The Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (DIMI) of the University of Brescia includes more than 70 professors and researchers, divided into 14 research groups. Chemistry for Technologies, Design and Methods for Industrial Engineering, Basic and Applied Nuclear Physics, Industrial and Environmental Technical Physics, Industrial and Mechanical Plants, Economic and Managerial Engineering, Fluid Machines and Systems for Converting Energy, Applied Machine Mechanics, Metallurgy, Mechanical and Thermal Measures, Mechanic Design and Machine Construction, Science and Technology of Materials, Sociology of Economic and Work Processes, Technologies and Work Systems.