DrMarco Aurisicchio
Associate Professor in Engineering Design
Dyson School of Design Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
- Associate Professor in Engineering DesignDyson School of Design Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
- Office 1 (104), Dyson Building, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom
BIO
Dr Marco Aurisicchio is Reader - Associate Professor - in Engineering Design in the Dyson School at Imperial College London. His current roles include:
- Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) Industrial Fellowship with Procter & Gamble.
- Research Excellence Framework (REF) lead for the Dyson School of Design Engineering.
- Academic lead in the London Interdisciplinary Social Science (LISS) Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP).
- Co-lead Ocean Plastic Network.
- External associate at the Human Centered Systems Lab at NASA's Ames Research Center.
- Course leader for the 2nd year Sustainable Design Engineering module taught in the MEng in Design Engineering.
- Course leader for the Sustainable Systems module taught in the MSc / MA in Innovation Design Engineering run jointly by Imperial and the Royal College of Art.
- Tutor in the Innovation Design Engineering (IDE) programme between Imperial College and the Royal College of Art.
- Academic champion for the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) Visiting Professor in the School.
He leads a team of PhD students and Research Associates working on projects funded by industry and the Research Councils UK. As part of his research Marco has collaborated with various businesses and agencies including the Ragn-Sells Group, Procter & Gamble (Gillette, Swiffer, Oral-B, Vicks), Nestle, Weir Minerals, Laing O'Rourke, CERN, Nacco Materials Handling Group, NASA, Solar Turbines, Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems and Smiths Medical International.
Marco has had the roles of Director of Research and Director of Postgraduate Studies in the Dyson School. Prior to joining the School, he was a Senior Lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Imperial. He joined Imperial from the Engineering Design Centre at the University of Cambridge where he studied his Ph.D. in Engineering Design and then progressed to a Research Associate post. During his doctoral and postdoctoral research, he worked within the BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce University Technology Partnership for Design. Marco received a Laurea in Mechanical Engineering from the Universita’ degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" in 2000.
His research interests are in the following areas.
- Sustainable manufacturing and consumption.
- User experience and human-product interaction.
- Construction as manufacturing.
- Engineering safety-critical systems.
Tools for design rationale capture:
- Decision Rationale editor (DRed).
- design Visual Understanding Environment (designVUE).
Tools and frameworks to design for a circular economy:
- Business ecosystem strategy: Circular Business Ecosystem Model Canvas.
- Policy Mixes Analysis: Circular Policy Canvas.
- Circular business models: Access based business model framework.
- Circular systems design: Flow Mapper.
- Resource-centric customer journey mapping: Behaviour chains.
His research has been published in a variety of journals including Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Automation in Construction, Research in Engineering Design and Journal of Engineering Design. He has also published articles for the World Economic Forum.
Research projects
- LOTI ReCare project on 'Repair of electrical goods in London'.
- RE:Source and Ragn-Sells Group project titled 'Water Treatment Plants as Resource Hubs'.
- RAEng and P&G project titled 'Design for Circular Consumption in the Home Environment'.
- EPSRC and P&G project titled 'Circular Behaviour and Product Service Systems'.
- EPSRC and P&G project titled 'Closing the Loops of Fast Moving Consumer Goods'.
- EPSRC project titled 'Holistic integration of technology, design and policy for a greener plastic future'.
PhD applicants
- Enquiries from potential research students interested in working in any of the above research areas are welcome.
Divulgation articles
- What is an access-based business model and can it tackle waste and protect resources? World Economic Forum.
Featured media mentions
- Making repair the first choice for Londoners with broken electrical appliances, Imperial College London (2023)
- Materials as a service, Imperial College London (2023)
- Access beats ownership in radical new business model, Imperial College London (2022)
- Cleaner, greener plastics, Imperial College London (2021)
- Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) Industrial Fellowship with Procter & Gamble.
- Research Excellence Framework (REF) lead for the Dyson School of Design Engineering.
- Academic lead in the London Interdisciplinary Social Science (LISS) Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP).
- Co-lead Ocean Plastic Network.
- External associate at the Human Centered Systems Lab at NASA's Ames Research Center.
- Course leader for the 2nd year Sustainable Design Engineering module taught in the MEng in Design Engineering.
- Course leader for the Sustainable Systems module taught in the MSc / MA in Innovation Design Engineering run jointly by Imperial and the Royal College of Art.
- Tutor in the Innovation Design Engineering (IDE) programme between Imperial College and the Royal College of Art.
- Academic champion for the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) Visiting Professor in the School.
He leads a team of PhD students and Research Associates working on projects funded by industry and the Research Councils UK. As part of his research Marco has collaborated with various businesses and agencies including the Ragn-Sells Group, Procter & Gamble (Gillette, Swiffer, Oral-B, Vicks), Nestle, Weir Minerals, Laing O'Rourke, CERN, Nacco Materials Handling Group, NASA, Solar Turbines, Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems and Smiths Medical International.
Marco has had the roles of Director of Research and Director of Postgraduate Studies in the Dyson School. Prior to joining the School, he was a Senior Lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Imperial. He joined Imperial from the Engineering Design Centre at the University of Cambridge where he studied his Ph.D. in Engineering Design and then progressed to a Research Associate post. During his doctoral and postdoctoral research, he worked within the BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce University Technology Partnership for Design. Marco received a Laurea in Mechanical Engineering from the Universita’ degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" in 2000.
His research interests are in the following areas.
- Sustainable manufacturing and consumption.
- User experience and human-product interaction.
- Construction as manufacturing.
- Engineering safety-critical systems.
Tools for design rationale capture:
- Decision Rationale editor (DRed).
- design Visual Understanding Environment (designVUE).
Tools and frameworks to design for a circular economy:
- Business ecosystem strategy: Circular Business Ecosystem Model Canvas.
- Policy Mixes Analysis: Circular Policy Canvas.
- Circular business models: Access based business model framework.
- Circular systems design: Flow Mapper.
- Resource-centric customer journey mapping: Behaviour chains.
His research has been published in a variety of journals including Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Industrial Ecology, Automation in Construction, Research in Engineering Design and Journal of Engineering Design. He has also published articles for the World Economic Forum.
Research projects
- LOTI ReCare project on 'Repair of electrical goods in London'.
- RE:Source and Ragn-Sells Group project titled 'Water Treatment Plants as Resource Hubs'.
- RAEng and P&G project titled 'Design for Circular Consumption in the Home Environment'.
- EPSRC and P&G project titled 'Circular Behaviour and Product Service Systems'.
- EPSRC and P&G project titled 'Closing the Loops of Fast Moving Consumer Goods'.
- EPSRC project titled 'Holistic integration of technology, design and policy for a greener plastic future'.
PhD applicants
- Enquiries from potential research students interested in working in any of the above research areas are welcome.
Divulgation articles
- What is an access-based business model and can it tackle waste and protect resources? World Economic Forum.
Featured media mentions
- Making repair the first choice for Londoners with broken electrical appliances, Imperial College London (2023)
- Materials as a service, Imperial College London (2023)
- Access beats ownership in radical new business model, Imperial College London (2022)
- Cleaner, greener plastics, Imperial College London (2021)
FACULTY
- Faculty of Engineering
POSITION NAME
- Associate Professor in Engineering Design