A school that is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year , experienced by students during school hours and by the whole community on weekends and holidays: this is the new school model introduced by the architect and Alumnus Stefano Boeri in Tirana.
The project, which came to life as part of the new Tirana 2030 master plan, pursues the idea that the school of the future can be the epicenter of urban life of the neighborhoods, as a place that is always open to everyone, at all ages.
"The topic of open schools has become a real necessity to face well-being needs of citizens from all over the world - the Alumnus comments -. at the educational level, an open school means a bigger connection with the territory, an exchange of knowledge and experiences, with an important impact on the life of the neighborhood. The three new schools in Tirana were designed to become true centers of social life and as spaces of intergenerational and social connection. The project in Tirana is an anticipation of an 'archipelago city', of a metropolis made up of self-sufficient neighborhoods in services to citizen, a model that can be pursued by many other international capitals."
The three schools are dedicated to the pre-university courses and host canteens, multifunctional rooms, libraries and sports facilities, which can be used by students and citizens during different times of the day, and will thus become a center for public life .
During the design it was essential to calibrate the presence of traditional spaces , according to the rules and regulation of the Ministry of education, with "hybrid" areas , fundamental for implementing the experimental and the inter-generational interaction between students of different ages and cycles.
“The volume of the complex was conceived starting from the open spaces, which were given the same weight and importance dedicated to the interiors. In order to create an accessible building, which dialogues with the surrounding urban context, through careful study and access control in order to ensure safety, the spaces that host public functions "
Andrea Carson , Alumnus and technical director of Luminum, received, during the first edition of the AIDI Luce 2021 Award, the “Mario Bonomo” award, dedicated to the memory of the Alumnus who passed away in 2019, a great lighting designer who has contributed significantly to the growth of the lighting industry in Italy.
The award was given to him for "his work in recent years in the world of lighting, knowing how to combine creativity and innovation with great attention to the themes of culture and the enhancement of historic assets through new technologies ".
Courtesy of Andrea Carson
Carson already in 2020 had been talked about for having been included among the 40 best lighting designers in the world of the "40 under 40" award , organized by the English magazine Lighting Magazine, which selects the most promising young lighting designer to the world.
With the team of his studio - Luminum Lighting Design founded in 2015 - he has given new light to the creations of the architectural giants of his hometown, Novara, and his region, from Juvarra to Antonelli, highlighting sacred places, such as the Archbishop's Seminary of Vercelli, the Cathedral of Novara or the Sanctuary of Madonna del Sasso in Boleto, on Lake Orta.
During the awards ceremony, organized by AIDI, the Italian Lighting Association which has been promoting the culture of light in Italy since 1959, the Alumnus said: "I admit that it was a very strong emotion to receive this recognition, in front of important figures in the world of lighting, and I can only share this award with my Luminum partners and our team, colleagues, customers and friends who have believed in us over the years and who share the our values and our goals. "
“I studied at Politecnico , at the Milan Bovisa campus, where it was possible to deal with multiple aspects of the profession. I began to deepen the themes related to light during the scenography and photography courses for architecture, discovering how light was a material at the same time technical and artistic, with a plurality of possible uses and emotions that it could develop, and I wondered which ones they could be the applications of these technologies in the monumental field and on artistic heritage that I studied in the restoration courses. "
“In the face of changes, we must ask ourselves if what we do is still relevant”. "We must fight for inclusion and overcome the economic ceiling that prevents access to a dignified life for all". "Change is the only constant: learn to grasp the signs". "Do not lose sight of what cannot be measured: human relationships". “Once a month, have a digital detox day!”. “Less ego, more eco: we must design with sustainability as our goal”. "It is difficult to predict for the next decades, but an important reflection remains nonetheless: you will need it to be ready for changes and adapt more quickly". "We must get out of the perspective of the crisis and try to understand what has changed".
Five years ago we asked 87 C-Level Alumni to imagine what the world would be like in 2099. In the meantime, many of them have changed roles, companies, in some cases even industry. Some have grown up, others have retired, others have sadly left us. Some will certainly have changed their minds, and today they would answer our question differently: how do you imagine the world in 2099?
In these years all sorts of changes happened, but, reading these messages, we might have the impression that they were written today. So, we have two options: either the world has not changed at all (unlikely, right?); or the Alumni have a crystal ball (equally unlikely). Or, more likely they are aging like wine: improving.
"The Alumni of Politecnico di Milano are architects, designers and engineers who work in various sectors of our society, from technology to the design of living spaces, from economics to industry, from art to culture"
wrote President Zio in the preface to Towards 2099: 87 tips from great Alumni of the Politecnico di Milano to shape yourself for tomorrow , a title that says everything about their intentions. "This group of women and men", he continued, "is an innovation engine of extraordinary importance for our country". 2099 is a treasure trove of experiences for those who have already built a future for themselves and guide it in the present, facing challenges, making mistakes and in any case, always learning. Concludes prof. Enrico Zio: “Let's not stop learning today to make less mistakes tomorrow”.
2099 was joined in alphabetical order by: Roger Abravanel, Marco Airoldi, Stefano Arganese, Paolo Baratta, Paolo Battiston, Luca Belenghi, Roberto Beltrame, Paolo Bertoluzzo, Luciano Bonetti, Guido Bortoni, Angelo Bosoni, Elena Bottinelli, Daslav Brkic, Francesco Caio , Guido Cami, Marco Candiani, Tino Canegrati, Carlo Capè, Giulio Cappellini, Carlo Carganico, Alessandro Cattani, Luciano Cavazzana, Paolo Cederle, Andrea Certo, Giulio Cesareo, Aldo Chiarini, Aldo Cingolani, Antonio Citterio, Luca Colombo, Roberto Crapelli, Giampaolo Dallara, Claudio De Albertis, Gianandrea De Bernardis, Enrico Deluchi, Giuseppe Di Franco, Fabio Dinale, Elio (Stefano Belisari), Mauro Fenzi, Luigi Ferrari, Guglielmo Fiocchi, Gianbeppi Fortis, Angelo Fumagalli, Aldo Fumagalli Romario, Marco Galletti, Giovanni Gemmani , Luciano Gobbi, Ugo Govigli, Vittorio Gregotti, Andrea Incontri, Alberto Iperti, Andrea Keller, Ugo La Pietra, Pietro Lissoni, Andrea Lovato, Fabio Maccari, Virginia Magliulo, Stefano Ma rzano, Alessandro Matera, Renato Mazzoncini, Alessandro Mendini, Angelo Meregalli, Marco Milani, Riccardo Monti, Alberto Negri, Maurizio Nichetti, Fabio Novembre, Alessandro Ortis, Giulio Pastore, Bartolomeo Pescio, Stefano Pessina, Carlo Purassanta, Paolo Ramadori, Giorgio Rossi Cairo , Walter Ruffinoni, Stefano Scaglia, Marco Sesana, Stefano Siragusa, Sergio Solero, Francesco Starace, Maurizio Teora, Vico Valassi, Patricia Viel, Franco Villani, Enrico Zampedri, Luca Zanotti, Elena Zucchetti.
We are very pleased to be able to say that, in 2021, we broke the 2020 record: this year 234 students benefited from a scholarship, thanks to 205 donors (individuals and companies) who dedicated the total amount of 1,939,464 euros to the young people of Politecnico.
How were these donations distributed? At Politecnico there are many forms of support for the right to study and merit. Some of these projects welcome free donations (starting from 5 euros) and allow the creation of funds that will go to make up a scholarship or doctorate. Other projects require Alumni to form donor groups capable of fully supporting a female student. Still others invite companies and institutions to take on this support. Here are some examples.
CIRCLE OF DONORS
The Circle of Donors is the program dedicated to donors who wish to support the best master's students , offering prestigious scholarships in able to compete with those of the best international universities, which attract the most promising young people.
Circle students receive € 10,000 per year for the two years of the master's degree and have the opportunity to take advantage of a personal mentoring path with donors . They are chosen on the basis of academic merit criteria from among the best three-year undergraduates who continue their path at the Politecnico also at the Master's. A "club of 110 and honors", serious and focused on the goal : in addition to academic performance, to access the Circle you must respect a very strict schedule and graduate in the first session. Discover the Circles fellows:
"But what exactly does an engineer do? Can I do it even if I haven't done the scientific? Will I be good enough? " Many high school students ask themselves these questions when evaluating the choice of their university path. Many of their comrades also pose them; the difference is that, among girls, only a very small percentage will eventually choose to enroll in an engineering course. At the Politecnico di Milano, women in engineering faculties are one for every 4 students, while in Architecture and Design the presence of women in some cases exceeds 50%.
Read the comment Professor Donatella Sciuto, Deputy Vice Rector of Politecnico, interviewed by Alley Oop - Il Sole 24 Ore
On the site dona.polimi.it you can find out how to support the students of Politecnico thanks to the Girls @ Polimi project.
SCOLARSHIPS FROM COMPANIES AND INSTITUTIONS
In 2021, the role of companies and institutions close to the University was also very important, as they chose to dedicate part of their resources to supporting students.
Among these, Huawei which, in the wake of the collaboration with the Polytechnic established with the Joint Lab, has set up scholarships for young researchers in the field of "Wireless Communications", giving young excellence the opportunity to carry out teaching and research activities in scope of 5G / 6G systems.
Edison Foundation in 2021 donated 20 thousand euros for scholarships, to finance 2 scholarships of 10 thousand euros each, dedicated to students of the master's degree course in energy engineering -energy engineering of the Politecnico di Milano. The scholarships are named after Eng. Guido Fossati, Alumnus of the Politecnico , former Director of HR and ICT of Edison.
Finally, a special mention to the Fondazione Poffe , which established the Andrea Poffe Fellowship for Young Talents in memory of Andrea Poffe, Alumnus in Mechanical Engineering who died prematurely in 2020 at the age of forty 'years. The scholarship was intended for a high school student or female student and will be active from the 2021/2022 academic year.
This exceptional result achieved in 2021 also came thanks to the support of the Alumni Community. We want to make 2022 like this too: even with a small contribution you can help a needy and deserving student. Donate now
This year, the Politecnico di Milano will be able to invest 500.000 euro worth of funds, raised with the “5x1000” tax contribution scheme, to finance the five research projects that won the Polisocial Award, a contest promoted every year by the University as part of its social responsibility programme.
The eighth edition of the competition focuses on the theme of “Equity and Recovery”: with projects aiming to develop methods, strategies and tools designed to reduce the social imbalances aggravated by the Covid-19 emergency by facilitating access to resources and opportunities open to vulnerable people, categories or communities, with a view to promoting equity and sustainability.
THE WINNING PROJECTS
BUDD-e | Blind-assistive aUtonomous Droid Device Scientific Coordinator: Marcello Farina, DEIB The project promotes fair recovery for the visually impaired affected by the Covid-19 containment measures and the restrictions placed on the regular use of spaces and services. The aim is to allow these people to start accessing public services and places again through an integrated approach that combines inclusive design, IC technologies and robotics.
Co-WIN | Win-win cooperation sites for the redevelopment of buildings confiscated from the Mafia and for social fairness Scientific Coordinator: Andrea Campioli, DABC Pilot project for the development of an innovative hub and spoke model for the recovery and redevelopment of property confiscated from organised crime. The aim is to trigger social regeneration dynamics based on technical training and on the work integration of fragile categories, leaving tangible signs of fairness and legality.
EQUI_06 | Equity and quality in childhood: guidelines to implement an integrated 0-6 system Scientific Coordinator: Stefania Sabatinelli, DASTU Starting from a pilot study, which will help to gain insights into the complex framework of needs and resources related to early childhood, the project aims to define a set of guidelines for the implementation of integrated territorial hubs of “0-6” pre-school services in urban contexts, in particular in areas at greater risk of social exclusion and educational poverty.
RESTARTHealth | Renewable Energy Systems To Activate Recovery Through the Health sector Scientific Coordinator: Marco Merlo, DENG The project aims to strengthen health infrastructure and community services in Sub-Saharan Africa by studying efficient power management for hybrid micro-grids. Testing and demonstrations in a hospital and three healthcare centres in Uganda will help to produce a set of universal guidelines.
SOSpesa | Neighbourhood networks for the recovery, distribution and use of surplus food Scientific Coordinator: Davide Fassi, DESIGN In accordance with the associations of the Nolo district of Milan, this project aims to create a network of supportive local stakeholders to map food flows so as to be able to offer foodstuff at subsidised prices, recover any surplus food and provide unsold products to fragile categories.
"The best of" MAP !
We feel a bit like rock stars, with a celebratory issue of the community. We have collected for you all the most read and commented articles of these past 5 years, reserving us the right to update some data (for example those of the university rankings: yes, we are still at the top) and we have add a little gem at the bottom of the issue: a gallery of champions of Politecnico in 2021 !
A must-read number if you want to peek the "behind the scenes" of some of the most curious laboratories in the world, if you love walking on the rooftops, going to the cinema, to the spas, if you love design and technology, if you are a surfers, sportsmen or if you prefer cybernetics books and math salads, if you have friends / children / grandchildren abroad or if you yourself are far from the Alma Mater, perhaps in space. Definitely, to read if you are proud of being an alumnus Politecnico.
This MAP, in the words of Enrico Zio, president of Alumni Politecnico di Milano, Rector's Delegate for Alumni and Individual Fundraising:
“It is a tribute to the work that Alumni do, to their contribution to society which is tangible, useful, beautiful, passionate and attentive. It is an ode to the activities and initiatives of the Alumni of the Politecnico di Milano who feed the research-companies-institutions ecosystem with ideas and energy, bringing the DNA of Politecnico's "know-how" out of the University laboratories and making it available to the industrial context and social".
You can preview it below. As you can see, for MAP's birthday we changed his clothes: let us know what you think!
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Sinergy Flow , the startup supported by Polihub and founded by Gabriele Panzeri and Matteo Salerno , Alumni Engineering of materials and nanotechnologies, won the National Award for Innovation 2021 (PNI) .
Already winner of the Start Cup Lombardia, Sinergy Flow took home the victory in this “business plan competition” thanks to its innovative battery at low cost, sustainable and high efficiency . The battery costs up to 30 times less than the solutions on the market today and does not use precious raw materials, since is based on by-products of the petrochemical industry rich in sulfur , in compliance with the principles of the circular economy.
"The high accessibility of the raw materials used will avoid the creation of geopolitical oligopolies in their supply, promoting the energy independence of the individual communities" declares to Repubblica Alessandra Accogli , Alumna Materials Engineering and CEO of the company - This award will allow us to accelerate the development and diffusion of this technology on the market and make a strong contribution to a completely sustainable energy transition “.
The PNI - to which the best Italian hi-tech business projects born in the university field compete, winners of the 15 regional competitions (StartCup) - in 2021 saw the participation of 63 innovative business projects, which challenged each other around the theme “From research to business for a sustainable future”
The total prize money amounts to 1.5 million euros: around 500,000 in cash and 1 million in services, offered by the universities and incubators members of PNICube.
“I want to get out of here better than how I came here”, says Filippo (fictional name), detained in the prison of Bollate. With project ACTS | A chance through sport, a group of students and researchers from the Politecnico enters the prison houses of Opera and Bollate and the "Beccaria" Juvenile Penal Institute to support him and many other inmates in the goal of promoting sport as a tool for growth, emancipation and personal responsibility.
Since 2019, students and researchers have been working side by side with inmates and prison officers to design spaces and practices of resocialization through sport: the departments of Architecture and Urban Studies, Design and Electronics, Information and Bioengineering are partecipating in the project. The group works on spaces, on communication strategies to build and facilitate relationships with inmates, prison officers, administration and on monitoring the physical conditions of inmates and agents through the use of wearable devices.
Credits: ACTS
"The field experience of the ACTS project was a great opportunity to meet both with a reality as distant from me as that of the prison system, and to do so with a project well structured and articulated on several levels. The desire for in-depth analysis that is present in the project is compelling and motivating every day to carry on this experience": these are the words ofTommaso Ripani, three-year student in Communication Design at the School of Design, who followed the field phase inside the Bollate prison and continued to work on it even in his spare time, transforming it into a voluntary activity.
With other students participating in the ACTS project developing communication projects, Tommaso turns to the Alumni to help him give voice to the project and its nature so close to the Politecnico soul of design: they help to collect stories of sports and life in prison and want to tell their experience - comments FrancescaPiredda, professor of the Department of Design – together , we are developing communication design tools that support research in the field, with a high social impact objective: our approach is based on the assumption that communicating means 'sharing' therefore that communicating is useful to prisoners, agents, but also to students who are the future of our civil society ". In practice, the group intends to shoot a documentary that tells the life of the detainees, the research and design work and the impact it is having on everyday life in prisons.
"we would need around 5000 euros to complete the documentary" concludes Piredda.
Prisons are “absolutely remote places in the perception of those outside, representing perhaps the greatest social removal of our times”, says the prof. Andrea Di Franco, scientific director of the project, to the editorial staff of Startup Italia.
“Those in prison say that few things like sport help them survive t heir miseries”, is the editor's opening words. “he Politecnico vision of architecture as a social practice is also taught through the impact that our studies and our research work can have on people's lives, concretely”, continues Di Franco. “With ACTS we have aimed at an ambitious project which, by intervening on the prison houses of Opera and Bollate, as well as on the Beccaria juvenile penal institute, promotes sport no longer as occasional practice, but as a broader and more organic project that makes physical and sporting activity also a tool for relating and socializing, for effective improvement of the physical and psychological well-being of people, and of course for the requalification of spaces."
Politecnico di Milano and STMicroelectronics,have inaugurated the expansion of semiconductor manufacturing capabilities at PoliFab, the University’s micro- and nanotechnology R&D center. A laboratory created to provide the highest technological standards for a wide range of applications and processes involving the five Key Enabling Technologies: photonics, micro and nanoelectronics, biotechnologies, advanced materials and nanotechnology.
Building on the long-standing collaboration between the two organizations, the PoliFab’s clean room – a facility where silicon wafers are made into semiconductor chips – has received state-of-the-art equipment from STMicroelectronics to boost joint R&D efforts in Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and motion control, as well as in power electronics and galvanic isolation.
The enlarged clean-room infrastructure will make Politecnico di Milano even more attractive for talented researchers and students, and contribute to fuel ST’s advances and development roadmap in semiconductor technologies including MEMS, dwhere the Company is a world leader with over 15 billion devices sold to date. With the core of ST’s global MEMS R&D operations located in Lombardy, close to Milan, the cooperation with PoliFab aims at setting up a center of excellence for studies and research on advanced materials for MEMS in the region.
Credits: Polifab
The ongoing collaboration also encompasses investments in staff and programs with ST supporting scholarships and the recruitment of professors and researchers, as well as financing joint research projects.
With the new spaces inaugurated today, the total classified area of PoliFab spans 610 sq metres, plus annexed characterization laboratories, thus making it comparable to analogous facilities of the best European research institutions.
We are pioneering a new model for “fast technology transfer” based on the realization of a joint research and innovation infrastructure where top-class semiconductor equipment, the very same used in a semiconductor fab, is made available to researchers and students.
said Riccardo Bertacco, director of Polifab.
Polifab 2.0 is a physical site where exciting scientific ideas can meet state-of-the-art semiconductor technology, thus speeding-up both fundamental research and its technology transfer.
The "Joint Labs" agreement between Politecnico di Milano, Pirelli and Fondazione Politecnico di Milano was renewed 10 years after the first signing. The agreement is renewed - in the words of Rector Ferruccio Resta - underlining “the importance of this long standing and constructive relationship between university and company, one of the keys indicated in the Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza".
Joint Labs will last three years and will be focused on research projects for the continuous technological innovation of tires. Thanks to the investment of over 2 million euros , it will focus on three main thematic areas :
Simulation, through the integrated use of the static simulator, installed in the Pirelli’s research and development centre, and the dynamic simulator of the Politecnico, with the aim of optimising the development and testing of new tyres, reducing lead times and strengthening collaborations with car manufacturers;
Materials, with the development of innovative solutions, such as new materials with low environmental impact, and the modelling of mixing processes;
Product and Cyber Development, with innovations in areas such as tyre aerodynamics, automated tread modelling and intelligent vehicle control.
Credits: Drismi
In particular, five departments of Politecnico di Milano are involved in scope of this agreement:Mechanical Engineering; Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering; Mathematics; Electronics, Information and Bioengineering; and Civil and Environmental Engineering.
"Research and training are the prerequisites for an industrial development that looks to the future. The agreement between the Politenico di Miano and Pirelli is solid and this is the direction we wish to pursue"
continues the Rector.
"This agreement aims to consolidate enduring relationships for investments in the long term, which will enable the realization of advanced research with a high level of experimental and innovative content. Strategic partnerships like this create constant dialogue between companies and the university in order to shares needs, strategies and visions"
concludes Andrea Sianesi , President of the Polytechnic Foundation of Milan.
The third stage of the Best of 2021 brings us to the many awards and nominations from around the world, in which alumni and alumnae have distinguished themselves for their Made in Polimi factor.
"What a year for our ALUMNI!" - comments the President Enrico Zio - "A year that I can dare to say "normal", given the exceptional nature of our community of Alumni. The committment, professionalism, ethics and dedication of the Architects, Designers and Engineers of Politecnico di Milano, combined with the quality of their skills, "naturally" lead to these great results. So, let's continue to surprise the world with our "normal" work: I am the President of this community, and I am proud of it.
As of right now, the year is not over yet and the list could get longer. Surely, then, we will have lost someone along the way: in that case, let us know and we will correct it. What is certain is that these postcards from the podiums of the world, signed by Alumni and students of the Polytechnic, are a testimony of the strength of this community in the most varied fields.
April
An Italian wins the James F. Schumar Scholarship
Lorenzo Vergari, a Poli Nuclear Engineering Alumnus and now a PhD student at UC Berkeley, receives the prize that has been awarded annually since 1984 for research results in the field of materials science applied to nuclear power.
May
European Inventor Award 2021, Marco Donolato is a finalist
Magnetic nanoparticles used to diagnose diseases (including Covid19), cheaply and in minutes: a patent belonging to Italian startupper MarcoDonolato, Physics Engineering alumnus, can detect infectious diseases, including Dengue fever, Zika, and SARS-CoV-2.The test requires a single drop of blood and produces accurate results in less than 10 minutes, enabling timely treatment of patients.
Elena Bottinelli wins the Premio Bellisario in the Management category
Women at the heart of the recovery: this is the message of the 33rd edition of the Marisa Bellisario Award “Women making a difference”. Among the other winners of this 33rd edition, the Marisa Bellisario Award Committee picked Alumna ElenaBottinelli, in the Management category.
Valentina Sumini nominated Ambassador for Italian Design 2021
Alumna and visiting professor at Politecnico di Milano, Sumini imagines an “architectural vision of space” and designs houses and hotels for living on other planets. She was conferred the title in Washington during the fifth edition of Italian Design Day, promoted by the Italian Embassy to celebrate Italian design and creativity in the world.
The Giorgio Modena Medal 2021 was awarded to Professor Pierangelo Metrangolo at Politecnico di Milano, for his research into the chemistry of halogenated compounds
The entire scientific world associates the discovery of the halogen bond to the Politecnico di Milano. If you have no idea what this is, it’s because it takes us to the frontiers of science: we talked about it directly with Professor Metrangolo,from the “Giulio Natta” Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering, at Politecnico di Milano, on alumni-polimi.itThe Medal, established in 2019, is awarded every two years to honour the memory and work of Giorgio Modena, one of the masters and pioneers of research in organic physical chemistry. “This is a great recognition for a scientist working on intermolecular interactions,” commented Professor Metrangolo. “And it is an honour that I share with my colleagues in the research group. In particular, with Giuseppe Resnati (of whom we have spoken on MAP 9, page 40) with whom I had the good fortune to discover something new in chemistry, which will be further studied and researched for decades.”
At the intersection of architecture and technology
The University of Southern Denmark (SDU) awarded the TEK Research Dissemination Prize 2021 toRobertoNaboni, architecture alumnus and Phd, now associate professor in Computational Design and Digital Fabrication at SDU, and founder and director of the CREATE research group working on Computational Research in Emergent Architectural Technology. “Researching at the intersection of architecture and technology is just so exciting these days, and this award motivates me to keep doing it, and continue speaking about it around the world and on social media”, comments Naboni.
October
James Dyson Award 2021 to three Politecnico students
Safer, more beautiful, sustainable roads: LucaGrosso, SilvanaMigliozzi and AlessioPuleo, three students on the Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master’s degree) course Intregrated Product Design, won the award with their Roadfix project, a tool designed to repair road surfaces at no cost to the public budget, instead involving sponsor companies through a design project. The idea was conceived during the Concept Design Laboratory held by Prof. Massimo Bianchini al at the Politecnico and resulted in a prototype. The James Dyson Award is an international design award for young engineers and designers. These three Politecnico students stood out as the best young inventors among more than 2,000 participants who submitted inventions from 28 countries.
Eni Award: The President of the Italian Republic awards two Alumnae of Politecnico
MonicaFerro and GretaColomboDugoni, Politecnico di Milano alumnae and researchers, received their awards at Palazzo del Quirinale in the presence of the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella during the 13th edition of the Eni Award for scientific research, with the special mention “Eni Joule for Entrepreneurship”. Also known as the “Nobel Prize for Energy”, this award is considered an international benchmark for research in the fields of energy and the environment. The alumnae received it for their work in the startup Bi-Rex, which they founded.
Double silver for Politecnico Alumna Federica Fragapane
After winning second place at the European Design Awards in June, Fragapane, a Communication Design alumna, also received the Pierre Keller Award at the Hublot Design Prize 2021, the most important recognition in the design sector to support young talent. At London's Serpentine Galleries, 160 international art experts and gallerists gathered to present works by emerging and established artists from around the world. FedericaFragapane was picked as the winner for her data visualisation work that represents the complexity of data in organic and poetic forms.
2021 has been a year of silver for Fragapane, who also won second place at theall’European Design Awards in June.
Alumna Tiziana Monterisi wins Fortune's Italia Prize
Monterisi won the MPW2021 – Fortune Italiaaward, which she received at the Fortune Italia MPW (Most Powerful Women) International Convention. An Architecture alumna, she is CEO and co-founder of Ricehouse, a company focused on transforming rice production waste into building and construction materials. The company uses all the natural materials that usually end up as waste to create building infrastructures.
Nellie Award Italia goes to young female graduates with big social impact
Awarded by The Circle Italia and Tiffany & co., the first edition picked three winners based on their academic achievements and the impact of their proposed solutions:TracyBassil,a Product Service Design and Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering alumna, developed a proposal to tackle the housing crisis after the Beirut port explosion in 2020. MarineKerdaffrec, an Integrated Product Design alumna, designed a device that links asthma monitoring and air pollution detection. ElenaRedaelli, a Biomedical Engineering alumna, developed a method to improve the lives of people operated on using the TEVAR technique.
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