MeccPhD COLLOQUIA DOCTORALIA 2014
7-28 MARCH
We are honoured to welcome our 2014 Opponents:
MeccPhD Colloquia Doctoralia 2014
Within the Department of Mechanical
Engineering, Doctoral Defenses consist of two
major phases:
Technical Discussion: all Candidates present
their PhD thesis to selected Opponents
(internationally recognized experts in the field).
During the discussion, Candidates outline the
technical contributions of the thesis and answer
the Opponent's questions.
The second step consists in the Final Defense
session. Doctoral Candidates briefly present
their work to the Examination Board, disclosing
the wider significance of the research. Defense
sessions end with a public proclamation of
Candidates' final grades.
PhD
Info and contact:
silvia.barattieri@polimi.it
Prof. ASIER ALONSO
University of Navarra-Spain
Prof. WILLIAM O'NEILL
University of Cambridge-UK
Prof. GIANNI BARTOLI
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Prof. ANDREAS OSTENDORF
Ruhr-University Bochum-Germany
Dr. MARCO BOCCADORO
Agie Charmilles SA-Switzerland
Prof. ALESSANDRO PIRONDI
Università degli Studi di Parma
Prof. ERIC GARCIA DIAZ
Ecole des Mines d’Alès-France
Prof. BERT PLUYMERS
KU Leuven-Belgium
Prof. LUIS MIGUEL GASPAR VENANCIO
ESA-European Space Agency
Prof. ROBERT REUBEN
Heriot-Watt University-UK
Prof. LUDVIK KUNZ
Institute of Physics of Materials-Czech Republic
Prof. BRUNO SICILIANO
Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Prof. JONATHAN LAWRENCE
University of Chester-UK
Prof. MICHAEL VORMWALD
Technische Universität Darmstadt-Germany
Prof. GEORGE LIBEROPOULOS
University of Thessaly-Greece
Prof. ALBERT WECKENMANN
Friedrich-Alexander University ErlangenNuremberg-Germany
Prof. MIHAI NICOLESCU
KTH Royal Institute of Technology-Sweden
Politecnico di Milano
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Via La Masa 1, 20156, Milan
www.mecc.polimi.it
Head of the PhD Programme in Mechanical Engineering
Prof. Bianca M. Colosimo
biancamaria.colosimo@polimi.it
MeccPhD COLLOQUIA DOCTORALIA 2014
7-28 MARCH
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MARCH 7th
MARCH 20th
11:30 Sala Comunicante
Doctoral Defense of Davide Crivelli
Structural health monitoring with acoustic emission
and neural networks
Opponent: Prof. Robert Reuben, Heriot-Watt
University
10:30 Sala Sezione Tecnologie
Doctoral Defense of Francesco Arleo
Air-assisted water jet cutting technology
Opponent: Dr. Marco Boccadoro, Agie Charmilles SA
TECHNICAL DISCUSSION WITH OPPONENT
MARCH
13th
TECHNICAL DISCUSSION WITH OPPONENT
16:00 KU Leuven
Doctoral Defense of Simona Moschini
European Doctorate
Vibroacoustic modeling of sandwich foam core
panels
Opponent: Prof. Bert Pluymers, KU Leuven
MARCH 20th
FINAL DEFENSES
TECHNICAL DISCUSSIONS WITH OPPONENT
14:15 Sala Consiglio Galleria del Vento
Welcome Address
Prof. Bianca M. Colosimo
Head of MeccPhD Programme
10:30 Sala Comunicante
Doctoral Defense of Dariush Ebrahimi Azarbayejan
Integrated quality and production logistic performance
modeling for selective and adaptive assembly systems
Opponent: Prof. George Liberopoulos, University of Thessaly
11:45 Sala TA1
Doctoral Defense of Seyyed Mostafa Hassani Gangaraj
Surface nanocrystallization by severe shot peening; from
concept to application
Opponent: Prof. Ludvik Kunz, Institute of Physics of
Materials
11:45 Sala Acquario
Doctoral Defense of Irina Shatalina
Design of a miniature infrared FTS for Mars observation
Opponent: Prof. Luis Miguel Gaspar Venancio, ESAEuropean Space Agency
Prof. Maurizio Vedani
Deputy Head of Department
PhD Defendants:
Francesco Arleo
Davide Crivelli
Dariush Ebrahimi Azarbayejan
Seyyed Mostafa Hassani Gangaraj
Simona Moschini
Irina Shatalina
Board:
Prof. MARIO GUAGLIANO
Politecnico di Milano (Chair)
Dr. MARCO BOCCADORO
Prof. LUIS MIGUEL GASPAR VENANCIO
Prof. LUDVIK KUNZ
Prof. GEORGE LIBEROPOULOS
PhD
Info and contact:
silvia.barattieri@polimi.it
Politecnico di Milano
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Via La Masa 1, 20156, Milan
www.mecc.polimi.it
Head of the PhD Programme in Mechanical Engineering
Prof. Bianca M. Colosimo
biancamaria.colosimo@polimi.it
MeccPhD COLLOQUIA DOCTORALIA 2014
7-28 MARCH
MARCH 26th
TECHNICAL DISCUSSIONS WITH OPPONENTS
14:30 Sala Riunioni Galleria del Vento
Doctoral Defense of Stefano Bionda
Development of a dynamometric wheelset for the
estimation of wheel-rail interaction forces
Opponent: Prof. Asier Alonso, University of Navarra
14:30 Sala TA1
Doctoral Defense of Paolo Costantino Cicorella
Surface Reconstruction and Monitoring via Gaussian
Processes
Opponent: Prof. Albert Weckenmann, FriedrichAlexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg
14:15 Sala Comunicante
Doctoral Defense of Ali Gökhan Demir-European Doctorate
Development of Processing and Monitoring Strategies for Laser
Surface Texturing of TiN coatings
Opponents: Prof. Jonathan Lawrence, University of Chester
Prof. Andreas Ostendorf, Ruhr-Univeristy Bochum
Prof. William O'Neill, University of Cambridge
14:30 Sala Acquario
Doctoral Defense of Davide Mombelli-European Doctorate
Study on inertization and safe production of EAF slag
Opponent: Prof. Eric Garcia Diaz, Ecole des Mines d'Alès
14:30 Sala Sezione Tecnologie
Doctoral Defense of Paolo Parenti
Model-Based Monitoring and Control of Machine Tools
Dynamical Behavior to enhance Machining Performance
Opponent : Prof. Mihai Nicolescu, KTH
14:20 Sala Riunioni P2 Bertolini
Doctoral Defense of Daniele Regazzi
Advances in life prediction and durability of railway axles
Opponent: Prof. Michael Vormwald, TU Darmstadt
Info and contact:
silvia.barattieri@polimi.it
MARCH 27th
MARCH 28th
FINAL DEFENSES
FINAL DEFENSES
9:00 Sala Consiglio Sesini
11:30 Sala Consiglio Sesini
Welcome Address
Prof. Bianca M. Colosimo
Welcome Address
Prof. Bianca M. Colosimo
Prof Maurizio Vedani
Prof. Maurizio Vedani
Head of Mecc PhD Programme
Deputy Head of Department
PhD Defendants:
Stefano Bionda
Paolo Costantino Cicorella
Ali Gökhan Demir
Davide Mombelli
Paolo Parenti
Daniele Regazzi
Board:
Prof. CARLO MAPELLI
Politecnico di Milano (Chair)
Prof. MARCO BOCCIOLONE
Politecnico di Milano
Prof. ASIER ALONSO
Prof. ERIC GARCIA DIAZ
Prof. JONATHAN LAWRENCE
Prof. MIHAI NICOLESCU
Prof. ANDREAS OSTENDORF
Prof. MICHAEL VORMWALD
Prof. ALBERT WECKENMANN
PhD
Politecnico di Milano
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Via La Masa 1, 20156, Milan
www.mecc.polimi.it
Head of MeccPhD Programme
Deputy Head of Department
PhD Defendants:
Nima Allaverdizadeh Shikhlou
Investigation of geometry transferability of
Lemaitre’s continuum damage mechanics model
Azhar Jamil
Assessment of the VCCT technique for modelling
fatigue crack growth in adhesively bonded
composite materials
Rajesh Kumar Moolam
Dynamic modeling and control of flexible
manipulators
Andrea Pagani
Numerical and Experimental analysis of
uncertainties effects on non-conventional flutter
instability of super-long suspended
bridgetreatment
Board:
Prof. ANDREA BERNASCONI
Politecnico di Milano (Chair)
Prof. GIANNI BARTOLI
Prof. ALESSANDRO PIRONDI
Prof. BRUNO SICILIANO
Head of the PhD Programme in Mechanical Engineering
Prof. Bianca M. Colosimo
biancamaria.colosimo@polimi.it