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.

Faculty of Engineering Technology (ET), Asset Management & Maintenance Engineering (AMME)

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)

Martinetti, A., Trauernicht, N., Dietrich, M. , & Chemweno, P. K. (2024). EDUBox: finding suitable locations for offgrid mobile classrooms in the context of underserved communities. Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 9(7), Article 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41018-024-00149-6

Martinetti, A. , Nizamis, K. , Chemweno, P. K. , Goulas, C. , van Dongen, L. A. M., Gibson, I. , Thiede, S. , Lutters, E. , Vaneker, T. H. J. , & Bonnema, G. M. (2024). More than 10 years of industry 4.0 in the Netherlands: an opinion on promises, achievements, and emerging challenges. International Journal of Sustainable Engineering, 17(1), 1-12. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/19397038.2024.2327380

Damgrave, R. G. J. , & Martinetti, A. (2024). Applications of Different Forms of Mixed Reality in the Maintenance of Railway Infrastructures. In D. Ribeiro, P. A. Montenegro, A. Andersson, & M. D. Martínez-Rodrigo (Eds.), Digital Railway Infrastructure (pp. 197-209). (Digital Innovations in Architecture, Engineering and Construction). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49589-2_10

Kok, A. , Martinetti, A. , & Braaksma, J. (2023). RAMS never dies! Applying the approach to IT/OT converged systems. In Proceedings of the 33rd European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2023) (pp. 3181-3187). Article P286 Research Publishing. https://doi.org/10.3850/978-981-18-8071-1_P286-cd

Frank, J. , Petrová, N. , Chemweno, P. K. , & Martinetti, A. (2023). Educating for integrity: Blending the liberal arts and humanitarian engineering. In Proceedings of the 19th International CDIO Conference

Jakubeit, N., Richards, C. , & Martinetti, A. (2023). Designing a problem analysis toolkit in the context of humanitarian engineering. In A. Liu, & S. Kara (Eds.), 33rd CIRP Design Conference (Vol. 119, pp. 1065-1070). (Procedia CIRP; Vol. 119). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2023.02.180

Abbas, Y. , & Martinetti, A. (2023). Design for an integrated knowledge management policy for railway maintenance: An industrial synopsis. Procedia CIRP, 119, 521-526. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2023.02.147

Jakubeit, N. , Petrová, N. , Chemweno, P. K. , & Martinetti, A. (2023). Integrating challenge-based learning into a mobile classroom environment for Jordanian camp refugees: a position paper. In The refugees in Jordan: A future vision

Martinetti, A. , Chemweno, P., de Wit, E., Steendam, J., & Nashwan, A. (2022). EDUBOX: A Self-Contained Engineering Learning Environment for Underserved Communities. In M. S. Gudjonsdottir, H. Audunsson, A. M. Donoso, G. Kristjansson, I. Saemundsdottir, J. T. Foley, M. Kyas, A. Sripakagorn, J. Roslof, J. Bennedsen, K. Edstrom, N. Kuptasthien, & R. Lyng (Eds.), Proceedings of the 18th International CDIO Conference (pp. 703-713). (Proceedings of the International CDIO Conference; Vol. 2022, No. 18). CDIO. http://www.cdio.org/knowledge-library/documents/edubox-self-contained-engineering-learning-environment-underserved

Jain, A., Giacotto, A., Costa Marques, H. , & Martinetti, A. (2022). Integrating the maintenance process: a framework to bridge design for maintenance to prescriptive maintenance. Paper presented at Air Transportation Symposium, SITRAER 2022, São José dos Campos, Brazil. https://www.sitraer.ita.br/sitraer2022/Proceedings/SIT187.html

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