Final Defences – PhD in Management Engineering – 09 November 2026

Data

09/11/2026

Orario

15:00 - 17:30

Dove

Room 1.25 (first floor)

In presence and online streaming

Building BL26/B – Room 1.25 (first floor)
Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
Via R. Lambruschini, 4/B

Committee Chair: Sergio Terzi, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano

Committee Members:
Fabian Nicola Takacs, Postdoc Researcher, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Thorsten Wuest, Full Professor, University of South Carolina, Columbia, United States


15:00 – 17:30 pm | PhD Defence Sessions – Introduction by Committee Chair - Professor Sergio Terzi
Presentation (30 minutes) | Discussion and Defence (30 minutes)

15:00 - 16:00 pm | PhD Candidate: Björn Selzer
PhD Programme in Management Engineering (full time)
Thesis Title: "The impact of environmental regulationand incumbent companies’ behaviour on the dynamics of Sustainable Innovation Ecosystems: Exploring emerging green hydrogen ecosystems in Germany”
Supervisor: Davide Chiaroni, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano

16:00 - 17:00 pm | PhD Candidate: Luis Felipe Villegas Torres
PhD Programme in Management Engineering (full time)
Thesis Title: ”Managing Complexity for Digital Twin Adoption in Manufacturing: A Theoretical-to-Operational Methodology”
Supervisor: Marco Macchi, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano

17:00 – 17:30 pm | Final Assessment (Private Session – Committee Members Only)

17:30 pm | Proclamation of the results