“…The declaration of the SSD of Applied Mechanics is revised again as detailed in Table 7. With respect to the previous one (see Table 6), the focus shifted to the various research topics, often proposed into specific master's degree courses (Diana & Resta, 2016;Legnani & Fassi, 2003;Legnani & Palmieri, 2016;Pennestrì, 2002;Rindi, Papini, Ignesti, Pugi, Auciello, & Ridolfi, 2014, Ravina & Scarafile, 2018, Rovetta, 2005. Textbooks of the previous period are no longer attractive for the students; academic lectures cover only a fraction of the whole book and often the costs were proportionately too high.…”