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Dehbozorgi Mohammadhossein

PHD

Dehbozorgi Mohammadhossein

PHD

Mohammad Hossein Dehbozorgi is a PhD student at the Department of Management Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, specializing in Industry 4.0, Industry 5.0, and the role of experiential learning in engineering education. He holds a Master's degree in Management Engineering and a Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering. His research focuses on integrating advanced technologies and innovative educational methods, particularly through the use of learning factories, to bridge the gap between industry and academia.

Dehbozorgi has been involved in several groundbreaking projects, including DE4HUMAN, TECHFACT, and SKillAIbility, which aim to enhance workforce preparedness and education in the era of smart manufacturing. His work emphasizes the transformative potential of Industry 4.0 and 5.0 technologies, including AI, AR/VR, and design thinking, to develop a human-centered approach to digital transformation.

His research aims to reshape engineering education and workforce development for a future where technology and human ingenuity work seamlessly together.

Career

  1. PhD: Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.
  2. Master's Degree: Industrial Engineering, Polytechnic University of Milan.

Research

His research focuses on advancing engineering education to meet the evolving demands of Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0. He explores how experiential learning, particularly through Learning Factories, can bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and real-world industrial skills. His work examines the interplay between pedagogy, learning space design, and emerging technologies to create effective, human-centric learning environments that prepare future engineers for intelligent, sustainable, and resilient manufacturing systems.

Selected Publications

His key publications include:

  1. Dehbozorgi, M.H., Pirola, F., Pozzi, R., Rossi, M., Terzi, S. (2026). Innovating Engineering Education: Learning Factories as an Enabler of Industry 4.0 and 5.0 Competencies. In: Louw, L., Hummel, V., de Kock, I., von Leipzig, K. (eds) Advancing Learning Factories: Enabling Future-Ready Skills. cfl 2025. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 1545. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-98880-6_30
  2. Dehbozorgi, M. H., Terzi, S., & Rossi, M. (2026). Integrating sustainability and SDGs into higher education curricula via learning factories: Industry 4.0 & 5.0 perspectives. In Proceedings of the ICASF 2025 Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE
  3. Dehbozorgi, M.H. et al. (2026). Guidelines for Designing Engineering Education in the Context of Industry 4.0 and 5.0. In: Mizuyama, H., Morinaga, E., Nonaka, T., Kaihara, T., von Cieminski, G., Romero, D. (eds) Advances in Production Management Systems. Cyber-Physical-Human Production Systems: Human-AI Collaboration and Beyond. APMS 2025. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 769. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-03550-9_9
  4. Dehbozorgi MH, Rossi M, Sullivan BP. Leveraging AR/VR technologies to teach industry 5.0 principles to students and practitioners through learning factories. Proceedings of the Design Society. 2025;5:2211-2220. doi:10.1017/pds.2025.10235
  5. Dehbozorgi MH, Postell J, Ward D, Leardi C, Sullivan BP, Rossi M. Human in the loop: revolutionizing industry 5.0 with design thinking and systems thinking. Proceedings of the Design Society. 2024;4:245-254. doi:10.1017/pds.2024.27
  6. M. H. Dehbozorgi et al., "AI Education for Tomorrow's Workforce: Leveraging Learning Factories for AI Education and Workforce Preparedness," 2024 IEEE 8th Forum on Research and Technologies for Society and Industry Innovation (RTSI), Milano, Italy, 2024, pp. 677-682, doi: 10.1109/RTSI61910.2024.10761217.

Grants, awards and Honours


Invest Your Talent in Italy (IYT) Scholarship AwardeeInvest Your Talent in Italy (IYT) Scholarship Awardee (Issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, ITA – Italian Trade Agency, and Uni-Italia · Sep 2022)


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