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.
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SAVE THE DATE: OPENDAY25
29/03/2025

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NEW OPEN PHD POSITION IN WIND FARM OPTIMIZATION AND OPERATION
31/03/2025

Research
SECOND PROGRESS MEETING FOR THE ASI-ISTAR PROJECT
27/03/2025

UNA PICCOLA COSTELLAZIONE DI CUBESAT PER UNA GRANDE SCIENZA
17/03/2025

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QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS BY SUBJECT 2025
14/03/2025

Education
PREMIO ARNALDI RANCATI 2024
17/03/2025

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See allNEW OPEN PHD POSITION IN WIND FARM OPTIMIZATION AND OPERATION
31/03/2025
The PhD position is part of the European Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network ‟AWETRAIN – Airborne Wind Energy TRAining for Industrialization Network”
01/10
SAVE THE DATE: OPENDAY25
29/03/2025
The Open Day at Politecnico di Milano is back! A mix of in-person and online activities to introduce you to our Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD programs!
02/10
SECOND PROGRESS MEETING FOR THE ASI-ISTAR PROJECT
27/03/2025
On March 4th, SPIRE and COMPASS research groups had the opportunity to co-organize and attend the second progress meeting for the ISTAR project at the headquarter of the Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), in Rome.
03/10
WOMEN ARE NEEDED TO MAKE SPACE
26/03/2025
26 marzo 2025 Presentazione della rivista Civiltà dei Dati e anteprima del documentario Generazioni alla presenza di Amalia Ercoli Finzi, Michèle Lavagna e Anthea Comellini.
04/10
NEW PHD POSITION ON MOON EXPLORATION
18/03/2025
Fascinated by the Moon and want to be part of the game in its manned exploration?
05/10
NEW CALLS FOR PHD POSITIONS ON SPACE SUSTAINABILITY!
18/03/2025
Interested in contributing to the future of Space Sustainability? There are plenty of new opportunities to be part of the COMPASS Lab!
06/10
5th ADDITIONAL CALL 40th CYCLE _ ADMISSION TO DOCTORAL POSITIONS IN AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
18/03/2025
The following Calls - PNRR calls, INPS calls, additional calls - for admission to doctoral positions with a scholarship for specific research topics are open, starting date 1 May 2025 - deadline 18 March 2025
07/10
UNA PICCOLA COSTELLAZIONE DI CUBESAT PER UNA GRANDE SCIENZA
17/03/2025
Finanziata dall’Agenzia Spaziale Italiana la costellazione H.E.R.M.E.S. avrà il compito di monitorare il cielo per intercettare eventi, come i lampi gamma, avvisando in tempo reale gli scienziati
08/10
PREMIO ARNALDI RANCATI 2024
17/03/2025
On 27th February 2025, Marco Felice Montaruli was awarded the Premio Arnaldo Rancati 2024 by the Istituto Lombardo – Accademia di Scienze e Lettere.
09/10
OPEN REGISTRATION - EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY - CONCURRENT ENGINEERING CHALLENGE
15/03/2025
Registrations are open to be selected for the 1 week rush in sizing a space mission proposed by the European Space Agency Academy.
10/10
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.
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SpLab - 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.
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LaST - 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.
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Aerodynamic 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.
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Experimental 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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