Francesco G. Galizia is Senior Assistant Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering (DIN) of the Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna. The scientific, teaching, research and technology transfer activities are within the Scientific Disciplinary Sector Ing-Ind/17 - Industrial Mechanical Systems Engineering and focus on the design, management and optimization of advanced production systems with particular attention to the development and validation of multi-objective methods.
Since November 2019, he has been qualified as Associate Professor for the Scientific Sector 09/B2 - INDUSTRIAL MECHANICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING - SSD ING-IND/17 as a result of the National Scientific Qualification (ASN) of the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR).
Education
During the period October 2019 - August 2023, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Industrial Engineering (DIN), Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna.
In March 2020 he obtained the degree of PhD in MECHATRONIC AND PRODUCT INNOVATION ENGINEERING - Address "Industrial Plants and Logistics" at the University of Padua with a thesis entitled "Reconfigurability principles in the design and management of advanced production systems", Supervisors: Prof. Cristina Mora and Prof. Marco Bortolini.
From January to April 2018 he is VISITING SCHOLAR at the Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Centre (IMS) of the University of Windsor (Ontario, Canada) under the supervision of Prof. Hoda ElMaraghy, Canada Research Chair in Manufacturing Systems.
In December 2015, he obtained his master's degree in Management Engineering (with a 110/110 cum laude) from the School of Engineering and Architecture of Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, discussing a thesis entitled "Is lean necessarily green? Evaluation of production performance and environmental impact in a two-tier logistics network." Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Cristina Mora, Co-Rapporteurs: Prof. Marco Bortolini and Alberto Regattieri.
Scientific and Research Activity
At September 2023, scientific and research activities have led to the writing of about 60 scientific memoirs, including memoirs published in international journals, book chapters for international scientific volumes, and memoirs presented and/or included in proceedings of international conferences.
Editor of the volume Springer Production Processes and Product Evolution in the Age of Disruption - Proceedings of the 9th Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production Conference (CARV2023) and the 11th World Mass Customization & Personalization Conference (MCPC2023), Bologna, Italy, June 2023.
Guest Editor of the Special Issue entitled Energy Efficiency in Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing: Emerging Trends, Models and Applications in the Industry 4.0 Era for the International Journal of Energy and Power Technology by LIDSEN Publishing Inc.
Guest Editor of the Special Issue entitled Assembly System Design in the Industry 4.0 for the international indexed journal Applied Sciences an Open Access Journal by MDPI (IF: 2,838).
Guest Editor of the Special Issue entitled Frontier of Sustainable Manufacturing: Production Systems, Supply Chain Network Design and Maintenance for the international indexed journal Sustainability by MDPI (IF: 3,889).
Guest Editor of the Special Issue entitled Emerging Methods and Tool for Production Systems' Design and Management in the Mass Customization Era for the international indexed journal Applied Sciences an Open Access Journal by MDPI (IF: 2,838).
Topical Advsisor Panel Member for the international indexed journal Applied Sciences an Open Access Journal by MDPI (IF: 2,838).
Review Editor for the "Sustainable Manufacturing" section of the international journal Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology.
Refereeing and peer-review activities for leading scientific journals in the SSD, including: International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Computer & Industrial Engineering, Omega: The International Journal of Management Science, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Journal of Cleaner Production, European Journal of Operational Research, Assembly Automation.
Dissemination
Since 2016, participation in International Conferences, Conferences, Seminars, Meetings and Workshops of reference for SSD as a speaker and session chair.
Chair of the International Conferences 9th Changeable, Agile, Reconfigurable and Virtual Production Conference (CARV2023) and 11th World Mass Customization & Personalization Conference (MCPC2023). Bologna, June 20-23, 2023.
Conference Co-Chair of the invited session "Lean Practices for Sustainable Process-product Design and Management in the Industry 4.0 era" at the "9th International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (SDM-2022)."
Conference Co-Chair of the invited session "Industry 4.0: strategies, models, tools and experiences for smart production system design, management and optimization" at the" 8th International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (SDM-2021)."
Conference Co-Chair of the invited session "Design and management of advanced production systems in the Industry 4.0 era" at the "7th International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing (SDM-2020)."
Conference Chair of the session "Manufacturing Sustainability" at the "25th International Conference on Production Research (ICPR 2019)" held in Chicago, Illinois (USA).
Teaching Activities
Academic Teaching
From A.Y. 2023/2024 holder of the teaching Automotive Manufacturing & Assembly Systems for master students in Advanced Automotive Engineering
From A.Y. 2015/2016 to A.Y. 2022/2023 tutoring activities at courses in the SSD to which he belongs (ING-IND/17) active for undergraduate and master's degree courses in Management Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.
Other Teaching Assignments
Since 2019 tutoring assignments at BBS - Bologna Business School, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna within the framework of University Master's programs
Since 2018 teaching assignments at Fondazione Aldini Valeriani on issues related to production management and planning within IFTS and Qualified Courses
Since 2018 teaching assignments at Fondazione ITS per la Mobilità Sostenibile e la Logistica on issues related to production management and planning and logistics as part of ITS Courses for the release of the qualification of "Tecnico Superiore per la Logistica 4.0 e la Smart Mobility"
