Micaela Demichela

Full Professor
Department of Applied Science and Technology (DISAT)

  • Member of Interdepartmental Center R3C - Responsible Risk Resilience Centre
  • Member Specialising Master’s Programmes and Lifelong Learning School

Profile

Research interests

Gestione dei rischi
Occupational safety
Probabilistic risk assessment
Process safety
Risk management
Sicurezza di processo
Sicurezza negli ambienti di lavoro
Valutazione probabilistica dei rischi

Biography

Micaela Demichela was born in Torino, Italy, on May 7, 1970. She took her Master Science degree in Chemical Engineering at the Politecnico di Torino in 1997 and her PhD degree in Chemical Engineering in 2002. Since April 2006 she has been working as researcher at the Department of Applied Science and Technology of the Politecnico di Torino. Her research activity was developed not only at the Department, but also among petrochemical companies and foreign research centers, and it concerned several aspects of the safety in processing industry, both in the field of fine chemistry and in the field of basis chemistry. In particular, the chosen approach consisted of the integration of the kinetic and heat transfer aspects of a reaction with the actual characteristics of the considered plant, in order to obtain a reliable assessment of the safety condition in a productive line. Since 2007, Micaela has been Scientific Responsible for several projects and agreements; the active ones actually are: • Marie Curie ITN: INNHF—INNOVATION THROUGH HUMAN FACTORS IN RISK ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT (2011-2015) – Coordinator • FP7 SME: TOSCA - TOTAL OPERATION MANAGEMENT FOR SAFETY CRITICAL ACTIVITIES (2013-2016) • CS&P: Study center on Safety and Prevention culture funded by INAIL – Direzione Regionale del Piemonte Since 2006/2007 she has been chair of the course “Environmental Safety Technique” (5 CFU: ING-IND/25) inside the Master’s degree course in “Chemical and sustainable processes engineering” of the Politecnico di Torino. In 2009, she became member of the teaching staff of the PhD course in Metrology. Since 2013, she has been vice-coordinator of the 2nd level Specializing Master in “Occupational Safety And Health Engineering” (MISO). In September 2007, Micaela was selected to be member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industry.

Scientific branch

ING-IND/26 - ANALYSIS, DESIGN AND CONTROL OF CHEMICAL PROCESSES
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)

Skills

ERC sectors

PE8_2 - Chemical engineering, technical chemistry
PE8_10 - Industrial design (product design, ergonomics, man-machine interfaces, etc.)
PE8_9 - Production technology, process engineering

SDG

Goal 4: Quality education
Goal 5: Gender equality
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production

Fellowships

Editorial boards

  • FRONTIERS IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING (2019-), Associate Editor of magazine or editorial series
  • JOURNAL OF LOSS PREVENTION IN THE PROCESS INDUSTRIES (2007-), Associate Editor of magazine or editorial series

Teaching

Collegi of the PhD programmes

  • INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2022/2023 (39. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2021/2022 (38. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2020/2021 (37. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2019/2020 (36. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • INGEGNERIA CHIMICA, 2018/2019 (35. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • GESTIONE, PRODUZIONE E DESIGN, 2017/2018 (34. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • GESTIONE, PRODUZIONE E DESIGN, 2016/2017 (33. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • GESTIONE, PRODUZIONE E DESIGN, 2015/2016 (32. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • GESTIONE, PRODUZIONE E DESIGN, 2014/2015 (31. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • GESTIONE, PRODUZIONE E DESIGN, 2013/2014 (30. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • GESTIONE, PRODUZIONE E DESIGN, 2012/2013 (29. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • METROLOGIA: SCIENZA E TECNICA DELLE MISURE, 2011/2012 (28. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • METROLOGIA: SCIENZA E TECNICA DELLE MISURE, 2010/2011 (27. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • METROLOGIA: SCIENZA E TECNICA DELLE MISURE, 2009/2010 (26. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
  • METROLOGIA: SCIENZA E TECNICA DELLE MISURE, 2008/2009 (25. ciclo)
    Politecnico di TORINO
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PhD

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Projects funded by competitive calls

Research

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Supervised PhD students

  • Huxiao Shi. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (38th cycle, 2022-in progress)
  • Morena Vitale. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (38th cycle, 2022-in progress)
  • Carlos Albarran Morillo. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (37th cycle, 2021-in progress)
  • Chidera Winifred Amazu. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (37th cycle, 2021-in progress)
  • David Javier Castro Rodriguez. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (36th cycle, 2020-in progress)
  • Shuo Yang. Programme in Ingegneria Chimica (36th cycle, 2020-in progress)
    Thesis: Evolving Process Maintenance through Human-Robot Teaming: An Integrated System Performance Analysis
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