Rossi Monica
Associate Professor
Monica Rossi is Associate Professor at the School of Management, Politecnico di Milano, where she earned her PhD in Industrial Engineering in 2014. She has been a visiting researcher at MIT, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Sorbonne UTC, and Rutgers University. Her teaching covers Product Lifecycle Management and Industrial Technologies at MSc level, and Lean Product Development and Digital Engineering in executive programs.
Her research focuses on the design of human-centric systems, and she integrates innovative teaching approaches such as Learning Factories and Gamification.
Career
PhD: Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.
Master of Science: Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano.
Research
Her research activity focuses on the design and management of innovative complex engineering systems (Systems Engineering) throughout their entire life cycle (Life Cycle Thinking), and on the design of Human-Centric systems, through the adoption of innovative teaching methods such as Learning Factories and Gamification.
Selected Publications
- Georgopoulou, C., Di Maria, C., Di Ilio, G., Cigolotti, V., Minutillo, M., Rossi, M., ... & Boonen, E. J. (2025). On the identification of regulatory gaps for hydrogen as maritime fuel. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 75, 104224.
- Bassel Kassem, Maira Callupe, Monica Rossi, Matteo Rossini, Alberto Portioli-Staudacher (2024). Lean 4.0: a systematic literature review on the interaction between lean production and industry 4.0 pillars. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management 27 September 2024; 35 (4): 821–847.
- Fani, V., Bucci, I., Rossi, M., & Bandinelli, R. (2024). Lean and industry 4.0 principles toward industry 5.0: a conceptual framework and empirical insights from fashion industry. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 35(9), 122-141.
- Sullivan, B. P., Arias Nava, E., Rossi, M., & Terzi, S. (2023). A systematic literature review of changeability in engineering systems along the life cycle. Journal of Engineering Design, 34(12), 1046-1098.
- Lugaresi, G., Ciappina, A. D., Rossi, M., & Matta, A. (2023). Exploiting a combined process mining approach to enhance the discovery and analysis of support processes in manufacturing. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 36(2), 169-189.
Grants, awards and Honours
She received the Shingo Research Award for the volume The Routledge Companion to Lean Management, in which she co-authored the chapter “Lean Product and Process Development” (Routledge, 2017).
Community service
Research projects
SKillAIbility
Project detailse-SHyIPS - Define the new guidelines for an effective introduction of hydrogen in maritime passenger transport sector
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