PhD Candidate in Integrated resilient products & value chains for a sustainable future

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We have a vacancy for a PhD Candidate at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.

For a position as a PhD Candidate, the goal is a completed doctoral education up to an obtained doctoral degree.

While Industry 4.0 is primarily a techno-economic vision, indicating how more general technological advancements are brought to bear on industrial value chains and how they will change industry's economic position, EU commission recently introduced the Industry 5.0 concept as a way of framing how European industry and emerging societal trends and needs will co-exist. Industry 5.0 recognizes the power of industry to achieve societal goals beyond jobs and growth to become a resilient provider of prosperity, by making production respect the boundaries of our planet and placing the wellbeing of the industry worker at the center of the production process. There is a consensus on the need to better integrate social and environmental European priorities into technological innovation and to shift the focus from individual technologies to a systemic approach.

This systemic approach is mandatory when new products are developed and designed. Designers and Engineers must consider the whole value chains needed to produce and distribute more and more complex and personalized products to final costumers.

Robust integrated products and value chains design approaches are nowadays mandatory to provide the right product and service through resilient value chains operating in a world where disruptions are more and more frequent. Aspects related to circular economy, closed-loop supply chain, industrial symbiosis are important to consider in order to develop sustainable products and value chains. Examples of application sectors are Construction, Shipbuilding, Machinery, Automotive among the others.

The purpose of this PhD research plan is to create new knowledge on how to develop integrated resilient products & value chains for a sustainable future through the following sub-objectives:

1. Development of robust product development approaches

2. Development of digital value chains for proactive disruptions management

3. Development of integrated approaches

You will report to professor.