechnic Schools)
 Second cycle, 2 years, Master’s degree (Universities and Polytechnic Schools) Third cycle, 3 years, Doctor’s degree (Universities)
Courses are generally held in Italian or in English for specific paths.
6. University System
Italian higher education system is articulated in public and private institutions. The private higher education institutions
have to obtain prior recognition of the Ministry with the authority of the Higher Education. There is no difference betweenUniversity schools and Polytechnics for the engineering education.
Both University and Polytechnic education are guided by a perspective of applied research and development, aimed atunderstanding and solving practical and technical problems and at providing a solid cultural and technical training at thehigher level, developing the capacity for innovation and critical analysis. Scientific knowledge of theoretical and practicalnature, for the scope of professional activities, also provided.
There are more than 96 public universities in Italy. Most of them offer courses in Physics and in different branches ofEngineering (Civil, Industrial and Computer/Electronics).
7. Major Public/Private Research Institutes
CNR – National Research Council (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche).
https://www.cnr.it/en
ENEA - Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (Agenzia
nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l'energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile)
https://www.enea.it/en
by Gian Luca Morini (ICHMT, Eurotherm) and Paolo Di Marco (ICHMT, AIHTC, Eurotherm)

2. Major meetings
The heat transfer community is gathered yearly during the following conferences; the meeting are participated by manyforeign scientist and experts.
 UIT Heat Transfer Conference (yearly , since 1983)
 ATI National Conference (yearly , since 1946)
 AICARR Conference (yearly , since 1969)
 AIGE Conference (yearly , since 2007)
3. Major journals“La Termotecnica” is the monthly journal of ATI, in Italian, devoted to divulgation of latest technological progresses andnational codes and regulations.
There exists a Journal on HVAC system design: AICARR Journal (Journal of the Italian Association of Air Conditioning
Heating and Refrigeration) https://www.aicarr.org/Pages/EN/Resources and Publications/AiCARR_Journal.aspx

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