VPP Education in Universities: the Pisa experience

Author

Ceraolo, M. ; Taponecco, L. ; Terreni, P.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Sistemi Elettrici e Automazione, Pisa Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

6-8 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper describes the system of higher education in the Pisan area of Tuscany (Italy) in the topic of electric systems for land and sea vehicles. It is shown that this system is based on two education levels: - a Laurea Specialistica (a degree similar to master degree of U.K. and U.S.A.) in land vehicle engineering that gives important space to VPP-related topics; - a PhD program in land vehicles and transportation systems, in which knowledge from electrical, electronic and mechanical engineers converge. Moreover, the program for Engineer Corps of Accademia Navale di Livorno, whose students are future Italian Navy officers, includes a "naval electric systems" course

Keywords

educational courses; educational institutions; electric vehicles; electrical engineering education; marine vehicles; road vehicles; Engineer Corps of Accademia Navale di Livorno; Italian Navy officers; Italy; Laurea Specialistica; Pisa; Tuscany; VPP education; land vehicle engineering; naval electric systems course; sea vehicles; transportation systems; universities; Automotive engineering; Battery powered vehicles; Costs; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Hybrid electric vehicles; Knowledge engineering; Land vehicles; Road vehicles; Transportation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, 2006. VPPC '06. IEEE

Conference_Location

Windsor

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0158-5

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0159-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VPPC.2006.364348

Filename

4211258