Final Defences – PhD in Management Engineering – 22 April 2025

In presence and online streaming

Building BL26/B – Room 0.18 (ground floor)
Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering
Via R. Lambruschini, 4/B

Committee Chair: Mauro Mancini, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano

Committee Members:
Andrew Davis, Professor, University of Sussex, UK
Ding Ronggui, Professor, School of Management, Shandong University, China

09:00 – 09:30 am | Briefing and Introduction to the PhD Programme (Private Session – Committee Members Only)

09:30 – 11:30 am | PhD Defence Sessions – Introduction by Committee Chair – Professor Mauro Mancini
Presentation (30 minutes) | Discussion and defence (30 minutes)

09:30 – 10:30 am | PhD Candidate: Leonardo Gigli
PhD Programme in Management Engineering (full time)
Thesis Title: “Enhancing energy efficiency through sustainable design: development of novel heating system technology to reduce energy consumption and environmental impact in the use phase of professional coffee machines”
Supervisor: Antonio Calabrese, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Milano

10:30 – 11:30 am | PhD Candidate: Marco Terenzi
PhD Programmein Management Engineering (full time)
Thesis Title: “Net-Zerotransitionandprojects:aprojectstudies perspectiveon sociotechnicaltransitions”
Supervisor: Giorgio Locatelli, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano

11:30 am – 12:00 pm | Final Assessment (Private Session – Committee Members Only)

12:00 pm | Proclamation of the results

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Committee Chair: Marika Arena, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano

Committee Members:
Jakob Puchinger, Full Professor, EM Normandie Business School, France
Marcelo Cortimiglia, Associate Professor, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

02:00 – 02:30 pm | Briefing and Introduction to the PhD Programme (Private Session – Committee Members Only)

02:30 – 04:30 pm | PhD Defence Sessions – Introduction by Committee Chair – Professor Marika Arena
Presentation (30 minutes) | Discussion and defence (30 minutes)

02:30 – 03:30 pm | PhD Candidate: Giovanni Garola
PhD Programmein Management Engineering (full time)
Thesis Title: “Transport Systems in Urban Area: Investigating the dual perspective of Mobility Service Provider and Logistics Service Provider” Supervisor: Riccardo Mangiaracina, Full Professor, Politecnico di Milano

03:30 – 04:30 pm | PhD Candidate: Mattia Magnaghi
PhD Programmein Management Engineering (full time)
Thesis Title: “Navigating Strategic Challenges in Leveraging an Enabling Technology: The Case of 5G”
Supervisor: Antonio Ghezzi, Associate Professor, Politecnico di Milano

04:30 – 5:00 pm | Final Assessment (Private Session – Committee Members Only)

5:00 pm | Proclamation of the results