Italy faces an unprecedented demographic crisis, but that is not the only alarm to be aware of, according to Lutech CEO Giuseppe Di Franco, a Polimi Alumnus in management engineering.
For several years, "productivity per worker in our country has been flat, like a billiard table," he states in an interview with Fortune Italia. "The keystone cannot be paying people less, but rather making their work productive", through technology and, naturally, artificial intelligence. First, however, we must understand how to use it. Read the full interview
Researcher at the Bruno Kessler Foundation in Trento, Politecnico alumna and energy engineer Elena Crespi is the new "Young Scientist of the Year": the award was presented to her in Brussels by Hydrogen Europe Research, an international organization comprising 150 universities and research centers from 29 countries. Journalist Eleonora Chioda wrote about it in La Repubblica, for the Beautiful Minds column: "I want to make a contribution to this sector. I’m working to create a better world. A less polluted planet," Crespi says.
The award ceremony for the winning students of the Girls@Polimi 2024 scholarships was held in the Aula Magna Pesenti at the Leonardo Campus. Together with the girls, Isabella Nova , Executive Vice Rector, Mara Tanelli , Rector's Delegate for Diversity and Inclusion, and representatives of donor organizations participated in the event.
Girls@Polimi is the initiative of the Politecnico di Milano designed to bring girls closer to the world of STEM subjects and encourage their enrolment in Engineering programmes with a low female presence. Students will receive scholarships worth € 8,000 / year each, with the possibility of renewal for the next two years of study, and will have the opportunity to participate in accompaniment, training and mentoring activities.
For this edition, the scholarships were funded by companies and foundations: Analog Devices Italia, Associazione Eugenio e Germana Parizzi, Capgemini, Fastweb, Fellows of Politecnico di Milano US, Inc (FPM US), Fondazione r.e.ACT ETS, Getec Italia, Hitachi Energy, Intesa Sanpaolo, Italgestra, Leonardo, Mediobanca, NHOA Energy, POMINI Long Rolling Mills, SLB Italiana. These are flanked by Alumni Politecnico di Milano and the University itself.
We’ve heard a lot about them over the past year: they are fast-growing young startups with a deep-tech core, aiming to improve some aspect of the society we live in. Major innovation outlets are covering them. What's their common thread? They were founded by alumni of the Politecnico di Milano.
Cap_able Founded by alumna designer Rachele Didero, Cap_able has patented technology for biometric data protection: they create clothing capable of confusing facial recognition algorithms.
SunCubes aiming to develop a wireless charging system for sensors and—potentially—satellites, the company was founded by two Politecnico alumni, Alberto Chiozzi and Federico OgnibeneWe met them last June—discover the video interview at this link
From left: Francesco Morgan Bono, Lorenzo Benedetti, Giancarlo Donizzelli; Luca Radicioni
Soundsafe Care combines robotics and ultrasound technology for therapeutic purposes, enabling surgical treatments without incisions, in a completely non-invasive way: a new frontier in tumor treatment. Among the founders is alumnus Andrea Mariani
On the left: Andrea Mariani
The founder of Foreverland Food Alumnus Massimo Sabatini, invented Freecao, a chocolate made without cocoa—it's produced from carob. For those asking why we should give up cocoa, we answer that carob is a much more sustainable ingredient in terms of water consumption: it grows abundantly in Italy, especially in the southern regions, which are prone to prolonged droughts.
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