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.
Events
DAER SUMMER PARTY 2024 - ANNUAL DAER REUNION
22/07/2024
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Education
DAER SUMMER SCHOOL 2024
15/07/2024
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Research
LUMIO MISSION APPROVED BY THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
12/07/2024
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Research
THEMIS FOR TRACKING THE HEALTH OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND MISSIONS IN SPACE
21/06/2024
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Education
2023 COSPAR OUTSTANDING PAPER AWARD FOR YOUNG SCIENTIST
19/06/2024
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Research
TOWARDS REUSABLE VEHICLES FOR SPACE
04/06/2024
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News
See allEUROPA: A MODELER’S VIEW OF AN ICY MOON
24/07/2024
Wednesday July 24, 2024, at 14:30 - Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Aerospaziali, Politecnico di Milano, Sala Consiglio DAER, Second Floor, Campus Bovisa, Via La Masa, 34, Milano (MI)
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SPACE LOGISTICS: APPLICATIONS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH TO IN-SPACE INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN
22/07/2024
Monday, July 22, 2024, at 11:00 - Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Aerospaziali, Politecnico di Milano, Sala Consiglio DAER, Second Floor, Campus Bovisa, Via La Masa, 34, Milano (MI)
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DAER SUMMER PARTY 2024 - ANNUAL DAER REUNION
22/07/2024
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FIRST TECHNICAL MEETING FOR THE ASI-ISTAR PROJECT
22/07/2024
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MULTI-BODY MODELLING AND CONTROL OF FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES FOR FINE POINTING SPACE MISSIONS
18/07/2024
05/10
CRASHLAB AT FREIBURG FOR THE 4TH ICILSM
17/07/2024
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DAER SUMMER SCHOOL 2024
15/07/2024
Dal 1 al 5 luglio 2024 si è svolta la Summer School del Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Aerospaziali (DAER) del Politecnico di Milano, ormai giunta alla sua XIV edizione.
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LUMIO MISSION APPROVED BY THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
12/07/2024
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TECNOLOGIE "DUAL-USE" E RICERCA ACCADEMICA. DILEMMI ETICO-GIURIDICI (E COME RISOLVERLI)
08/07/2024
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LAUNCH OF THE OPERA PROJECT (ORBITAL PROPULSION EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH ACTION)
04/07/2024
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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.
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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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