Universita di Genova
Design for sustainability - Circular economy - New product development

Benedetta Rotondo

PhD student in Design
Politecnico di Milano

Benedetta Rotondo

Education

Education

2022

Master's degree in Design & Engineering

Politecnico di Milano - Milan (MI), Italy

110 cum laude


Final Project Work: development of a non-invasive medical device for blood pre-donation
screening in collaboration with Delcon S.r.l
Thesis: “POMOPLA^2: biobased composite with tomato by-products for cicular packaging
application”. Research, development, characterization and application of an innovative material. A sustainable alternative to fossil based plastics that enhance the tomato by-products of agri-food companies. The whole project was carried out in collaboration with Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Genova, Italy).

2019

Bachelor's degree in Industrial Product Design

Politecnico di Milano - Milan (MI), Italy

110 cum laude

2019

Erasmus in Industrial Product Design

Universidad de Extremadura - Mérida (Badajoz, Extremadura), Spain

Language skills

English - Good
IELTS - British Council


Spanish - Expert or full professional
DELE - Instituto Cervantes


Academic and research experience

  • 2023 - Ongoing

    Assistant professor in Design & Engineering

    Politecnico di Milano - Milano, Italy


    Assistant professor at the course “Product Development Design Studio 2” of the Design & Engineering Master Degree
  • 2023

    Assistant professor

    Politecnico di Milano - Milano, Italy


    Tutor at the workshop “Progettare e valorizzare l’esperienza di raccolta dei RAEE”
  • 2023

    Assistant professor in Product Design

    Politecnico di Milano - Milano, Italy


    Assistant professor at the Final Synthesis Lab. P2 of Product Design Degree

Skills

other

  • Career Service Award

    Employability - Orientamento professionale - Valutazione

    Il Career Service Award è un attestato digitale che certifica un percorso formativo di orientamento personalizzato mirato a guidare lo studente verso una scelta consapevole del proprio futuro professionale nel mondo del lavoro.
  • Masterclass Excellent in Excel

  • Foundamentals of Organization

    This course introduces the key theories, concepts, models and approaches related to Organizational Design, Business Process Management and Decision Making Process Management.
  • Samsung Innovation Camp

  • ECDL certification

Interpersonal skill

  • Team work

  • Problem solving

  • Organizational skills

Expertise

  • SolidWorks

  • Rhinoceros 3D

  • Adobe Illustrator

  • InDesign

  • Photoshop

  • AutoCAD

  • Scienza dei materiali

  • Design for manufacturing

  • Concept design

  • Illustrazione digitale

  • Modellazione 3D