18/12/2024 | COMPANY
The Alumni Association of the University of Padua, in collaboration with Lafert Group and the patronage of the School of Engineering of the University of Padua, promotes the first edition of "Industry 5.0 and AI - New technologies to support the design of products and processes".
The initiative is promoted as part of the STEM Byte project – Gender balance in scientific and technological knowledge of Confindustria Veneto SIAV. At first, the project was reserved for female students only, but given the large participation and requests from students, it was decided to open up to the male gender as well.
We are at the forefront of the project, becoming the concrete case study to experiment and deepen the most innovative Industry 5.0 and AI technologies and their impact in an international and structured company.
THE PROJECT
18 students, most of whom are foreigners, enrolled in master's and single-cycle master's degree courses at the School of Engineering of the University of Padua carried out a project work (individually or in groups) focused on the possible applications of 5.0 technologies and Artificial Intelligence (AI), starting from the analysis of Lafert's current design and production processes.
The project aimed to explore the opportunities for the use of new technologies in the Industry 5.0 field for Lafert with a specific focus on the use of Artificial Intelligence as a tool for optimizing the design of products and processes. It also aimed to encourage the inclusion of young female students in the world of work in the engineering and scientific fields by increasing awareness of the added value that women can bring to organizations both in terms of knowledge and soft skills.
THE AWARD CEREMONY
"We are extremely proud to have been selected as a partner company for the 'Industry 5.0 and A.I. - New technologies to support the design of products and processes' project and to be here today to reward the winners of a challenge that combines technological innovation and inclusiveness. We firmly believe in the importance of promoting female talent in STEM disciplines, not only to foster the employability of young female students, but also to enrich the technological landscape with new perspectives and skills."
Thus Cesare Savini, CEO of Lafert S.p.A., during the award ceremony for the best project held on Tuesday 17 December, in the company's premises.
The students awarded unanimously and ex aequo, judged on the basis of the consistency of the paper with the themes of the project, the degree of innovation of the project, the economic, social, cultural and scientific perspectives and repercussions of the paper, the completeness of the project carried out and the applicability to the business context are 4: Lotto Francesca, Spessato Marco, Ujwal Amin and Bhagyashri Narkhede (2 females, 2 males).
They therefore receive the purchase vouchers in equal parts and the possibility of starting, in the future, a training internship in Lafert S.p.A. itself.
