The Consortium offers a series of specialized courses within a framework of initiatives that constitute a coordinated plan for permanent training. The chosen format is that of short courses carried out on-site. The duration of each course is on average two days (rarely three or four), taught in four sessions of 1:30 - 1:40 each. Courses catalog

Carrying out a course at the Bergamo branch of EnginSoft

These courses are characterized by:

• lectures given both by university personnel and industrial professionals tied with common experiences in industrial design and training, therefore, combining various points of view to create a unified and well-coordinated program
  
• didactic materials assembled specifically for the courses (also in the context of training projects financed by the European Community and/or National Agencies) and prepared in a unified and homogeneous manner
• coordination of programs both comprehensive and in every specific subject
• the possibility, for most courses, of revisiting the lessons through distance learning (via Internet)
• practical examples taken from everyday industrial design
• the certification of the participants, organized according to the International Registered Analyst scheme, as suggested by NAFEMS
• the continued research into the effectiveness and efficiency of the initiative, according to the QA company logic.

The courses of the program are classified by:

Subject Themes (in alphabetical order):

• Acoustics (Vibro- and Environmental Acoustics)
• CFD (Numerical Fluid Dynamics)
• Civil Engineering Applications
• Composite Materials
• Computer Science
• Contact Mechanics
• Control Laws
• Electromagnetism
• Environmental Modeling
• Finite Element Methods
• Geometrical Modeling and CAD/CAE interfaces
• GIS
• High Velocity Impact
• Hydraulics and Fluid Dynamics
• Material Science and Structural Integrity
• Microsystems
• Multi-body Systems
• Numerical Calculations
• Statistics and other decision-making tools
• Simulation of metallurgical processes

Course Level:

• Basic: the subject matter is introduced and presented generally (these courses are identified with a (B) in the course abbreviation)
• Advanced: subject matter is covered more deeply, however still general in character. The advanced courses are intended to naturally follow the corresponding basic courses, which are generally intended as prerequisites (A)
• Specialization: limited to one specific aspect of a more general theme (S)
• Technological: the material is presented with reference to a particular software application (T)

Course Type

• Theoretical: material addressed principally from a theoretical point of view (T)
• Applied: material presented with reference to specific applications (A)
• "Hands On": at least part of the class activities are carried out directly on a computer using commercial programs (H)