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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Luigi Zanzi awarded the Honorary Membership Award 2025 – EAGE

On Monday, 2 June, during the Opening Ceremony of the Annual Meeting of the European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE) held in Toulouse, Professor Luigi Zanzi was awarded the Honorary Membership Award 2025. The European Association of Geoscientists...

Students as agents of change: mapping the world with EUthMappers to create social impact

How can we make STEM education engaging, meaningful, and socially impactful? The EUthMappers project, supported by the Erasmus+ programme, brings collaborative mapping into European secondary schools, turning classrooms into hubs for environmental and civic action....

“Best Paper 2024” from the journal Shape Memory and Superelasticity awarded to Alma Brambilla

The article “Towards a Fracture Mechanics-Based Assessment for Fatigue Life Prediction of Ni–Ti Stents”, authored by Alma Brambilla, PhD candidate at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICA) of Politecnico di Milano, together with Professor Lorenza...

Call MSCA Masterclass 2025@POLIMI

Politecnico di Milano is launching the 8th edition of the MSCA MASTERCLASS for potential applicants to the MSCA European Postdoctoral Fellowships call 2025. The aim of the Masterclass is to attract and train young and talented researchers to successfully apply to the...

Monica Riva elected Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Professor Monica Riva has been elected as a Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (Class IV: Natural Sciences) during the Award Ceremony held in Salzburg on March 8, 2025. The European Academy of Sciences and Arts (https://euro-acad.eu/) is committed to...

Nikolas Galli and Gabriele Beretta – ETA – European Talent Academy

Nikolas Galli e Gabriele Beretta have been selected by Politecnico di Milano to participate in the prestigious ETA – European Talent Academy program. This year's call offers early-career researchers at TUM, Imperial College London, and PoliMi working in the fields of...

Inaugural ASCE Dan M. Frangopol Medal for Life-Cycle Engineering of Civil Structures

Professor Fabio Biondini, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is the inaugural recipient of the ASCE Dan M. Frangopol Medal for Life-Cycle Engineering of Civil Structures.Officially established by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in 2023...

Chiara Recalcati has been awarded the Prix de la Faculté des Geosciences et de l’Environnement

Chiara Recalcati has been awarded the Prix de la Faculté des Geosciences et de l’Environnement (Université de Lausanne, Switzerland) for outstanding PhD Thesis (PhD Thesis: Stochastic characterization of reactive processes in porous media). Chiara has just completed...

Maria Cristina Rulli receives the ‘Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water’

On November 8, at the United Nations, the team composed of Maria Cristina Rulli (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) and Paolo D’Odorico (University of California, Berkeley, USA) was awarded the prestigious Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW)....

Luca Iorio selected to participate in the upcoming ‘Global Young Scientists Summit 2025’

Luca Iorio has been selected to participate in the upcoming 'Global Young Scientists Summit 2025', organized by the National Research Foundation (NRF) and taking place from January 6–10 in Singapore. The GYSS gathers outstanding young researchers and leading...
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