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Department of Mechanical Engineering

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2024

Towards an autonomous and sustainable Europe in the semiconductor supply chain

Pioneering aluminium optics for a closer look at outer space

Politecnico di Milano and China Academy of Railway Sciences (CARS) sign a new cooperation agreement

Tennis rackets, wind turbines and planes: how future scientists will be able to recycle composites

Overcoming the current limits of remanufacturing for a more circular future

DMEC hosted the ICQRS2024 conference

Dynamis PRC: What a Season!

Towards the mass production of electronic multi-material devices leveraging new AM solutions

Physis PEB Wins Sustainable Technology Award at the 11th Monaco Energy Boat Challenge

Revolutionising steelmaking residue recycling with an innovative hydrogen-based reduction process

The Team Green Mecc on the podium at the Shell Eco-marathon Europe and Africa 2024

Empowering European Manufacturing: Cutting-Edge Training in Digital Technologies

Favouring planetary space exploration exploiting digital twin and HUMS

New Eyes for Food Sorting Lines

Our researchers explore the floating wind farms of the future

Getting lightweight steel alloys closer to their application

Revolutionizing battery recycling through a target-driven approach

A circular and chemistry-neutral approach for recycling and recovery of battery waste feeds

The colour is WoW

Fuel cells and additive technology together for sustainable energy production

DMEC contributed to the design of the new longest suspension bridge in Europe

Urban Creativity for a Sustainable Future

The mechanics of inclusion

Research, art and inclusion behind the new project of Social Responsibility promoted by DMEC

Message from the Head of the Department

2023

Are we closing the gap of fragility fractures?

Innovative, eco-friendly and recycled materials to improve energy efficiency

Self-cleaning ceramic membranes for a cleaner water

Empowering Women and Sustainability: from waste to wellness through 3D printing

COSMEC unveils the mechanism behind metal-polymer binding

Traffic, cycling routes and public transportation: innovative solutions for a greener mobility

The 51st European Transport Conference at Politecnico di Milano

HL4IT Project: Exploring Human Interaction with Level 4 Automated Vehicles in an Italian Environment

The DeremCo project: Unlocking the potential of Circular Economy solutions for composites

ARCHIMEDES: a multidisciplinary approach for understanding and preventing bone fractures

Fibereuse Tech: innovative circular solutions for recycling and reuse of GF composites

AI@EDGE: advancing traffic management for cooperative connected and automated vehicles

Circular Steel: Advancing Sustainability in EAF Steelmaking with BioRECAST

Nurturing Research Excellence: Collaborative Training and Development at DMEC

PHYSIS IONE 2.0: Implementing hydrogen to drive innovation in the boating world

Leonardo da Vinci’s robotic lion: the 16th century technology brought to life

Sara Muggiasca is the new Scientific Director of the Wind Tunnel

JUICE: DMEC for ESA to explore Jupiter's moons

The revision of the Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering: interview with the coordinator

Great success for the LaserEMobility Workshop 2023

Two DMEC Projects selected for the annual MSCA Doctoral Networks call

HiCONNECTS Project - Heterogeneous Integration for Connectivity and Sustainability

Multisensorial Tour to the Palazzo delle Paure museum thanks to Politecnico di Milano – Lecco Campus

AUTO-TWIN project kicks off

MARSS. The MusAB comes to life, voice, and movement thanks to Extended Reality

RIS-DustRec-II. Zero waste reprocessing of EAF and CF dust with competence build-up

The Smart-ProFACE project wins the tender of the European Space Agency

Reuse and recycling of lithium batteries: Regional HUB for the Circular Economy of Lombardy Region

The floor to the head of the Department – Prof. Marco Belloli

The Department and the National Recovery and Resilience Plan

The PoSAdditive Project

ActivE³: a project to promote inclusivity and sport

The winners of the 2022 Edition of Switch2product - Innovation Challenge

Greetings from Prof. Marco Bocciolone

2022

Composite materials in the race to space!

Destiny: a project for a greener and more efficient manufacturing industry

Development of innovative materials for better thermal management

Laser Powder Bed Fusion systems at DMEC

The 50th European Transport Conference at Politecnico di Milano

ICSP14, a successful event!

CONSTRUCTADD - Resource-efficient steel CONSTRUCTion using ADDitive manufacturing

dTHOR - Digital Ship Structural Health Monitoring

The Cable Dynamics Laboratory of PoliMi

COMMANDS - Convoy Operations with Manned-unManneD Systems

Digitalizing the wood industry: 5G-TIMBER kicks off

SBLINK - Smart Bio-inspired Link

LIS4.0 project: interview with Stefano Beretta, DMEC professor involved in WP3

The RocWAAM - Robotic Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing project kicked-off at DMEC

Railway drone for line monitoring

PRO HACKIN’ project: Innovating teaching through blended learning and product hackathon

Research outcomes promoted by the Parizzi Association at DMEC

DYNAMIS PRC technology improves, presented the first also self-driving prototype

NextGear

LIS4.0 project: interview with Francesco Braghin, head of WP2

At GVPM a topographic study for the development of a new exhibition area in Hong Kong

Interview with Sara Bagherifard, winner of the prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant

SMARTEX Project winner of the second edition of the “Call for Researchers"

The full-scale axle fatigue test bench

“Mobility as a Service”: IP4MaaS project

The DIGES project: DIGital twin project of Lunar Exploration Systems

RESTART Health: Renewable Energy Systems To Activate Recovery Through the Health sector

Test and calibration of mechanical properties of composite materials

SAMAS 2 project, a step forward in the structural integrity and safety of military helicopters

FactoryBricks: a New Learning Platform for Smart Manufacturing Systems

The GAP project for an early diagnosis and prevention of bone diseases

MetroSpace Lab: the laboratory headed to space

ABEN: innovative acoustic modelling tools for tyre/road noise control

Between nature and engineering: Additive Manufacturing for nautical applications

The ROSE project: to help people with loss of smell

Gear testing devices

2021

IamSPACE: Italy for Additive Manufacturing in Space

LIS4.0 project: interview with Stefano Melzi, DMEC professor involved in WP4 – Autonomous Systems

X-Ray diffractometer StressTech X3000

FiberEUse: from the European project to the Design Week exhibition

Dynamis PRC ranks fourth in Varano and showcases at the exhibition hosted by the Museo Storico Alfa…

LIS4.0 project: interview with Barbara Previtali, head of WP1

The Current Collection Test Bench (CCTB) of PoliMi

SBLINK is the winning project of DMEC Call for Researchers in the framework of the LIS4.0 project

High Strain Rate: a new Interdepartmental Lab

3D Bioprinting: the new frontier of additive manufacturing for biomedical and pharmaceutical…

MeccE: whatever the future holds

Conclusion of the three-year ERASMUS+ ELPID project

The Blue Growth Farm Project

Pure Copper 3D printing at DMEC through BMD process

The “TECH BUS” project: innovation for an assisted and connected urban mobility

A new design approach: DMEC presents the “Bio-inspired Systems” Lab

MetaMAT-Lab

Updates on the CUSTODIAN project: the role played by DMEC

DMEC Bogie Frame Test-rig

A new Cold Spray unit installed at DMEC

CIRC-eV Lab

Guided wave based health monitoring of rails

Design Methods for the next generation of Naval propellers: NextProp project

DriSMi – the Driving Simulator of Politecnico di Milano

TRIBUTE Interreg Project

VITAE Project

Drones, Immersive and Augmented Reality, Internet of Things: BASE-5G Project

Self-sensing of composite materials based on a network of carbon nanotubes: the MISTICO Project

DMECC and RFI working together on structural health monitoring of railway bridges

2020

Circular economy: an innovative process to recover Zn and Fe from electric arc furnace dusts

A women-only team to study micro-scales bone damage and prevent rated diseases

The first motorcycle exhaust manifold produced by Laser Metal Deposition

Learning from the past, looking at the future: the challenges of blended learning in the…

Can commuter trains travel on high-speed rails?

PATCHBOND II

Switch2Product: the project NOSTRUM of DMEC among the finalists

New educational opportunities and best practices celebrate the new academic year!

Politecnico and DMEC for the Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport

Polisocial Award 2020: research through “Vulnerability and Innovation” in the post-covid19 era

A unified electrification system for the railway system with the FUNDRES project

Museum tours in Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality thanks to MARSS project

Wind safety for the new Genoa bridge studied in the POLIMI wind tunnel

New materials for lighter cars

Remote demonstration event of the project SAMAS in MeccPolimi Lab

PoliNDT - Laboratory for Structural Monitoring and Diagnostics

EMotion - Eritrea Mobility and Cultural Heritage: New Frontiers of the Horn of Africa

PMI Network – Innovation through Cross-Border Cooperation

LiDuP Interdepartmental Lab: Lightweight Structure and Durability Performance

PERVIVAL – Virtual paths for the enhancement of complex museum collections in the Milan area

Wind load assessment on the New ENI Headquarter buildings

NextGear: next generation of running gear

Stampa 3D e polvere lunare: il kit dell’astronauta per le future esplorazioni spaziali?

An excellent project: LIS4.0 (Lightweight and Smart Structures for Industry 4.0)

A new generation of exoskeletons: AGADE becomes a Startup

Laser Optimal: thermal measurements for minimally invasive surgery

Kickoff meeting for H2020 project DigiPrime

ACCEPT among the 2019 Polisocial Award winners

Smart Wheelset: an example of IoT for High-speed trains

MeccPolimi introduces MESFE - Mechanical Engineering Short-term Faculty Exchange

Innovative didactics and transversal skills: great success for “Passion in Action” courses

Elia Viviani at Politecnico di Milano: towards Tokyo 2020