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Politecnico di Milano since 1863 Milano, XX mese 20XX The leading University in Italy for Architecture, Design and Engineering POLITECNICO DI MILANO 1863-2013 THE LEADING AND LARGEST SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN IN ITALY 3


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Milano, XX mese 20XX

Politecnico di Milano since 1863

The leading University in Italy for Architecture, Design and Engineering

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Stefano Cernuschi, DICA Environmental Section

POLITECNICO DI MILANO

THE LEADING AND LARGEST SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN IN ITALY 3 Schools of Engineering, 2 Schools of Architecture, 1 School of Design. ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING TECHNICAL UNIVERSITIES QS World University Ranking 2015, Engineering & Technology category: 24th in the World, 7th in Europe, 1st in Italy.

1863-2013

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AY 2015-2016

STUDENTS PROFESSORS & RESEARCHERS (perm. staff)

ARCHITECTURE

29% of graduated in Italy 3 out of 10

7 000 297

DESIGN

78% of graduated in Italy 8 out of 10

3 500 94

ENGINEERING

19% of graduated in Italy 1 out of 5

27 500 925

POLITECNICO DI MILANO: TECHNOLOGY, CREATIVITY, CULTURE

Politecnico di Milano has kept in its logo (from Raffaello’s painting) an original and creative attitude

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I Level Master II Level Master 13-year education

1st level Laurea Bachelor 2nd level Laurea Magistrale Master of Science 3rd level Dottorato Di Ricerca Ph.D.

The Italian Educational System

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POLITECNICO DI MILANO

The Strategic vision

Be an international university with strong Italian roots Focus education on four pillars – Technical skills, – Crosscultural skills – Crossdisciplinary innovation – Social responsibility Support the competitiveness of the Ecosystem – Produce qualified Human Capital for export

  • riented companies

– Research and innovation dealing with societal challenges

Technology, Creativity and Culture BSc

National classes, focus on disciplinary skills

MSc

International classes, focus on cross-cultural, cross- disciplinary skills

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A COSMOPOLITAN ATMOSPHERE Many programs taught entirely in English, Specializing Master and Short post-graduation courses. International students coming from more than 100 different countries (@ 2015)

  • 1 500 @ Bachelor of Science
  • 3 200 @ Master of Science
  • 350 @ PhD

about 5 000 international students

POLITECNICO DI MILANO

∼ 42 000

total number students enrolled year 2015- 2016

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The growth of international students

1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000

2003 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Exchange + Double degrees International Students

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International Co-operation Agreements Effective in December 2015

Framework agreements

170

Student exchange agreements

200

PhD agreements

40

Double degree agreements

94

Total

504

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Master of Science programmes in English - 1/2

Aeronautical Engineering Architecture Architecture-Architectural Design Automation and Control Engineering Biomedical Engineering Building and Architectural Engineering Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Civil Engineering for Risk Mitigation Computer Science and Engineering Design & Engineering Design for the Fashion System Electrical Engineering Electronics Engineering Energy Engineering

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Master of Science programmes in English - 2/2

Engineering Physics Environmental and Geomatic Engineering Environmental and Land Planning Engineering Interior Design Management Engineering Management of Built Environment Materials Engineering and Nanotechnology Mathematical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Nuclear Engineering Product Service System Design Space Engineering Telecommunication Engineering Urban Planning and Policy

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Politecnico di Milano PhD School

  • 18 Programmes
  • 250-300 new PhD students per year (85% of them with

grants or research contracts)

  • ~ 30% International students
  • 150-200 third-level courses (by Italian and International

Experts)

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Politecnico di Milano - PhD Programmes in ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE and INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

ENGINEERING Aerospace Engineering Bioengineering Electrical Engineering Energy and Nuclear Science, and Technology Environmental and Infrastructural Engineering Industrial Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Information Technology Management, Economics, and Industrial Engineering Materials Engineering Mathematical Models and Methods in Engineering Mechanical Engineering Physics Structural, Seismic, and Geotechnical Engineering ARCHITECTURE Architecture, Built Environment, and Construction Engineering Architectural, Urban, and Interior Design Preservation of the Architectural Heritage Urban Planning, Design, and Policy

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN Design

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PhD opportunities: Internationalization and round preparation

  • PhD School provides wide support for spending up to 18 months

abroad (50% salary increase)

  • POLIMI is among the leading International Institutions in establishing

double/joint doctorate agreements

  • Shorter stays in Europe qualify for the Doctor Europaeus title
  • Travel funds: each grant includes an endowment of 2.740€ to cover

short visits / congress participation

  • GTS: the PhD School organizes each year a series of courses to

provide Generic & Transferable Skills (GTS)

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PhD opportunities: Strong Integration with Industrial Partners

  • ~ 50% of the PhD Grants are funded by research contracts and/or

Industrial Partners

  • Private investors enjoy tax credits whenever they support academic

research and/or PhD scholarships

  • Executive PhD : Industry employees may follow a specifically

designed PhD path, jointly agreed between their Central Office and Polimi

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The 12 Departments of Politecnico di Milano

Aerospace Science and Technology Architecture and Urban Studies Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering Chemistry, Materials And Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta” Civil and Environmental Engineering Design Electronics, Information and Bioengineering Energy Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering Mathematics Mechanics Physics

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POLITECNICO DI MILANO Large research infrastructures

WIND TUNNEL

One of the most advanced laboratories in the world for tests on aerospace system aerodynamics and wind effects structures

La.S.T.

Laboratory for the Safety of Transport

L.P.M

Experimental activities on materials and structures

PoliFAB (clean room)

Micro-nano fabrication facility micro- and nano technologies, Silicon photonics, Biosensors, MEMS, advanced materials

Building B18: Energy Department new Labs.

Chemical and Nuclear Division: Advanced integrated labs for catalyisis and catalytic processes and nuclear engineering

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POLITECNICO DI MILANO

Large research centers

MOX Mathematical modelling and scientific computing.

  • Application to

several academics and industrial sectors

IIT@POLIMI Center for Nano Science and Technology

  • Artificial retina/eye,
  • Carbon

nanocomposites,

  • Hybrid solar cells

EIT ICT Satellite Node

  • Smart spaces
  • Cloud,

networking

  • Security, privacy
  • Smart energy
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COMPETITION & COLLABORATION: POLIMI NETWORKS IN EU

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  • Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering

“ …developing engineering solutions in vital areas that address societal needs for well- designed, well-operated, sustainable and resilient buildings, energy, transportation, water and environmental protection systems..”

DICA activities addressed to research, training and technology transfer in the following areas:

land survey, geology, geotechnics, hydraulics, hydrology, water resources management, air, water and soil quality evaluation, modelling and treatment technologies, waste prevention, recovery, recycling and treatment, transportation networks, analysis and design

  • f structures and infrastructures, earthquake engineering, safety of

heritage buildings, bridges and coastal infrastructures.

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About us

The Department employs:

  • 57 Professors
  • 45 Researchers
  • 69 Fellowships
  • 85 Ph.D. Students
  • 44 Staff
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About us – International Commitment

In 2014/2015

  • Teaching visiting professors:

9 (Argentina, France, UK, Greece, Spain, Poland);

  • Visiting professors – short stays:

11 (Spain, Poland, China, Brazil, France, Germany);

  • Politecnico International Fellowship:

1 (China);

  • Visiting Ph.D. students:

30 (Brazil, Colombia, Spain, Algeria, Latvia, India)

Ongoing research agreements

  • Institute for Thermal Power Engineering – Zhejiang University, China;
  • Engineering School for Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment – Department of Civil

and Coastal Engineering – Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences – Florida University, USA;

  • School of Civil Engineering – Shenyang Jianzhu University, China;
  • Department of History, Society and Human Studies - Salento University, Institute of

History – Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawla II, Institute of History – Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland.

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Organization/1

  • Mechanics of Materials and

Structures

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Geodesy and Geomatics
  • Transport Infrastructures and

Geosciences

  • Structures and Environment
  • Design, Diagnosis and Structural

Rehabilitation

  • Water Science and Engineering
  • Hydraulic Engineering

Laboratories Schools Ph.D. Courses

Chair - Prof. Gianpaolo Rosati Vice Chair - Prof. Laura Scesi

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Schools

  • ICAT Civil, Environmental and

Land Management Engineering

  • Design
  • Architecture
  • Building Engineering
  • Industrial and information

technologies engineering

Ph.D. Courses

  • Environmental and

Infrastructures Engineering

  • Structural, Seismic and

Geotechnical Engineering

Laboratories

  • Testing Materials
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Hydraulics «Gaudenzio Fantoli»
  • Geodetic Measurements
  • Road Research Laboratory
  • Petrography
  • Materials, Processes and Geotechnical Models
  • Microsystems and Micromechanics
  • Applied Geophysics Measurements
  • Computational Mechanics
  • Diagnosis and Analysis on Building Materials
  • Shock tube
  • A. Rozzi Laboratory (Cremona)
  • Testing Materials and Structures (Lecco)

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DICA – Environmental Section

  • Advanced treatment technologies (physical, chemical and biological) of urban and

industrial wastewater, modelling and control systems;

  • Water reuse (industrial and irrigation);
  • Energy and material recovery from liquid and solid wastes
  • Surface water quality management and planning, scenario analyses;
  • Air quality analysis and modelling emission inventories;
  • Control technologies for gaseous and particulate atmospheric pollutants;
  • Environmental impact assessment of industrial sites and civil infrastructures;
  • Analysis and evaluation of integrated system options for solid wastes

management and treatment;

  • Human health risk assessment of toxic pollutants;
  • Treatment technologies for reclamation of contaminated soils and sediments;
  • Reclamation of contaminated groundwater;
  • Environmental management and certification systems: management systems (ISO

14001, EMAS), life cycle analysis (LCA), ecological labelling (ISO 14020 - Ecolabel); indicators and indexes (ISO 14031).

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Environmental Engineering Labs: LIA - Milan Leonardo Campus

 Chemical and physical analysis on (natural and polluted) water, wastewater, soils, air, solid waste, sludges,..(ICP-AS, GC-MS, HPLC, XRF, PSD, UV-VIS, …)  Anoxic and aerobic biodegradability evaluation by means of respirometry, manometry and titration devices  Sampling devices (fine, ultrafine and nano-particles in the atmosphere and flue gas; flux chambers)  Lab and pilot scales batch and continuous reactors to test biological, chemical, physical and thermal (< 140°C) and membranes treatments

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Entirely focused on anaerobic technologies (increasing biodegradability, sustainable feeding, biogas upgrade, dark fermentation, Anammox, BMPs)

 Lab/pilot scale AD reactors and photobioreactors (batch, CSTR, PF, membrane)  Instrumentation for biogas production potential measure and characterization

Environmental Engineering Labs: A.ROZZI - Cremona Campus

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Environmental/Energy Engineering Labs: LEAP – Piacenza Campus

  • 1. Heat_Box: Performance tests of small size boilers (up to 120 kW).
  • 2. Wind_Box: Thermo-fluid-dynamic test on stacks of small and medium size boilers;
  • 3. CO2_Box: Evaluation of thermodynamic properties of CO2 -based mixtures.

Tests and measurements on industrial plants and in the atmosphere

  • 1. Temperature measurements inside large size heat generators (particularly waste-

to-energy plants and biomass-fired plants)

  • 2. Evaluation of pollutant concentrations in flue gas
  • 3. Measurements of ultra-fine particles in flue gas, as well as in indoor and outdoor

environments.

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Further infos on the Web

www.polimi.it: general web site of Politecnico di Milano www.dica.polimi.it: web site of DICA www.fabbricabionergia.it: web site of Cremona A.Rozzi lab facilities www.leap.it: web site of LEAP lab

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RESEARCH FIELDS Water quality management/remediation

 Quality analysis/evaluation

  • "bottom up" approach: factor

analysis of water quality data for source

reconciliation/identification

  • "top down" approach: sources

impact identification/evaluation through water quality modeling  Scenario analysis

  • analysis of different remediation strategies

expected improvement

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RESEARCH FIELDS Water treatment technologies

 Optimization/upgrading of treatment

plants with advanced options

 Upgrading treated water quality for

reutilization

  • MBR, BAC, advanced UV photocatalysis

with nanostructured TiO2 supports

  • chelated/adsorbing hydrogel and

nanostructured resins for trace pollutants removal

 Byproducts reduction (sludge) for

improving sustainability

 Development of sustainable

environmental plant options

  • biotechnologies for nutrient removal

within anaerobic biogas production from organic wastes

  • optimization of biogas production from

anaerobic treatment technologies

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RESEARCH FIELDS Soil quality remediation

 Biobarriers for on/site remediation of

soil/ground water systems contaminated with petroleum compounds

  • Laboratory analyses
  • 3D numerical modeling

 Chemical treatment for remediation of

  • rganic contaminated sediments
  • Soil remediation strategies
  • Soil remediation methods efficiency

 Risk analysis of atmospheric soil

release of volatile pollutants

  • Transport models of harmful vapors in

soils

  • On site measurements of pollutants

release

  • Assessment of analytical protocols

Zona satura Materiale di riempimento (mezzo permeabile) inoculato Zona insatura Flusso idrico naturale contaminanti composti non pericolosi

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RESEARCH FIELDS Air quality management and remediation

 Atmospheric levels of fine and ultrafine

particles

  • field measurements of concentrations, size

distributions, chemical speciation

  • emissions evaluation from stationary

sources (industrial, residential, power production, waste to energy, ..)

  • air quality levels in different areas (urban,

traffic influenced, industrial, rural, remote,..)

  • personal exposure (outdoor, residential and

industrial indoors)  Air quality impacts of emission sources

  • identification/evaluation of source impacts
  • health risk assessment of trace toxics
  • evaluation of gas treatment systems

configuration  Engineering evaluation of gas treatment

technologies

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