Disney Science in Comics: Cities of Tomorrow

Francesca De Filippi is an architect and holds a PhD. She is currently an Associate Professor in Technological and Environmental Design of Architecture at Politecnico di Torino (Italy). She also serves as Adjunct to the Vice Rector for International Affairs, focusing on international scientific cooperation and experimental internationalization activities. Additionally, she directs the Research Centre on Habitat in the Global South. Her research interests include designing safer, healthier, more affordable, and sustainable environments, settings, and structures, particularly in critical and vulnerable contexts with limited resources, including health and care systems. She is also interested in implementing methods and technologies for frugal innovation and experimenting with methods and tools (including ICT-based) to foster social innovation, inclusion, co-design, and co-production, engaging communities with a focus on fragile users. These areas have been explored through international research and scientific cooperation projects, teaching, participation in International Scientific Committees, and professional work.

Dr. Chiara Anzolini is a Junior Assistant Professor (RTDa) at the Department of Biology, University of Padova. Her work focuses on innovative approaches to science communication and public engagement, and she contributes to the National Biodiversity Future Center.

Professor Fabio Fracas is a physicist with expertise in Atomic Spectroscopy, Radiotherapy and Radiation Protection, Quantum Physics, and Quantum Computer Science.

AnnMarie is a professor at the University of St. Thomas, where she teaches in the School of Engineering and the Opus College of Business. She is the founder and director of the Playful Learning Lab, dedicated to encouraging playful learning in children of all ages. She and her students developed Squishy Circuits. She is the author of “Making Makers: Kids, Tools, and the Future of Innovation.” AnnMarie holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Caltech, and an S.B. in Ocean Engineering (with a minor in Music) from MIT. She also completed a professional certificate in Sustainable Design from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She co-founded and co-directs the University of St. Thomas Center for Engineering Education (CEE), which offers engineering courses for P-12 educators and conducts research on pre-collegiate engineering education. Her teaching encompasses topics such as Engineering Graphics and Design, Machine Design, Dynamics (with Circus Lab), Toy Design, Product Design for an Aging Population, Technology Prototyping (for Business majors), Environmental Sustainability/Innovation, and Brain Machine Interfaces. She previously served as the Founding Executive Director of the Maker Education Initiative, where her team established the national Maker Corps program. AnnMarie lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, and is an amateur aerialist specializing in static and flying trapeze, as well as juggling and cyr wheel.

Andrea is a journalist with thirty years of experience covering environmental issues. He develops books, games, educational workshops, and summer camps based on scientific studies to teach children environmental respect.

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