The Department
Welcome to the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology at the Politecnico di Milano (DAER), the only university department in Italy entirely dedicated to aerospace studies. It inherits the long and successful aeronautical and space tradition that the Politecnico di Milano has fostered since the early days of air transport.
PhDAER Seminars
SPACE SEMINAR SERIES
18/09/2024
PhDAER Seminars
AERODYNAMIC MODELING AND ADJOINT-BASED SHAPE OPTIMIZATION CONSIDERING TRANSITION TO TURBULENCE
19/09/2024
Events
FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DELL’INGEGNERIA 2024
14/09/2024
Research
Polimi @ICAS2024
16/09/2024
Research
BARBARA RE INTERVIEWED FOR "SPOTLIGHT ON THE WOMEN IN ERCOFTAC"
12/09/2024
Conferences
5th SU2 CONFERENCE
30/09/2024
Research
POLIMI WINS THE 2024 EDA RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY, AND INNOVATION PAPERS AWARD
11/09/2024
News
See all5th SU2 CONFERENCE
30/09/2024
The Department of Aerospace Science and Technology at the Politecnico di Milano (DAER) and the SU2 Foundation are very pleased to announce that the 2024 edition of the SU2 conference is again taking place in the Villa Monastero in Varenna / Italy, next to Lake Como.
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AERODYNAMIC MODELING AND ADJOINT-BASED SHAPE OPTIMIZATION CONSIDERING TRANSITION TO TURBULENCE
19/09/2024
PhDAER Seminar - Thursday, September 19, 2024, from 12:00 until 13:30- Sala Consiglio DAER - Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Aerospaziali, Building B12, 2nd floor - Politecnico di Milano, Campus Bovisa, Via La Masa, 34, Milano (MI)
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SPACE SEMINAR SERIES
18/09/2024
Seminar Series: 18-19-25-26 September 2024 - Sala Consiglio DAER - Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Aerospaziali, Building B12, 2nd floor - Politecnico di Milano, Campus Bovisa, Via La Masa, 34, Milano (MI)
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Polimi @ICAS2024
16/09/2024
A large body of representatives from the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology at the Politecnico di Milano (DAER) attended 34th Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences ICAS2024 held in Florence, Italy.
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FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DELL’INGEGNERIA 2024
14/09/2024
Laboratori aperti al Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Aerospaziali del Politecnico di Milano. Sabato 14 settembre e domenica 15 settembre 2024 dalle ore 10 alle ore 18, Campus Bovisa e Campus Durando - Milano
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BARBARA RE INTERVIEWED FOR "SPOTLIGHT ON THE WOMEN IN ERCOFTAC"
12/09/2024
Barbara Re from the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology at the Politecnico di Milano (DAER) has been featured in the "Spotlight on the Women in ERCOFTAC" series.
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POLIMI WINS THE 2024 EDA RESEARCH, TECHNOLOGY, AND INNOVATION PAPERS AWARD
11/09/2024
Michele Maestrini, Maria Alessandra De Luca, Niccolò Faraco, and Pierluigi di Lizia, all members of the SPIRE research team from the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology at Politecnico di Milano, have been awarded the 2024 EDA Research, Technology, and Innovation Award.
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DESENSITIZED OPTIMAL CONTROL: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS
09/09/2024
PhDAER Seminar - Monday, September 9, 2024, from 09:30 until 11:00- Sala Consiglio DAER - Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Aerospaziali, Building B12, 2nd floor - Politecnico di Milano, Campus Bovisa, Via La Masa, 34, Milano (MI)
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ALESSANDRA MANNOCCHI WON THE 2024 ASI SCHOLARSHIP TO ATTEND THE 75TH IAC IN MILAN
05/09/2024
Alessandra Mannocchi from the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology at the Politecnico di Milano (DAER) was awarded the 2024 scholarship by Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI)
09/10
POLITECNICO DI MILANO EMPOWERS THE NEW SPACE PARADIGM WITH THE ERC-POC PROJECT AXESS
29/07/2024
Professor Francesco Topputo from the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology of Politecnico di Milano wins another grant from the European Research Council (ERC) with the project AXESS - “Accelerated X-in-the-loop Environment for Spacecraft Systems Testing”.
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Experimental Labs
See allTechnological Laboratory
The Technological Lab of the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology aims to support the internal teaching and research activities although it also offers its expertise externally. The support provided ranges from the design of single parts or complete equipment, to the processing of metallic materials carried out with the use of CNC equipment and to the creation of tools and components in composite and advanced composite materials using different production technologies up to 3D printing.
Find out moreSpLab - Space Propulsion Laboratory
The Space Propulsion Laboratory (SPLab) operates in the field of space propulsion with reference to solid, liquid and hybrid propellant systems, from both experimental and numerical viewpoints. The research group is now committed to developing innovative solution, such as low environmental impact formulations of solid propellant, unconventional hybrid engine configurations for in-space applications and green oxidizer-fuel combinations designed for new generation storable liquid propulsion. Since 1976, year of foundation, it is also consistently active in the study of combustion of solid phase energy materials with research activities on stationary combustion rates, static and dynamic extinction, deflagration limit pressure, characterisation of the combustion products, ignition and transient combustion phenomena. The SpLab collaborates regularly both in the academic field and in the industrial sector with other research centers at a national and international level.In 2018 it founded ReActive-Powder Technology, a Politecnico di Milano spin-off, with expertise in making high performance energy materials through mechanical activation processes.
Find out moreLaST - Transport Safety Lab
La.S.T. is the transport safety lab of the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology. It has been involved in passive safety since the 60s. Its mission is to improve passive safety in transport thanks to the synergy between the use of numerical simulation techniques and experimental activities. Inside the laboratory there are a crash test sled, several drop test machines, some high-velocity impact launchers and several conducting static tests' equipment.
Find out moreAerodynamic Laboratory
The Experimental Aerodynamics Laboratory is equipped with different wind tunnels of various dimensions, typology and test regimes. The experimental equipment enables to perform a wide range of tests. The main plant is a closed circuit wind tunnel with a test section of 1.5m x 1m and a maximum wind velocity of 55m/s. The experimental activity mainly includes pressure and force measurements, hot wire anemometry and particle image velocimetry (PIV). Tests are carried out in various research fields, from basic fluid dynamics to industrial applications. A large part of the laboratory activity is also carried out in the GVPM wind tunnel.
Find out moreExperimental Test Laboratory
The Experimental Test Laboratory is at the service of thesis works, reasearch and tests for external customers; it is equippeed with testing machines, measurement instrumentation, data acquisition systems. It also performes extensometric tests.
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