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.
News
CALL: MSCA POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP MASTERCLASS
20/05/2025

Education
CERTIFICAZIONE DI IMPIANTI AERONAUTICI
09/05/2025

Events
PhD STAND AT CAREER DAY: AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
13/05/2025

PhDAER Seminars
TOWARDS ROTORCRAFT AND VTOL AIRCRAFT SAFETY: A SIMULATION AND CONTROL PERSPECTIVE
15/05/2025

News
GIUSEPPE SALA PER RAISPORT
08/05/2025

Research
STEFANO SILVESTRINI TELLS US ABOUT HIS RESEARCH ON FRONTIERE
05/05/2025

Research
GIUSEPPE SALA AND PIETRO ACETI ON FRONTIERE
05/05/2025

News
See allCALL: MSCA POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP MASTERCLASS
20/05/2025
The 8th edition of the Politecnico di Milano MSCA-MASTERCLASS is now open! Promising candidates to the MSCA European Postdoctoral Fellowship call 2025 will be supported throughout the application process. The aim of the Masterclass is to train young and talented researchers to successfully apply to the MSCA call appointing Politecnico di Milano as Host institution.
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TOWARDS ROTORCRAFT AND VTOL AIRCRAFT SAFETY: A SIMULATION AND CONTROL PERSPECTIVE
15/05/2025
The Department is pleased to host Prof. Marilena Pavel (TU Delft), a leading expert in aerospace engineering, for a special seminar on May 15 at 3pm. She will discuss the latest developments and challenges in ensuring the safety of Vertical Take-Off and Landing vehicles.
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PhD STAND AT CAREER DAY: AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
13/05/2025
We cordially invite all students from Politecnico di Milano to the Career Day, taking place on May 13th at Campus Bovisa (via Lambruschini 4, Building BL27).
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CERTIFICAZIONE DI IMPIANTI AERONAUTICI
09/05/2025
Venerdì 9 maggio 2025 dalle ore 11:15 alle 13:15, Aula Carassa e Dadda, Edificio BL28, Via Lambruschini, 4 - 20156 - Milano (MI)
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GIUSEPPE SALA PER RAISPORT
08/05/2025
“I tre sarti del Re”, il docufilm che Raisport dedica a Eddy Merckx, per i suoi 80 anni, e ai tre artigiani italiani che hanno realizzato le sue bici vincenti, Faliero Masi, Ernesto Colnago ed Ugo De Rosa, andrà in onda giovedì 8 maggio alle 22.30 su Raisport.
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STEFANO SILVESTRINI TELLS US ABOUT HIS RESEARCH ON FRONTIERE
05/05/2025
Stefano Silvestrini, researcher at the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology of the Politecnico di Milano, was interviewed on Frontiere of the Politecnico di Milano about his research activities on the use of deep learning techniques to make spacecraft more intelligent, adaptable and capable of making autonomous decisions even in unforeseen situations.
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GIUSEPPE SALA AND PIETRO ACETI ON FRONTIERE
05/05/2025
Professor Giuseppe Sala and researcher Pietro Aceti from the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology at the Politecnico di Milano presented on Frontiere of the Politecnico di Milano their research work on a patented sensor that protects composite materials in extreme environmental conditions.
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INCONTRO IN RICORDO DI PAOLO MANTEGAZZA
29/04/2025
Martedì, 29 aprile 2025, ore 14:30 - Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Aerospaziali, Edificio B12, Sala Consiglio - Politecnico di Milano, Campus Bovisa, Via La Masa 34, Milano
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PASSION IN ACTION COURSE ON THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF A ROTARY-WING AIRCRAFT
17/04/2025
Striking success of the new Passion in Action course entitled “Industrial Development of a Helicopter: A Market and Business Perspective”.
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AEROSPACE CAREER EXPERIENCE - 2025 EDITION
16/04/2025
On April 16, 2025, the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology of Politecnico di Milano hosted the 2025 edition of the Aerospace Career Experience, with the support of the university’s Career Service.
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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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