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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...
Predicting Droughts – SEED-FD Progress Insight
The European project SEED-FD is developing innovative tools to improve drought forecasting, with a special focus on sudden events (flash droughts) and seasonal droughts. The aim is to strengthen response capacity and resource management in regions vulnerable to water...
Mac4Me, a European project on metastasis, kicks off: Alessandra Bonfanti among the researchers involved
The European project Mac4Me – Macrophage Targets for Metastatic Treatment, funded by Horizon Europe – MSCA Doctoral Network, has officially started with its kick-off meeting in Rotterdam on June 25–26, 2025. The four-year initiative aims to develop new strategies to...
Italy and Vietnam Join Forces to Study Urban Climate: New Developments in the LCZ-UHI-GEO Project
The scientific collaboration between Italy and Vietnam within the LCZ-UHI-GEO project continues successfully. The initiative focuses on studying urban heat islands and local climate zones through geomatic technologies and Earth observation data. Coordinated by the...
Federica Dei Wins First Prize at the 8th ISWA YPG Online Conference 2025
Federica Dei has been awarded first prize at the 8th edition of the ISWA (International Solid Waste Association) YPG (Young Professionals Group) Online Conference 2025 for her research titled: "Modeling Future Waste From the Energy Transition: A Forecast-Oriented...
Marco Carlo Rampini awarded the “Young Researcher Best Paper Award on Corroded Reinforced Concrete Structures” at fibCACRCS 2025
Dr. Marco Carlo Rampini was recently awarded the “Young Researcher Best Paper Award on Corroded Reinforced Concrete Structures” at the fibCACRCS 2025 – Capacity Assessment of Corroded Reinforced Concrete Structures conference, held at the Lecco Campus of Politecnico...
Professor Fabio Biondini interviewed by ASCE on the future of structures in a changing climate
ASCE Reads interviewed Professor Fabio Biondini on the occasion of the publication of the book Effects of Climate Change on Life-Cycle Performance of Structures and Infrastructure Systems: Safety, Reliability, and Risk, which he co-edited with Zoubir Lounis and Michel...
Applications now open for Switch2Product 2025-26
We are pleased to inform you that applications are now open for Switch2Product (S2P), the Innovation Challenge of Politecnico di Milano.S2P is aimed at students, researchers, PhD candidates, faculty members and alumni who wish to turn a technology, idea or research...
Two DICA faculty members among the newly elected members of ITATEC
Professors Maria Cristina Rulli and Valentina Zega, affiliated with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Politecnico di Milano, have been elected as Ordinary and Junior Members for 2025, respectively, of the Accademia di Ingegneria e Tecnologia...
Chiara Recalcati wins the Gustavo Sclocchi Award 2024–2025
Chiara Recalcati has been awarded the Gustavo Sclocchi Award 2024–2025, one of the most prestigious national recognitions for doctoral theses in the field of energy. Now in its 32nd edition, the award is promoted by the Italian Section of the SPE (Society of Petroleum...
Mengnan Li awarded the 2024–2025 PhD Scholarship by the Fondazione Fratelli Confalonieri
Mengnan Li has been awarded the 2024–2025 PhD Scholarship by the Fratelli Confalonieri Foundation.The foundation supports doctoral candidates whose research is innovative and contributes to the advancement of both Italy and the international community. Mengnan’s...
Chiara Recalcati Awarded the InterPore PoreLab Award for Young Researchers
Chiara Recalcati has received the InterPore PoreLab Award for Young Researchers, granted by the International Society for Porous Media (InterPore). This is the most prestigious international award dedicated to young researchers who have made significant scientific...
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...
CADEO: The Outreach Mission in Vietnam to Promote Sustainability and Innovation
Vietnam is one of the world’s most captivating countries, but also one of the most environmentally vulnerable. Its geographical location makes it highly susceptible to natural disasters and weather-related losses, with climate change likely to further aggravate this...
7th Historic Mortars Conference (HMC 2025): Call for Extended Abstracts Now Open
The Call for Extended Abstracts is officially open for the seventh edition of the Historic Mortars Conference (HMC 2025), which will take place from September 2-4, 2025, at the University of Padua. HMC 2025 will focus on research concerning technology and...
Alberto Guadagnini Elected International Member of the US National Academy of Engineering
On September 30, 2024, the official Induction Ceremony for the 2024 Class of elected Members of the US National Academy of Engineering (NAE) took place at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC. Among the newly elected international members is Professor...
Research Funding Secured by Beatrice Cantoni Through IDEA League Fellowship 2024-25
Beatrice Cantoni has received research funding following the IDEA League Fellowship 2024-25 call The IDEA League combines the strength of five of Europe’s leading technical universities to provide unique opportunities to connect, collaborate, contribute, and inspire...
Valentina Zega Receives the 2024 AIMETA Junior Award
Professor Valentina Zega has been awarded the 2024 AIMETA Junior Prize in Solid and Structural Mechanics. The prize was conferred by the Italian Association of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (AIMETA, https://www.aimeta.it/) during the AIMETA conference held in...
Maria Cristina Rulli was elected as an AGU Fellow
Maria Cristina Rulli was elected as an AGU Fellow, joining a distinguished group of 54 individuals in the 2024 Class of Fellows. She was selected for her exemplary leadership and outstanding scientific achievements, which have significantly advanced our understanding...
Aronne Dell’Oca receives the ERC Starting Grant
Aronne Dell'Oca, a researcher at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been awarded the prestigious ERC (European Research Council) Starting Grant for the HYPOR project. The ERC Starting Grant are aimed at researchers who obtained their Ph.D. at...
Monica Papini has been elected President of the Italian Society of Applied and Environmental Geology (AIGAA)
Professor Monica Papini has been elected President of the Italian Society of Applied and Environmental Geology (AIGAA). The Italian Association of Applied and Environmental Geology promotes and organizes congresses,...
Beatrice Cantoni appointed to the IWA Strategic Council and as Chair of the Italian Young Water Professionals Network
Beatrice Cantoni has been elected to two roles in the International Water Association (IWA), as a member of the Strategic Council and as Chair of the Italian Young Water Professionals Network. The International Water Association is the network of water professionals...
Valentina Zega receives the IEEE Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award
Professor Valentina Zega has been honored with the IEEE Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award - Early Career for her contributions to MEMS inertial sensors. The IEEE Sensors Council Technical Achievement Award honors a person with outstanding technical...
Irene Bonato wins the 2024 “Hydrogen JRP” Master’s Degree Prize
Irene Bonato has been awarded the 2024 “Hydrogen JRP” Master’s Degree Prize. This recognition is granted to the best master’s theses that address the topic of hydrogen in the energy transition. The awarded theses are distinguished by their innovation and in-depth...
Marco Davolio wins the ICSHM 1st LinkedIn Contest – Popular Choice Award
Marco Davolio, PhD student at DICA, won the Popular Choice Award -LinkedIn Contest during ICSHM2024 (International Conference on Self-Healing Materials), held in Madrid, Spain, from June 24 to 26, 2024. The competition required the publication of a poster on LinkedIn...
Daniele Di Cristofaro wins the ECCOMAS Arts & Science Competition
Congratulations to Daniele Di Cristofaro for winning the ECCOMAS Arts & Science Competition. The aim of this contest is to represent scientific works through an artistic perspective. “The flight of Mirò's dragonfly - As in the famous painting by Mirò, a dragonfly...
Mary Jo Nichilo wins the 2024 Young Researchers LCA Award
Mary Jo Nichilo ranked first in the 2024 Young Researchers LCA Award. The awarded paper is titled “Avanzamenti metodologici nella quantificazione delle prestazioni ambientali dei centri del riuso” The award, given by Associazione Rete Italiana LCA, is aimed at young...
Malvina Ongaro won the Ortwin Renn Prize – Society of Risk Analysis Europe
Malvina Ongaro received one of the two "honorable mentions" for the Ortwin Renn Prize at the Society of Risk Analysis Europe conference. The awarded contribution, written in collaboration with Professor Lorenza Petrini, is titled "Philosophical Aspects of Cost-Benefit...
Manuela Antonelli receives the “Research, Innovation, and Water Sustainability Award – Women&Tech”
Congratulations to Prof. Manuela Antonelli for receiving the "Research, Innovation, and Water Sustainability Award" from Women&Tech – Associazione Donne e Tecnologie. The International Tecnovisionarie Award is given to women who, in their...
Leonardo Sandoval wins the “Gustavo Sclocchi” Thesis Award
Leonardo Sandoval, a Postdoctoral Researcher in our Department, has been awarded the "Gustavo Sclocchi" Thesis Award 2023-2024 in the "Outstanding" category. The award, now in its 31st edition, is organized by the Italian Section of the SPE (Society of Petroleum...
Sara Donzelli – CIAS award in the ‘Seismicity’ section
Sara Donzelli, a Civil Engineering student and now a PhD candidate at DICA in the Structural, Seismic, and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSG) program, has won the CIAS award for the best thesis on the topic “Existing Constructions, from Experimentation to Interventions”...
Professor Luca Martinelli and Francesco Foti awarded during the OIPEEC 2024 conference
Francesco Foti and Professor Luca Martinelli were awarded during the biennial conference of the Organization Internationale Pour l'Etude des Cables (OIPEEC) in 2024, where 157 delegates from 27 nations gathered to discuss the latest developments in the cable industry....
Regina Bianchi awarded at the SEG Virtual Student Conference
Regina Bianchi, a PhD candidate in the 39th cycle of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, received the first prize for her presentation titled "Long-term ERT monitoring of a critical slope to help observe rainfall-triggered instabilities" at the 8th...
DICA Olympic Games 2nd Edition!
Welcome to the DICA Olympic Games! Each sport has its own rules, so check the table on the next page to choose wisely. The event is open to PhD students, research fellows, researchers, professors and technical-administrative staff. Some sports require a Basic...
ERC Advanced Grant to Alberto Corigliano for project IMMENSE
Congratulations to Alberto Corigliano, Full Professor of Structural Mechanics in our Department, for receiving the prestigious ERC Advanced Grant from the European Research Council for the five-year project IMMENSE (Inter Materials and Structures Mechano-Perception...
MSCA European Postdoctoral Fellowships call 2024
Politecnico di Milano is launching the 7th edition of the MSCA PF masterclass for potential applicants to the MSCA European Postdoctoral Fellowships call 2024. The aim of the MSCA PF masterclass is to attract and train young and talented researchers to successfully...
Seminar CS4 @ World Water Day – Photogallery
On March 22, in celebration of World Water Day, our scientific committee organized a seminar on the theme "Sustainable management of water resources in a changing world." With the participation of two international guests, we explored the challenges and solutions...
DICA4schools @ World Water Day – Photogallery
On March 22, in celebration of World Water Day, we welcomed elementary and high schools as part of the DICA4schools program, offering interactive labs and seminars dedicated to the theme of water. The goal? To inspire and educate young minds about the challenges and...
Prof. Raffaele Ardito interviews Hossein Rezai, Global Design Director at Ramboll
Prof. Raffaele Ardito interviews Dr. Hossein Rezai-Jorabi, a structural engineer, design visionary, and educator. Dr. Rezai-Jorabi currently serves as Global Design Director at Ramboll, advocating for Regenerative Design and System Thinking in engineering and...
Alberto Guadagnini awarded with InterPore Medal for Porous Media Research
Prof. Alberto Guadagnini has been awarded the InterPore Medal for Porous Media Research, from the International Society for Porous Media. The InterPore Medal for Porous Media Research (formerly InterPore Award for Excellence in Porous Media Research) is given to...
Alberto Guadagnini elected International Member of the National Academy of Engineering of the USA
Professor Alberto Guadagnini has been elected International Member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) of the USA. Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Academy membership...
Chiara Gazzola receives the Acoustics – Young Researchers award
Chiara Gazzola, former PhD candidate at DICA, has won the prestigious international Acoustics - Young Researchers award for her doctoral thesis "Design, Multiphysics Modeling and Experimental Characterization of a piezoelectric MEMS Loudspeaker for In-Ear...
Salam Al Obaidi and Liberato Ferrara awarded with the Outstanding Paper Award
Dr. Salam Al Obaidi, former doctoral candidate of our Ph.D. program in Seismic and Geotechnical Structural Engineering, along with Professor Liberato Ferrara, has been awarded the prestigious "Outstanding Paper Award" by the journal Materials and Structures for the...
Stefano Corazza wins the “Giovanni Solari Thesis Award” for his master’s thesis
Stefano Corazza, a student in our PhD program in Structural, Seismic and Geotechnical Engineering, has won the "Giovanni Solari Thesis Award" for his master's thesis titled "Mechanical modeling of stranded cables and assessment of their self-damping properties for...
Video, Presentations and Photo Gallery – Seminar CS⁴ December 2023
Full video seminar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M029IMj_Kk -- Presentations Eugen Brühwiler - Improving the safety of bridges Luca Capacci - Life-cycle Seismic Resilience and Risk Assessment of Aging Bridge Networks Malvina Ongaro - Uncertainty in Cost-Benefit...
Michele Rosso recived the Best Poster Award – PowerMEMS 2023
Michele Rosso, a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was awarded the Best Poster Award at the 22nd International PowerMEMS Conference 2023, held at New York University in Abu Dhabi. The recognition was given for the...
Juan Pablo Duque Ordoñez awarded with GNRAC Best M.Sc. thesis award
Our researcher Juan Pablo Duque Ordoñez, Ph.D. student at Politecnico di Milano in Environmental Engineering, has been awarded with the “PREMIO DI LAUREA G.N.R.A.C - AMBIENTE COSTIERO 2023” for his Master of Science thesis in Geoinformatics Engineering titled...
Chiara Gaddi receives the “Lino Gentilini 2023 Award”
Congratulations to Chiara Gaddi, a DICA PhD student, for receiving the 'Lino Gentilini 2023 Award' for her thesis entitled “Tecnopolo di Bologna: riqualificazione della ex Manifattura Tabacchi di Pier Luigi Nervi e interventi strutturali in materiali cementizi...
Paolo Conti and Matteo Torzoni won the Best Poster Award at MORTech 2023
Congratulations to Paolo Conti and Matteo Torzoni, both PhD candidates at DICA, for receiving the Best Poster Award during the 6th International Workshop on Model Reduction Techniques (MORTech 2023) at École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay (ENS Paris-Saclay) on...
Alberto Guadagnini awarded with the ‘Henry Darcy Medal’ by the European Geosciences Union
We are delighted to announce that Prof. Alberto Guadagnini has been honored with the prestigious Henry Darcy Medal by the European Geosciences Union. He will be celebrated during the EGU General Assembly 2024, scheduled from 14–19 April. More info here:...
Professor Roberto Paolucci has been confirmed as a member of “Commissione Grandi Rischi” and as the contact person for the Seismic Risk Sector
Professor Roberto Paolucci has been confirmed as a member of “Commissione Grandi Rischi” and as the contact person for the Seismic Risk Sector, a role he has held since 2018. This role involves coordinating sector activities with the leadership of the Department of...
Francesco Ioli first place in the 2023 Youth Award – Research Section
Francesco Ioli, a PhD student in the Geodesy and Geomatics section, was the winner of the 'Premio Giovani 2023 – Research Section' organizzed by the Italian Society of Photogrammetry and Topography SIFET during the “65° Convegno Nazionale SIFET hold in Arezzo on...
Davide Chiarelli wins the 2023 Torricelli Prize – Gruppo Italiano Idraulica
Congratulations to Davide Danilo Chiarelli, DICA researcher, for winning the 2023 Torricelli prize awarded by the GII (Italian Hydraulics Group). The winners of the award presented their scientific activity in Venice on Thursday 12 October, during the "Nuove Frontiere...
Prof. Marco Di Prisco nominated RILEM Fellow
Congratulations to Marco Di Prisco, DICA full professor, for being nominated RILEM Fellow. The International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures (RILEM, from the name in French) was founded in June 1947, with the aim to...
Il Prof. Raffaele Ardito intervista Massimiliano Milan, CEO di BUROMILAN
Nell'intervista condotta dal Prof. Raffaele Ardito, Massimiliano Milan, laureato in Ingegneria Civile al Politecnico di Milano nel 2016, rivela il suo approccio unico alla progettazione con materiali innovativi. Scopri come la competenza tecnica si fonde con la...
Interview with Massimiliano Cremonesi and Marco Mancini on Vajont
The documentary: "Vajont, 9 October 1963 - The mountain, the dam, the men" was broadcast on Focus TV on Monday 9 October, which saw the collaboration of two DICA Professors, Massimiliano Cremonesi and Marco Mancini. Below is the link to the episode:...
Giuseppe Cecere selected to participate in the AMBITION project
Giuseppe Cecere (PhD Student DICA) has been selected to participate in the AMBassador for Sustainable TransITION (AMBITION) program. AMBITION is a Erasmus+ funded project targeted at PhD students and aimed at contributing towards raising a future generation of...
Ioannis Vardoulakis PhD Prize 2023 awarded to Katia Boschi
During the ALERT Annual Meeting held in Aussois in the last week of September, Katia Boschi, DICA research fellow in the Structures and Environment section, received the Ioannis Vardulakis PhD Prize. The prestigious international recognition was established by the...
Nikolas Galli receives the Florisa Melone Award 2023
During the Hydrology Days held in Matera, Nikolas Galli (RTD-A researcher – Politecnico di Milano DICA) and Marco Lompi (researcher at the University of Florence) were awarded with Florisa Melone 2023 prize of the Italian Hydrological Society, for the project “FLORAES...
Interview with Professor Gianfranco Becciu – la Repubblica
Gianfranco Becciu, associate professor at DICA, was interviewed by la Repubblica about the flood in Libya. The article:
Welcome to DICA! – video presentation of the Department
https://youtu.be/z3jB9IZmToE -- Welcome to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Politecnico di Milano.
GITISA Award 2022-2023 for PhD thesis in Sanitary-Environmental Engineering
The Italian Group of Sanitary-Environmental Engineering (GITISA – www.gitisa.it) announces a competition for the award of two prizes in the amount of €2,000 each, intended for 2 students who have obtained a Ph.D. degree at an Italian University between 01/04/2021 and...
Marco Moscatelli awarded at the IP Best Thesis Awards 2022
Congratulations to Marco Moscatelli, postdoctoral researcher at DICA, for receiving the Department Best PhD Thesis Award. A total of 50 applications were submitted for the award, and the PhD Award Committee decided to confer 2 IP Best Thesis Awards (ex aequo) and 7...
First Official Installation of the GreenValve System: A new chapter for water network efficiency
On June 21st, in the municipality of Trinitapoli, in Puglia, the first GreenValve System (GVS) was installed. The system is based on the use of the GreenValve, an innovative regulating valve designed by Prof. Stefano Malavasi and patented by Politecnico di Milano. The...
AMAZING Project: A Successful Workshop in Biskra M’Chouneche for Sustainable Land Management.
The AMAZING project workshop was held from 5 to 9 June in Biskra M'Chouneche a town in Algeria. AMAZING is a Polisocial project that focuses on the Wadi Abiod valley, one of the driest of the Aurès. The project aims at combining technology and traditional sciences in...
Summer School receives EGU Higher Education Teaching Resources Grant 2023
Summer School directed and coordinated by Professor Livio Pinto with the help of Francesco Ioli, DICA PhD student, was awarded with the EGU Higher Education Teaching Resources Grant 2023. The Summer School is held every year at the Belvedere Glacier (Macugnaga, VCO),...
Prof. Alessio Radice Alessio Radice elected to be a member of the leadership team of the Technical Committee on Fluvial Hydraulics
Professor Alessio Radice has been elected to be a member of the leadership team of the Technical Committee on Fluvial Hydraulics of the International Association for Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR). His previous involvement with IAHR included chairing the...
Women and IP: Accelerating Innovation and Creativity – Valentina Zega awarded among the researchers of Politecnico
World Intellectual Property Day (World IP Day) was held on Wednesday 10 May, the theme of this year was "Women and IP: Accelerating Innovation and Creativity". The event, dedicated to celebrating scientific activity and female creativity, was organized by LES Italia...
Securing safe drinking water distribution with SAFECREW
Climate-resilient management for safe disinfected and non-disinfected water supply systems The second meeting of the SafeCREW project (https://safecrew.org/), funded by the European Union (EU) within the Horizon Europe program, has just taken place at Politecnico di...
ASI & DICA: LCZ-ODC project is underway, a new frontier for urban climate analysis
Launched in 2021, "Innovation for Downstream Preparation" (I4DP) is the ASI program which aims to promote the demonstrative development (through use cases and pilot projects) of innovative value-added services based on the use of telecommunications satellite systems...
MOOC WAT 102 – Water: an essential resource
Following the METID initiative on "Sustainability" theme "WATER", Prof. Manuela Antonelli coordinated the MOOC (Massive Online Open Course) WAT102 entitled: "Water: an essential resource" with the collaboration of Beatrice Cantoni, Marco Carminati, Eugenio Morello,...
Welcome to the DICA Olympic Games!
Welcome to the DICA Olympic Games! Each sport has its own rules, so check the table on the next page to choose wisely. The event is open to PhD students, research fellows, researchers, professors and technical-administrative staff. Some sports require a Basic...
Congratulations to Andrea Marcucci for the Student Travel Award
Andrea Marcucci, PhD student in Structural Seismic and Geotechnical Engineering at Politecnico DICA is one of the recipients, out of 50 applicants, of the student travel award granted by the American Concrete Institute to attend the aci spring 2023 convention in San...
Appointment to Prof. Liberato Ferrara
We are glad to announce that Prof. Liberato Ferrara of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has been nominated as member of the Structures Commission of the Order of Engineers of Milan.
Athens Network Course: “Architectural Heritage: from 3-D geometric survey to structural analysis”
Politecnico di Milano is currently hosting the Athens course entitled "Architectural Heritage: from 3-D geometric survey to structural analysis". The course, which runs until March 17th, has the participation of 20 students from various European universities,...
Companies meet Students
On 20 February, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the Politecnico di Milano welcomed BrianzAcque, who shared his knowledge and the experience of his professionals in the water sector during a Hydraulics lesson held by Prof. Stefano Mambretti....
Beatrice Cantoni selected to participate in the European Talent Academy 2023
Beatrice Cantoni, post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been selected by Politecnico di Milano to participate in the ETA - European Talent Academy 2023. The European Talent Academy is a joint career development program...
ENVIRONMENTAL, NATURAL AND ANTHROPIC RISKS: From Modelling to Ethical Decisions | VIDEO
On Thursday 3 November 2022, the "ENVIRONMENTAL, NATURAL AND ANTHROPIC RISKS: From Modeling to Ethical Decisions" seminar was held in the Aula Magna of Politecnico di Milano, organized by the Scientific Commission of the Department of Civil and Environmental...
Prof. Fabio Biondini appointed Chair of the Technical Council on Life-Cycle Performance, Safety, Reliability, and Risk of Structural Systems (ASCE/SEI)
Prof. Fabio Biondini of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has been nominated as Chair of the Technical Council on Life-Cycle Performance, Safety, Reliability, and Risk of Structural Systems of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE/SEI). ...
Prof. Attilio Frangi is the new director of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Prof. Attilio Frangi is the new Director of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Politecnico di Milano. The Department acknowledges the outgoing Director, Prof. Alberto Guadagnini, for the excellent work, commitment, and passion he has shown in the...
Monica Riva and Chiara Recalcati – InterPore assignment
Congratulations to Prof. Monica Riva and PhD student Chiara Recalcati for being elected respectively as Council Member and Student Affairs Committee for InterPore. InterPore, the International Society for Porous Media, is an independent non-profit scientific...
Team Building DICA staff
On 29 November, the technical-administrative staff of the Lecco campus and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering spent a day together on campus.A day out of the ordinary, a team building activity to increase cohesion and collaboration between...