he exam will consist of two parts. Production of a written essay in Italian or in English on one of the topics covered by the course, of a length between 20000 and 25000 characters (including spaces) to be delivered no later than 5 days before the date of the exam session in electronic format (e.g. as a Word file).
Outline of the essay: thematic introduction, excursus of various implementation methodologies, problems and possible solutions, materials representing the state of the art in the field.
Bibliography: each entry must show: authors, title, journal, volume, year, pages. Each bibliography entry must be cited in the text.
Oral exam that will consist in the exposition through oral presentation of the paper with slides of a maximum of 15 min followed by two questions of clarification and discussion on the same, which may also involve topics covered in the course and not the direct object of the research itself.
The evaluation criteria will consider:
1) the completeness of the knowledge acquired.
2) the ability to describe in a critical way the issues related to the topic of energy.
3) the ability to indicate the most appropriate materials science-based strategies in various proposed scenarios.
4) ownership of the language used.
5) originality of the presentation compared to the course material.