Best paper award at ASME Turbo Expo 2023

International recognition for Department of Energy study During the ASME Turbo Expo 2023 conference held in Boston, researchers from the Department  of Energy of Politecnico di Milano, Paolo Gaetani and Andrea Notaristefano, together with three colleagues from the University of Florence (Roberto Pacciani, Michele Marconcini and Lorenzo Pinelli), have been awarded the prestigious Best Paper…

URBEM project presented in China

The URBEM project (Urban Reference Buildings for Energy Modelling) funded by the Ministry of University and Research (MUR) as a Project of Outstanding National Interest (PRIN) was presented by Francesco Causone, its coordinator, and Martina Ferrando in September at the Buidling Simulation 2023 in Shanghai and at Tongji University. Francesco Causone and Martina Ferrando at…

MIMO project kicks off

Integrated multi-sector platform for national energy transition planning The MIMO (Multi-sectoral Integrated Modelling platform for planning national energy transition pathways) project aims to develop a new multi-disciplinary modelling platform based on the integration of energy, micro- and macro-economic models. This platform will make it possible to determine how and where economic resources should be allocated…

Erasmus Mundus HySET: Applications Open

The application to Erasmus Mundus Joint Master HySET is open from October 16th to December 16th 2023. HySET is a Double Degree MSc in Energy Engineering focused on hydrogen systems and technologies. The degree structure includes the first academic year of study at Politecnico di Milano or Politecnico di Torino, while the third semester at one of the other three European…

#POLIMIrisponde: What are energy communities?

In the latest episode of the video series #ilPOLIMIrisponde, Filippo Bovera, Professor of Electrical Systems for Energy, explains what Energy Communities are, how they work and what benefits they can bring to users. The new episode is now available on Politecnico di Milano’s YouTube channel. What is #ilPOLIMIrisponde? Have you read a news item that…

A new ultrafast photonics based on titanium nitride

Polimi study is cover story of Advanced Optical Materials A study resulting from a collaboration between the Department of Energy and the Department of Physics, and supported by an interdisciplinary PhD, has been published as a cover article in the journal Advanced Optical Materials. The study explains the origin of the superfast optical response of…