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PhD School Opening at the University of Milano-Bicocca

PhD School Opening at the University of Milano-Bicocca. Aims and activities Franca Morazzoni Department of Material Science. MIUR guidelines for PhD activation. The MIUR rules for the activation of PhD Courses aim :

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PhD School Opening at the University of Milano-Bicocca

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  1. PhD School Opening at the University of Milano-Bicocca Aims and activities Franca Morazzoni Department of Material Science

  2. MIUR guidelines for PhD activation The MIUR rulesfor the activation of PhDCourses aim: 1) to createa disciplinaryand interdisciplinary environment 2) to offercourses at an advanced level specifically on informatics projectmanagement intellectual property technology transfer foreign languages for scholars

  3. ANVUR published the following requirements for opening a PhD Course: A 1. Adequate location of the PhD Course A 2. Adequatescientificskills A 3. Adequate tutoring in the course (quality and number) A 4. Adequate number of grants A 5. Adequatescientificstructures A 6. Organization of detailed and unified training activity

  4. The courses should contribute to the development of a thesis involving as many interdisciplinary aspects as possible in order to successfully complete the research project the preparation of PhD graduates for positions in academic, public and industrial research, scientific management

  5. Comments on the first PhD Schools of Milano-Bicocca The PhD School of Science, given as satisfied the quality of the governanceand of the location, suggested: common enrollmentcriteria for allPhDcourses(qualifications and interview) organized courses with required annual exams common standardsfor thesis compilation and defense. In the 7 PhD Schools of Milano-Bicocca there was a lack of a common core program and research format. The probable reason is that either students or tutors were unable to recognize that a common behaviour is useful for optimizing professional results and also adds value to the PhD istitution

  6. Innovation in the School of Milano-Bicocca 2014 The decision of Milano-Bicocca was to constitute a unique PhD School composed of 19 PhD courses The School will decide enrollmentcriteria a minimum number of cfu corresponding to organized courses in advanced and elective disciplines relative annual exams, together with scientific report on thesis activity criteria for thesis compilation and defense

  7. 2014 PhD Courses in Milano-Bicocca ANTROPOLOGIA CULTURALE E SOCIALEProf. Ugo Fabietti ECONOMIA - DEFAP Prof.ssa Giovanna Iannantuoni FISICA E ASTRONOMIA Prof. Giuseppe Chirico INFORMATICA Prof.ssa Stefania Bandini MATEMATICA PURA ED APPLICATA Prof. Roberto Paoletti MEDICINA TRASLAZIONALE E MOLECOLARE - DIMET Prof. Andrea Biondi NEUROSCIENZE Prof. Guido Cavaletti URBEUR-QUASI, CITTA' E SOCIETA' DELL'INFORMAZIONE Prof.ssa Serena Vicari

  8. PSICOLOGIA, LINGUISTICA E NEUROSCIENZE COGNITIVE Prof.ssa Maria Teresa Guasti SANITA' PUBBLICA Prof. Guido Grassi SCIENZA E NANOTECNOLOGIA DEI MATERIALI Prof. Gianpaolo Brivio SCIENZE DELL’AMBIENTE, DELLA TERRA, SCIENZE CHIMICHE Prof. Marco Vighi SCIENZE DELLA FORMAZIONE E DELLA COMUNICAZIONE Prof.ssa Laura Formenti SCIENZE BIOLOGICHE E BIOTECNOLOGICHE Prof. Marco Vanoni SCIENZE GIURIDICHE Prof.ssa Margherita Ramajoli SOCIOLOGIA APPLICATA E METODOLOGIA DELLA RICERCA Prof.ssa Carmen Leccardi SOCIALE STATISTICA E MATEMATICA PER LA FINANZA Prof. Giorgio Vittadini

  9. PhDGrants in 2014 Bicocca Bursariesgrants 104 National Young Grants 7 Company grantscurrently 6 Total grants 117 Average per course 6.1

  10. PhD School Governance Franca MorazzoniPresident (MFFNN Science deputy) Guido Cavaletti Medicine deputy Mariateresa Guasti Human Science deputy Giovanna Iannantuoni Economics deputy Ester Tagliavini GovernanceSecretary The Governance refers to Senate and to CdA regarding the decisions on programs and resources

  11. Horizon2020 European program indicates courseguidelines 1 Scientific Excellence 2 Industrial Leadership 3SocietalChallenges

  12. Scientific Excellence Thiswillraise the level of excellence in Europe’s science base and ensure a steady stream of world classresearch to secureEurope’s long termcompetitiveness The objective is typically pursued by individual PhD courses, respecting each discipline’scharacteristics The activation of a limited number of advanced courses isrecommended, as a cultural program, possibly at the inter-multi-disciplinary level. Thiswillpreparestudents for innovation in research. Innovation in research is currently a real problem.

  13. Pathways to scientific excellence Students must attend courses corresponding to at least 8 cfu, concerning advanced disciplinary and avant-gardeissues They are alsoencouraged to attend schools at an advanced level which support their scientific formation An internship of six months minimum at a foreign laboratory is suggested Seminars on the resources of the digital library will be offered to all students and will be organized by the School

  14. Examples of advanced and avant-gardecourses Topics in stochastic analysis(advancedcourse of PhD in Mathematics) Advanced topics in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology(advancedcourse of PhD in Informatics) Experimental design, Statistics and Method (Advanced course of PhD in Pschology) Econometrics( Advanced course of PhD in Economics DEFAP) Abelian varieties of low dimension( electivecourse of PhD in Mathematics) Computational approaches to Physical and Virtual Crowd Phenomena(electivecourse of PhD in Informatics) Neuroimaging techniques(electivecourse of PhD in Psychology) Banking and Finance (electivecourse of PhD in Economics DEFAP)

  15. Industrial leadership Thiswillaimatmaking Europe a more attractive location to invest in research and innovation by promotingactivitieswhere businesses set the agenda. Itwillprovide major investment in key industrial technologies, with dedicatedsupport for nanotechnologies, advancedmaterials, biotechnology, advanced manufacturing and processing, and space. The objectivesimplydifferentactions: 1) The organization of courses of research management and intellectual property (organized by the School) 2) Internshipsat Companies to develop part of the PhDthesis, under the supervision of company tutors 3) Collaborations with the mostrelevantorganizations of industrial research (e.g.Assolombarda) 4) Courses of scientificcommunication, also in foreignlanguages

  16. Pathways in industrial leadership 4 cfu on the following subjects will be proposed to all PhD courses and will be organized by the School ManagingResearchProjects Organizational Design Legal contracts Scientific communication In additioninternalships at companies are suggested, an exampleis the InteractionbetweenPirelli Tyre and the Universityof Milano Bicocca, through the fundingof CORIMAV and Fondazione Tronchetti Provera.

  17. Pathways in industrial leadership Courses

  18. Activities in rubber materials Advances in devulcanization processes New organic and inorganic fillers Advances in Polymerization and polymer characterization UniversityDepartments Fondazione Tronchetti Provera Consorzio CORIMAV Ambiente Biotecnologie Scienza dei materiali

  19. Silica-basedrubbernanocomposites CORIMAVActionby Prof.FrancaMorazzoni, Prof.Roberto Scotti, Dr. Massimiliano D’Arienzo, UniMib Dr.EnricoAlbizzati, Dr.ThomasHanel, Dr.RaffaellaDonetti. Dr. Luca Giannini, Pirelli Tyre PhDUniMibstudents: Laura Wahba, Luciano Tadiello, Antonio Susanna, Matteo Redaelli, CharuGarg

  20. Mainobjective To suggest a rationale design for obtaining a network with suitable filler composition, nanoparticle shape and filler-rubber interface which optimizes the mechanical properties of rubber nanocomposite.

  21. Open problems Tooptimize the inorganic filler dispersion, byimproving the inorganic-organiccompatibilization To design the filler network by controlling the thresholdpercolativeproperties Solvingmethods Performingin-situ filler syntheses Investigation on the particle self assembly and alignment

  22. Shape-controlledsilica filler byex-situsol-gel synthesisofsilica-rubbernanocomposites aspectratio 2 ShapecontrolledSiO2 /rubbernanocomposites ShapecontrolledSiO2nanoparticles • Shape controlled spherical and rod-like silica NPs with different aspect ratios (1-10) were synthesized by a sol-gel method using TEOS and MPTSM as silica precursors and the surfactant CTAB as structure directing agent. • Spherical and anisotropic rod-like particles form a network of particles bridged by thin rubber layers throughout the rubber (SBR) matrix. Moreover, differently oriented domains of rods aligned along the main axis occurred when the aspect ratio is > 2. • Rod-like particles with the highest aspect ratio provided stronger reinforcement of the rubber. This was related to the self-alignment of the anisotropic particles and to their large filler/polymer interface, compared to that of spherical ones. aspectratio 5 Polymer (2013) submitted

  23. Silica as a filler: summary • The filler dispersion is optimized by the in situ growth of filler nanoparticles, in non hydrolytic conditions • Filler network constituted by anisotropic nanoparticles with high aspect ratio shows alignement along the elongation axis and displays enhanced mechanical response. • PUBLICATIONS • R. Scotti, L. Wahba, M. Crippa, M. D’Arienzo, R. Donetti, N. Santo, F. Morazzoni, “Rubber-silicananocompositesobtained by in situ sol-gel method: particleshapeinfluence on the filler-filler and filler-rubberinteractions”, Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 2131. • L. Wahba, M. D’Arienzo, R. Donetti, T. Hanel, R. Scotti, L. Tadiello, F. Morazzoni, “In situ solgelobtainedsilica-rubbernanocomposites: influence of the filler precursors on the improvement of the mechanicalproperties”, RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 5832. • L. Wahba, M. D’Arienzo, S. Diré, R. Donetti, T. Hanel, F. Morazzoni, M. Niederberger, N. Santo, L. Tadiello, R. Scotti “Novel non-aqueous sol-gel route for the in-situ synthesis of high loadedsilica-rubbernanocomposites”, Soft Matter, 2013, in press. • R. Scotti, M. D’Arienzo, L. Conzatti, T. Hanel, L. Giannini, P. Stagnaro, L. Tadiello, F. Morazzoni, “Shapecontrolledspherical (0D) and rod-like (1D) silicananoparticles in silica/SBR nanocomposites: role fo the particlemorphology on the filler reinforcingeffect”, Polymer, 2013, submitted.

  24. Societal Challenges Thisreflects the policy priorities of the Europe 2020 strategies and addresses major concernsshared by citizens in Europe and elsewhere: Health, demographic change and wellbeing; Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research and the bio-economy; Secure, clean and efficientenergy; Smart , green and integratedtransport; Climateaction ,resourceefficiency and rawmaterials; Inclusive, innovative and secure societies. The action involves a possible development of theses or part of them, which consider the combined approach of different disciplines to the general objective; preferentially using co-tutoring. These kinds of theses are notfrequentlypresent in the PhD courses, as the different disciplines are generallynot equally balanced. There will be foreign language and informatics courses to attend of 2 cfu each. In this context the experience in a foreign country is obligatory, and a properapproach to the language has to be introduced in the PhD School.

  25. Pathways in SocietalChallenges tentative hypothesis in Milano-Bicocca is to address a PhD course or PhD curricula on raw materials which are non-food or energy materials, whose source are becoming scarse. Thishas negative consequences for companies. Some of these are rare and preciousmetals, naturalrubber, wood, paper, minerals for building materials EC will give special support to train in this area formation projects on this subject.

  26. Concludingremarks The PhD School of Milano Bicocca aims: To pursueimportantresearchobjectives, through the European calls: scientific excellence, industrial partnerships, societalchallenges. butmainly to supply young researchers in all the scientific disciplines (both academic and research environments) to be reference of the job market also supplying an aggregation point wherever advanced knowledge is required, mainly for companies

  27. PhD Employment level in 2009-2010 (National) three years after the diploma employment level is 92,8% Specifically in Industrial Engineering and Informatics 97% in MMFFNN, Medical and Agricultural Sciences 90-92% in Human Sciences 88-90% in Law and Economics 95%

  28. Employmentlevel of Milano-Bicocca PhD Science 90% Biology and Earth Science 89.2 Economics and Statistics100 % Law and Social Sciences 86.1 % Medicine100%

  29. Employment type • Post DocGrant 6.6% • Research Contract 16.2% • Work Project 10.3% • Independent work 13-9% • Temporary job 15% • Permanent job 38%

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