Our Mission

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Politecnico di Milano was established in 2013 and gathers professors and researchers engaged in different research activities. ​
The main goal of the Department consists in promoting interdisciplinary collaboration among the core disciplines of Civil and Environmental Engineering, addressing sector issues with an integrated approach.​
Our mission is to engage in research, education, and technology transfer in the areas of surveying, geology, geotechnics, hydraulics, hydrology, water resource management, transportation networks, analysis and design of structures and infrastructure, structural and seismic engineering, securing historical structures, hydraulic and maritime constructions, mechanics of materials and structures.

Our Mission

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Politecnico di Milano was established in 2013 and gathers professors and researchers engaged in different research activities. ​
The main goal of the Department consists in promoting interdisciplinary collaboration among the core disciplines of Civil and Environmental Engineering, addressing sector issues with an integrated approach.​
Our mission is to engage in research, education, and technology transfer in the areas of surveying, geology, geotechnics, hydraulics, hydrology, water resource management, transportation networks, analysis and design of structures and infrastructure, structural and seismic engineering, securing historical structures, hydraulic and maritime constructions, mechanics of materials and structures.

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Afan De Rivera Prize: Award to Panagiotis Asaridis for His PhD Thesis

Panagiotis Asaridis has been awarded as the winner of the 11th Edition of the Afan De Rivera Prize for his PhD thesis in the field of hydraulic reclamation and soil protection, titled “Flood Damage Assessment to Power Grids.” The award recognizes the best theses...

‘Green’, Coin-Sized Sensors from the MetaVEH Project for 6G and Seismic Monitoring

‘Green’, energy-independent sensors as small as a coin have been developed for wireless networks and real-time monitoring. These are the results of the MetaVEH (Metamaterial Enabled Vibration Energy Harvesting) project, which has just ended, following funding of €4...

Alberto Guadagnini recives the International Honorary Fellow Award – GSA

Alberto Guadagnini, professor of the Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale - Politecnico di Milano and Vice Rector for Research at Politecnico di Milano, has been awarded the prestigious International Honorary Fellow Award by the Geological Society of America...

Maurizio Crispino appointed as the new Global Coordinator of Strategic Theme 4 – Resilient Infrastructures of PIARC International

Maurizio Crispino, full Professor of Roads, Railways and Airports at our Department, has been appointed Global Coordinator of Strategic Theme 4 – Resilient Infrastructures by the PIARC World Road Association. For over thirty years, Prof. Crispino has been actively...

Zhewen Huang receives the Outstanding Presentation Award

Zhewen Huang, PhD candidate in Structural, Seismic and Geotechnical Engineering at our Department, under the supervision of Prof. Liberato Ferrara and Prof. Estefania Cuenca Asensio, received the Outstanding Presentation Award at the ArtIStE – 1st International...

Monica Riva elected Dean of Class IV (Natural Sciences) and member of the Senate of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

On July 28, 2025, Professor Monica Riva was elected Dean of Class IV (Natural Sciences) and member of the Senate of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. The European Academy of Sciences and Arts (https://euro-acad.eu/), founded in 1990, is committed to promoting...

Prof. Liberato Ferrara and Niki Trochoutsou at the 79th RILEM Annual Week and ICONS 2025

From 22 to 29 August 2025, the 79th RILEM Annual Week and ICONS 2025 took place in Hanoi, Vietnam, an international event dedicated to research and innovation in construction materials and structures. On this occasion, Prof. Liberato Ferrara was appointed Convener of...

Michele Rosso riceve il GADeS Award 2025

Michele Rosso, researcher at our Department, has been awarded the GADeS Award 2025 for his doctoral thesis. The prize was assigned with the following motivation: “In recognition of his contribution in the field of energy harvesting through the design of nonlinear...

Pietro Mazzon has been awarded the “Giovanni Maria Zuppi” 2025 PhD Prize

Pietro Mazzon has been awarded the “Giovanni Maria Zuppi” 2025 PhD Prize. The awarded thesis, entitled “Reactive transport modelling of a chlorinated solvent plume and uncertainty analysis: a case study”, was evaluated by the Italian Committee of the International...

Professor Enrico Masoero recognized by the Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology

Professor Enrico Masoero from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Politecnico di Milano has received an important recognition from the Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology (JACT), which selected his article among the outstanding papers of the...
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