2014 11 03 abc ph d program polimi - kickoff
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ABCPhD ProgramArchitecture, Built Environmentand Construction EngineeringDoctorate Program
Welcome day – 30th cycleAula didattica, NAVE – Campus Leonardo,
Politecnico di Milano – November 3rd, 2014
A long presentation …
1. What is a PhD (and some starting tips …)2. Where are you (we)3. Who are we? And: What is our vision?4. Management principles5. Courses (insegnamenti)6. You!!7. How stakeholders may work with us?
What is a PhD?Notes by enrico de angelis with reference to Matt Might, Ken Robinson,
Nathan Yau, Peter Kraker, the whole StarTrek saga … and others!
A wikipedia page
The faculties of science and humanities start demanding a formal research dissertation for the award of their degree
19° century: german education reform
Doctor of Philosophy (abbreviated as Ph.D.)
The origin of PhD
The german practice is a success!
• US students come in Germany to get a PhD after their Bachelor
• Yale University start a PhD Degree in 1861:– Postgrad Courses + thesis
• From the beginning of 20° century, European and US universities move toward three degrees: Bachelor, Master, Doctorate
• In Italy Dottorato starts in 1985
Il dormiglione (Sleeper), 1973.
In the original US version, she pretends to have a PhD.In the Italian translation, she has only a Master (the discipline il … XXXrated)
Internet is plenty of jokes about PhD
• You can find many tips too!• Just try not to get lost in the network• «MODERN TECHNOLOGY MAKES POSSIBLE TO
SIT AT YOUR DESK FOR HOURS AND NOT ACCOMPISH ANYTHING PRODUCTIVE: it is called INTERNET»
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What is a PhD, from MATT MIGHT
(Thanks4yourslides, Matt)
Suppose this circle represent the advancing boundary of actual human knowledge …
(Thanks4yourslides, Matt)
… And that this is your primary school learning of such an amount of knowledge …
(Thanks4yourslides, Matt)
… And this what you gain from your secondary school studies …
(Thanks4yourslides, Matt)(Thanks4yourslides, Matt)
… master …
(Thanks4yourslides, Matt)
A successful Phd is able to go beyond boundaries!
A successful one!
(Thanks4yourslides, Matt)
May be it is not enough to do something really immediately useful … but it is always a step toward!
Others’ notes and tips about PhD
Nathan Yau, Tips on making it through, what I would tell my previous self going in,and advice on taking advantage of the unique opportunity that is graduate school.
ROAMING: an occasion you will hardly have again!
absorb information!
Some tips by Nathan Yau
find an adviser!
Some tips by Nathan Yau
jump at opportunities!
Some tips by Nathan Yau
learn to say no!
Some tips by Nathan Yau
you are alone!
Some tips by Nathan Yau
Distribution of R&D professionals http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.SCIE.RD.P6/countries?display=map
NOT SO ALONE!
• There are thousands of researchers in Europe, hundried thousands in the world: the most of
them works on actual (the same?) topics
http://tapastic.com/episode/22823
http://tapastic.com/episode/22823
http://tapastic.com/episode/22823
BE PREPARED!It will happen! For sure!!
Let’s go back to M.Might
3 qualities of successful PhD students
• Perseverance• Tenacity• Cogency (ability to
persuade)
http://matt.might.net/articles/successful-phd-students/
I add another one:• Frugal, agile … lean
Other tips by Matt Might
http://www.influencia.net/fr/actualites1/innovations,innovation-ingenieuse-faire-plus-avec-moins,41,3909.html
See also:
• A thesis proposal is a contract• How to get a great letter of recommendation• Defending your PhD (Academic martial arts)• How to get into grad school for science …• How to send and reply to email • 10 easy ways to fail a PhD• 6 blog tips for busy academics …
See also: PhD-by-enrico-de-angelis
Where are we?(Politecnico di Milano)
Politecnico di Milano
– 229th university (previous 230)– 31th technical university (previous 29)– 8th technical university in Europe (previous 11)
(after: ETH Zurich, University of Cambridge, Imperial College, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, University of Oxford, Delft University of Technology, Technische Universität München)
Dati 2014!
Part of the Italian Research System
Immagini e dati dal rapporto Elsevier 2013
Articles per Global Expenditure in Research and Development (GERD) in million dollars
PhD in the Italian Research SystemValore assoluto del numero di dottorandi nei Paesi analizzati dal rapporto Elsevier2013Si noti
• crescita: USA/CHI/UK• Decrescita: ITA/JPN• Valore assoluto:
UK=2ITADEU=3ITA
Immagini e dati dal rapporto Elsevier 2013
ITALY DOESN’T BELIEVE IN PhD
PhD School – Polimi
18 Programmes More than 1100 PhD candidates 370 new PhD candidates per year (~ 75% of them earn grants
or research contracts) (~ 1300 applications) ~ 28% International students (33% in 2013-14) ~ 200 third-level courses, held by Italian and International
Experts 3692 PhDs in about 30 years Less than 1/3 works in university Teaching mostly in English – at least an English track Research in international environment (international
projects, professors, PhD candidates)
@Polimi1985 PhD Programs started2001 PhD School started2014 XXX cycle
POLITECNICO BELIEVES IN PhD
Who are we?(Dipartimento ABC-Dottorato ABC)
The ABC Department
ABC: Architecture, Built Environmentand Construction Engineering
– 155 Researchers, Associate and Full professors– About 100 “Assistant Researchers” (assegnisti),
“Assistant Professors” and other contracts– About 40 Administrative and Technical Staff– About 100 PhD Students (average num.)
ICAR05 TRASPORTI
ICAR06 TOPOGRAFIA E CARTOGRAFIA
ICAR07 GEOTECNICA
ICAR08 SCIENZA DELLE COSTRUZIONI
ICAR09 TECNICA DELLE COSTRUZIONI
ICAR10 ARCHITETTURA TECNICA
ICAR11 PRODUZIONE EDILIZIA
ICAR12 TECNOLOGIA DELL'ARCHITETTURA
ICAR14 COMPOSIZIONE ARCHITET. E URBANA
ICAR15 ARCHITETTURA DEL PAESAGGIO
ICAR17 DISEGNO
ICAR18 STORIA DELL'ARCHITETTURA
ICAR19 RESTAURO
ICAR21 URBANISTICA
ICAR22 ESTIMO
INGIND11 FISICA TECNICA AMBIENTALE
MED42 IGIENE GENERALE E APPLICATA
SECSP06 ECONOMIA APPLICATA
SECSP07 ECONOMIA AZIENDALE
Social Sciences
Urban Planning
Cost Engineering
Architectural&Urban Design
Building Technologies
StructuralMechanics
Arch. History
Modelling
Building Physics & Services Su
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The Disciplines of the Department
ABC-Dept comes from a fusion
The department is the result of a complex fusion process among different scientific groups
The PhD Program too
ABC-PhD ProgramDoctoral program in Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering
General Presentation
ABC-PhD Program has been established in 2012, following the complete reorganization of the area of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering in one only Department.It results as merge of the following four PhD Programs:
– Architectural Composition– Building Systems Engineering– Design and Technologies Exploitation for the Cultural Heritage– Technology and Design for Environment and Building
These four programs have been joined by a group of researchers from a fifth one: the PhD Program in Structural Seismic and Geotechnical Engineering.All these Programs have been separately active since 1990, mainly focussing on one only discipline. Their merge was aimed at optimizing the capability of the Department in facing and solving complex training needs, with a single organizational unit.
ABCPhD
ARCHITECTURALCOMPOSITION
Building System ENGINEERING
Cultural Heritage
Built Environment Technologies
Structural Engineering
Cosa siamo noi?What is our vision?
ABC PhD Program
Dottorato di Ricerca in Architettura, ingegneria delle costruzioni e ambiente costruitoPhD Programme in Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering
The mission of ABC Doctoral Program is to train future researchers for the extensive field of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering.PhD-Candidates are trained to face complex questions, to develop in-depth analysis and reliable models (theories) of complex contexts (seen as physical, economic, environmental or social systems) and to innovate: concepts, products and their use, rules and organisations. These skills are proven realizing an original study (the PhD thesis) a specific Research theme in one of the following research field (each with a certain degree of overlap on the others):
1. Advanced Materials and Innovative Systems for Buildings2. Design and Technologies for the Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Built Environment3. Risk prevention and emergency management4. Architectural Design and Urban Design5. Complex Buildings Design, Construction and Management6. Preservation, Valorisation and Promotion of Built Heritage7. ICT and Smart Systems in Construction and Planning8. Built Environment Economics and Management
Coordinatore/Head prof. Enrico De Angelis , deputy head C.Castiglioni, A.Ciaramella, S.Protasoni
Segreteria/contacts sig.ra Marchegiani Cristina
Documenti/documents Any reference document about ABC-PhD Program can be dowloaded here.
ABC-PhD
Trained to face complex questions
Trained to face complex questions
in complex contextsTrained to innovate
ABC PhD VISION (the future)
• Our vision wish:– Our students to become self-sufficient, independent
“actors”, able to gain – as scientist, as intellectuals, as professionals or as entrepreneurs – an outstanding position at an international level.
– Our PhD Program to become – in few years – the Italian Point of Reference for training experts in all the most critical subjects related to the sustainable (environmental, economical, social and cultural sustainability) transformation and management of the Built Environment ecosystem
What do we need?
WE ARE A GREAT STRUCTUREand WE WANT to be competitive
A competitive PhDWorks on actual topics
A competitive PhDWorks on actual topics
ABCPhD’s Eight research fields
1. Advanced Materials and Innovative Systems for Buildings
2. Design and Technologies for the Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Built Environment
3. Risk prevention and emergency management
4. Architectural Design and Urban Design
5. Complex Buildings Design, Construction and Management
6. Preservation, Valorisation and Promotion of Built Heritage
7. ICT and Smart Systems in Construction and Planning
8. Built Environment Economics and Management
A competitive PhD isAn interesting PhD
A competitive PhD isAn interesting PhD
In an “interesting” PhD, candidates are independend and free but not alone
In an “interesting” PhD, candidates are independend and free but not alone
ABC-PhD studies in particular:to work independently – not alone
• Candidate’s training through research• Candidates work is supported by a strong Mentorship• Research training is embedded in institutional
strategies and policies: (Sistematica Collaborazione all’interno in programmi di ricerca dipartimentali)
I docenti del Collegio di dottorato
I docenti del Collegio di dottorato
I docenti del Collegio di dottorato
The advisory board
The advisory board
The advisory board
New entries:– Mauro Fasano (regione Lombardia)– Pietro Baratono (provveditore LLPP Liguria,
Lombardia e Emilia Romagna)– Lorenzo Bellicini (CRESME)– Pietro Petraroia (Eupolis)
A competitive PhD isAn interesting PhD
A competitive PhD isAn interesting PhD
An “interesting” PhD offers Candidates great opportunities for a great works
and results are seriously assessed
An “interesting” PhD offers Candidates great opportunities for a great works
and results are seriously assessed
ABC-PhD studies in particular: work, work, work, work and independent assessment
– Mentorship comes together with systematic independent assessment and review of candidate’s projects and products
– Candidate is requested to produce original researchand knowledge advancements
– Results are expected from the first year
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A competitive PhD isAn interesting PhD
An “interesting” PhD gives actual skills(and competitive advantages)
A competitive PhD isAn interesting PhD
An “interesting” PhD gives actual skills(and competitive advantages)
ABC-PhD studies in particular:Tailor made training
Each Candidate defines, with the Tutor his/her Research and Training Plan (R&Tplan):– A lot of research activity about a
chosen topic (66-85%).– Some formal training (few):
• For a common starting level and to fill possible gaps
• To get some basic skills(e.g. research management and communication)
• To be updated about specific topics
A competitive PhD isAn interesting PhD
A competitive PhD isAn interesting PhD
An interesting PhD has strong relations with competitors and is part of the
huge network of the global research
An interesting PhD has strong relations with competitors and is part of the
huge network of the global research
There are thousands of researchers in Europe, hundried thousands in the world: the most of
them works on similar projects and topics
A competitive PhD isAn interesting PhD
A competitive PhD isAn interesting PhD
… has strong relation with stakeholders …
… has strong relation with stakeholders …
More than 50% of the scholarships are strongly related to research contracts or external sponsorships
ABC-PhD 29° Program (2013-2016)
• 9 Scholarships from MIUR• 3 Scholarships “Fondo sostegno giovani” [DM 198/03]• 3 Scholarships funded by external entities• 3 Internal scholarships• 1 scholarship fondazione Fratelli Confalonieri• 3 students without scholarships
TOTAL 22 PhD Candidates
ABC-PhD 30° Program (2014-2018)
• 9 Scholarships from MIUR• 3 Scholarships “Fondo sostegno giovani” [DM 198/03]• 2 Internal scholarships (others will be added)• 8 Cofunded scholarships (Department+external
entities)The number of students without scholarships and other internal scholarships are expected to grow the TOTAL NUMBER up to about 30 PhD CANDIDATESThe expected n. of ABC-PhD Candidates (three cycles) is about one hundried
More than 50% of the scholarships are strongly related to research contracts or external sponsorships
A competitive PhD isAn interesting PhD
A competitive PhD isAn interesting PhD
We want you to have strong relation with stakeholders: the PhD Program is YOU
We want you to have strong relation with stakeholders: the PhD Program is YOU
We don’t want Candidatesto live in a glass bowl
You are encouraged to jump out
Image from Cheeky Scientist Association, from the post “How To Transition From Academia Into Business”http://cheekyscientist.com/phd-jobs/
… to open the door and look around
Published by AAAS, ILLUSTRATION: ROBERT NEUBECKER
… to open the door and look around
… before ending your PhD and your scholarship!
PhD studies in general The PhD title is a necessary requirement
to enter the Academy and a professorshipbut
A PhD holder is appreciated by companies (and public institutions) also in Italy
PhD is a must, in many foreign countries,for high management positions also outside of research labs
So, stay in touch with your stakeholders and create relationships for your (and our) sake
Urban legend
It is no more true that big companies don’t want to hire PhDs because they’re overqualified and too independent, so, it is easier to get a job with a Master of Science than with a PhD»«PhD-qualified professionals are in high demand. The problem is that very few PhDs know how to leverage their PhD».Just don’t expect the world be served on a sliver platter
Isaiah Hankel, “7 Advantages PhDs Have Over Other Job Candidates” www.cheekyscientist.com
1. A researcher knows how to find answers
If you are trained to identify and solve problems, you are trained for decision-making:• critical thinking • complex problem solving
Isaiah Hankel, “7 Advantages PhDs Have Over Other Job Candidates” www.cheekyscientist.com
2. A researcher is not frightenedhe/she learns from failures
Isaiah Hankel, “7 Advantages PhDs Have Over Other Job Candidates” www.cheekyscientist.com
3. A researcher is not frightenedhe/she comfortable with uncertainty
Isaiah Hankel, “7 Advantages PhDs Have Over Other Job Candidates” www.cheekyscientist.com
4. A researcher is taught (tempered) for high level communication
Isaiah Hankel, “7 Advantages PhDs Have Over Other Job Candidates” www.cheekyscientist.com
You don’t just regurgitate information, you create it.
5. A researcher is taught (tempered) to compete and to cooperate
Isaiah Hankel, “7 Advantages PhDs Have Over Other Job Candidates” www.cheekyscientist.com
6. A researcher is fully experiencedwith negative bosses
Isaiah Hankel, “7 Advantages PhDs Have Over Other Job Candidates” www.cheekyscientist.com
(not always negative!)
7. Researcher talent is innovation[disruptive innovation]
«les docteurs … peuvent apporter “les innovations de rupture” qui feront les emplois et la croissance de demain» M.C. Corbier, LesEcho.fr 12/11/14
Who are we?We are you
We are you 100
Per ora tra 50 e 60 dottorandi …
and its management principles
… some more about
ABC PhD
Management principles
• MILESTONES, Mentors and other figures• R&T Plan• Colleagues• Courses• Thesis and excellence
MILESTONE-ZERO
• Candidates present their R&T program to the Board.
• The PhD Program Board will assign a (tentative) Research Topic to each PhD Candidate and …
• … will appoint a Tutor, for each one of them.
The Tutor
• The Tutor is chosen among the members of the PhD Program Board, with the following assignment:– To refine – together with the PhD Student – the
definition of his/her Research Topic.– To monitor, supervise and support the PhD
Student in his/her activity.• He periodically refers, with a written report to the
PhD Program Board, about the attainment of Student’s objectives and the quality of his/her work.
FORMAT 02MOD_ABCPhD Tutor’s an Supervisor’s evaluation
The Supervisor
• Once the Student has reasonably detailed the subject of his/her PhD Thesis and completed his/her competencies and skills, the PhD Program Board will appoint a Supervisor who will guide and support the Student in the development of his/her research activities related to the thesis.
The Reviewer
• At the end of the third year – or before, if needed – the PhD Program Board will appoint one or more external Reviewer to evaluate PhD Student’s work and Thesis.
La figura del Reviewer può anticipare, già fin dalla valutazione del primo anno, una figura indipendente di valutatore esterno, evitando che ogni membro del collegio sia obbligato a valutare tutti i candidati.
MILESTONE01
• Milestone 1 – 6 monthsThe candidate presents the Academic Board the main research issues arising from his/her first overview of the State of the Art and Reference Bibliography for the Research Area/Topic under investigation.
MILESTONE02
• Milestone 2 – 12 months (1st year annual exam)Presentation of the Research Project, revision of the R&T Plan, with a detail of the future work (foreign stay in particular) and of the first scientific products. A Supervisor may be identified and appointed to support the elaboration of the Student’s research.
MILESTONE03
• Milestone 3 – 18 monthsPresentation of Research Project progress, the main Training Program changes and scientific products. The PhD-Program Board review the feasibility, the originality and the scientific relevance of Student’s Research, on the basis of the evaluation of the Tutor evaluation. Student’s Supervisor is definitely appointed.
MILESTONE04
• Milestone 4 – 24 months (2nd year annual exam)First draft of the thesis work; research progress, main Training Program changes and scientific products. The Board examines and assesses the value and the originality of the research, on the basis of Tutor’s and Supervisor’s documented evaluation.A reviewer may be appointed to have an independent assessment of Candidate’s products.
MILESTONE05
• Milestone 5 – 30 monthsDraft of the PhD thesis (with a complete list of contents), of the main Training Program changes and scientific products. The PhD-Program Board assesses the advancements, the feasibility and the valuing opportunities of the PhD thesis, on the basis of Tutor’s and Supervisor’s documented evaluation. The opportunity of a Reviewer is evaluated as proposal of the Tutor and the Supervisors for the same milestone or for the final milestone (06).
MILESTONE06
• Milestone 6 – 36 months (3rd year annual exam)Presentation of the thesis in its final version (except amendments and reviews after this last meeting). The Academic Board decides on admission to the final exam.
Reviewer
Invited experts
The EVALUATION
PhD StudentTutor&supervisor
AUDIENCE (Some interested participants)
1° step:Candidate’s Presentation
The EVALUATION3° step:
the AssessmentThe commisson
EVALUATIONPROPOSAL
Reviewer
Invited experts
Tutor&supervisor
The EVALUATION2° step:
Commission’s proposalEVALUATIONPROPOSAL
The PhD Board
The PhD BOARD GIVE the FINAL ASSESSMENT
The EVALUATION GRADES
• Grades are not fundamental, the fundamental is the RESEARCH and the interaction with the BOARD and the best EXPERTS in your field
The EVALUATION GRADES
E = not sufficient
D = sufficient
C = good
B = very good
A = excellent
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(11)(6)
29° 1yr
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Our wish
A seven times excellent candidate
1. Has completed an excellent Research and Training Plan2. Has shown a full mastery of his/her topic, a full knowledge of the
State of Art and the main References in terms of people, works and actual results.
3. Has shown a full and continuative commitment in research activities.
4. Is independent and autonomous, able to plan and manage his work and to seek synergies with colleagues.
5. Has produced a phd thesis assessed as original, innovative and relevant for knowledge advancements
6. Is able to communicate and value his/her work in international sessions
7. Is able establish strong and profitable relations with stakeholders to value his/her work
The Research and Training Plan
• This Program will schedule, for three years of full-time work, this kind of training activities:– Educational Activities: courses and studies needed to
complete and to refine Student’s skills, propaedeutic to the analysis of the Research Topic. In particular, the Program will schedule courses for a minimum of 30, up to a maximum of 60 ECTS: at least 5 ECTS Credits must be acquired attending courses offered by the PhD School.
– Teaching activities: PhD Students may include Teaching activities about their PhD Thesis topics, which will be acknowledged as knowledge transfer and communication activities, for a maximum of 5 ECTS, in their whole program.
The Research and Training Plan
• This Program will schedule, for three years of full-time work, this kind of training activities:– Research Activities: the development of the PhD Thesis
and the participation to specific research activities, related to the Research Topic, if suitable to gain experience in research planning, management and execution, as well as in knowledge transfer practice or for a particular occurrence.
– Communication Activities: writing and publishing the research results of the Student, in international peer-reviewed journals and conferences proceedings, and, in general, his/her active participation to international research symposiums.
Too much emphasis on CREDITS
• CREDITS is the standart metrics for TRAINING• RESEARCH can’t be weighted through hours
count. It is weighted through RESULTS• Nevertheless you might be requested to show
us your real committment ALSO in terms of hours count, especially when your results are not satisfactory.
• Nevertheless a PLAN is NEEDED
What is the R&T Plan (first task)?
Cognome attività tipo di att ore creditiX.YYYY Computational Fluid Dynamics with Open-Source Software Training 125 5X.YYYY Game Theoretical Models in Engineering Training 125 5X.YYYY IVP – Interactive Virtual Prototyping: Methods and Tools Training 125 5X.YYYY Monte Carlo Simulation Methods of Stochastic and Uncertain Systems - MECC Training 125 5
X.YYYYQuantitative Analysis of Very-Large Systems: Metrics, Models, Techniques, Methodologies, and Tools Training 125 5
X.YYYY Research Management Training 125 5X.YYYY Visualizing Data Training 125 5
X.YYYYAdaptive Control: from Needs to Applications (Methods, Algorithms, and Applications) Training 125 5
X.YYYYSmart Grid Technical and Regulatory Issues: DG Integration and Advanced Network Management Training 125 5
X.YYYY From Reconfigurable Hardware to Self-Adaptive Computer Architectures Training 125 5X.YYYY Definition of the State-of-the-art research 250 10X.YYYY Publication Publication 250 10
1750 70
A very simple list of activities:
But a little more detailed than this: Publication, State of the Art …
What is the R&T Plan (first task)?
Cognome attività tipo di att ore creditiX.YYYY Computational Fluid Dynamics with Open-Source Software Training 125 5X.YYYY Game Theoretical Models in Engineering Training 125 5X.YYYY IVP – Interactive Virtual Prototyping: Methods and Tools Training 125 5X.YYYY Monte Carlo Simulation Methods of Stochastic and Uncertain Systems - MECC Training 125 5
X.YYYYQuantitative Analysis of Very-Large Systems: Metrics, Models, Techniques, Methodologies, and Tools Training 125 5
X.YYYY Research Management Training 125 5X.YYYY Visualizing Data Training 125 5
X.YYYYAdaptive Control: from Needs to Applications (Methods, Algorithms, and Applications) Training 125 5
X.YYYYSmart Grid Technical and Regulatory Issues: DG Integration and Advanced Network Management Training 125 5
X.YYYY From Reconfigurable Hardware to Self-Adaptive Computer Architectures Training 125 5X.YYYY Definition of the State-of-the-art research 250 10X.YYYY Publication Publication 250 10
1750 70
… and a graph:
X.YYY
ResearchTrainingPublicationteaching
Some tips
• Don’t exceed with TRAINING! (nor teaching)• Take part of structured Research activities but• … SAVE TIME FOR YOUR RESEARCH:
– Your R&Tplan– Your State of the Art and Bibliography (to be kept
alive during all the three years)– Your Research Project– Your contacts in Science and among stakeholders– Your PhD thesis
Some tips
• Publications are expected (but not necessary in the first year)
• Taking part of Research activities with Tutor and Supervisor and other researcher is welcome
• Going to conferences is a good practice(but better as author of a paper)
• Stay hungry … not too foolish.
The Research and Training Plan• The training activities will be progressively organized, from introductory
meetings and lessons (i.e. with older PhD Candidates or other research experts) to the PhD Thesis writing, and will be developed in the following way:– In the first semester, the activity of each student will be dedicated to
the definition of a State of the Art of his/her Research Area.– The whole first year will be dedicated to the coverage of basic training
needs of the Student, with the attendance PhD courses, and to the final clarification of the Research Project.
– The second year will be dedicated to the organization of the PhD Thesis work and the completion of Student’s skills and knowledge, to support the achievement of PhD Thesis objectives + FOREIGN STAY.
– The third year constitutes the most intense period of autonomous and original research work and the elaboration of the PhD Thesis + , if needed/useful, also FOREIGN STAY
The Research and Training Plan• Tutors will encourage their students to carry out their Training Program in
strict contact with other research groups, in other Universities and Research Institution.
• On the other hand, each Candidate is expected to plan and organize – as part of her/his Training Program – a period of work and stay with one – or more – of these groups, preferably a foreign one, for no shorter than six months, in order to become more confident with the most wide international research community. The host of the Student may be another University or any other institution or private company engaged in high level research about the Student’s Research Topic. Nevertheless, at least a half of the whole PhD period (18 months) must be developed at Politecnico di Milano.
What is a PhD Thesis
Something ORIGINAL
The PhD Thesis
• The main objective of a PhD Student is the development of an original research contribution. This contribution will be reported in the Student’s PhD Thesis
Your PhD THESIS is YOUR MAIN GOAL!
Thesis or publication?
• Our PhD Program is not a PHD by Publication … We will assess Student’s ability evaluating the ORIGINALITY of his/her PhD thesis: its advancement of the knowledge about a specific Research theme.
• but PhD Student IS PUSHED to produce publications and anticipate/have peer review of his/her work.
• We can manage this complexity!
«The PhD by publication offers an alternative path to the traditional PhD by thesis, but it is viewed by some as inferior …»http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/416988.article
4 courses suggested to everybodyMany disciplinary courses3 workshops (at least)
ABC PhD Program Courses
Courses are offered in English, or translated in English to the Student who requests it.
4 for everybody(ABC-PhD courses)
ABCPhD CourseSustainability Metrics for the Built Environment and the efficient use of resources
LecturersMonica Lavagna, Architectural Technology, ABCGiovanni Dotelli, Science and Technology of Materials, CMICLucia Rigamonti, Environmental and Health Eng., DICAPaco Melià, Ecology, DEIB
ObjectivesThe objective of the course is to introduce to the use of tools that measure the benefits achieved through a sustainability strategy, leading to informed environmental decisions.The course will explain in detail the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). methodology, with examples and exercise on how to apply it. The use of LCA applied to the built environment will be detailed, with examples and case studies.
Period and schedule: 40 hours, three weeks, Jan-Febr 2015 energy materials water
air emissions waste waterwaste
consumptions
emissions
ABCPhD CourseTools and methods for the Economic Analysis of the BE
LecturersRoberta Capello, ABC Department
ObjectivesThe course aims to train students in the use of descriptive (statistical) tools and interpretative (econometric) methods, in the economic analysis of the Built Environment (BE). It will deal with the following topics:• Economic analysis of the built environment: specialization and
performance• Economic specialization: location quotients, concentration and
diversification• Measurement of the dynamic performance of the BE: Descriptive
statistics, (shift-share analysis, development patterns) and Inference tools for the measurement of dynamic performance of the built environment
Theoretical lessons will be accompanied by practical exercises. Schedule: 02-12-2014 to 09-01-2015
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ABCPhD CourseConstruction and Real Estate (RE) Process Management and Innovation
LecturersAndrea Ciaramella, ABC-PolimiMarzia Morena, ABC-Polimi
ObjectivesThe course aims to illustrate the real estate market’s dynamics and underline the link with the construction industry. The lectures, always accompanied by specific case studies, will focus the most important business models adopted by investors, property companies and corporations to manage and enhance their real estate assets and to optimize the services to support the buildings and organizations.
Period and schedule: half day a week, march/april 2015
ABCPhD CourseEnergy efficiency in building design,urban and regional planning
LecturersGiuliano Dall’O, ABC-Polimi
ObjectivesThe course focuses on the rational use of energy and renewable sources in building and urban planning, the interactions between climate and building envelope, the most advanced HVAC technologies, solar and distributed generation, and provides the main design tools for an energy and environmental conscious design
Period and schedule:To be defined
Disciplinaryand multidisciplinary courses
(ABC-PhD courses)The following are just examples!
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PhD SCHOOL CoursesHeat and Moisture Transport (HMT) modelling applicationsin building envelope design
Resp.: Enrico De Angelis, ABC-Polimi
LecturersHans Janssen - Catholic University of LeuvenDaniel Zirkelbach, Fraunhofer-Institut für BauphysikRiccardo Paolini, ABC-Polimi
ObjectivesThe course aims to introduce to the dynamic Heat & Moisture Transport modelling, (1-D and 2-D), to provide numerical skills and to achieve a high proficiency and critical awareness of the relation between building envelopes (in new, existing or heritage buildings) and water, one of their main degradation agents.
Period and schedule: a full week, march 9-13th 2015
PhD SCHOOL CoursesEnvironmental Risks: linking analytical models to prevention decisions and operational practice in the field
Resp.: Scira Menoni – DASTU PolimiProgram (six events)
• From risk prevention to resilience: breaking through one century of studies and research Enrico Zio, Scira Menoni, Enrico De Angelis
• Risk assessment and management in the context of seismic risk, Floriana Pergalani, Maria Adelaide Parisi, Luca Marescotti
• Risk assessment and management in riverbasins Francesco Ballio, Alberto Guadagnini, Raffaele Giordano
• Managing data and information systems for crisis and post-crisis management Ouejdane Mejri, Bruna De Marchi, Grazia Concilio
• Enchained risks and cascading effects: towards a multi-hazard, multi-risk perspective, Laura Longoni, Alessio Radice, Francesco Ballio and Scira Menoni, Adriana Galderisi
• Seminario internazionale
Period and schedule:to be defined
ABCPhD CourseTechnological culture of design
LecturersEmilio Faroldi (resp.), Matteo Gambaro, Fabrizio Schiaffonati, Maria Pilar Vettori – Department ABC_Politecnico di Milano
ObjectivesThe course aims at investigating the theoretical and design foundations of the technological culture of design, analysing the context and the birth of the discipline, through specific in-depth analysis on the figures, works, projects and researches.
Period and schedule: april 2015
emilio faroldi
matteo gambaro
fabrizio schiaffonati
maria pilar vettori
ABCPhD CourseRadiative and convective modellingof urban microclimate
Lecturers• Tiziana Poli, ABC-Polimi• Alberto Zasso, MECC-Polimi• Riccardo Paolini, ABC-Polimi• Anna Laura Pisello, UniPerugia• Catherine Gorlé, Stanford University• Paolo Schito, MECC-Polimi
Topics• Radiative and convective heat transfer at urban scale.• Mutual interactions microclimate-urban fabric.• Urban climate mitigation strategies• Climate change resilience.
Schedule: 1,2 Dec 2014; 12,13,14,15 Jan 2015 (40 hours)
ABCPhD CourseThe research for innovation in the building process.
LecturersBruno Daniotti, Alberto Pavan, ABC-Polimi, Angelo Ciribini, Università di Brescia, Giuseppe Rigamonti, ANCE
ObjectivesThe course aims to develop specific skills about research for innovation at an international level in the context of Architecture and Construction with a specific focus on the topic of innovation throughout the whole building process: quality control, information management, service life planning.
Period and schedule: February 2015
ABCPhD CourseSolid mechanics for discrete modelling of structures
LecturerSiro Casolo, ABC-PolimiMaurizio Vianello, MATE-Polimi
ObjectivesThe course gives a fundamental, conceptual account of the main elements of solid mechanics. The aim is to fill the gap between the traditional courses of strenght of materials and computational analyses the are usually based on the finite element method. Finally, we focus on simple examples of discrete formulations.
Period and schedule: two months, may-june 2015
ABCPhD CourseNon-Linear Behaviour of Building Structures and their Design Principles
LecturerMarco Andrea Pisani, ABC-Polimi
ObjectivesThis course starts by introducing the concepts and the theorems of the limit analysis of reinforced and prestressed concrete frames. These theorems are then discussed and used to understand the concept known as hierarchy of strength, or “capacity design”.The same concepts are then adopted to study the behaviour at ultimate limit state of masonry arches.
Period and schedule: to be defined, 2015Possible limit of deformation when the arch becomes (a) unstable, and (b) a snapshot of animation during collapse. (c) Four hinges define a three-bar-mechanism.
ABCPhD CourseStructural dynamics for condition assessmentand seismic monitoring
Lecturer: Carmelo Gentile, ABC-Polimi
ObjectivesThe course is focused on the analysis of the response of real structures in operational (ambient vibration) and seismic conditions.The main course expertise is the identification the modal parameters (natural frequencies, mode shapes and modal damping ratios) of a structure and its use to understand its ageing conditions and seismic safety or vulnerability.
Period and schedule: 4 weeks (Jan 12 - Feb 6 - 2015)
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ABCPhD CourseSoil Mechanics and Geotechnical Applications
LecturersAnnamaria Cividini, Giancarlo GiodaABC – Politecnico di Milano
ObjectivesThe course aims at presenting the basic aspects of the mechanical and hydraulic behaviour of soil and soil-like materials. Various practical problems in the field of geotechnical engineering will be considered and discussed, concerning• excavation in urban area and soil improvement,• construction of buildings and transformation of existing
structures, • conservation of architectural heritage, etc.
Period and schedule: one week, april-may 2015
ABCPhD CourseNumerical methods for engineering applications
LecturersEdie Miglio, MATE - Polimi
ObjectivesThe aim si to introduce basic numerical methods for solving typical problems arising in engineering applications:• Introduction to MATLAB and Finite Element Methods (FEM)• Discretization of elliptic and parabolic equations using FEM• Numerical methods for nonlinear problems – • Derivation of the equations for transport in porous media and soil
consolidation and application of FEM to transport in porous media
Period and schedule:to be defined
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ABCPhD CourseCultural heritage conservation and valorization – Workshop
LecturersDaniele Fanzini, ABC
ObjectivesThe course deals with the theme of the relationship between protection, conservation and valorizazione of cultural heritage and development of the territory. It is expected to articulate a sequence of lectures providing an introduction and in-depth comments for the related lemma and to cover various topics related to the enhancement project, including: • Cultural policies and enhancement processes;• Cultural infrastructure and creative cities; • Cultural industries and especially broadcast policy
in the creative economy.
Period and schedule: to be defined, 2015
ABCPhD CourseComputational Design for Building Manufacturing
LecturerIngrid Paoletti – D-ABC, PolimiAkim Menges – TU StuttgartPaolo Cascone, tbc
ObjectivesThe course aims to experiment a computational approach to building manufacturing through a workshop activity. Some first tool skills will be introduced and then a practical exercise will be introduced through the making of a component directly manufactured with cnc machines.
Period and schedule: 1 full week February 2015
ABCPhD CourseComplex constructions:design of health facilities
LecturersStefano Capolongo, ABC PolimiEmilio Faroldi, ABC PolimiAlvaro Valera Sosa, TU-Berlin
ObjectivesThe aim of the course is to investigate the hospital project as a "complex and strategic" construction that has got a key role in the development of the society, for the particular spatial and functional characteristics that require innovative solutions for the distributive concepts, construction, technology and management.
Period and schedule: a full week, in May/Giugne 2015
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Tranches de vie … tranches de PhD
ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC SEMINARS (PhD 4 PhD)«… The characterization of these problematic areas is developed by the same doctoral candidates and it offers a map adjourned of the knowledge produced and of the evolution of the work areas of our community of Research»
米兰理工大学室内建筑研究生主任 Luca Guerrini 教授
+“Tranches de vie tranches de gateaux”by M. Vogliazzo, about 1990
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Metid MATCH 4 PhD
SOCIAL MEDIA IN RESEARCH
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