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16- 23 JanuaryMeccPhD COLLOQUIA DOCTORALIA 2015
MeccPhD Colloquia Doctoralia 2015January Session
Prof. LEONARDO DE CHIFFRE Technical University of Denmark
Prof. TIRTHANKAR DASGUPTA Harvard University
Dr. NATHAN CRILLY University of Cambridge
Prof. GEORGES M. FADELClemson University
Prof. DAVID EWINSUniversity of Bristol
Prof. DARIO VANGI Università degli Studi di Firenze
Prof. MAURO VELARDOCCHIAPolitecnico di Torino
Prof. GUNNAR HÄRKEGÅRD Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU
Prof. NICOLA PAONE Università Politecnica delle Marche
Dr. VITOMIR RACICThe University of Sheffield
Prof. PAUL REYNOLDS University of Exeter
Info and contact: [email protected]
Politecnico di Milano Department of Mechanical Engineering Via La Masa 1, 20156, Milan www.mecc.polimi.it
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Our 2015 MeccPhD Colloquia Doctoralia will be organized in two different sessions; the second one will take place in March 2015.
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. All sessions end with a public proclamation of Candidates' final grades.
We are honoured to welcome our Opponents:
Prof. ALESSANDRO VIGLIANI Politecnico di Torino
Within the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Doctoral Final Defenses comprise two major phases:
16-23 JanuaryMeccPhD COLLOQUIA DOCTORALIA 2015
JANUARY 22nd
14:00 Sala TA1Doctoral Defense of Federico Maria Ballo Optimal structural design for improving safety of road vehiclesOpponent: prof. Georges M. Fadel, Clemson University
JANUARY 22nd
14:00 Sala ComunicanteDoctoral Defense of Anna Maria Chiara Cappellini An innovative approach to evaluate people's effect on the dynamic behavior of structures Opponent: prof. David Ewins, University of Bristol
JANUARY 22nd
14:00 Sala Riunioni P1 BertoliniDoctoral Defense of Marco CitroThe hedgehog shape memory alloys based shock absorberOpponent: prof. Dario Vangi, Università degli Studi di Firenze
JANUARY 22nd
14:00 Sala AcquarioDoctoral Defense of Stefano SolbiatiHuman body response to multi-axial dynamical vibrationsOpponent: prof. Nicola Paone, Università Politecnica delle Marche
Politecnico di Milano Department of Mechanical Engineering Via La Masa 1, 20156, Milan www.mecc.polimi.it
Info and contact: [email protected]
JANUARY 23rdEXAMINATION BOARD A8:30 Sala Consiglio Sesini
PhD DefendantsFederico Maria BalloAnna Maria Chiara Cappellini Marco CitroMarco Luigi Giuseppe Grasso Francesco PucilloSilvio RabboliniMatteo Scaccabarozzi Stefano SolbiatiWahyudin P. Syam
BoardProf. Alfredo Cigada (Chair) Politecnico di MilanoProf. Gaetano Cascini Politecnico di MilanoDr. Nathan CrillyProf. Tirthankar Dasgupta Prof. Leonardo De Chiffre Prof. David EwinsProf. Georges M. Fadel Prof. Gunnar Härkegård, Prof. Nicola PaoneDr. Vitomir RacicProf. Paul ReynoldsProf. Dario Vangi
PhD Defendant Erfan AfrasiabiFriction laws for high performance tire rubber compounds
BoardProf. Francesco Braghin (Chair) Politecnico di Milano Prof. Mauro Velardocchia Prof. Alessandro Vigliani
JANUARY 23rdEXAMINATION BOARD B10:30 Sala Acquario
JANUARY 16th
15:30 Sala AcquarioDoctoral Defense of Marco Luigi Giuseppe Grasso Profile monitoring of multi-stream sensor data Opponent: prof. Tirthankar Dasgupta, Harvard University
JANUARY 19th
10:00 Sala Comunicante Doctoral Defense of Wahyudin P. Syam Uncertainty evaluation and performance verification of a 3D geometric focus-variation measurementOpponent: prof. Leonardo De Chiffre, Technical University of Denmark
JANUARY 22nd
10:00 Sala AcquarioDoctoral Defense of Francesco Pucillo A methodology for affording UX Opponent: dr. Nathan Crilly,University of Cambridge
JANUARY 22nd
10:00 Sala Consiglio-European Doctorate Doctoral Defense of Matteo Scaccabarozzi Innovative technique to assess tensile axial load in tie-rods by means of dynamic measurements Opponents: prof. Paul Reynolds, University of Exeter, dr. Vitomir Racic, The University of Sheffield
JANUARY 22nd
11:30 Sala Ovale BertoliniDoctoral Defense of Silvio Rabbolini Methods for LCF life predictions in presence of defects Opponent: prof. Gunnar Härkegård, NTNU
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FINAL DEFENSE SESSIONSTECHNICAL DISCUSSIONS