Delegates and Committees

The Advisory and Self-Assessment Committee is an internal Department structure with advisory and proposal functions. The Committee is responsible for assisting the Department bodies in policies concerning the allocation of resources and in guiding research, knowledge transfer and innovation activities. The DIEF Advisory and Self-Assessment Committee is appointed by the Department Board upon proposal of the Head of Department, after consulting the Section Coordinators; it serves for four years. It consists of 5 professors and researchers from the Department and may be supplemented by up to 3 additional experts from national, international or foreign research institutions, with expertise and active involvement in research fields related to the Scientific Disciplinary Sectors for which the Department is responsible. These experts participate in meetings without voting rights.

The Committee consists of:

• Prof. B. Facchini - PO - Head of Department
• Prof. A. Andreini - PA
• Prof. L. Governi - PO
• Prof. M. Delogu - PA
• Prof. G. Campatelli - PA
• Prof. A. Rindi - PO
• Prof.ssa P. Paoli - PO
• Prof.ssa M. Porcelli - PA
• Prof. F. De Carlo - PA

 

Nomina Commissione di Indirizzo e Autovalutazione del Dipartimento. Estratto del verbale del giorno 29 ottobre 2024

Nomina Commissione di Indirizzo e Autovalutazione del Dipartimento. Estratto del verbale del giorno 22 ottobre 2020

Regulatory references: Statuto UNIFI, Art. 7; Reg. di Ateneo dei Dipartimenti, Art. 14

Permanent or temporary Committees may be established by the Department Board through a specific resolution defining their composition and duties. The Department Board may make use of the preparatory work or advisory activities of specific temporary or permanent Committees, including for the examination of specific issues identified from time to time. Where necessary, experts who are not members of the Department Board and who are appointed by the Board may also participate in the work of the Committees without voting rights.

 

Regulatory references: Regolamento di Ateneo dei Dipartimenti, Art. 10; Regolamento del Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Art. 13

 

• Building Committee: consists of 1 representative from each Section (Massimo Delogu, Giovanni Ferrara, Laura Fiorini, Rocco Furferi, Mario Rapaccini, Alessandra Papini, Alessandro Ridolfi, Andrea Rocchetti)
• Laboratories Committee: consists of the scientific and technical managers of the laboratories located in the Department's premises. The list of laboratories and their respective technical and scientific managers is available here.
• Communication and Student Guidance Committee: consists of the Delegate for Public Engagement (Gianni Campatelli), the Contact Person for the study of international rankings (Alessandro Bianchini), the School Delegate for Student Guidance for DIEF (Federico Rotini), the Delegates for Student Guidance for Degree Programmes in the industrial engineering area (Francesco Balduzzi, Romeo Bandinelli, Alessandro Bianchini, Lorenzo Pinelli, Nicola Secciani), and one representative from each Section not already represented (Michelangelo Santo Gulino, Martina Lippi, Margherita Porcelli)
• Teaching Committee: as it is responsible for allocating funds intended for teaching, it consists of the members of the Department Executive Board, supplemented for this purpose by the Chair of the Joint Degree Programme Board and by the Degree Programme Contact Persons for the Degree Programmes for which DIEF is responsible who are not already members.

• Department Delegate for Internationalisation: Patrizia Rossi

Function: to define forms of cooperation, strategies and actions to be pursued in the field of the Department's internationalisation, both in teaching and research.

Selection criteria identified: Relevant experience in the field.

 

• Department Delegate for national and international scientific research and for relations with the Regional Office in Brussels “TOUR4EU”: Antonio Andreini

Function: to ensure, with the support of the offices of the Research Services Area, the flow of information relevant to the Department, making a substantial contribution to improving the position of our University in the context of competitive national, European and international research calls.

Selection criteria identified: Relevant experience in the field.

 

• Department Delegate for PE (Public Engagement): Gianni Campatelli

Function: to promote and coordinate activities aimed at non-academic audiences through which to communicate and disseminate the opportunities and benefits of university education and research results.

Selection criteria identified: Relevant experience in the field.

 

• Delegate for Technology Transfer: Stefano Caporali

Function: to promote and enhance research results, fostering the creation of a bridge between academic research and industry.

Selection criteria identified: Relevant experience in the field.

 

• Department Contact Person for SUA-RD: Stefania Bellavia

Function: to coordinate the Department's self-assessment procedure and the collection of the indicators required for the annual periodic evaluation that ANVUR plans to use also for the allocation of part of the performance-based share of the Ordinary Financing Fund (FFO).

Selection criteria identified: Relevant experience in the field.

 

• Department Contact Person for VQR and for the CRUI-UNIBAS Scientific Output Evaluation Support System: Stefania Bellavia

Function: to support, coordinate and monitor the entry of research outputs by the Department's professors and researchers.

Selection criteria identified: Relevant experience in the field.

 

• Contact Person for the working group dedicated to the study of international rankings (THE, QS and greenmetrics): Alessandro Bianchini

Function: to identify areas for improvement in the position of the University of Florence in international rankings, in coordination with the University's Statistics Office, the Vice-Rector for International Relations and the Research Observatory.

Selection criteria identified: Relevant experience in the field.

• Department QA (Quality Assurance) Contact Person: Filippo De Carlo

Function: to act as a liaison between the University Quality Assurance Presidium and the Department in implementing Quality Assurance policies within the Department with regard to teaching, research and knowledge enhancement.

Selection criteria identified: Relevant experience in the field.

 

Delegates for Student Guidance for Degree Programmes based in the Department

Ingegneria Meccanica (MEL): Nicola Secciani, Lorenzo Pinelli, Gabriele Maria Lozito

Ingegneria Gestionale (GEL): Romeo Bandinelli

Laurea Magistrale in Ing. Meccanica (MEM): Nicola Secciani

Laurea Magistrale in Ing. Energetica (ENM): Francesco Balduzzi

Laurea Magistrale in Mechanical Engineering for Sustainability (MES): Alessandro Bianchini

Laurea Magistrale in Management Engineering (MME): Romeo Bandinelli

Function: Student Guidance information, development of projects and their review, organisation of events and training on Student Guidance.

Selection criteria identified: Relevant experience in the field.