ABC-PhD program-Politecnico di Milano

fare un dottorato(e alcune note sul mio principale impegno nei confronti dei dottorandi ABC)

Note di enrico de angelis (che ringrazia Matt Might, Ken Robinson, Nathan Yau, Peter Kraker, the whole StarTrek saga … and others!)

per il primo incontro del 18/11/13,

Title is in Italian, slides in English

What is a PhD?

A wikipedia page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy

A fun, smart, humorous site

PhD Comics

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php

Internet is plenty of TIPS 4 PhD

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»

TIPS from MATT MIGHT

(Thanks4yourslides, Matt)

http://matt.might.net/articles/phd-school-in-pictures/

A successful one!


http://matt.might.net/articles/phd-school-in-pictures/

Others’ TIPS

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!

http://flowingdata.com/2013/04/01/a-survival-guide-to-starting-and-finishing-a-phd/





































absorb information!

Some tips by Nathan Yau

find an adviser!


jump at opportunities!


learn to say no!


you are alone!


Back to M.Might

3 qualities of successful PhD students

• Perseverance• Tenacity• Cogency (to persuade)

http://matt.might.net/articles/successful-phd-students/

I add others:• Frugal, agile … lean

And a last, disruptive, quality: OPEN

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 …

http://matt.might.net/articles/advice-for-phd-thesis-proposals/








http://matt.might.net/articles/how-to-recommendation-letter/

http://matt.might.net/articles/phd-defense-tips/

http://matt.might.net/articles/phd-defense-tips/

http://matt.might.net/articles/how-to-apply-and-get-in-to-graduate-school-in-science-mathematics-engineering-or-computer-science/



http://matt.might.net/articles/how-to-email/





http://matt.might.net/articles/ways-to-fail-a-phd/




http://matt.might.net/articles/how-to-blog-as-an-academic/

http://matt.might.net/articles/how-to-blog-as-an-academic/

ABC PhD

Il dottorato/dipartimento ABC

• Dipartimento di oltre 300 docenti, ricercatori e dottorandi a tempo pieno

• Lavora su otto linee di ricerca “statutarie”

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

Scienze socialiurbanisticaestim

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composizione

tecnologie

strutture

Storia

disegno

Fisica tecnica amb

topo

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Le aree disciplinari ABC

conservazione

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

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

mailto:[email protected]


https://beep.metid.polimi.it/web/abcphd/home

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

Segreteria/contacts sig.ra Marchegiani Cristina

Documenti/documents Any reference document about ABC-PhD Program can be dowloaded here.

ABC-PhD

Your PhD THESIS is YOUR MAIN GOAL!



https://beep.metid.polimi.it/web/abcphd/home

What is a PhD Thesis

Something ORIGINAL

http://tapastic.com/episode/22823



BE PREPARED!It will happen! For sure!!

http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.SCIE.RD.P6/countries?display=map

Distribution of R&D professionals



• There are thousands of researchers in Europe, hundried thousands in the world: the most of

them works on actual (the same?) topics

Another question: disciplines

The picture comes from:I.Rafols, A.L.Porter, L.Leydesdorff, “Science overlay maps: a new tool for research policy and library management”http://www.leydesdorff.net/overlaytoolkit/overlaytoolkit.htm

Science & Technology Dynamics, University of Amsterdam

http://www.leydesdorff.net/overlaytoolkit/overlaytoolkit.htm



But human behaviour is difficult to be changed (and you can do it only slowly)

The situation:

• MANY PEOPLE working in the same field• MANY PEOPLE from many disciplines• VERY FEW RESOURCES to let you to do the

work• A LOT OF BRAINS with (often) very little

available resources and not very keen to collaborate together

ABC PhDare we open enough??

Ken Robinson, http://www.thersa.org/

A fundamental consideration by Ken Robinsonand a question arising: is it really worth to stay alone?

http://www.thersa.org/

At least … … avoid to stay closed in a glass bowl

Are we open enough to/for the future?

Do you know any other useof the term OPEN?

Let us know!

Co-operation vs Collaboration

• Cooperate means:working together to accomplish shared goals, dividing a task among participants: each one is responsible for a portion of the solution

• Collaborate means:to achieve a common goal, with a mutual engagement of participants in a coordinated effort to solve the problem together, respecting but integrating eachone’s individual contribution to the whole

Co-operation vs Collaboration

Kraker P., Dennerlein S. (www.know-center.at ), Towards a Model of Interdisciplinary Teamwork: What can Social Theory ContributeSee in: slideshare

http://www.know-center.at/

http://www.know-center.at/

http://www.slideshare.net/

Collaborative Learning

• Reading, doing, modelling and predicting, …is individual learning

• Interaction activities trigger extra cognitive mechanisms (knowledge elicitation, internalisation, reduced cognitive load, ...)

Collaborative learning concerns the cognitive activities and mechanisms that may occur during collaboration.

Is collaboration human??In effect, in learning studies, the first researches about COLLABORTIVE LEARNING come from Human-Machine interfacing:– Dillenbourg, P., M. Baker, A. Blaye,

C.O’Malley, “The evolution of research oncollaborative learning”; in: E. Spada and P. Reiman, Learning in humans and machine: Towards an interdisciplinary learning science, Elsevier (1996) pp.189–211

– Roschelle, J., S. Teasley, “The construction of shared knowledge in collaborative problem solving; in: C. E. O’Malley (ed.), Computer supported collaborative learning, Springer-Verlag pp. pp. 69-97 (1995)

Future rector with the future Minister for University (right)

Is COLLABORATION possible?(is it useful, is it profitable for collaborators?)

Collaboration is human but not often practiced, because often inefficient, if questions are simple. Nevertheless it is fundamental for complex questions. Although it needs tools to enhance our communication ability.

• WE WILL TRY TO COLLABORATE (it won’t be easy)• WE WILL USE TOOLS and make SOFT EXPERIENCE

CANDIDATES?

My main effort, this yearTo avoid you staying in a glass bowl

Why? Because reality is complex …

… closed innovation models doesn’t always work …

http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2007/08/20/open-innovation-or-is-business-war/



The open innovation scheme


… and we cannot funnel you, fishes,in one only direction



Different actors may be involved and take indirectly

part of a common play

PhD Comics

(P. Kraker)

Picture from: WWW and Hopes for the FutureTim Berners-LeeSaudi Arabia, 2011-02-22

MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)World Wide Web Foundation

(These slides:http://www.w3.org/2011/Talks/0222-saudi-tbl/ )

Isn’t ARCHITECTURE (today)a little bit like WEB SCIENCE?Isn’t ARCHITECTURE (today)a little bit like WEB SCIENCE?

Picture from: WWW and Hopes for the FutureTim Berners-LeeSaudi Arabia, 2011-02-22

MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)World Wide Web Foundation

(These slides:http://www.w3.org/2011/Talks/0222-saudi-tbl/ )

Isn’t ARCHITECTURE (today)a little bit like WEB SCIENCE?Isn’t ARCHITECTURE (today)a little bit like WEB SCIENCE?a drawing by D. Libeskin

Construction from Debris - The Kowloon Walled City

… some more about

ABC PhD

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

ComposizioneArchitettonica

Ingegneria dei sistemi edilizi

Progetto e tech Beni Culturali

Progetto e tech Ambiente costr.

Ingegneria strutturale sismica e geotecnica

ABC PhD MISSION• The mission of ABC-PhD Program is to train experts in the main

fields of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering, endowed with:– High-level scientific knowledge.– Significant experience in Research and Development (R&D)

activity– Proven communication and management skills.

• Moreover, ABC-PhD Program aims to work as a fundamental wheel of a chain drive system that, on one side, activates a continuous knowledge transfer from the Department – and the world of research in general – toward other non-academic entities who may profit from it and, on the other side, give back to Academy the great value of a reason to research.

High-level scientific knowledgeSignificant experience in Research and Development (R&D) activities

Proven communication and management skills.In STRONG RELATION WITH NON ACADEMIC ENTITIES

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

Professional opportunities

The three years of study and participation to the research activity of the Department (and of its joint foreign institutions) will offer students opportunities:

1. to take part to effective “knowledge transfer” processes

2. to enter in contact with private companies and public bodies

3. to face real questions.

Professional opportunities

• ABC PhD Program is not organized just for training new Academics.

• It will provide the best occupational opportunities for:– an academic career– as well as for an employment in:

• research centres,• architectural and engineering design enterprises• public bodies• private societies that need highly qualified personnel.

The Research Topic

• The PhD Program Board will assign a (tentative) Research Topic to each PhD Candidate and …

• … it 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 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.

Tutor&co-tutor (supervisor) PhD Student

The PhD Board1° fase: presentazione

Opzione 1

Tutor&co-tutor (supervisor)

The PhD Board

FINAL ASSESSMENT

2° fase: giudizio

Opzione 1

Tutor&supervisor PhD Student

AUDIENCE (Some interested participants)

Reviewer

1° fase: presentazione

Opzione 2

ASSESSMENT PROPOSALTutor&supervisor

2° fase: proposta giudizio

Opzione 2

Reviewer

The PhD Board

The PhD BOARD GIVE the FINAL ASSESSMENT

Tutor, Supervisor and Reviewergive an ASSESSMENT PROPOSAL

3° fase: giudizio finale

Opzione 2

The Training Program

The activity of ABC-PhD Students will focus on the assigned Research Topic and will have the following general aims:

– To complete their skills and to enhance their competencies in the specific Research Area.

– To develop their research-oriented mindset and to improve their problem-solving aptitude, with a particular care to multidisciplinary and systemic approach.

– To acquire the capability to present their work, discussing and defending it.

– To induce them to realize advancements on a specific Research Topic, i.e. to find original solutions for a theoretical or practical problem and to show their trustworthiness or feasibility.


• 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.

• at least 10 ECTS Credits, attending Multidisciplinary courses offered by ABC-PhD Program.

– 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.


• 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.


• … and this kind of training activities:– 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.

– 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 training program• 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 Topic.

– 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 training program • 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.

1st year 2nd year 3rd year

ABC Program Multidisciplinary Course – 2°sem (or other doctoral course) [10 ECTS]

ABC Program Multidisciplinary Course – 2°sem (or other doctoral training, [10 ECTS]

PhD School courses (5 ECTS)

Introductory Lectures (5 ECTS)

PhD School Course (5 ECTS)

Scientific writings(10 ECTS)




Research activities … (5 ECTS)

Research activities related to the PhD-thesis project (15 ECTS)




Maximum engagement in training (60 ECTS)

Research activities … (5 ECTS)


State of the art about PhD Student’s research topic (10 ECTS)

PhD School courses (5 ECTS)

1st year 2nd year 3rd year



Introductory Lectures (5 ECTS)








Minimum engagement in training (30 ECTS)



State of the art about PhD Student’s research topic (10 ECTS)


The PROPOSED PROGRAMS

• 24 candidates• 18 did their job, somehow reasonably (75%)• 1 exceeded in planned activities• 5 didn’t understand and didn’t respect the

scheduled assignement (about 20%)

CONCLUSION: 5 candidates to be helpedNEXT TIME: a meeting with candidates before planning

Planned Activity share

Research 560h

Training: 30 ECTS

Publication 200 h

Teaching 3,7 ECTS [30% doesn’t plan any teaching]

[25% didn’t planany publication !!]

Requested Courses (ABC offer) titolo del corso richiesta ABC %

Cultural Heritage Conservation and Valorization (Part 1) 10 42%Cultural Heritage Conservation and Valorization (Part 2) 10 42%Energy Efficiency in Building Design, Urban and Regional Planning 5 21%

Environmental and landscape design: methods and tools for heritage enhancement 4 17%Innovation in Architecture and Construction (Part 1) 8 33%Innovation in Architecture and Construction (Part 2) 8 33%Innovative Management in Construction and Real Estate Processes 4 17%Seismic vulnerability of buildings and risk mitigation 5 21%Sheltering for emergency 2 8%Solid mechanics for discrete modelling of structures (1 Part) 2 8%Solid mechanics for discrete modelling of structures (2 Part) 2 8%Structural Dynamics for condition assessment and seismic monitoring 3 13%Structure and Form in Architecture: in a historical perspective 3 13%Technological culture of design 5 21%

Transformation of the built environment - energy retrofit and structural reinforcement 1 4%Urban Micro Climate Mitigation and Building Envelopes Design 6 25%

Requested Courses (PhD school) titolo del corso richiesta ABC %

Finite element in engineering design 3 13%Computational Fluid Dynamics with Open-Source Software 2 8%Course for the acquisition of the certified associate project manager certification defined by the project management institute 2 8%

Economic assessment of urban transformations and policies 2 8%Game Theoretical Models in Engineering 1 4%IVP – Interactive Virtual Prototyping: Methods and Tools 2 8%Mantua campus international phd summer school - architectural preservation, design and planning in world heritage cities and landscapes 1 4%Planning mobility and accessibility in emergency situations 2 8%Regenerative technologies: design and innovation in heritage enhancement 3 13%Research Management 1 4%Smart building and structures: a cyberphysical system perspective 1 4%

Approval, overview and control of the results of the Training Program

• The personal Training Program will be proposed by the same Student, endorsed by his/her Tutor and approved by PhD Program Board, overviewing its coherence with the Research Topic and with the general aims of the PhD Program, as specified in chapter 6.2. A new approval is requested for any substantial change of the Training Program. This need will be monitored by Student’s Tutor.

• As the PhD Program is a full-time work, the Board must be informed about (and approve, in advance) every significant activity of every Student, also if she/he has not any kind of scholarship and if these activities will be not listed in the Training Program.

• The PhD Program Board will periodically meet each Student in public meetings, to monitor his/her advancements, results and plans.


• The PhD Program Board will periodically meet each Student in public meetings, to monitor his/her advancements; Student must submit:– The revised Training Program.– An updated Report about Student’s Studies and Courses,

endorsed by Candidate’s Tutor and Supervisor.– An upgraded copy of Candidate’s Scientific Production.

• a written evaluation of Candidate’s activity and the Student him/herself, to submit


• The PhD Program Board may appoint its reviewing task to a Board Member. If no Board Member is available, or not enough independent or competent about Student’s Theme, the Board will ask the Tutor to propose the name of an external Reviewer, who will be asked to give an evaluation of the submitted documents and take part of the public meeting with the Student. Nor the Tutor nor the Supervisor may be appointed as Reviewer


• The frequency of the meetings of the Students with the Board is twice a year, one about every six months. The first of these meetings every year has just an overview mission. The second every year have the formal role of assessment and admission of the Student to the next year. After this annual meeting, the Student will receive a motivated evaluation.

• If the evaluation is positive (A/B/C/D), he will be admitted to the next year. Last year Students, also with positive final evaluation, if needed and suggested by his/her Tutor, may ask for a time extension up to a maximum of 12 months.

• If the evaluation is negative, the Student will be qualified as a “Repeating candidate”(Er) or “not able to continue with the PhD (Ei)”.

Milestones

• 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.

Milestones

• Milestone 2 – 12 months (1st year annual exam)Presentation of the research project (problems, final State of the Art and Reference Bibliography, first Thesis hypotheses, methodologies, expected outcomes), of the future work plan (foreign stay must be defined and proposed ASAP), of the main Training Program changes and of the first scientific products. A Supervisor may be identified and appointed to support the elaboration of the Student’s research.

Milestones

• Milestone 3 – 18 monthsPresentation of research 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.

Milestones

• 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.

Milestones

• 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.

Milestones

• 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.

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, to be written under the guidance of the Tutor and the Co-Tutor (Supervisor).

• Student’s Supervisor is a specialist in Student’s Research Topic who will support the Student in setting-out and developing everyday research activities.

• Supervisor’s role may be assumed by the Tutor, who will anyway propose and oversee his/her name, or by another member of the PhD Program Board or by other experts from Politecnico di Milano as well as from any other Research Institution. One or more co-supervisors, if requested, may be appointed by PhD Program Board.

The PhD Thesis• At the end of the third year, the Student’s Thesis will be reviewed and

evaluated in a public meeting, in order to admit him/her to the Final PhD-Exam. The Student will present his/her Tesis to the PhD Program Board and to the appointed external Reviewer(s).

• Nor the Tutor nor the Supervisor may be appointed as Reviewer, who will be chosen among those specialists in Student’s Research Topic that have not had any direct relation with the Student or his/her Tutor or Supervisors. The Reviewers will evaluate the contribution to the State of the Art given by the Student’s PhD Thesis, in the chosen Research Field.

• Subsequently, the final PhD-Exam will be organized for the attainment of the title, in which the research work carried out and the thesis will be evaluated by an examination Committee composed by three members, of which at least two external evaluation members.

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 MUST BE PUSHED to produce publications and anticipate/have peer review of his/her work.

«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

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/416988.article

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/416988.article

ABC-PhD Program Courses

• The ABC-PhD Program and the PhD School offers various courses to PhD Students. These courses will aim at:– Completing the skills and particular knowledge of the PhD Student;– Examining basic research issues (general problems, theories, research

methods and analytical tools, research management and valuing)– Representing the cornerstone of the various fields of the ABC-PhD

Program, identifying cultural positions and introducing them to specific cultural contexts.

– Exploring certain, specific Research Topics.• Courses are offered in English, unless otherwise provided. ABC-PhD

Program, nevertheless, will always offer a Training Program entirely in English to the Student who requests it.

L’offerta formativa del dottorato ABC

A multidisciplinar courseINNOVATION in Architecture and Construction

15 CF 10 CF

Another multidisciplinar courseBUILT HERITAGE conservation and Valorisation

15 CF 10 CF

13 thematic courses (65 CF)

Energy Efficiency in Building Design, Urban and Regional Planning (G. Dall’O)

Credit: Emanuele Naboni


Sheltering for emergency(A. Zanelli)


Innovative Management in Construction and Real Estate Processes(O. Tronconi)


Transformation of the Built Environment – Energy Retrofit and Structural Reinforcement(G. Masera, C. Poggi)

+

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6701683-0-large.jpghttp://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2012/02/29/9238002/energy-retrofit-love.jpg


Technological culture of design(F. Schiaffonati)

13 thematic courses (65 CF)Environmental and landscape design: methods and tools for heritage enhancement(E.Mussinelli)


Urban MicroClimate Mitigationand Building Envelopes Design(T. Poli)

Credits: E.R. Pardyjak, P. Willemsen


Solid mechanics for discrete modelling of structures (two parts)(L.Biolzi, S. Casolo)


Structural Dynamics forcondition assessmentand seismic monitoring(C. Gentile)


Seismic vulnerability of buildingsand risk mitigation(M.A. Parisi)


Non-linear analysis of RC frames(M. Pisani)


Structure and Form in Architecturein a historical perspective(A. Torricelli)

PhD School COURSES (by ABC dept)

Mechanics of Heterogeneous Media(V. Carvelli)


Economic Assessmentof Urban Transformationsand Policies (R. Capello)


Planning Mobility and Accessibilityin Emergency Situations(L. Mussone)


Regenerative technologies: design and innovation in heritage enhancement (E. Mussinelli)

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

A PhD Scoop.it site

Scoop is a site devoted to the collection of published data: whatever your subject. I manage one of this collections dedicated to PhD in general.

http://www.scoop.it/t/phd-by-enrico-de-angelis




Metid MATCH 4 PhD

SOCIAL MEDIA IN RESEARCH

https://www.facebook.com/groups/socialmediainresearch/

ABC-PhD program-Politecnico di Milano

Technology

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