Gaetano Cascini holds a Ph.D. in Machine Design and he is currently Full Professor at Politecnico di Milano and a Fellow at Alta Scuola Politecnica (honour program of Politecnico di Milano and Politecnico di Torino in Engineering, Architecture and Design).
After defending his PhD thesis in the railway sector, he decided to move the focus of his research to Engineering Design Methods and Tools. For about 25 years ha has been studying design creativity and its multiple perspectives: approaches and techniques to enhance engineering creativity (e.g. bio-inspired design), design cognition, human behaviour in design, design creativity assessment, design education, ICT systems supporting the creative stages of design, computational models of collaborative design and innovation project development both with individuals and teams.