Dr. Carol Monticelli

Carol Monticelli (1977) has been an associate professor since 2019 in the discipline of Architectural Technology and has a PhD in technology and design for environmental quality on a building and urban scale. She carries out research activities with the Textile Architecture Network (TAN) group in relation to the activities of ClusTex, a multidisciplinary cluster on innovative textiles, within the interdepartmental TEXTILES Hub laboratory of the Politecnico di Milano. Her teaching activities are related to the disciplines of Architectural Technology in the degree courses Architecture and Architectural Design. Her research activity is characterized, on the one hand, by a constant interest in investigating the issues of the eco-sustainable design of buildings and the environmental impact of construction, with particular attention to the assessment of the environmental impacts of materials and technologies in the various phases of the building process, and, on the other hand, by an interest in technological innovation processes and materials, in order to analyze the evolution in the use of traditional materials and the application scenarios of new ultra-lightweight materials in the construction sector. She is Quality Manager of the biaxial mechanical testing rig at the accredited Textiles Hub at PoliMi. She took part in many research projects on a national and international scale.