Chiara Recalcati has been awarded the Gustavo Sclocchi Award 2024–2025, one of the most prestigious national recognitions for doctoral theses in the field of energy. Now in its 32nd edition, the award is promoted by the Italian Section of the SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers), Assorisorse (the Italian Association for the Energy and Sustainable Resources Industry), and the EAGE (European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers). The aim of the award is to highlight outstanding doctoral research on technical topics related to energy, carried out by young Italian researchers in Italy or abroad, with a background in STEM disciplines. Chiara Recalcati received the top distinction, with her thesis evaluated as Outstanding, meaning of superior quality and exceptional performance. The award ceremony took place on May 23, 2025, at Politecnico di Milano. L'articolo Chiara Recalcati wins the Gustavo Sclocchi Award 2024–2025 proviene da DICA - Polimi.

Mengnan Li has been awarded the 2024–2025 PhD Scholarship by the Fratelli Confalonieri Foundation. The foundation supports doctoral candidates whose research is innovative and contributes to the advancement of both Italy and the international community. Mengnan’s project aligns closely with these goals, and the foundation acknowledged her strong potential to carry it out successfully. Her research topic is “Structure Overall Performance Evaluation Based on Digital Twin“. The award ceremony took place on June 9, 2025, at the University of Milan (Università degli Studi di Milano). L'articolo Mengnan Li awarded the 2024–2025 PhD Scholarship by the Fondazione Fratelli Confalonieri proviene da DICA - Polimi.

Chiara Recalcati has received the InterPore PoreLab Award for Young Researchers, granted by the International Society for Porous Media (InterPore). This is the most prestigious international award dedicated to young researchers who have made significant scientific contributions to the study of porous media from a fundamental perspective. The award was established by InterPore and is assigned annually to outstanding profiles in the field. The award ceremony took place during the 17th International InterPore Conference, held in Albuquerque (New Mexico, USA) from May 19 to 22, 2025. The award citation reads: “Dr. Chiara Recalcati’s diverse research portfolio on fundamental porous media science, her publications, and her successful and already broad international experience, serve as an inspiration to young scientists everywhere. She is rapidly emerging as a reference scientist in the experimental and theoretical characterization of the heterogeneous nature of reactive processes taking place across the surface of minerals in contact with a fluid and driving chemical weathering of natural porous media.” L'articolo Chiara Recalcati Awarded the InterPore PoreLab Award for Young Researchers proviene da DICA - Polimi.

On Monday, 2 June, during the Opening Ceremony of the Annual Meeting of the European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE) held in Toulouse, Professor Luigi Zanzi was awarded the Honorary Membership Award 2025. The European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers (EAGE) was founded in 1951 and is the most important European association in the sector of Exploration Geophysics. It consists of about 19.000 active members from academy and industry. The Honorary Membership Award is conferred upon a member of EAGE who has made a highly significant and distinguished technical and non-technical contribution to the geoscience community at large or to EAGE in particular. Since the foundation of the Association this award has been conferred to 75 members. L'articolo Luigi Zanzi awarded the Honorary Membership Award 2025 – EAGE proviene da DICA - Polimi.

How can we make STEM education engaging, meaningful, and socially impactful? The EUthMappers project, supported by the Erasmus+ programme, brings collaborative mapping into European secondary schools, turning classrooms into hubs for environmental and civic action. Now in its fourth phase, launched on April 1st, 2025, students are participating in a real humanitarian mapping project in collaboration with UN Mappers. Their task? To map building footprints in Kandahar, Afghanistan, using the OpenStreetMap platform. The data will contribute to building a 3D digital replica of the city—a vital tool that allows UN peacekeepers to remotely explore inaccessible areas, simulate field scenarios, and perform operational planning within a shared sandbox environment. A hands-on way to apply skills with a real-world impact. Students are also engaged in training activities, interactive quizzes, and geospatial challenges using tools specifically developed for the project, such as iDSandbox4ALL, iD4ALL, and 3D visualization platforms. All materials and tutorials are available on the EUthMappers YouTube channel. Last year, five schools designed and implemented their own local mapping projects, showcasing the potential of open mapping in education—summarized in this student-led video. Building on that success, this year’s webinar “How to Work Together – The Value of Collaborative Work” brought students together across Europe to explore teamwork, group roles, collaborative planning, and the role of digital tools in addressing urban and environmental challenges. In a world facing complex global issues, teaching students to collaborate and use innovative digital tools for territorial data collection and analysis is an invaluable opportunity. EUthMappers shows how education can be a driver of international change—powered by students.EUthMappers è la dimostrazione che la scuola può diventare motore di cambiamento, anche a livello internazionale. L'articolo Students as agents of change: mapping the world with EUthMappers to create social impact proviene da DICA - Polimi.

The article “Towards a Fracture Mechanics-Based Assessment for Fatigue Life Prediction of Ni–Ti Stents”, authored by Alma Brambilla, PhD candidate at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICA) of Politecnico di Milano, together with Professor Lorenza Petrini, faculty member at DICA, has been awarded the “Best Paper 2024” by the scientific journal Shape Memory and Superelasticity. The work, carried out in collaboration with Dr. Francesca Berti and Professor Luca Patriarca—both affiliated with Politecnico di Milano—proposes an innovative approach for predicting the fatigue life of biomedical stents made of nickel-titanium (Ni-Ti) alloy. The methodology combines analytical and numerical models and is validated through experimental testing. L'articolo “Best Paper 2024” from the journal Shape Memory and Superelasticity awarded to Alma Brambilla proviene da DICA - Polimi.

M4D Group, as the Scientific & Technical Manager of AINATURE Project, participated in the second PSC/Plenary meeting of AINATURE, hosted by AGGRA, on 19-20 of March 2025, in Zadar, Croatia. During the meeting CERTH and UNIVPM presented the deliverables that were prepared and submitted during the 1st reporting period, until February 2025. presented the deliverables prepared and submitted during the 1st reporting period, until February 2025. This section was followed by the presentation of the forthcoming deliverables for the 2nd reporting period, due in August 2025. An extensive analysis of the reporting process was presented, supported by visual paradigms. The meeting included also a visit to the associate partner, i.e. the Firefighters Association of Zadar County, where the partners had the opportunity to view the equipment of the volunteer firefighters of Zadar, the services and premises and discuss the cases, risks and dangers they have to address, related to AINATURE. An analytical time-plan of the forthcoming actions and planning of next meetings was finally agreed among partners.

Politecnico di Milano is launching the 8th edition of the MSCA MASTERCLASS for potential applicants to the MSCA European Postdoctoral Fellowships call 2025. The aim of the Masterclass is to attract and train young and talented researchers to successfully apply to the European call appointing Politecnico di Milano as Host Institution. Promising candidates will be invited to attend a full on-line course on the proposal writing (10 and 13 June 2025) and to make use of full support in the application writing process by POLIMI advisors. Candidate fellows and supervisors will be guided throughout the whole application process with deadline on 10 September 2025. Only those who get funding through the European Commission’s MSCA PF program will be admitted to Politecnico di Milano. Applications are open for the published Supervisors’ project proposals. APPLICATION DEADLINE: 20/05/2025 For more information and to apply, click here. L'articolo Call MSCA Masterclass 2025@POLIMI proviene da DICA - Polimi.

That Professor Monica Riva has been elected as a Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (Class IV: Natural Sciences) during the Award Ceremony held in Salzburg on March 8, 2025. The European Academy of Sciences and Arts (https://euro-acad.eu/) is committed to promoting scientific and societal progress. Founded in 1990, members are leading scientists, artists, and practitioners of governance, who are dedicated to innovative research, interdisciplinary and transnational collaboration as well as the exchange and dissemination of knowledge. L'articolo Monica Riva elected Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts proviene da DICA - Polimi.