Date
21/07/2026
Time
14:30 - 17:00
Location
Council Room (ground floor)
In presence and online streaming
Building BL26/B – Council Room (ground floor)
Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
Via R. Lambruschini, 4/B
Committee Chair: Maria Rita Di Francesco, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Milano
Committee Members:
Elias Arias-Nava, Associate Professor, Ciudad de México, Mexico
Margarita Martinez Diaz, Associate Professor, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
14:30 – 17:00 pm | PhD Defence Sessions – Introduction by Committee Chair - Professor Maria Rita Di Francesco
Presentation (30 minutes) | Discussion and Defence (30 minutes)
14:30 – 15:30 pm | PhD Candidate: Farouk Abdulhamid
PhD Programme in Management Engineering (full time)
Thesis Title: ”Definingthe Factoryin Space: An Operational Definition and Multidimensional Feasibility Study for an On-Orbit Factory”
Supervisor: Sergio Terzi, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano
15:30 – 16:30 pm | PhD Candidate: Giuseppe de Leo
PhD Programme in Management Engineering (Full Time)
Thesis Title: ”Autonomous driving vehicles: an intertwined perspective of sustainability, adoption barriers and business model dynamics in Europe”
Supervisor: Giovanni Miragliotta, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano
16:30 – 17:00 pm | Final Assessment (Private Session – Committee Members Only)
17:00 pm | Proclamation of the results