ASP Status and perspectives 2012

1. Graduation Ceremony
ASP 6th cycle
June 15th, 2012

2. WHAT HAPPENED
LAST YEAR?
BUSINESS AS USUAL
- Board
- Admissions
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro
- Courses
- Projects
- Flyer
- Book N. 6

3. THE ASP BOARD
Stefano Ceri Marco Cantamessa
Information Technology Management Engineering
PoliMi (DIRECTOR) PoliTo (VICE-DIRECTOR)
Guya Bertelli Marco Trisciuoglio
Dottor
Urban Planning Urban Planning
Giovanni Di Gennaro
PoliMi (COURSES) PoliTo (COURSES)
Franco Bernelli Zazzera Romano Borchiellini
Flight Dynamics Thermal Systems Enginering
PoliMi (CAREERS) PoliTo (CAREERS)
Paola Bertola Elena Baralis
Fashion Design Information Technology
PoliMi (PROJECTS) PoliTo (PROJECTS)

4. FOREIGN STUDENTS
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro

5. Where do foreign
ASP students come from?
All cycles (205)
8 20
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro
EU
59 OTHER EU
53
AFRICA
MIDDLE EAST
ASIA
AMERICA C/S
9 USA
43 13

6. FOREIGN STUDENTS
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro

7. FOREIGN STUDENTS
Country # students Country # students Country # students
Argentina 7 Georgia 1 Netherlands 1
Armenia 2 Ghana 1 Pakistan 3
Bangladesh 1 Greece 1 Peru 2
Belarus 3 India 7 Poland 1
Bosnia and
Dottor Iran 4
Giovanni Di Gennaro Romania 2
Herzegovina 2 Ireland 1
Russia 13
Brazil 31 Israel 1
Serbia 8
Bulgaria 5 Japan 1
Spain 7
Lebanon 5
Cameroon 1 Togo 1
Macedonia 2
Chile 2 Turkey 15
Mexico 14
China 33 Ukraine 2
Moldova 1
Colombia 17 USA 7
Montenegro 3
Egypt 2 Nepal 1 Venezuela 8
Ethiopia 2 Vietnam 2
France 11

8. COURSES
MODEL:
- WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER CLASS
Dottor
CHANGE RATE:
Giovanni Di Gennaro
- 1-2 NEW COURSES EVERY YEAR
MAYBE WE ARE AT STABLE EQUILIBRIUM
- 4 COURSES “ANCILLARY” TO PROJECTS
- 2 COURSES ON MAJOR “WORLD’S
PROBLEMS”

9. COURSES /1
■ Innovation & Society (Prof. Costanzo Ranci)
- goal: interpreting the socio-technical context in which innovation
takes place
- ability: students develops a broad understanding of how values
and normative cultures shape and guide innovation and technical
design.
Dottor ■ Design Methods (Prof. Gaetano Cascini)
Giovanni Di Gennaro
- goal: building a common lexicon on design methods and gives
students awareness on the existing approaches to design.
- ability: students learn and apply exemplary design tools and take
part in a collaborative design contest.
■ Management of Innovation (Prof. Mario Calderini)
- goal: developing students’ capability to perform strategic analysis
on the business implications of innovation,
- ability: students learn how their ideas can be turned into potential
businesses, how they should be presented and protected

10. COURSES /2
■ Complex Decision Making in the Public and the Private Sphere
(Profs. Giovanni Azzone and Bruno Dente)
- goal: understanding the theoretical framework and the analytical
instruments to design and manage decision making processes in the
context of complex projects involving government and private sector
firms.
Dottor
■ Global Change and Sustainability (Profs. Barbara Betti, Stefano
Giovanni Di Gennaro
Consonni and Marino Gatto)
- about: introduces the problems of global change, outlines the policies
and technical advancements that could shape sustainability paths, so that
students can commit to bringing the ideas of social, economic and
environmental sustainability into their professional life.
■ Dynamics of Creativity Against De-growth (Prof. Agata Spaziante)
– about: discusses how creativity and innovation can help tackle the on-
going economic situation and promote development, in the face of a
deep economic crisis, by reasoning about how de-growth can
“positively” affect areas such as urban organization, lifestyle, city life and
activity financing, in order to help strategic change.

11. PROJECTS
ARE THEY FUN???
Students overall evaluation of the experience
from 1 (VERY BAD) to 4 (VERY GOOD)
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro
24%
2%
1
17%
2
3
4
57%

12. PROJECTS
HASEW: Household Appliance System with Equipped Walls
Principal Tutor
Pietro Asinari - Energetics, Politecnico di Torino
Team A
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro
Aurora Cugno, Matteo Fasano, Fulvio Garbella Tavernin, Eugenia Gasparri,
Alexandru Popescu, Lucia Righetto
Team B
Mattia Massone, Elisa Cucchetto, Francesco Laviola, Sebastiano Maltese, Lorenzo
Piacentino, Giovanni Battista Porcellana

13. PROJECTS
REMEDIA: REinvent MEDical Ambient
Principal Academic Tutor
Giuseppina Gini - Electronics and Information, Politecnico di Milano
Team A
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro
Giovanni Luongo, Ivan Cenci, Francesca Claudio, Pierluigi Dalla Rosa,
Jacopo Spigaroli
Team B
Giacomo Saibene, Alessandro Barardi, Michael Boris Mandirola,
Alessandra Lo Moro, Valerio Turri

14. PROJECTS
TETI: Integrated technologies for sustainable management
of underwater cultural heritage
Principal Academic Tutor
Emma Angelini - Materials Science and Chemical Engineering,
Politecnico di Torino
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro
Team A
Davide Agostoni, Roberta Finotti, Matteo Ravasi, Elena Redaelli,
Syeda Fatima Rizvi
Team B
Cléry Bionaz, Alessandro Sala, Nosherwan Shoaib, Mattia Speziali

15. PROJECTS
CitySpaces: A virtual/real platform for exploring, learning about
and interacting with the layered histories of city spaces
Principal Academic Tutor
Piero Fraternali - Electronics and Information, Politecnico di Milano
Dottor
Team A
Giovanni Di Gennaro
Can Umut Ileri, Veronica Arianna, Francesca Corà, Lucia Marengo,
Xiaofei Yan, Anita Sala
Team B
Alberto Quattrini Li, Clara Arango, Adriana Cavagna, Alessandra Grassi,
Diana Pagliari, Martha Karina Santos Olano

16. PROJECTS
Green Cloud: Advanced Energy Management in Cloud systems
Principal Academic Tutor
Antonio Capone - Electronics and Information
Politecnico di Milano
Dottor
The Team
Giovanni Di Gennaro
Stefano Viganò, Ahmed Allam, Riccardo Chiodaroli,
Francesco Lunetta, Stefano Ziller

17. PROJECTS
FCE: Fuel Cells for Energy
Principal Academic Tutors
Michele Calì, Massimo Santarelli - Energy, Politecnico di Torino
The Team
Dottor
Lucia Colombo, Gianfrancesco Melina, Piergiorgio Montrucchio
Giovanni Di Gennaro

18. PROJECTS
Gecko vs Lotus: Super-Adhesive or Anti-adhesive Bio-inspired Nanomaterials
Principal Academic Tutor
Nicola Pugno - Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino
Team A
Dottor
Francesca Letizia, Pietro Brambilla, Jacopo De Amicis, Chiara Saggese
Giovanni Di Gennaro
Team B
Isabella Bertoli, Anna Botto, Davide Guzzetti, Stefano Larentis,
Giancarlo Soavi

19. PROJECTS
Rethinking Industrial Cities: Ivrea as Unesco Site
Principal Academic Tutors
Alessandro De Magistris, Patrizia Bonifazio
Architecture and Planning, Politecnico di Milano
Dottor
The Team
Giovanni Di Gennaro
Alessia Mapelli, Annalisa Andaloro, Lara Di Chio, Francesca Giliberto,
Andrea Migliarese, Matteo Novati

20. PROJECTS
PCV: Personal Commuting Vehicles
Principal Academic Tutor
Stefano Carabelli - Control and Computer Engineering,
Politecnico di Torino
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro
The Team
Vittoriano Renò, Corinna Conway, Pasquale D’Avino, Piergiorgio Di Miscio,
Claudio Fichera, Ulrico Peckelsen

21. PROJECTS
REPACK: Sustainable packaging for fast moving consumers goods
Principal Academic Tutor
Roberto Frassine - Chemistry Materials and Chemical Engineering,
Politecnico di Milano
Dottor
Team A
Giovanni Di Gennaro
Carlo Maria Campelli, Raffaele Almici, Ahmet Aysan, Marco Bonaiti, Giuliano Butti
Team B
Luca Macedoni, Serena Camere, Veronica Ceruleo, Alessandro Stagni

22. PROJECTS
Build Smart: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
for Intelligent and Sustainable Buildings
Principal Academic Tutor
Gian Vincenzo Fracastoro - Energetics, Politecnico di Torino
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro
Team A
Alessandro Aimar, Carlotta Berta, Daniele Ferrigni, Yangfan Gao,
Ilaria Ricci Curbastro, Beatrice Spolidoro
Team B
Matteo Ronchi, Simone Barra, Matteo Carminati, Chiara Gammaraccio,
Andrea Lambertenghi, Luca Malvicino, Xintao Ye

23. PROJECTS
Smart Environments: Indoor and Outdoor Monitoring
application using Wireless Sensor Networks
Principal Academic Tutors
Giovanni Malnati, Control and Computer Engineering
Dottor Politecnico di Torino
Giovanni Di Gennaro
The Team
Shangwen Qiu, Luca Gaetano Amaru, Federico Capiaghi, Michele Miccio,
Viktoriya Sendyureva, Camillo Stefanucci

24. PROJECTS
B-TRANS: Shanghai Urban-Rural Public Bicycle Transportation
System Design
Principal Academic Tutor
Luisa Collina - Industrial Design, Arts, Communication and Fashion,
Politecnico di Milano
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro
Team A
Maria Franco, Andrea Cairati, Corina Macnovit, Aurelie Soizic Sabatier
Team B
Francesco Cavagnis, Laura Varvello, Marta Alice Fattorossi, Stefano Tedesco

25. PROJECTS
SportFood.PD: Packaging Design of a new food platform
dedicated to Sport through a multidisciplinary approach
Principal Academic Tutor
Valeria Bucchetti - Industrial Design, Arts, Communication and Fashion,
Dottor Politecnico di Milano
Giovanni Di Gennaro
Team A
Jose Gabriel Islas Montero, Alessandro Bombelli, Alessandra Erra,
Ambra Farris, Marta Gallo
Team B
Andrea Rongone, Ekaterina Kim, Ece Özdil, Paolo Rossi

26. ASP FLYER /1
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro

27. ASP FLYER /2
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro

28. BOOK 6
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro

29. BOOK 6
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro

30. BOOKS 1-6
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro

31. NEWS OF YEAR 2012
THIS YEAR’S NEWS
- FELLOWS 2012
- OPENING 2012
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro
- YOUTUBE CHANNEL
- IN THE PRESS
- ALUMNI IN THE WORLD
- ALUMNI EVENTS

32. ASP COLLEGIO DOCENTI 2012
Collegio Docenti dell’Alta Scuola Politecnica
Aula Magna – Politecnico di Milano - Piazza L. da Vinci 32, Milano
24 gennaio 2012 – ore 14.30
Agenda
Il Collegio è dedicato a La didattica nei progetti ASP, esperienze e prospettive
14:30 Welcome e Introduzione ai lavori – Stefano Ceri, Direttore ASP
Dottor
14:45 Caratteristiche attese dei progetti ASP – Elena Baralis e Paola Bertola, Giunta ASP
Giovanni Di Gennaro
15:15 Due testimonianze di progetti eccellenti:
Progetto EXP-HOST - Corinna Morandi
Progetto TETI - Sabrina Grassini
15:45 Brevi presentazioni dei corsi propedeutici ai progetti:
Innovation & Society - Costanzo Ranci Ortigosa
Design Methods - Gaetano Cascini
Management of Innovation - Mario Calderini
Decision Making - Giovanni Azzone, Bruno Dente
16:45 Dibattito - modera Marco Cantamessa, Vice Direttore ASP
17:15 Nomina degli ASP Fellows
17:30 Chiusura lavori e rinfresco

33. ASP FELLOWSHIP 2012 /1
A tribute to the lecturers and professors who have most
contributed to the success of ASP activities and to the
development of its cultural message.
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro

34. ASP FELLOWSHIP 2012 /2
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro

35. ASP FELLOWSHIP 2012 /3
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro

36. ASP FELLOWSHIP 2012 /4
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro

37. ASP FELLOWSHIP 2012 /5
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro

38. ASP FELLOWSHIP 2012 /6
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro

39. ASP OPENING CEREMONY /1
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro

40. ASP OPENING CEREMONY /2
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro

41. INNOVATION LEADERS
GLOBAL FORUM
COMO, VILLA DEL GRUMELLO, SEPTEMBER 12-13, 2012
Participants as of today
Name Role Institution Country
Stefano Ceri Director Alta Scuola Politecnica Italy
Marco Cantamessa Vicedirector Alta Scuola Politecnica Italy
Dottor Banny Banerjee Director Stanford D.School USA
Giovanni Di Gennaro Ricardo Martin Innovation program Pontificia Universidad Catholica, Santiago Chile
Fawaaz Habbal Exec Dean/ Professor Harvard School of Engineering USA
Veronique Hillen EU Fund for D-School in Paris ParisTech France
Nathan Shedroff Prof, Director Design MBA UC Berkeley-CCA USA
Program
Randy Swearer Provost Philadelphia University USA
Kees Dorst Dean of Research UT Sydney Australia
Karen Wilson Senior Fellow Kauffman Foundation and OECD USA and France
Christian Bason Director MindLabs Denmark
Willem Jonker CTO, ICT LAbs European Institute of Technology Sweden
Diego Pavia CTO, Energy European Institute of Technology Spain
Jeffrey Schnapp Director Harvard School of Design USA
Trevor Pinch Professor Cornell University USA
Francesco Profumo Minister of Education Italian Government Italy
Gitte Just CEO Danish Design Council Denmark
Yoram Reich Professor / President Tel Aviv University / Israel Institute for Israel
Empowering Ingenuity

42. YOUTUBE CHANNEL
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro
http://www.youtube.com/asppoli

43. YOUTUBE PLAYLISTS
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro

44. ASP IN THE PRESS:
GUARDIAN
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro

45. ASP IN THE PRESS:
EL PAIS
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro

46. ASP IN THE PRESS
A&RT, Agata Spaziante
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro

47. ASP IN THE PRESS:
TRIBU’
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro

48. ALUMNI
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro

49. ALUMNI
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro

50. ALUMNI EVENT
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro

51. ALUMNI EVENT
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro

52. SLIDING SESSION
Dottor
Giovanni Di Gennaro