Learning objectives
KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND
At the end of the course, the student shall have acquired the main knowledge related to the skills in testing and characterization of packaging components.
SKILLS
The student shall be able to make informed choices in the selection of the many packaging options available today. The student shall be able to use the acquired knowledge to analyse and process numerical data, to support the relative decision-making choices.
AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT
Upon passing the exam, the student should have developed the ability to critically evaluate the analytical data of the mechanical behaviour of a material to predict its behaviour on site, as well as the ability to interpret the data of acceptance controls of a material to be employed.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Upon passing the exam, the student should have gained enough ownership of language, at least as far as the specific technical and chemical terminology of the teaching is concerned.
LEARNING ABILITY
The students who have attended the course will be able to deepen their knowledge of food packaging materials, through the autonomous consultation of specialized texts, scientific or popular magazines, even outside of the topics dealt with strictly in class. The possible final seminar activities will have the aim of introducing the student to the most recent developments in terms of research in the field of materials applied to food packaging: the student should have acquired the basic knowledge and skills of the discipline to face, in the future, an autonomous deepening of these aspects.