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Rocca Roberto

Post-research fellow

Core Faculty | Post Doc


Roberto Rocca is a post-doc researcher at the Manufacturing Group of the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering of Politecnico di Milano since 2017. He obtained his Ph.D. in Management Engineering in 2023 in the field of industrial architectures for sustainable manufacturing in the cosmetics industry. His research areas include sustainable manufacturing paradigm, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology, metrics for environmental sustainability performances and impacts in manufacturing, Circular Economy, and digital technologies adoption for environmental sustainability. His main experiences are related to cosmetics, food and automotive sectors. He is a Project Manager for consultancy projects related to environmental sustainability and digital transition in collaboration with manufacturing companies and a coordinator of research activities linked to projects funded by the European Community (e.g. CLARUS European project). He worked in the past on many other European research projects, like FAR-EDGE, L4MS and FENIX projects. He is involved in many teaching activities in Politecnico di Milano (i.e., courses of Industrial Plant Management and Operations Management in the Food Industry); in collaboration with Politecnico Gsom and MADE (study tours, master and education programs for companies in the fields of sustainability and digitalization); and in collaboration with post-graduation courses (ITS). He is also author and co-author of scientific publications in international journals, books and conferences.


Career

Ph.D. in Management Engineering

Thesis: “A novel ICT data-driven architecture for Sustainable Manufacturing in the Cosmetics Industry”


Master’s Degree in Management Engineering – Sustainability and Energy Management

Thesis: “Development of an assessment methodology to support the Circular Economy: an application in Additive Manufacturing”


Research

  1. Measurement and analysis of environmental impacts; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology;
  2. Environmental sustainability and energy efficiency applied to manufacturing systems, with a particular focus on Industrial Symbiosis and Circular Economy;
  3. Development of eco-design tools for manufacturing companies;
  4. Application of digital technologies to improve environmental sustainability performance in industrial processes;
  5. Strategic roadmaps for the integration of sustainability in companies strategy;
  6. Support in the certification process for environmental certification schemes;
  7. Study of migration strategies to support companies in the transition toward the Industry 4.0 paradigm.


Selected Publications

  1. Rocca, R., Acerbi, F., Fumagalli, L., Taisch, M. (2022). Sustainability paradigm in the cosmetics industry: State of the art. Cleaner Waste Systems, 3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clwas.2022.100057.
  2. Acerbi, F., Rocca, R., Fumagalli, L., Taisch, M. (2023). Enhancing the cosmetics industry sustainability through a renewed sustainable supplier selection model. Production and Manufacturing Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/21693277.2022.2161021.
  3. Rocca, R., Acerbi, F., Fumagalli, L., Taisch, M. (2023). Development of an LCA‐based tool to assess the environmental sustainability level of cosmetics products. Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-023-02219-0.
  4. Rocca, R., Rosa, P., Sassanelli, C., Fumagalli, L., Terzi, S. (2020). Integrating virtual reality and digital twin in circular economy practices: A laboratory application case. Sustainability (Switzerland), 12(6), 2286. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su12062286.
  5. Rocca, R., Sassanelli, C., Rosa, P., Terzi, S. (2021). Circular Economy Performance Assessment. New Business Models for the Reuse of Secondary Resources from WEEEs. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Cham. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74886-9_3.


Community service

Research projects

  • CLARUS - Optimizing Production and Logistic Resources in the Time-critical Bio Production Industries in Europe

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