Academic Supervisors
Mario Guagliano is Full Professor in Machine Design.
MSc in Mechanical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano (1988), Assistant Professor (1991-2001) and Associate Professor (2001-2016) at the Dept. Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.
Responsible of several contractual researches with private and public enterprises and of research projects funded by regional and national public organizations, coordinator of researches programs of national interest (PRIN) and of projects funded by the European Commission (FP7). Expert of the Court in civil and penal disputations.
He is member of the Board of Directors of the EASN (European Aeronautic Science Network), member of the International Scientific Committee on Shot Peening and of the Danubia Adria Symposium.
Member of the Editorial Board of the journals Surface and Coatings Technology, Journal of Structural Integrity, Journal of Multiscale Modelling, Journal Structural Damage and Modelling Health Monitoring and referee of many international Scientific journals Scientific Director of the technical magazine il Progettista Industriale.
Sara Bagherifard is Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Politecnico di Milano, Italy. She held multiple Research Associate, Postdoctoral Fellow and Adjunct positions at University of Cambridge (UK), MIT (US), Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (US) and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). She became Assistant Professor in 2017, and Associate Professor in 2022.
Prof. Bagherifard has received ERC-Consolidator grant (2021) and has been the PI or co-PI of multiple European, National and industrial projects. She has received various awards including ASTM International Additive Manufacturing Young Professional Award (2021), Best Talk Award from European Conference on Structural Integrity of Additively Manufactured Materials (2019), Electrolux Corporate award from Switch2Product Innovation Challenge program (2019), Young Scientist Lecture Gold Prize from 10th International Conference on Surfaces, Coatings and Nanostructured Materials (2015), Polimi International Fellowship (PIF) (2014), Roberto Rocca Italy-MIT post-doctoral fellowship, International Schlumberger Fellowship Faculty for The Future (2011 and 2012), Best Presentation award from 14th International Seminar of Ph.D. Students (2009) and Young Researcher’s Award from 20th National IGF conference (2009).
University: University of Stuttgart
Research Topics:
Cosmic Dust – Interplanetary, interstellar, planetary dust
In-situ measurement of micrometeoroids in the solar system
Micrometeoroid detector technology, TOF mass spectrometry, high-speed impact studies
Projects (selection): Cassini Cosmic Dust Analyser (Saturn, NASA-ESA), LADEE-LDEX (Moon, NASA), Bepi Colombo (Mercury, ESA), ISPE team (Stardust, NASA), EuroPlaNet
Email: srama@irs.uni-stuttgart.de
Dr. Yanwei Li obtained his PhD degree from the University of Stuttgart in Germany. Since then, he has been working as post-doctoral researcher and senior research scientist at the Institute of Space Systems at the University of Stuttgart. Dr. Li’s research encompasses space weather analysis, equipment development, and microparticle characterization, with a specialization in high voltage accelerators, electrostatic charging processes, charged particle optics, in-situ analysis, impact physics etc. As a PI or Co-PI, Dr. Li was awarded research grants from European Space Agency (ESA) in 2016, 2020, 2021, and 2023, from German Research Foundation in 2018 as well as from National Natural Science Foundation of China in 2018. Dr. Li has extensive experience and profound knowledge in design and optimization electrostatic accelerator facilities. He led the development and testing of a 3.5 MV dust accelerator at the Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) in China. Additionally, he has also been responsible for the upgrading of a 2 MV dust accelerator and a 120 kV LINAC dust accelerator at the University of Stuttgart.
Email: li@irs.uni-stuttgart.de
Nikolaos Papakostas is an Associate Professor and the Research Director of the Laboratory for Advanced Manufacturing Simulation and Robotics in the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at University College Dublin. His research areas include Robotics, Digital Manufacturing, Optimization of Manufacturing Systems and Networks. He has cooperated with many leading companies in Ireland and Europe mainly from the bioprocessing, automotive and aerospace industrial sectors as well as with top machine tool manufacturers and software firms. He has coordinated a significant number of European and national research projects targeting the introduction of novel digital technologies in modern manufacturing environments. He has authored more than 100 scientific papers. He has been the IT Manager of a big manufacturing company for several years. He is an associate member of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP).
Email: nikolaos.papakostas@ucd.ie
I am an Associate Professor at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at University College Dublin (UCD). I completed my Bachelor of (Electronic) Engineering at UCD in 2002. I also completed my PhD in biosignal processing at the same institute, in 2006, on the topic of at-home sleep staging. I spent 10 years at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, including five years as an ARC Future Fellow, before returning to UCD in 2018 to lead a Science Foundation Ireland President of Ireland Future Research Leaders Award project on the topic of tactile sensing. I am also a co-founder of the tactile sensor company Contactile: www.contactile.com I have an interest in the use of signal processing and pattern recognition techniques, combined with novel sensing hardware solutions, in order to bring longitudinal health monitoring into the home. In particular, I have extensive experience monitoring human movement using wearable sensors, and in the robust measurement of physiological signals (ECG, BP & PPG) in unsupervised environments. I also have a research stream on the topic of tactile sensing, spanning from the study of human tactile physiology, through to the development of friction-sensing tactile sensors for robotic grippers. More recently, our group has been interested in the use of deep neural networks for medical image segmentation, and for use with reinforcement learning to enable autonomous dexterous robotic manipulation.
Email: stephen.redmond@ucd.ie
I started working as Assistant Professor in Trinity College Dublin in 2012 and developed my own group. In 2013 I became Marie Curie Fellow (CIG scheme), and in 2014 I was awarded of a key grant from the European Space Agency (Technology Research Programme – TRP). As an independent PI, I am now a funded investigator in AMBER (the national research centre for advanced materials and bioengineering) and I-Form (the national centre for Advanced Manufacturing). I am now an Associate Member of the international academy of production engineering (CIRP). In summary, I am an emerging leader in Additive Manufacturing with established collaborations in Europe (Ireland, UK, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, France) and the rest of the World (China, US, Canada). In recognition to my research career, I was elected Fellow of Trinity College Dublin (FTCD) in 2019 and nominated Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (FIMMM) in 2022. According to the October 2023 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators” led by Stanford University and published by Elsevier, I rank within the top 2% scientists internationally.
Email: lupoir@tcd.ie
Dr. Shuo Yin is an Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator in the Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing, and Biomedical Engineering since 2019. Dr. Yin’s research encompasses equipment design and manufacturing, microstructure characterization, process in-situ visualization, numerical modeling (CFD and FEA), and mechanical and biomedical properties. His track record includes securing research funding as a PI or Co-PI from European Innovation Council (EIC), Marie Curie Actions (MSCA), Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), Irish Research Council (IRC), Enterprise Ireland (EI), IntertradeIreland, and industrial partners. Dr. Yin has received awards such as the IRC Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (GOIPD), SFI Frontiers for the Future Project, Trinity Accelerated Advancement Award, and Trinity Research Boost Award. Dr. Yin holds the position of editorial board member for the Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing, Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering, and serves as the co-chair of the 2023 Cold Spray Club meeting and session chair of the 2023 International Conference on Welding and Joining.
Email: yins@tcd.ieResearch Fellows
Amir Ardeshiri Lordejani joined Politecnico di Milano as a Junior Research Assistant in the Department of Mechanical Engineering in July 2023. Amir earned his PhD degree with honors, in Mechanical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano in March 2023. His doctoral dissertation, titled “Application of Cold Spray as an Additive Manufacturing and Repair Method,” was conducted under the supervision of Prof. Mario Guagliano and Prof. Sara Bagherifard. During his academic journey, he has gained expertise in diverse topics, including numerical simulation of displacement fields in cracked samples under mixed mode loading and their experimental analysis using DIC (Digital Image Correlation). Currently, Amir’s research focuses on advancing the capabilities of cold spray, particularly in developing the necessary toolsets to adapt it as an additive manufacturing method. He has developed multi-scale finite element models, semi-empirical numerical models, and has conducted extensive experiments for characterization and validation of the process’s capabilities, the results of all of which are published in various scientific journals.
Email: amir.ardeshiri@polimi.it
I hold a PhD degree from Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) and a master’s degree from Shandong University (China), specializing in solid-phase bonding mechanisms, metal and metallurgy, and dynamic recrystallization in solid-state welding and additive manufacturing processes like friction welding and cold spray. My research also includes multiscale simulation using Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and the Monte Carlo method.
I have authored publications in top materials science journals, like Acta Materialia and Materials Research Letters. I am also eager to collaborate with other researchers to enhance their research outcomes and expand my knowledge across different disciplines. I have co-authored several publications in Additive Manufacturing and the Journal of Materials Research and Technology
Email: yup1@tcd.iePhD Students
Monil Mihirbhai Thakkar
Monil Thakkar is a Ph.D Candidate in Mechanical Engineering Department at Politecnico di Milano.
He received his MSc in Mechanical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano in 2022 . His current PhD topic is Design and Developement of Solid-State Deposition using Electric Field.
Email: monilmihirbhai.thakkar@polimi.it
After obtaining his master’s degree in mechanical engineering, Marcel Bauer started as PhD candidate at the Institute of Space Systems at the University of Stuttgart. He works in the Cosmic Dust Group and develops a Linear Accelerator for accelerating micro- and nanoparticles to a user-defined speed range. Part of his work is the development of an FPGA-based embedded control system, a graphical user interface, high voltage circuitry as well as electrical field and particle simulations.
Email: mbauer@irs.uni-stuttgart.de