Alta Scuola Politecnica

www.asp-poli.it

Dottor

Giovanni Di Gennaro

• WHEN -- Established in 2004, two-year study cycles, 7th cycle starting in 2011

• WHERE -- PoliMi and PoliTo in joint venture (an asset of the MI-TO framework)

• WHAT-- Additional parallel track to master studies

• WHO -- Selects 150 talented students per year, among the applicants to the master programs in Architecture, Design and Engineering

• WHY-- Emphasize horizontal skills, management of complexity, working in teams

THE FIVE W’S OF ASP

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Giovanni Di Gennaro

ASP between POLIMI and POLITO

Corriere della Sera, 10Dec09

300

80+

10+

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Admission Process, 2007-2009

APPLICATIONS ADMITTED STUDENTS

FOREIGN STUDENTS

CYCLE MILANO TORINO MILANO TORINO MILANO TORINO

TOTAL FOREIGN

STUDENTS

IV – (2007) 174 110 83 57 18 9 27

V- (2008) 251 230 90 60 29 11 40

VI – (2009) 293 200 90 59 22 13 35

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ASP Community

0%

10%

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30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

1 2 3 4 5 6

Other Eng.

Management Eng.

Industrial Eng.

Ict Eng.

Design

Civil+Env.Eng

Architecture

Distribution of ASP Students based upon their Faculty in the 6 Cycles (2004-2009)

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Giovanni Di Gennaro

ASP Student Quality (2008-09)

Average BSc mark of

Italian ASP students

>28.5/30

(PoliTo/PoliMi

average ~ 25.4/30)

Average fraction of Italian

ASP students with 110 or

110L BSc degree ~ 87%

(PoliTo/PoliMi average

~ 14%)

28

28,1

28,2

28,3

28,4

28,5

28,6

28,7

28,8

28,9

1 2 3 4 5 6

75%

80%

85%

90%

95%

100%

1 2 3 4 5 6

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Cultural Project

• Supporting students in designing solutions to complex

problems, coping with dynamic environments which

require:

• cognitive capacities and aptitude to learning

• capacity to manage organizational processes

• awareness of the interests and the interactions that

take place within the specific context

• flexibility in adapting to the cognitive processes used

during the design process

• talent for interpersonal relations

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Giovanni Di Gennaro

Projects

ASP Programme

Courses

Papers Report

OPENING

GRADUATION

Spring Year 1

Winter Year 2

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Giovanni Di Gennaro

Course Objectives

• Building the foundations of a critical approach to

the main facets of complex, interdisciplinary design

• Understanding the implications of innovative design

in terms of sustainability, socio-economic impact,

strategies to successful entrepreneurship

• Raising the interests of students from all Lauree

Magistrali.

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Giovanni Di Gennaro

Course Contents (V Cycle)

Innovation and its impact on society

1. Innovations: Why and for

whom?

(Prof. Massimiano Bucchi)

• To interpret the socio-technical

context in which innovation takes

place and develops

• To understand how values and

normative cultures shape and

guide innovation and technical

design

2. Global change and sustainability

(prof. Marino Gatto)

• To introduce the students to the

problems of global change

• To outline the possible policies

and technical advancements

that could shape sustainability paths

• To make the students understand

their social commitment to bring

the ideas of social, economic and

environmental sustainability into

their professional life

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Giovanni Di Gennaro

Course Contents (V Cycle)

Actors and decisions in complex projects

3. Management of innovation

(Prof. Mario Calderini)

• To develop the capacity to perform

strategic analysis and project

management

• To develop skills and experience in

group work, and external

communication capacities

4. Decision making

(Prof. Bruno Dente)

• To teach a theoretical framework

and the analytical instruments to

design and manage the decision

making processes involved in the

realisation of complex projects

or programmes

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Course Contents (V Cycle)

Aspects of complex systems design

5. The art of modeling

(Prof. Sergio Rinaldi)

• To illustrate how to face and

successfully deal with complex

design problems through their

modeling using a systemic

approach

6. The dynamics of creativity

(Prof. Sandro Balducci)

• Starting from specific “hot”

examples, to illustrate the role

and stimulate the use of

creativity in technological design

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Giovanni Di Gennaro

Overall, how would you rate the course contents? (answer in a

scale from 1 to 10, courses randomized)

Feedback from Students (2209)

Dottor

Giovanni Di Gennaro

ASP projects enable concrete experimental activity on broad and

relevant themes and problems. They are:

• system-level

• interdisciplinary

• focused on:

- problem-setting within a complex situation

- innovation (i.e. bridging technology with its applications)

- conceptual design and feasibility analysis

• require both:

- disciplinary knowledge (coming from the Laurea Magistrale

background of each student)

- interdisciplinary knowledge (coming from ASP courses)

• they are different from a Laurea Magistrale thesis.

.

ASP Projects

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24%

16%

29%

31%

Sustainable development of architectural,

cultural and environmental assets

Social inclusion and systems for health,

security and quality of life

Hi-tech development & net economy

Energy, mobility and the environment.

FOCUS OF COMPLETED PROJECTS

Sustainable development of

architectural, cultural and environmental

assets 14

Social inclusion and systems for health,

security and quality of life 9

Hi-tech development & net economy 17

Energy, mobility and the environment. 18

Contents of the ASP Projects

(5 cycles, 2004-2009)

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Examples of Contents of

ASP Projects

FOCUS OF COMPLETED PROJECTS

Sustainable development of architectural,

cultural and environmental assetsMUFFA

Multifunctional future for agriculture

Home Emergency

A polycentric model of places of hospitality

Social inclusion and systems for health,

security and quality of lifeWill Chair

Reinventing wheels into will

Genoma

GEnetic New Opportunities for Medical Applications

Hi-tech development & net economy WOMan

Windows On Man

FAS.P.ONSITE

Fashion Production on site

Energy, mobility and the environment EnerCity

Sustainability design of micro-scale urban area

SmartCopter

Sensor-vision-enabled autonomous robotic helicopter

for civil applications in urban environments

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Giovanni Di Gennaro

ASP Student Placement

2009 Poll (1st + 2nd + 3rd cycles)

20%

59%

77%88% 93% 95%

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

BeforeMSc

Within 1month

Within 2months

Within 4months

Within 6months

After 6months

FIRST EMPLOYMENT

35%

29%20%

10% 6%

TYPE

PrivateCompany

University(Ph.D.)

Consulting

Reference terms: Sole 24Ore (Jun 2008), PoliMi 2007 survey, …

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ASP Scientific Committee (Dec.09)

• High quality program is unique contribution to interdisciplinary education; promotes excellence; creates enthusiasm and engagement

• Creates a new kind of graduate, best equipped to tackle the problems of tomorrow.

• Interaction between PoliTo and PoliMi is major achievement

• High quality students, happy and enthusiastic about the program

Prof. Robert C. Armstrong, Deputy Director MIT Energy Initiative, Cambridge, MA, USA

Prof. Eric Goles, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago, Chile

Prof. Yongqi Lou, Deputy Head of Art & Design Department, CAUP Tongji University,

Shanghai, China

Prof. Konrad Osterwalder, Rector United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan

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Sponsors

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Giovanni Di Gennaro

Companies Participating to

Projects, 2007-2009

Accenture, Agenzia Milanese Mobilità e Ambiente, AIPO - Agenzia Interregionale per il

fiume Po, Alcatel Lucent, Amet, Associazione Nazionale di Salvamento, Assolombarda,

Autorità di Bacino del fiume Po, Avio, Barilla Group, Camera di Commercio di Torino,

Carlo Gavazzi Space, Cefriel, Comune di Gaeta, Comune di Ivrea, Comune di Milano,

Comune di Pantelleria, Consorzio per gli insediamenti produttivi del Canavese, CSI –

Piemonte, DigiSky, Ecole Nazionale Supérieure d’Architecture de Lyon, Edison Spa, Enel,

Eni, Ente Parco fluviale del Po tratto torinese, F38F, Fondazione Adriano Olivetti,

Fondazione Casa della Carità, Fondazione Hermann Hesse, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto

Nazionale dei Tumori, Fondazione IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Fondazione San

Raffaele del Monte Tabor, Fumagalli, G Studio, IBM Italia, IEDO, Indesit Company,

Infosolution, Ingenia, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, ISMB - Istituto Superiore Mario

Boella, ITG - International Technology Group, Lutech, Modigliani Institut, Multiplicity, One

Works, Pathways to Housing, Procter&Gamble, Provincia di Torino, Radio Televisione

Italiana, Regione Piemonte, Reply, Selex Communications, Shanghai Forever Bicycle Co.,

Shima Seiki Italia, Sim-patia, SlowFood, Softeco Sismat, Solvay Solexis, Soprintendenza del

Mare per la Regione Sicilia, Stanford University, Studio Harrauer, Studio Sarin, TekTao

Urban design, Telecom Italia, Teuco Guzzini, Thales Alenia Space, The MathWorks, TRE -

Tozzi Renewable Energy, TTW, Tulton, Unesco, Università di Udine, University of

California Los Angeles, University of Massachusetts, University of Queensland, Vibram

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Giovanni Di Gennaro

ALUMNI Association

• Created officially in June 2007

• Mission: facilitate networking among ASP Alumni, support the

professional and personal development of ASP Alumni, enhance ASP

visibility

• Activities

• Newsletter

• Alumni Days/Events (2/year)

• Placement poll