Personal Info

Short CV

Umberto Cugini holds a Degree in Mechanical Engineering - Politecnico di Milano and a Master Degree in Management and Business Administration from Università Bocconi.

HE IS CURRENTLY

  • Full Professor of Machine Design, CAD and Virtual Prototyping, Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
  • Coordinator of the project MUR-FIRB-Made in Italy
  • Chairman of IFIP WG 5.2. (Computer Aided Design) since August 2000
  • Author of more than 250 scientific papers published in national/international journals and conference proceedings
  • Member of the Editorial Board of "International Journal for Manufacturing Science & Production"
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Fondazione Politecnico

HE HAS BEEN

  • Deputy coordinator of the European project FP6-IST SATIN (Sound And Tangible Interfaces for Novel product design)
  • Coordinator of the PhD program on “Virtual Prototypes and Real Products”, Politecnico di Milano, since the XVII edition
  • President of Consorzio Politecnico Innovazione
  • Coordinator of the European project FP6-IST T’nD (Touch and Design)
  • Director of Progetto Finalizzato Robotica – CNR, 1988-1996
  • Coordinator of the PhD program on Industrial Production Engineering - Univ. Parma, VIII-XVI editions

Contacts

  • e-mail: umberto.cugini@polimi.it

  • address: Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Meccanica, via La Masa, 1 - 20156 Milano (Italy)

  • phone number: +39 02 2399 8257

  • fax number: +39 02 2399 8282

  • linkedin profile: link

 

Research Interests

 

Research Projects

  • FP6-IST SATIN project (Sound And Tangible Interfaces for Novel product design) link
  • FP6-IST T’nD (Touch and Design) link
  • FP6 VIVACE project link
  • FP6 INTEROP network link
  • COFIN2001 IKE project
  • PRIN2003 project
  • FIRB SIMBAR project link
  • MUR-FIRB- PROGIMM project link

 

Teaching

2010-2011

Organization of Events

    Track-chair of ASME WINVR2011 link

Publications

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    Journals

  • M. Bordegoni, U. Cugini,"Tools for industrial design: From barriers to enablers of creativity", Computer-Aided Design and Applications, 7 (5), pp. 711-721, 2010.
  • M. Bordegoni, U. Cugini, "A CAD system based on haptic modelling for conceptual design", International Journal of Product Development, 11 (1-2), pp. 25-46, 2010.
  • M. Bertoni, M. Bordegoni, U. Cugini, D. Regazzoni, C. Rizzi, "PLM paradigm: How to lead BPR within the Product Development field", Computers in Industry, 60 (7), pp. 476-484, 2009.
  • M. Bordegoni, U. Cugini, G. Caruso, S. Polistina, "Mixed prototyping for product assessment: A reference framework", International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing, 3 (3), pp. 177-187, 2009.
  • M. Bordegoni, U. Cugini, "The role of haptic technology in the development of aesthetic driven products", Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 8 (4), 2008.
  • U. Cugini, M. Bordegoni, "Touch and design: Novel haptic interfaces for the generation of high quality surfaces for industrial design", Visual Computer, 23 (4), pp. 233-246, 2007.
  • M. Bordegoni, U. Cugini, "Haptic modeling in the conceptual phases of product design", Virtual Reality, 9 (2-3), pp. 192-202, 2006.
  • M. Bordegoni, U. Cugini, "Feature-based assembly in aeronautics design: From concepts development to formalization", International Journal of Vehicle Design, 21 (2-3 SPEC. ISS.), pp. 228-242, 1999.
  • M. Muzzupappa, L. Barbieri, F. Bruno, U. Cugini, "Methodology and tools to support knowledge management in topology optimization", Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 10 (4), art. no. 044503, 2010.
  • U. Cugini, G. Cascini, M. Muzzupappa, V. Nigrelli, "Integrated Computer-Aided Innovation: The PROSIT approach", Computers in Industry, 60 (8), pp. 629-641, 2009.
  • M. Fontana, C. Rizzi, U. Cugini, "Computer-aided apparel tailoring with virtual simulation", International Journal of Product Development, 4 (6), pp. 605-625, 2007.
  • M. Fontana, C. Rizzi, U. Cugini, "A CAD-oriented cloth simulation system with stable and efficient ODE solution", Computers and Graphics (Pergamon), 30 (3), pp. 391-407, 2006.
  • M. Fontana, C. Rizzi, U. Cugini, "3D virtual apparel design for industrial applications", CAD Computer Aided Design, 37 (6), pp. 609-622, 2005.
  • G. Colombo, U. Cugini, "Virtual humans and prototypes to evaluate ergonomics and safety", Journal of Engineering Design, 16 (2), pp. 195-207, 2005.
  • C. Rizzi, M. Fontana, U. Cugini, "Towards virtual prototyping of complex-shaped multi-layered apparel", Computer-Aided Design and Applications, 1 (1-4), pp. 207-216, 2004.
  • L. Susca, F. Mandorli, C. Rizzi, U. Cugini, "Racing car design using knowledge aided engineering", Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing: AIEDAM, 14 (3), pp. 235-249, 2000.
  • U. Cugini, P. Denti, M. Ippolito, C. Rizzi, "Modeling and simulation of handling machinery with dynamic and static behavior of non-rigid materials", (1998) IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 5 (1), pp. 48-56, 1998.
  • S.G. Vougioukas, U. Cugini, "Modelling, implementation and experimental validation of a simulated force sensor", European Journal of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering, 42 (4), pp. 205-210, 1997.
  • U. Cugini, P. Denti, C. Rizzi, "Design and simulation of non-rigid materials handling systems", (1996) Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 41 (5-6), pp. 587-593, 1996.
  • Bottoni, P., U. Cugini, Mussio, P., Papetti, C., Protti, M., "A system for form-feature-based interpretation of technical drawings", Machine Vision and Applications, 8 (5), pp. 326-335, 1995.
  • U. Cugini, "The problem of user interface in geometric modelling",Computers in Industry, 17 (4), pp. 335-339, 1991.

    • International Conferences

  • F. Ferrise, M. Bordegoni, J. Lizaranzu, U. Cugini "Simulation of the interaction with interfaces of industrial products in a multimodal environment", Proceedings of the International Conference on Research into Design (ICoRD ’11), Edited by Amaresh Chakrabarti, Bangalore (India), 10-12 January 2011. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3850/978-981-08-7721-7_055
  • M. Antolini, M. Covarrubias, M. Bordegoni, U. Cugini, "A framework for managing multiprocess applications based on distributed finite-state machine approach", Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, art. no. 5598678, pp. 680-685, 2010.
  • M. Bordegoni, U. Cugini, M. Covarrubias, M. Antolini,"A force and touch sensitive self-deformable haptic strip for exploration and deformation of digital surfaces" Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 6192 LNCS (PART 2), pp. 65-72, 2010.
  • M. Bordegoni, U. Cugini, F. Ferrise, "Analysis of designers’ manual skills for the development of a tool for aesthetic shapes evaluation", Proceedings of IDMME - Virtual Concept 2010, Bordeaux (France), 20-22 October 2010
  • M. Bordegoni, U. Cugini,"Multimodal perception-action interaction for the exploitation of enactive knowledge" Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference 2009, DETC2009, 2 (PART B), pp. 983-990, 2009.
  • M. Bordegoni, U. Cugini, P. Belluco, M. Aliverti, "Evaluation of a haptic-based interaction system for virtual manual assembly", Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 5622 LNCS, pp. 303-312, 2009.
  • G. Caruso, U. Cugini, "Augmented reality video see-through HMD oriented to product design assessment", Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 5622 LNCS, pp. 532-541, 2009.
  • M. Bordegoni, U. Cugini, "Issues on aesthetic shapes perception for the development of new design tools", Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC 2008, 3 (PART B), pp. 829-839, 2008.
  • L. Barbieri, F. Bruno, M. Muzzupappa, U. Cugini, "Design automation tools as a support for knowledge managment in topology optimization", Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC 2008, 1 (PART B), pp. 1227-1234, 2008.
  • M. Bordegoni, U. Cugini, "Haptic interface for real-time evaluation and modification of shape design", Proceedings of the ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, DETC2007, 2 PART A, pp. 579-586, 2007.
  • U. Cugini, G. Cascini, M. Ugolotti, "Enhancing interoperability in the design process, the PROSIT approach", IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, 250, pp. 189-199, 2007.
  • M. Bordegoni, U. Cugini, "Designer-centered haptic interfaces for shape modeling", Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 4563 LNCS, pp. 441-450, 2007.
  • M. Bordegoni, U. Cugini, "A conceptual design tool based on innovative haptic interfaces", Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference, 2006.
  • M. Bordegoni, U. Cugini, "Create free-form digital shapes with hands", Proceedings - GRAPHITE 2005 - 3rd International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Australasia and Southeast Asia, pp. 429-432, 2005.
  • M. Bertoni, U. Cugini, D. Regazzoni, C. Rizzi, M. Ugolotti, "A BPR methodology for Product Development Processes", IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, 207, pp. 370-378, 2006.
  • M. Fontana, C. Rizzi, U. Cugini, "Physics-based modelling and simulation of functional cloth for virtual prototyping applications", ACM Symposium on Solid Modeling and Applications, SM, pp. 267-272, 2004.
  • F. Mandorli, U. Cugini, H.E. Otto, F. Kimura, "Modeling with self validation features", Proceedings of the Symposium on Solid Modeling and Applications, pp. 88-96, 1997.
  • H.E. Otto, F. Kimura, F. Mandorli, U. Cugini, "Extension of feature-based CAD systems using TAE structures to support integrated rapid prototyping", ASME Database Symposium, pp. 779-793, 1995.
  • E. Saglio, F. Mandorli, U. Cugini, "Super-finishing tool path generation for digitized models supported by super-finishing form feature recognition", Computers in Engineering, Proceedings of the International Conference and Exhibit, pp. 171-181, 1994.
  • H.E. Otto, F. Kimura, F. Mandorli, U. Cugini, "Domain-oriented semantics for feature modeling based on TAE structures using conditional attributed rewriting systems", Computers in Engineering, Proceedings of the International Conference and Exhibit, pp. 13-27, 1994.