Politecnico di Torino

The Politecnico di Torino is the seat of Engineering and Architecture Schools and one of the most prestigious Institutes in technical and scientific field in the North of Italy, Politecnico is international, flexible, open and gives students skills, culture and professional competence in order to develop them as experts. In the list of the best Schools in Italy, Politecnico is always at the top for productivity, didactics, research, professors and international relations.

There is a wide range of academic programmes: from Aerospatial engineering, to Telecommunication, Biomedical and Mechatronic, to more recent courses such as Industrial design, Motor vehicle engineering, Cinema and media engineering.

Politecnico focuses on research and to form engineers who will work in the field of innovation, performing research of international interest. In the last years it has powered research fields weaving relationships with many important European partners, such as Ministries, Local bodies and companies. AVIO, Alenia, Compaq, Ferrari, FIAT, GM, IBM, Michelin, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Philips, Piaggio, Pininfarina, Pirelli, Siemens, STMicroelectronics, Telecom Italia are some of the main Politecnico research partners.

Department of Material Science and Chemical Engineering

The Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering (DISMIC) deals with various research subjects which range from the fundamentals of chemistry and materials science to the production and behaviour of engineered materials. The increasing demand for applications requiring innovative materials brings to specifically designed and created solutions which are often unique. The DISMIC aims include offering a new approach to the sector. This reflects the principles of “product engineering”: a way of integrating all the skills and knowledge involved in creating the products industry needs with the objective of material optimization for each application.

DISMIC has a strong interdisciplinary approach to research, both theoretical and applied. The main areas of work are: biotechnologies, the multiple phases of catalyst and reaction, the study of ceramic, metallic, glass, polymer and composite materials; electrochemistry and the electrochemical conversion of energy, corrosion, metallurgical processes, fracture mechanics and failure analysis, safety and environmental engineering, integration of new material in complex systems.

Expertise Contributed to programme: In the present project, POLITO will work on the characterization of performs process implementation and Ceramic 3D structures and components.

The expertise in the field of thermal analyses, decomposition process, Ceramic 3D structures mechanical, thermal and morphological characterisation will applied on material samples and full components in order to evaluate the materials properties and supply the full scale up process.

Ing. Paolo Fino has been involved in researches concerning materials for aerospace applications since 1997.  Philosophical Doctor in Materials Engineering at Milan Politecnico on March 5th, 2001, with a thesis titled “Innovative materials for airplane engine”. Post-doc in Material Science from November 2000. Involved in several research projects aimed at: processing and characterising innovative materials (metals, composites, ceramics), developing catalysts and combustion processes. Material science and Technology academic researcher at Turin Politecnico from January 2004. Scientific Director for the "materials and nanostructures" area of the Tecnopark of Tecnogranda (Dronero - CN) from november 2004.

Author or co-author of about 60 scientific reports published in international and italian journals or presented at scientific congresses. Involved in several research projects aimed at: processing and characterising innovative materials (metals, composites, ceramics), developing catalysts and combustion processes, integration of new material in complex systems.

Claudio Badini, Full Professor: full professor of Materials Science and Technology, president of the CAF of Materials Engineering since 2004. Teaching: Material Science and Technology, Nanostructured materials, Composite Material Science and Technology. Scientific coordinator of several research programs concerning materials for aerospace applications. Authors over 150 papers on journals or presented at conferences.