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tante del Dipartimento nelle relazioni con il territorio è evidenziato dalle numerose As for Research, DIEF has invested in the creation or qualifica-
collaborazioni con le imprese produttive e di servizio della “Motor Valley” modenese, tion a huge amount of resources coming from successful par-
che include attività formative e di ricerca applicata che hanno recentemente ri- ticipations to competitive calls at the national or European level,
cevuto il riconoscimento del MIUR con l’approvazione del Progetto “International as well as by consultancy and commercial research activities.
Academy for Advanced Technologies in High-Performance Vehicles and Engines”. This was done in the belief that, if the quality of researchers is
Questo volume vuole celebrare i nostri venticinque di vita attraverso i ricordi e le the first requirement for the Department qualification, no real
testimonianze di quanti ci hanno permesso di arrivare fino a qui ma, soprattutto, advancement in engineering technology can been achieved
without the support of appropriate experiments and prime lab-
vuole attirare l’attenzione sul senso principale degli sforzi prodotti da tutti quanti oratory equipments.
hanno creduto e lavorato per l’Ingegneria a Modena e, oggi, per il DIEF, ispirandosi The Engineering Department Enzo Ferrari maintains the original
al principio di vivere il presente con la speranza di un futuro di qualità per noi e per i territorial vocation of the Engineering Faculty of Modena. This in-
nostri studenti e le nostre studentesse. volves the signing of a number of Research Agreements and Con-
tracts with private Companies of both regional and national rele-
Apertura delle celebrazioni vance. Of special concern in this frame is the participation of DIEF
to the technology transfer initiatives coordinated by the Technolog-
ical Platforms, a regional network in which a fundamental role is
Nella ricorrenza dei 25 anni dalla fondazione della Facoltà di Ingegneria di Modena, played by the Modena Technopole. This latter constitutes the most
il Dipartimento di Ingegneria “Enzo Ferrari”, in collaborazione con l’Ateneo, ha pro- recent improvement of the Engineering Campus, and hosts the
posto un ricco elenco di eventi a carattere scientifico, didattico e culturale. Interdepartmental Centres Intermech-MORE and Softech, and the
L’inaugurazione delle celebrazioni ha avuto luogo il 16 marzo 2015 alla presenza del Democenter Foundation. In the centre of what is called “the Motor
Ministro dello Sviluppo Economico, dott.ssa Federica Guidi. Valley”, the Department started from the very beginning to develop
teaching and research in automotive. The most recent recognition
of the high standard reached by DIEF in this context is the approv-
al and financing MIUR, the Italian Ministry of Education, gave to
the Project “International Academy for Advanced Technologies in
High-Performance Vehicles and Engines”.
This book is intended to celebrate our first 25 years of life as an
Engineering institution, passing through memories and testimo-
nies of the protagonists of this short but intense story that led us
where we are now. The guiding principle of those that created
the Engineering Faculty, and of DIEF now, is to operate in the
present time to design a prosperous future for the Institution and
for our students and researchers.

The celebrations

The Engineering Department “Enzo Ferrari” celebrates the first
25 years from the constitution of the Faculty of Engineering in
Modena. The Minister of the Economic Development, dr. Feder-
ica Guidi inaugurated the programme of the events on March
16, 2015.
Il Ministro Federica Guidi e il Rettore Angelo O. Andrisano