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 Committee.
- 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).
- Course leader for the 2nd year Design and Sustainability module taught in the MEng in Design Engineering.
- Co-lead Ocean Plastic Network
Marco leads a team of 6 PhD students. The team's current research activity focuses on the design and analysis of systems, platforms, products and services in sectors including fast moving consumer goods, healthcare, construction, nuclear and aerospace.
As part of his research Marco has collaborated with various businesses and agencies including Procter & Gamble (Gillette), Nestle, 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: 1) sustainable consumption and manufacturing; 2) construction as manufacturing; and 3) user experience and human computer interaction.
The research in the area of sustainability is funded by two P&G and EPSRC iCASE projects and an EPSRC project called 'Holistic integration of technology, design and policy for a greener plastic future'.
Marco has been involved in the research and development of two visual knowledge capture tools:
Decision Rationale editor (DRed)
design Visual Understanding Environment (designVUE)
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.
PhD opportunity: I am looking for a PhD candidate to work on a new EPSRC and Procter & Gamble fully funded iCASE studentship in the fields of Circular Economy and Design Engineering. The start date is October 2019. Please email my at m.aurisicchio@imperial.ac.uk if interested.
Research Associate opportunity: I am inviting applications for a Research Associate position in the fields of Circular Economy and Design Engineering to work for 12 month on a new EPSRC project called 'Holistic integration of technology, design and policy for a greener plastic future'. The start date is March 2019. Please email my at m.aurisicchio@imperial.ac.uk if interested.
Enquiries from potential research students interested in working in any of the above research areas are welcome.
Publications
Journals
Zeeuw Van Der Laan A, Aurisicchio M, Archetypical consumer roles in closing the loops of resource flows for Fast-Moving Consumer Goods, Journal of Cleaner Production, ISSN:0959-6526
Hsu P-Y, Panagiotis A, Aurisicchio M, 2018, Optimal logistics planning for modular construction using two-stage stochastic programming, Automation in Construction, Vol:94, ISSN:0926-5805, Pages:47-61
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 and Design, Vol:153, ISSN:0261-3069, Pages:259-272
Michalakoudis I, Aurisicchio M, Childs P, et al., 2018, Empowering manufacturing personnel through functional understanding, Production Planning and Control, Vol:29, ISSN:0953-7287, Pages:688-703
Conference
Haughton TW, Angeloudis P, Parpas P, et al., Optimal Component Modularisation of Process Plants for Modular Construction, EURO 2018