Magazine

CRASHWORTHINESS TESTING AT THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

PhDAER Seminar October 13, 2026, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. - Sala Consiglio DAER, Building B12, 2nd Floor, Politecnico di Milano, Campus Bovisa, Via la Masa 34, Milano

A FLIGHT SYSTEM PERSPECTIVE ON UNMANNED AIRCRAFT RESEARCH AT DLR

PhDAER Seminar September 15, 2026, from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm - Sala Consiglio DAER, Building B12, 2nd Floor, Politecnico di Milano, Campus Bovisa, Via la Masa 34, Milano

EXPERIMENTAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY OF OXIDE-OXIDE COMPOSITE STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO STATIC AND FATIGUE LOADINGS: FROM ELEMENTARY COUPONS TO COMPOSITE COMPONENTS

PhDAER Seminar July 28, 2026, at 14:30 - Sala Consiglio DAER, Building B12, 2nd Floor, Politecnico di Milano, Campus Bovisa, Via la Masa 34, Milano

PRISMA at InnoTrans 2026

The PRISMA project was presented at InnoTrans 2026, the international trade fair for transport technology, held in Berlin from 22 to 25 September 2026, in collaboration with GCF.

CHIARA BISAGNI JOINS ERCINITALY EVENT ON THE STRATEGIC ROLE OF FRONTIER RESEARCH AT THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT

Professor Chiara Bisagni was invited to participate in an event held at the Camera dei Deputati of the Italian Parliament in Rome on September 15, 2026.

FIRST LARGE-SCALE DROP TEST OF LI-ION BATTERY MODULE

Big achievement for the laboratory for electric vehicle safety, established within LaST lab with funding from the PNRR MOST programme.

AWARD OF ASI SCHOLARSHIPS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE SGC AND THE INTERNATIONAL ASTRONAUTICAL CONGRESS (IAC)

Martina Rusconi, Mathilda Bolis and Maria Alessandra De Luca, PhD students at DAER, have been awarded scholarships by ASI to attend the 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC2026) and the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC).

FLIGHT TESTING EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES WITH LEONARDO, PIPISTREL AND THE ITALIAN NAVY

During May and June 2026, the Flight Testing course of the M.Sc. in Aeronautical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano once again offered students a unique programme of hands-on flight test activities through long-standing collaborations with Leonardo Helicopters, Leonardo Aeronautics, Pipistrel, and the Italian Navy.

DAER AT THE INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING SUMMER SCHOOL @OFF CAMPUS

From 22 to 26 June 2026, the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology (DAER) at Politecnico di Milano took part in the first edition of the Industrial Engineering Summer School @OFF CAMPUS, an outreach initiative designed for upper secondary school students to introduce them to STEM disciplines and industrial engineering.