Research strategies in Science and Engineering @ Politecnico di Milano

September 23, 2014

Donatella Sciuto, Vice rector

Professors and students 2013/14

STUDENTS PROFESSORS

ARCHITECTURE 9.264 304

DESIGN 3.857 122

ENGINEERING 27.645 960

2010 2011 2012 2013

QS World ranking

Engineering &

Technology

63 48 48 28

QS World ranking

Engineering &

Technology

Employer reputation

- - - 9 (3)

Applications (BSc) 13.400 14.300 15.100 16.500

Foreign students

(MSc) 4.400 4.700 5.100 5.369

Funds on a

competitive basis

(millions €)

85,8 93,8 93,1 100,7

Key figures

1. Be an international university with strong Italian roots (attracting smart students from Italy and abroad)

2. Focus education on four pillars

Technical skills,

Crosscultural skills

Crossdisciplinary innovation

Social responsibility

3. Support the competitiveness of the Ecosystem

• Prepare qualified Human Capital for export oriented companies

• Research and innovation

The Strategic vision

1. Adapt to competences needed in the new environment: technical competences must be accompanied by crosscultural skills, interdisciplinary innovation, social responsibility

2. Take into account students’ skills: they show new educational needs (critical analysis of sources, teamworking,…), but there are opportunities from their capacity to access information and contents worldwide

3. Codesign the educational offer with the ecosystem (local vs. global, generic vs. specific,…)

New educational needs

BSc: National

classes, focus

on disciplinary

skills

MSc: International classes, focus on cross-

cultural, crossdisciplinary skills

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Technology

creativity

and culture

The T-Shape Model

Research at Polimi

Basic research in

fundamental sciences

Research for society challenges

Applied Research

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Research: Departments 8

AEROSPACE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN STUDIES

ARCHITECTURE, BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND CONSTRUCTION

ENGINEERING

CHEMISTRY, MATERIAL AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

DESIGN

ELECTRONICS, INFORMATION AND BIOENGINEERING

ENERGY

MANAGEMENT, ECONOMICS AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

MATHEMATICS

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

PHYSICS

University – company strategy

… from Technology Transfer to Technology Cooperation

Aim:

Establish long term relationships for technological cooperation

with the most relevant companies strategic with respect to Polimi research’s activities

On the most relevant applied, mid-term and long-term research research activities

Establish relationships with SMEs through different approaches

Cooperation in mixed research/industry networks

Specific programs that support SMEs in their innovation and research development (from the point of view of research, human resources and training)

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Joint Research Centers @Polimi

Year Partner Sector

2005 STM Electronics

2008 ENI Oil and gas

2010 Agusta Westland Rotorcraft

2010 Trenitalia, FS, Bombardier, Ansaldo Breda Railways

2012 Pirelli Smart Tyres

2012 Ansaldo Energia Energy

2012 Whirlpool Appliances

2012 Maire Tecnimont Chemicals, Plants

2012 Telecom Italia Social Smart Spaces

2013 Solvay Chemicals

2103 IBM Analytics

2014 Enel Energy

2014 Chemtex Green chemicals

2014 Vodafone Telecom

2014 Sogefi Automotive supplier

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Active international projects

POLIMI actively participates to EU

research funded projects

280 projects

23% success rate

Other international projects

36 projects

Funded by other programs

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8 ERC projects: ICT, Chemistry, Physics, Maths, Energy, Policies

Large research infrastructures

WIND TUNNEL

One of the most advanced

laboratories in the world for tests on aerospace system aerodynamics and

wind effects structures

La.S.T.

Laboratory for the Safety of Transport

L.P.M

Experimental activities on

materials and structures

PoliFAB (clean room)

Micro-nano fabrication facility

micro- and nano technologies,

Silicon photonics,

Biosensors, MEMS,

advanced materials

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Large research centers

MOX Mathematical modelling and scientific computing.

• Application to several academics and industrial realities

IIT@POLIMI Center for Nano Science and Technology

• Artificial retina/eye,

• Carbon nanocomposites,

• Hybrid solar cells

EIT ICT Satellite Node

• Smart spaces

• Cloud, networking

• Security, privacy

• Smart energy

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Research Labs

• In the departments: more than 150 focused on specific research topics

• Interdisciplinary labs Comfort in transportation

Clothing Lab - Laboratory on Cloud & Things

AMALA - Advanced MAnufacturing LAboratory

CFDHub@Polimi - Computational fluid dynamics

LuCId Lab: engineering applied to life sciences

MEMS & 3D-LAB

CECH (Climate and Energy for Cultural Heritage)

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Multidisciplinarity is the key

• Chemistry

• Electronics, Information and Bioengineering

• Structural Engineering

• Mechanics

• Physics

Biotechnology

• Physics

• Chemistry Food

• Mechanics

• Management

• Electronics, Information and Bioengineering

Global Manufacturing

• Electronics, Information and Bioengineering

• Mathematics

• Management ICT for Health

• Management

• Electronics, Information and Bioengineering

• Environmental Climate

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Multidisciplinarity is the key

• Physics

• Chemistry

• Electronics and Information

• Energy

• Mechanics

Materials Science

• Physics

• Chemistry

• Electronics and Information

• Energy

Micro- and Nano electronics

• Energy

• Mechanics

• Electronics and Information

• Management

• Aerospace

Sustainable Energy Production

• ICT • Urban planning • Management • Design • Environmental • Architecture • Building • Energy

Smart cities

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MEMS group

• Research on MEMS since 2002

• Strict cooperation with STMicroelectronics

• Industrial, Regional, National and EU projects. Now active:

Go4Time (FP7 STREP), Lab4MEMS (Eniac), STMicroelectronics.

• Polimi network: DICA, DCMIC, DEIB, + DMATEM, DMEC, DAST

• Teaching at master and PhD levels in the Materials Eng and

Nanotech. (MEMS), Electronics

• New initiatives:

• MEMS&3D lab. on microsystems, and additive manufacturing

• Polifab, clean room for micro-fabrication

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MEMS research activities 18

• Characterization and reliability

• Devices

• Modelling and simulation

MEMS – main topics

Characterization and

reliability

• Mechanical

characterization at the

micro scale

• Fracture-fatigue

• Accidental impacts

• Dissipative

phenomena: fluid

damping, solid

damping, anchor

losses

• Stiction (spontaneous

adhesion)

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Device design

• Electro-thermo-

mechanical actuators

• Capacitive

accelerometers

• Resonant

accelerometers

• Electrostatic

micropump

• Resonant gyroscope +

accelerometers

• Magnetometers

• Piezoelectric devices

• Energy harvesters

Modelling & Simulation

• Multi-physics

• Fracture initiation and

propagation in

polycrystalline

materials

• Domain Decomposition

methods

• Model Order Reduction

methods + Domain

Decomposition

Polifab: Clean-room structure

Photolito and EBL

Wet process

Thin films deposition

Annealing Characterization

Dry etching

Back-end

Photolito and EBL Mask aligner

Laser writer

Spin coater

Hovens, hot plates

SEM

EBL writer

Benches for development Wet process Chemical etching

(organics and inorganics)

Electroplating

Lift-off

Thin films deposition Magnetron Sputtering

(RF and DC)

E-beam evaporator

PECVD

Rince & dryer

Annealing Furnaces (900°C )

RTPA

Dry etching Ion Beam Etching

Reactive Ion Etching

Plasma cleaning

Characterization Electrical resistivity

Spectroscopical

ellipsometry

Profilometer

FTM

Metricon

AFM

Back-end Dicing saw

Wire bonding

Lapping

Wafer mounting

PDMS and

Microfluidic facility

Polifab: Microstructures and Devices 21

MEMS

Nanoscience Silicon photonics

MEMs

Biosensors multilayers

STO LSMO

Au

Non-Invasive On-Chip Light Observation by Contactless

Waveguide Conductivity Monitoring

F. Morichetti et al. - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 20 (2014) 8201710

FP7-ICT European FET Project BBOI

First demonstration of non-invasive light observation in silicon photonics devices

by exploiting photon interaction with intra-gap energy states localized at the

waveguide surface.

The probe will be useful for various applications, including telecommunications,

optical interconnects, biosensing, and quantum manipulation and computing.

Stalking Light - Highlights of Nature Photonics 22

ESCHILO

Early Stage Cancer diagnosis via Highly sensitive Lab-On-chip

multitarget systems

DNA detection down to pM was demonstrated. E. Albisetti et al. – Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 27 (2013) 213-217

Dense arrays of magnetic sensors with a limit of detection of 1 fM without

chemical amplification will be devloped for early cancer detection

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Concluding remarks

We aim at excellence in education and research

Support research at all levels

Support researchers in finding financial support for research

Create research links with companies to support technological

innovation

Support entrepreneurship

Support events for research dissemination

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