dr. A. Martinetti MSc (Alberto)

Alberto (1985) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Design, Production and Management at the University of Twente.

He leads the group of Humanitarian Engineering positioned in the chair of Asset Management and Maintenance Engineering.

"We aspire to shape a world where every individual has access to necessities, essential services and developmental opportunities regardless of their socio-economic background or geographic location through the implementation of Humanitarian Engineering principles and fostering a culture of innovation, inclusivity and long-term sustainability."

Alberto holds an MSc in Geo-resources and Geo-technologies Engineering (2009) and a PhD in Safety and Health (2013) on the Prevention through Design approach in mining activities both achieved at the Polytechnic of Turin.

Alberto focused his research for years on Maintenance Technology before moving forward with the new challenge in Humanitarian Engineering Design (appropriate and sustainable technological interventions for short- and long-term scenarios). Alberto started together with Dr. Peter Chemweno the Humanitarian Engieering action that led to course, minor and MSc Programme in Humanitarian Engineering.

He is also chairman of the NGO "Edubox", a self-contained container for underserved communities' education and training. In January 2024 he was selected as a member of the IRDR Young Scientist Programme of UN DRR.

Alberto has published more than 70 publications in peer-reviewed journals and conferences, and he has co-chaired and organised several conferences and guest-edited several special issues in scientific journals. 

Organisations

RESEARCH INTEREST

Humanitarian Engineering || Maintenance Engineering || Occupational Safety & Health || Risk Analysis || Hazard Identification Techniques ||  Antifragility Engineering || Augmented and Virtual Reality

EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH INTEREST

Alberto’s educational researches focus also on Student-driven Learning (SUTQ), Adaptive Learning (Comenius Teaching Grant)

phd supervision

Ongoing PhD supervision

• ir. Arno Kok - IT/OT Convergence in the Railway industry (NS);
• ir. Ashrith Jain - PHM for sustainable aviation (NLR);
• Alessandro Giacotto  - Prescriptive Maintenance strategies in the aviation industry (Embraer/ITA, Brazil);
• Zikambiyani Haanyika - Design for Social Justice;
• Manar Obeidat, MArt - Master-Apprentice model in humanitarian contenxt;
• Carolyne Chemweno, MSc - Social and Structural Determinants of Inclusive Technology Education in Low and Middle-Income Countries;
• Samwel Kimani, MSc - Enhancing Engineering Curricula for Resource-Constrained Vocational Schools;

Completed PhD Supervision

• Dr.ir. Yawar Abbas - Advancing knowledge management for system integration: Improving the management of lessons learned to enhance organisational learning and railway system performance (University of Twente, NL);
• Dr.ir. Sara Scheffer - Let’s augment the future together! Augmented reality troubleshooting support for IT/OT rolling stock failures (University of Twente, NL);
• ir. Ashrith Jain, EngD - Design for Maintenance in Sustainable Aviation: Role of maintenance in transition from a conventional aircraft to an electric aircraft (University of Twente, NL);
• Dr. Robert Houghtorn (Imperial College of London, UK)

Publications

Research profiles

Affiliated study programs

Courses academic year 2025/2026

Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.

Courses academic year 2024/2025

Address

University of Twente

Horst Complex (building no. 20), room W233
De Horst 2
7522 LW Enschede
Netherlands

Navigate to location

Organisations