The DITEN contributes to the Technology Transfer and Public Engagement activities through applied research, valorization and use of knowledge (such as supporting innovative spin-offs), as well as lifelong learning and dissemination actions towards citizens (e.g., participating and organizing events of public interest, interacting with the media, etc.). Through such contributions, the Department aspires to become a point of reference and interconnection among the social, cultural and economic contexts at the local, national and international level. 
The DITEN cultural project and the peculiarities of the technological/engineering field are explicitly focused on key means to support the society of tomorrow. Together with several activities and initiatives in the Research and Teaching fields, the aforementioned contributions, are largely attributable and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals defined in the UN 2030 agenda for sustainable and inclusive development. 
In this regard, the multi-disciplinary research originated from the interconnection and integration among multiple skills within the DITEN staff concerning engineering in the naval, electrical, and ICT sectors, allows effective impacts on the regional productive and economic fabric. 
The general objective of the Department is to contribute to the social, cultural and economic development through the direct application, valorization and use of knowledge, as well as lifelong learning and actions of involvement of the population and all the actors of society.
 

The 2022 results of the Department at a glance   (Actions   -   Impact Values):

•    Yearly finalized contracts with third-party companies/entities   -   Number   15
•    Yearly finalized contracts with third-party companies/entities   -   Sales [€]   1.879.823,93 €
•    Involvement of DITEN staff to Spin-Offs   1
•    Yearly Patents   2
•    University of the Third Age   -   Class hours    6
•    High School Training Projects   -   Number   206
•    High School Training Projects   -   Average evaluation   4.94/5
•    Public Engagement   -   Number of Initiatives   9
•    Public Engagement   -   Audience   20.394
•    Scientific dissemination and communication Events   -   Number   28
•    Scientific dissemination and communication Events   -   Audience   32.514
•    Speaches/articles/interviews on regional/national media and social media   -   Number   11
•    Speaches/articles/interviews on regional/national media and social media   -   Audience   67.447
•    "Hands on" laboratories open to schools   -   Number   2
•    "Hands on" laboratories open to schools   -   Participants   58