Stefano Riva, dottorando del Dipartimento di Energia del Politecnico di Milano, è stato insignito dello Young Professional Award alla conferenza internazionale NURETH-21 ad agosto 2025 a Busan in Korea e a maggio ha vinto l’ENEN PhD Prize, conferito annualmente dall’European Nuclear Education Network
Physis PEB returns to Monte Carlo to participate in the twelfth edition of the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge, with a new important milestone: the design and construction of Marino, an innovative electric motor developed entirely by the team.
Nicolò Varallo, PhD student in the Energy and Nuclear Science and Technology (STEN) PhD programme at the Department of Energy of Politecnico di Milano, is among the winners of the Best Paper Award 2023 awarded by the journal Fluids (MDPI).
Riccardo Ramaschi, PhD student in Electrical Engineering at the Department of Energy of Politecnico di Milano, won second prize in the Basil Papadias Best Student Paper Award at the PowerTech 2025 conference, held in Kiel (Germany) from 29 June to 3 July.
This is the first time that an Italian student has won first place in the HVAC World Student Competition. Beniamino Fabbri, a graduate in Energy Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, received three awards for his thesis: the AiCARR Prize, victory in the REHVA Student Competition and, above all, first place overall in the HVAC World Student Competition, held during the 15th REHVA HVAC World Congress – CLIMA 2025 in Milan.
Giorgia Nicosia, a PhD student on the STEN (Energy and Nuclear Science and Technology) programme at the MRT Fuel Cell and Battery Laboratory of the Department of Energy at Politecnico di Milano, received one of the prestigious Poster Prizes awarded by Chemistry Europe at the Battery 2030+ Annual Conference 2025, held in Münster (Germany) on 6 and 7 May 2025.
The award-winning contribution, entitled “Characterisation of LFP Batteries Ageing from Automotive Applications via Single Cell Testing, Physical Modelling and Ex-Situ Analyses”, was developed as part of the European AutoMat (Retrieve. Recycle. Recharge.) project and concerned the advanced analysis of the ageing mechanisms of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries from automotive applications.
The start-up GraphiCore, born from a research project of the Department of Energy of Politecnico di Milano, has recently received important international recognition.
During the Hello Tomorrow 2025 event, among more than 4,600 participating start-ups, GraphiCore was selected as a finalist in the “Emerging Deeptech Pioneers” category, an initiative that promotes early-stage start-ups with strong scientific or business potential. This recognition highlights GraphiCore’s ability to innovate in the field of radioactive waste dismantling and management, with safe and cost-effective solutions.
RAYLAB, a spin-off of the Department of Energy at Politecnico di Milano, is among the winners of the America Innovazione 2025 Award, promoted by the Italy-USA Foundation. The award celebrates the excellence, creativity and commitment of Italian start-ups and SMEs in the field of innovation.
Elisa Emanuele, a PhD student at the Department of Energy of Politecnico di Milano, won the ENEA “Bruno Scrosati” Award for an innovative project on new-generation batteries.
Three projects from the Department of Energy of Politecnico di Milano were recognised at the sixteenth edition of Switch2Product for their contribution to innovation and energy sustainability, gaining access to the incubation programme and, in the case of Hu.Moss, also receiving €30,000 in funding for prototyping.