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PhD in MECHANICAL ENGINEERING - 32nd cycle

Research Area n. 3 - Engineering Design and Manufacturing for the Industry of the Future

Number of scholarship offered 5

Department DIPARTIMENTO DI MECCANICA

Description of the Research Area

Industrial production in Europe accounts for the 16% of the European GPD and is a keydriver forinnovation, productivity and job creation. As stated in the 2014-15 road map of the PPP Factory ofthe Future "future factory will be clean, highly performing, environmentally friendly andsociallysustainable". This research area focuses on improving the performance of the industry of thefuture through the innovative application of technologies, processes and methods to the designand manufacturing of industrial products. The entire life cycle of the product is considered and inparticular:

R&D&I activities for product and process innovation•

product ideation and development•

manufacturing process investigation, optimisation, planning and control•

manufacturing system design and planning•

product service and disposal•

Hence, all the activities required to transform ideas into final products making use of zero defect,affordable, personalised, and eco-efficient manufacturing processes are integrated andinvestigated within the context of a highly competitive and globalized world from prototyping tomass production. PhD candidates working in this area will be involved in research activities thataddress the above targets through projects possibly involving other universities and researchinstitutes, as well as Italian and international companies interested in the same topics.

Generic scholarships available in this area:

1 Scholarship - Research Field: Manufacturing for the fourth industrial revolution1 Scholarship - Research Field: Design and validation of advanced measurement systems 1 Scholarship in one of the following Research Fields:

Methods and Tools for New product development•

Reverse Engineering and virtual prototyping for user customizable products •

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Two thematic scholarships are also available on the following topics:

Laser Cutting of Metals•

Spatial Augmented Reality as a Key for co-creativity•

Applicants may apply for thematic scholarships following the instructions provided in the call forapplication.

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Research Field: LASER CUTTING OF METALS

Monthly net income of PhDscholarship (max 36 months)

€ 1200.0In case of a change of the welfare rates during the three-year period, the amount could be modified.

Context of the research activity

Motivation and objectives of the researchin this field

Laser cutting of metals is today the most diffusedapplication of high power lasers, and it is one of the maindrivers of innovation. Research is needed to continuouslyfind new processes, to define new components, startingfrom the laser sources, to define new strategies tomonitor, model, and eventually control both the process initself, and the status of the system and its components.The research has a modern approach, starting from theknowledge base related to the process, but connectingthis knowledge base to the most recent concept andarchitectures of Industry 4.0 referring to the digitization ofthe manufacturing technologies.

Methods and techniques that will bedeveloped and used to carry out theresearch

Doctoral activities will involve building a (personal) robustexperience in the cutting and piercing process and canspecifically focus on one of the following research fields:

1. Modeling the laser cutting process with experimentaland numerical approaches;2. Assessing the performances of new components(sources, heads, lens mirrors, sensors);3. Investigating new architectures of cutting systems;4. Building a model of data set to be logged and analysedin order to increase the level of automation onperformance and upgrade of the system

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Educational objectives

The methodology of the research will involve rigorousexperimental approaches and physical models applied todesign, investigate and evaluate laser cutting process.Moreover LT9 Combo machine will be available at SITECLab as well as all the resources and equipment ofMechanical Engineering Department necessary to asseslaser cutting process quality.

Job opportunities

The PhD course provides doctoral candidates with high-level scientific training, fostering and refining research andproblem solving abilities by focusing on both theoreticaland experimental skills. At the end of his/her phD coursethe candidate will be one of the main experts in theEuropean context of laser cutting process and will be ableto offer his/her skills and knowledge both to industrialcompanies or research institutes.

List of Universities, Companies, Agencies and/or Nationalor International Institutions that are cooperating in theresearch:

BLM Group (www.blmgroup.com)•

SITEC, Laboratory for Laser Applications

(sitec.mecc.polimi.it)

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Fraunhofer IWS Dresden •

Composition of the research group

6 Full Professors6 Associated Professors5 Assistant Professors15 PhD Students

Name of the research directors Barbara Previtali

Contacts

[email protected]+39 02 2399 8530

tecnologie.mecc.polimi.it2 / 3

sitec.mecc.polimi.it

[email protected]

For further information visit http://www.mecc.polimi.it/en/phd/

Additional support - Financial aid per PhD student per year (gross amount)

Housing - Foreign Students --

Housing - Out-of-town residents(more than 80Km out of Milano) --

Additional information: educational activity, teaching assistantship, computer availability, desk availability,any other informations

Educational activities (purchase of study books and material, funding for participation in courses,summer schools, workshops and conferences): financial aid per PhD student per year: 2nd year: 1.370 euro per student 3rd year: 1.370 euro per student

Teaching assistantship: availability of funding in recognition of supporting teaching activities bythe PhD student. There are various forms of financial aid for activities of support to the teachingpractice. The PhD student is encouraged to take part in these activities, within the limits allowedby the regulations.

Computer availability: 1st year: individual use 2nd year: individual use 3rd year: individual use

Desk availability: 1st year: individual use 2nd year: individual use 3rd year: individual use

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Research Field: REVERSE ENGINEERING AND VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING FOR USER

CUSTOMIZABLE PRODUCTS





In this era of economical crisis, many productive activitieshave been moved out of Europe to countries with ultra lowlabour cost, with the intent of making more competitiveEuropean products. Especially in luxury and hi-cost Madein Italy products, this strategy has been demonstratedfaulty, and many companies are thinking to re-locate theirproduction in the original countries, providing cost-reductions by optimizing the production process. Thepurpose of this thesis is to develop a methodological andtechnological approach for the production of personalizedfashion goods (shoes, bags, clothing, accessories) byreverse engineering existing modular elements,recombining and re-designing them with the help of virtualprototyping approaches. The final products will then begenerated with highly automated processes, minimizingthe investments on raw materials.


Metrological characterization of the 3D capturing

devices for properly digitizing the involved industrial

products;

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Developing a full digital pipeline for generating new

products starting from digitized base modules,

customizable by the end-user;

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Defining a production process including additive

manufacturing, starting from the digital output of the

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virtual prototyping step.


Reverse Engineering and Computer Vision techniques.

Development, metrological characterization and

adaptation to specific purposes;

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Virtual prototyping and computer graphics from meshes

originated by 3D digitized data

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Additive manufacturing; production time and cost

analysis

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Job opportunities

Recent reports and direct contacts with companiesinvolved both in the field of 3D digitization devices andVirtual Prototyping have provided evidences of anextremely good potential in this field(https://vimeo.com/156436214), with the need of severalnovel professional figures for managing this newproductive era. Nikon Instruments has also shown interestin developing new metrological standards forcharacterizing 3D devices for luxury industry applications.


- MIUR

- ELSE Corp Srl (A PoliHub startup), with no economicsupport; Via Durando 39, 20158 Milano, ITALY.http://www.else-corp.com



Name of the research directors Gabriele Guidi, Monica Bordegoni

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Contacts



[email protected]










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Research Field: SPATIAL AUGMENTED REALITY AS A KEY FOR CO-CREATIVITY





The PhD position is part of the H2020 ICT EuropeanProject SPARK (Spatial Augmented Reality as a Key forco-creativity).http://spark-project.net

The SPARK project aims at realizing a responsive ICTplatform that exploits the potential of Spatial AugmentedReality for supporting and fostering collaborative creativethinking in the design process by reducing languagebarriers due to diversity of background and sketchingskills of the design team members. Spatial AugmentedReality enhances the innovation capabilities of creativeindustries through the facilitation of brainstorming and theearly assessment of design solutions in a Co-Designenvironment.

This empowers the conception of new ideas, especially inthe fields of product and packaging design, where theneed to reduce the realization of physical prototypes isstrongly felt. The project aims also at validating theeffectiveness and efficiency of the SPARK platform on areal operational environment and at fostering itsdeployment by the SME creative industries.

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The PhD candidate will be involved in WP2 activities(Development of SPARK modules related to visualization,interaction, data management, etc.; these modules willprovide the user with an intuitive and easy-to-use workingenvironment) and related testing in WP4 (collaborativedesign sessions and related assessment in terms ofcreativity enhancement).


Operational competences on up-to-date methodologiesand tools for the development and exploitation ofAugmented Reality technologies. Theoretical andoperational competences on design creativityassessment.Interaction and collaboration in a EU projectConsortium. Soft skills about delivery of scientific talks,drafting of project reports and scientific papers, delivery ofpresentations to industry.

Job opportunities

The research experience in this area will nurture theability to develop research activities within an academicand/or an industrial context, according to the specificobjectives of the thesis. Therefore, career opportunitieswill be related to university research and educationalposition, industrial R&D departments, key roles in theproduct development cycle such as product manager,process manager etc.


Partners of the SPARK Consortium (http://spark-project.net/partners).

Further universities involved in complementary activitiessuch as: Univ. of Kobe, Luleå University of Technology)Further Design companies involved in the testing anddemonstration sessions.

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Name of the research directors Gaetano Cascini, Giandomenico Caruso

Contacts


[email protected]









Desk availability: 1st year: individual use

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2nd year: individual use 3rd year: individual use

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Research Field: MANUFACTURING FOR THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION





The fourth industrial revolution (namely Industry 4.0) callsfor a paradigm shift to address various challengesincluding digital production, big data analysis, globalproduction and competition, manufacturing at multiplescales, green manufacturing. In this framework, innovativemanufacturing processes and systems act as keyenabling technologies for providing high-precision, high-value and high-performance custom-designedcomponents at minimum waste. The research activitycarried out with this scholarship can specifically focus onone or more subtopics within these main researchframeworks:

Advanced manufacturing processes: among others,

additive manufacturing (SLM and EBM) for metals,

micromachining, laser and waterjet based technologies

are the available technological platform where

production digitalisation and self-consciousness can be

pursued. Research at this level can concern new

process development as well as innovative hybrid

solutions conception.

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Intelligent process monitoring inspection and control:

advanced solutions for sensing and inspection and

innovative strategies for intelligent data fusion, big data

analysis, quality process monitoring, control and

inspection are key factors to achieve sustainable zero-

defect manufacturing.

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Manufacturing systems for sustainable manufacturing:

innovative solutions for configuring and managing

manufacturing and de-manufacturing systems are

eventually needed to drive the whole production system

toward high-performance and sustainable solutions.

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Rigorous experimental methods, physical models andnumerical simulations will be combined to design, realizeand validate the innovative solutions proposed. Team-working will be also stimulated with the aim of providingappropriate solutions to actual challenges, which areusually complex and require multidisciplinary skills.


Doctoral candidates with high-level scientific training,fostering and refining research and problem solvingabilities by focusing on both theoretical and experimentalskills will be provided. The doctoral candidate will acquirecompetences on design, optimisation and sensing/controlof additive and subtractive manufacturing processes.

Job opportunities

Italy and the Lombardy region have leading positions inmanufacturing worldwide. A recent survey showed thatPhD candidates are 100% employed after one year, innational and international companies and academic andnon-academic research institutions, engaged ininnovation, research and technical development. Onaverage, the survey showed that people earning our PhDtitle earn 30% more than the corresponding employerswith a master title.


MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology•

TUM- Technical University of Munich•

ESA-European Space Agency•2 / 4

BLM Group•

Marposs•

GF Machining Solution•

Consorzio MUSP (Macchine Utensili e Sistemi di

produzione Machine Tool and Production Systems)

www.musp.it

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CNR ITIA (Istituto di Tecnologie Industriali e

Automazione) - http://www.itia.cnr.it/en/index.php

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Name of the research directors Proff. Colosimo, Monno, Moroni, Tolio, Semeraro

Contacts

MANUFACTURING AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMShttp://tecnologie.mecc.polimi.it

[email protected]







Teaching assistantship: availability of funding in recognition of supporting teaching activities bythe PhD student. There are various forms of financial aid for activities of support to the teachingpractice. The PhD student is encouraged to take part in these activities, within the limits allowed

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by the regulations.



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Research Field: METHODS AND TOOLS FOR NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT





Recent statistics reveal that two out of three New ProductDevelopment (NPD) initiatives turn out into market failuresdespite in most cases the new product fulfils the designspecification. This research field concerns the methodsand tools providing systematic support to productinnovation from idea generation to concept verificationand development, with the overall goal of increasinginnovation success rates. The specific research objectiveof the thesis will concern at least one of the followings:design creativity enhancement, early concept evaluationthrough functional digital mock-ups,design automation forimproving the efficiency and robustness of the designprocess.


The research will be developed by referring to bothemerging and established methodologies andtechnologies such as: Collaborative creativity, Bio-Inspired Design, TRIZ, Interactive Virtual Prototyping,Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Reverse Engineering,Knowledge Based Engineering (KBE), multi-objectiveoptimization.


Operational competences on up-to-date methodologiesand technologies for the development of innovative anduser-friendly products. Capability to interpret technologyevolution and the dynamics of product innovation. R&D

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skills for scientific and industrial applications. Soft skillsabout delivery of scientific talks, drafting of project reportsand scientific papers, delivery of presentations toindustry.

Job opportunities

The research experience in this area will nurture theability to develop research activities within an academicand/or an industrial context, according to the specificobjectives of the thesis. Therefore, career opportunitieswill be related to university research and educationalposition, industrial R&D departments, key roles in theproduct development cycle such as product manager,process manager etc.

List of exemplary institutions that are cooperating in theresearch:

University of Bath•

Grenoble Institute of Technology•

TU Delft•

IITB Mumbai•

University of Kobe•



Name of the research directors Monica Bordegoni, Gaetano Cascini

Contacts



[email protected]


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Research Field: DESIGN AND VALIDATION OF ADVANCED MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS





Measurements are essential in modern factories, in orderto monitor the production process and to verify thecompliance of the product with the design requirements.The production monitoring can be improved by developingnew transducers and adopting novel data processingtechniques for the minimization of the measurementuncertainty.


In order to develop novel measurement systems, it isnecessary to create analytical models of the thermo-mechanical systems. The implementation of novelmeasurement algorithms requires also developing thetechnical skills typical of programmers. Finally, theimplementation of experimental setups for the modelvalidation requires to develop a deep knowledge of themeasuring instruments and of their interaction with thephysical systems to minimize the experimental effort whileachieving accurate measurements.


The candidate, at the end of the PhD programme, will beable to design innovative measurement systems and todesign experimental setups for the instrument calibration.

Job opportunitiesThe skills developed during the PhD programme allow thecandidate to work in any R&D department of companiesperforming intensive experimental activities. The recent

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PhD candidates have found positions in different sectorsfrom the design and test of instruments for space to gasturbines.


ESA ESTEC•

INAF IAPS•

CNR IIA•

ENI•

KAYSER ITALIA•



Name of the research directors Bortolino Saggin, Alfredo Cigada

Contacts

[email protected]+39 02 2399 8702 http://misure.mecc.polimi.it/

[email protected]






Educational activities (purchase of study books and material, funding for participation in courses,summer schools, workshops and conferences): financial aid per PhD student per year:

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2nd year: 1.370 euro per student 3rd year: 1.370 euro per student




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