
Zanotti Alex
Associate Professor
Zanotti Alex
Associate Professor
Alex Zanotti, Ph.D. He is Associate Professor of Fluid Dynamics at Politecnico di Milano since 2022. He is the Scientific Coordinator of the Experimental Aerodynamics Laboratory of the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology of Politecnico di Milano. He is the Deputy Director of the Scientific Council of the Politecnico di Milano Wind Tunnel (www.windtunnel.polimi.it ↗). He obtained the M.Sc degree in Aerospace Engineering in 2006 and the Ph.D in Rotary Wing Aircrafts in 2012 from Politecnico di Milano. He is an aerodynamics specialist and his main research interest is rotorcraft aerodynamics with a particular insight on retreating blade dynamic stall control and blade vortex interaction. In recent years, he is involved in aerodynamics and aeroacoustics investigation of innovative configurations for Urban Air Mobility vehicles like eVTOL aircraft. He was Scientific Responsible for the development of the mid-fidelity aerodynamic solver DUST. He was involved in several EU funded projects (FP6, FP7, CleanSky and CleanSky2) regarding helicopter aerodynamics and tiltrotor aerodynamics.
Research labs
RAL - Rotorcraft Aerodynamic Lab
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Research projects
H2020 | UN-BIASED - UNcertainty quantification and modelling Bias Inhibition by means of an Agnostic Synergistic Exploitation of multi-fidelity Data
Project detailsPNRR | CENTRO NAZIONALE MOBILITÀ SOSTENIBILE (MOST) - Air mobility
Project detailsGARTEUR | Action Group RC/AG-26 - Noise Radiation and Propagation for Multirotor System Configurations
Project detailsH2020 | MONNALISA - Modelling Nonlinear Aerodynamics of Lifting Surfaces
Project detailsH2020 | FORMOSA - Development of Innovative Functional Aircraft Moveable Surfaces
Project detailsDUST
Project detailsH2020 | SMS - Smart Morphing and Sensing
Project detailsH2020 | NITROS - Network for Innovative Training on ROtorcraft Safety
Project detailsCleanSky | ROD (Rotorcraft Drag reduction)
Project detailsCleanSky | GUM (active GUrney on Main rotor blades)
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Magazine articles
ASTRONAUTS IN THE CLASSROOM @POLIMI
18/10/2024
DAER ATTENDANCE AT 50TH ERF
18/09/2024
FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE DELL’INGEGNERIA 2024
14/09/2024
DAER SUMMER SCHOOL 2024
15/07/2024
NEW DUST WEBSITE
21/02/2024
THE GARTEUR CELEBRATED ITS 50TH BIRTHDAY!
18/10/2023
FESTIVAL DELL’INGEGNER{I}A 2023
29/09/2023
THE FORMOSA CONSORTIUM, LED BY POLITECNICO DI MILANO AND CEIIA, ACHIEVED ON APRIL 2023 ITS LAST MILESTONE
04/05/2023
FORMOSA PROJECT: AN INNOVATIVE CONTROL SURFACE DEVELOPED FOR THE NEXT GENERATION CIVIL TILTROTOR
02/05/2023
1st DUST WORKSHOP
20/12/2022
DAER'S PARTICIPATION TO THE 48TH ERF IN WINTERTHUR
21/09/2022
2022 FESTIVAL DELL'INGEGNERIA DEL POLITECNICO DI MILANO
09/09/2022
DUST SOFTWARE MAJOR RELEASE 0.7.2
10/06/2022
ALEX ZANOTTI RACCONTA LA SUA RICERCA SU FRONTIERE
30/11/2021
RAES BLOG REPORTED ON A RESEARCH FROM DAER ON EFFECTS OF ROTORCRAFT NOISE POLLUTION IN URBAN AREAS
15/09/2021
2021 FESTIVAL DELL'INGEGNERIA DEL POLITECNICO DI MILANO
10/09/2021
2019 DAER OPENLABS
30/11/2019