Summary
Dr Marco Aurisicchio is a Senior Lecturer in Engineering Design in the Dyson School at Imperial College London. Other roles at Imperial include:
- Director of Research in the Dyson School of Design Engineering.
- Member of the Faculty of Engineering Research Committe.
- AHRC Design Fellow.
- Tutor in the Innovation Design Engineering (IDE) programme between Imperial College and the Royal College of Art.
- Academic lead in the London Interdisciplinary Social Science (LISS) Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP).
Marco leads a team of 7 PhD students and 2 research associates within the Design Engineering Group. The team's current research activity focuses on the design and analysis of engineering systems in sectors including healthcare, construction, aerospace, nuclear and fast moving consumer goods.
Prior to joining Imperial College, Marco was a Research Associate in the Engineering Design Centre at the University of Cambridge where he also undertook his Ph.D. in Engineering Design. During his doctoral and postdoctoral research, he worked within the BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce University Technology Partnership for Design. Marco received a Laurea in Mechanical Engineering from the Universita’ degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" in 2000.
As part of his research projects Marco has collaborated with various businesses and agencies including Procter & Gamble (Gillette), Weir Minerals, Laing O'Rourke, CERN, Nacco Materials Handling Group, NASA, Solar Turbines, Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems, and Smiths Medical International.
His research interests are in the areas of:
- User experience
- Design methods and design thinking
- Innovation design engineering
- Complex engineered systems and mechanical design
- Safety engineering
- Manufacturing, new materials and logistics
Marco is involved in the research and development of two visual knowledge capture tools:
Decision Rationale editor (DRed)
design Visual Understanding Environment (designVUE)
Enquiries from potential research students interested in working in any of the above research areas are welcome.
Publications
Journals
Piselli A, Baxter W, Simonato M, et al., 2018, Development and evaluation of a methodology to integrate technical and sensorial properties in materials selection, Materials & Design, Vol:153, ISSN:0264-1275, Pages:259-272
Michalakoudis I, Aurisicchio M, Childs P, et al., 2018, Empowering manufacturing personnel through functional understanding, Production Planning & Control, Vol:29, ISSN:0953-7287, Pages:688-703
Conference
Baxter W, Aurisicchio M, Mugge R, et al., Decontaminating experiences with circular offerings, Product Lifetimes and The Environment (PLATE) 2017
Baxter W, Aurisicchio M, Mugge R, et al., Positive and negative contamination in user interactions, ICED17: 21st International Conference on Engineering Design, Design Society