Student teams and projects

The team is active since 2009 in the International competition between universities Motostudent ((www.motostudent.com), in which students design and build a racing motorcycle that every two years races on the MotoGP circuit of Aragon (Spain). Two different categories are present: one with electric engine ("Electric") and one with internal combustion engine ("Petrol", 250 cc 4stroke). The team always participated in the "Petrol" category and won two times the design phase (edition 2011/12 and edition 2013/14) and one time the race on track (edition 2013/14). Starting from the edition 2019/20, the team participates also to the competition in the "Electric" category. The design of the vehicle is a multidisciplinary problem which involves students coming from the major Engineering Courses of Politecnico

Team leader: MARCO BIAGINI
Academic advisor: LORENZO PERONI
Department: DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

The A.K.A.Noah team, Also known as Noah, was officially born at the start of the a.y 2019/2020 with the aim of projecting a system installed on a boat to collect rubbish on the Po river and to monitorate the health of the river ecosystem sampling in a traditional way (with chemical analysis in laboratory) and in a new way: programming a Raspberry Pi connected to specific sensors. In this last way the lecture of the data will be available on a desktop on the boat . All the outdoor activities, with the support of CUS TORINO Canoa e Canottaggio, will take place in the section of the Po river from the end of Moncalieri to Murazzi. The team will also make a short film which will be a way to communicate and spread awarness in the urban community. The aims of the team embrace many of the Sustainable Development Goals of United Nations for 2030. The academic tutor is Elena Comino, from DIATI, teacher of Applied Ecology and Sustainable Processes for the Environment. Thanks to the many technical skills necessary to fulfill all the goals, the team is very heterogenous: our memebers come from the area of environmental, chemical, mechanical, computer and mechatronic engineering, design and architecture.

Team leader: MIRKO TRINELLI
Academic advisor: ELENA COMINO
Department: DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, LAND AND INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING

ASTRA is a student team that aims to develop numerous components for a functioning and independent moon base. To "design a moon base" means to build an entire system of components that work with each other in order to ensure life on other planets: from the design of settlements, to the study of the reuse and recycling of resources and energy, up to the use of robots that can perform tasks in parallel with the human presence.

Team leader: PIETRO SANTONI
Academic advisor: STEFANO MAURO
Department: DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

BitPolito is a student team at the Politecnico di Torino with the mission of bridging academia and the Bitcoin industry. The team contributes to open-source projects in the industry, organizes events and training courses, participates in international competitions and conferences, and publishes educational content. Currently, BitPolito has around 50 active members. Over the past four years, it has grown to include more than 140 alumni, with 15 of them now working in the Bitcoin industry.

Team leader: FRANCESCO PELLE
Academic advisor: DANILO BAZZANELLA
Department: DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

We are a student team from the Politecnico di Torino, composed of students from various years of the Architecture and Engineering degree programs, along with students external to the Politecnico. Our goal is to create a new mural at the Castello del Valentino

Team leader: MIRIAM MUSSONE
Academic advisor: PIA DAVICO
Department: DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

The team, active since 2020, takes part in competitive programming events, that are contests where participants have to solve logical and mathematical problems by means of algorithms implemented in given programming languages. We participate mainly in: Codeforces Rounds, Google Code Jam (individually); Google Hash Code and ICPC-SWERC (in teams). The latter, the International Collegiate Programming Contest - Southwestern Europe Regional Contest (swerc.eu), is the team's main objective, as it is the oldest and most important programming competition among universities.

Team leader: FEDERICO FORTUNATI
Academic advisor: STEFANO QUER
Department: DEPARTMENT OF CONTROL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

The choral group of Politecnico, joining students and professors from all courses. It offers musical group activities, with weekly rehearsals and concerts. The name shows the multi-ethnical spirit present both in the composition of the team and in the musical repertoire.

Team leader: ALESSIA LIFONSO
Academic advisor: MAURO GASPARINI
Department: DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

"The CubeSat PoliTO Team is a student team of Politecnico di Torino involved in the design and development of space small platforms for scientific missions and in orbit demonstration of novel technologies. The team was created in 2008 on the initiative of students and professors of Aerospace Engineering. Two CubeSats have been developed until now: E-ST@R-I, launched into orbit on February 2012, and E-ST@R-II, launched on April 2016 within the Fly your satellite! programme of the European Space Agency. Students of Aerospace, Mechanical, Electronic, Communications and Computer Engineering are working together to build their dreams!"

Team leader: SERENA CAMPIOLI
Academic advisor: SABRINA CORPINO
Department: DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Our team is based on the cooperation between humans and AIs, in order to create audiovisual products that link old cinematographic mediums with those of the future. We mainly produce high quality innovative short films, thanks to the possibilities of new technologies.

Team leader: MATTEO SIPIONE
Academic advisor: TANIA CERQUITELLI
Department: DEPARTMENT OF CONTROL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Team DIANA wants to bring robotics for space application to Politecnico di Torino thanks to the research and production of engineering models of rovers tested with the participation to the Rover Challenge Series Competitions. The team is a talent incubator: the students develop advanced knowledge on robotics and automation and are put to the test in the management of a complex and challenging project, gaining highly professionalized skills.

Team leader: ENRICO SABBATINI
Academic advisor: FABRIZIO STESINA
Department: DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

The project aims to implement the theoretical and practical aspects of safety through the monitoring and active control of structures and infrastructures in a multidisciplinary contest. The main objective is the integration of different methodologies and operating models and the setting up of management environments and analysis of interoperability data.

Team leader: MATTEO ROSSETTI
Academic advisor: FRANCESCO TONDOLO
Department: DEPARTMENT OF STRUCTURAL, GEOTECHNICAL AND BUILDING ENGINEERING

A. Spanò (coordination), A. Lingua, F. Chiabrando, F. Giulio Tonolo, P. Maschio. The project aims at setting up an active and continuous student education to train crisis mappers. They will acquire and process information for rapid mapping during the stages of disaster management thanks to their advanced scientific expertise in the application of the latest geomatics techniques (3D metric sensing, drone, photogrammetry, remote sensing, GIS/webGIS).

Team leader: BEATRICE TANDUO
Academic advisor: ANDREA MARIA LINGUA
Department: DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

The DRAFT (Drones Autonomous Flight Team) intends to promote the technical and social growth of students by engaging challenging projects aiming to increase the autonomy of current drone technology by researching and developing innovative solutions infused with Artificial Intelligence.

Team leader: ALESSANDRO MINERVINI
Academic advisor: GIORGIO GUGLIERI
Department: DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

EcòPoli is a student team founded in 2017 with the collaboration of the Green Team. It works alongside them not only to develop projects on common interests, but also to promote events with sustainability in mind.

Team leader: VALERIO GIUNTA
Academic advisor: TONIA TOMMASI
Department: DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The tutor of Team is Prof. Gaetano Iuso. The team deals with the design, manufacturing and characterization of wind rotors for the production of electricity. The multidisciplinary nature of the study involves students from Engineering Courses related to different topics such as fluid dynamics, electricity, mechanics, structures, control and management. The availability within the department of equipment, instrumentations, 3D printers, computational software and wind tunnels has already enabled the development of a first methodology for the design and characterization of rotors inherent to the micro wind turbine. Info and Updates @EolitoTeam @eolito_team

Team leader: SIMONE MARTELLI
Academic advisor: GAETANO IUSO
Department: DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

FlyTOFuture is a student team dedicated to designing an autonomous hydrogen airship with solar propulsion, developed to compete in the World Solar Airship Race 2026. The project addresses crucial issues such as environmental sustainability and energy efficiency, using advanced technologies to reduce the environmental impact of air transport. FlyTO Future concretely contributes to innovation toward more sustainable and safer mobility.

Team leader: ALESSANDRO CELLINI
Academic advisor: CARLO GIOVANNI FERRO
Department: DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

The FoRTI team project is encapsulated in its anagram: Formazione (Training), Recupero (Renovation), Tradizione (Tradition), Innovazione (Innovation). The team¿s main objective is to provide students with the opportunity to learn by doing, integrating conventional didactics with practical experience on construction sites; thus the group promotes an alternative learning model, participating in direct contact with the materials and with the local know-how. Our training construction sites take place in the Ossola Valley, in northern Piedmont, an area rich in traditional buildings and villages characterised by the massive use of stone, which is gradually being abandoned - a tendency that we intend to contrast through on-site interventions and with the collaboration of non profit organisations already working in the area. We therefore aim at the preservation and transmission of traditional building techniques and the rehabilitation of the vernacular heritage. The logic of the training worksite is based on the community sharing of a project, enriched by the contribution of the individual subjects, in a combination of experimentation of construction techniques and collaboration with professional figures such as artisans and professionals in the bio-based construction sector, with the aim of integrating tradition and innovation and implementing an inter-generational as well as inter-territorial exchange, offering students the opportunity to take a more conscious attitude in the conception of design proposals. This takes place, in practice, through a series of intensive workshops, in the structure of 'Summer Schools'; to date, five have been held, each lasting 10 days, starting in 2021, under the supervision of Prof. A. Bocco, the DIST department and the LASTIN laboratory of the Politecnico di Torino, and in collaboration with Associazione Canova, Accademia nel Cantiere, Anab Piemonte and Green Think.

Team leader: JOSE LUIS REYES MESIAS
Academic advisor: ANDREA BOCCO
Department: INTERUNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF REGIONAL AND URBAN STUDIES AND PLANNING

GEMS PoliTo is a group of students from the Politecnico di Torino, united by a strong common interest in geology and georesources. The group's goal is to maintain, manage, and expand the geological collection of DIATI (Department of Environmental, Land, and Infrastructure Engineering) through laboratory activities and field investigations across the Italian territory.

Team leader: FRANCESCO LEONARDO CONTEDUCA
Academic advisor: ADRIANO FIORUCCI
Department: DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, LAND AND INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING

H2-EDGE is a multidisciplinary student team exploring the use of hydrogen in aircraft propulsion to reduce the carbon footprint. They focus on the direct combustion of hydrogen in gas turbine engines. Students from various engineering disciplines collaborate in the design, simulation, and testing of enabling technologies, developing cross-disciplinary skills and creating a network of academic and industrial partners to raise awareness about sustainability in the aviation sector.

Team leader: ALESSANDRO AZZANO
Academic advisor: DARIO GIUSEPPE PASTRONE
Department: DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Student teams to design and built fuel-efficient vehicles (fuel cell, electric or hybrid) for participating in the Shell Eco-marathon, an international competition in which the winner is who consumes less and not who comes first.

Team leader: FRANCESCO MUSCI
Academic advisor: MASSIMILIANA CARELLO
Department: DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Our aim is to project and build unmanned airplanes and rocket models. The main purpose is developing innovative ideas and attending international academic competitions. Our idea is giving the team members the possibility to increase their knowledge, putting them in touch with challenges typical of the aerospace engineering field.

Team leader: ANGELO ROMANO
Academic advisor: PAOLO MAGGIORE
Department: DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Interdisciplinary Product Development project using "Design Thinking". The project at hand is an international and interdisciplinary initiative aimed at developing a charging solution for electric vehicles within a specific urban environment. This undertaking involves collaboration within an international group made of students from various universities. The project spans multiple phases, encompassing research activities through to the presentation of a finalized solution.

Team leader: ELENA MACARIO
Academic advisor: MARIA PIA CAVATORTA
Department: DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Team ISAAC aims to design and build innovative mobile robots, giving a particular focus to the solutions and the technologies relevant to the "Search and Rescue" (SAR) field and with the objective of competing at the "RoboCup Rescue" annual competition. Previously, the team has worked on the development an anthropomorphic robot able to walk.

Team leader: SERGIO GUGLIANDOLO
Academic advisor: GIUSEPPE QUAGLIA
Department: DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

The Ker(PoliTo) team aims to broadcast Mathematics, which is not only the basic language of all engineering and sciences, but a discipline with endless facets and applications. The team's goal is to highlight this concept through live events (both for the community at the university and for high schools and external audiences) and through the use of social media, with online content suitable for all audiences.

Team leader: KRISTIAN DOCI
Academic advisor: FRANCESCA MARIA CERAGIOLI
Department: DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES

We are a student team from Politecnico di Torino with the goal of developing video games. "Level Up" is a term from gaming slang that symbolizes acquiring new skills or improving certain qualities. What we aim to do is to create a laboratory that allows students to move to the next level, enabling them to tackle the challenges that stand between them and their dreams.

Team leader: LEONARDO PIERACCIOLI
Academic advisor: FRANCESCO STRADA
Department: DEPARTMENT OF CONTROL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

MALTO (Machine Learning at PoliTO) is the first student team dedicated entirely to the study and application of the most innovative techniques in Machine Learning and Deep Learning. Established in 2023 and led by PhD students and researchers, it is made up of students who are passionate and interested in the world of innovation and AI. The Team's main activities include participation in international competitions proposed at the most important conferences in this field and the organisation of events that can create a student community within the Politecnico interested in Data Science and the latest technologies.

Team leader: MATTIA SABATO
Academic advisor: FLAVIO GIOBERGIA
Department: DEPARTMENT OF CONTROL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

'Mi Lego al Territorio' is a team that aims to design and build LEGO®'s models that allow us to inform and raise youngster's awareness about natural phenomena dangers. The name of the team means 'I bind myself to the territory', it is a pun on the similarity between the Italian verb 'lego', to bind, and the famous toy company. Using LEGO®'s bricks allows us to achieve more innovative and interactive educational activities. We built a scale model of a catchment to show the effects of the hydrogeological instability. Moreover, we created a one-directional vibrating platform capable of simulating an earthquake to explain the seismic phenomena we built a one-directional vibrating platform. We are currently designing new concepts to improve the models mentioned above and to show more complex natural events. Since current models are quite expensive and hard to replicate, we are designing smaller and cheaper models as well. Beyond activities in schools, the team took part in other events organised by institutions like 'Protezione Civile Regione Piemonte' (Piedmont Civil Safety) and 'Croce Rossa Italiana' (Italian Red Cross). Those events were based on the common interest in safety and education towards self-protection.

Team leader: DENIZ ANDAC
Academic advisor: PIERLUIGI CLAPS
Department: DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT, LAND AND INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING

NDTeam (Non-destructive Test/Team) was founded in 2023 with the goal of applying non-destructive test to different fields of engineering (such as electrical, mechanical, naval, aerospace, civil) and others. Through various methodologies (for example with infrared or ultrasonic tests) the components are analyzed and defects, that compromise their functionality, are detected. In this regard, NDTeam cooperates with other Polito teams and supports them in their projects.

Team leader: ELEONORA FONTO'
Academic advisor: ALDO CANOVA
Department: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

The Panda 4WD-H PoliTO is a student team of Polytechnic of Turin involved into covert a Fiat Panda 1108 F.I.R.E in hybrid four-wheel-drive in order to take part on rally competition Panda Raid planned for March 2022 who is sponsored by FCA. The choice of this competition and this vehicle is based on the fact that cost must take low, but they have still providing a very useful experience for students. The main objective of the team is developing ad-hoc software to manage vehicle dynamic in order to make it competitive and highlighting electronic and programming part. For what concern the programming part the main goal is creating a software model that is able to simulate properly the vehicle longitudinal behavior and developing software allowing to split torque between front and rear axis and programming a VMU responsible to implement all controllers that vehicle needs.

Team leader: FRANCESCO TOSELLO
Academic advisor: STEFANO CARABELLI
Department: DEPARTMENT OF CONTROL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Born in 2009, Policumbent' s goal is to design and build the fastest human-powered vehicles in the world, focusing on maximizing the aerodynamic and mechanical performance of its prototypes. The Team holds the World Record for an "arm-powered" vehicle with the prototype "Cerberus" having reached 83.28 km/h; while for the "leg-powered" category, it holds the fourth best male result (136.49 km/h) and the second best female result (123.88 km/h).

Team leader: FRANCESCO IMPARATO
Academic advisor: CHIARA GASTALDI
Department: DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

PoliTo H2Fly aims to develop and build small hydrogen-powered boats. The key development areas for the vessel's energy and control compartments have been defined, with the goal of expanding the study fields to include in-depth hydrodynamic and structural optimisation of the hulls in the years that follow. The setting in which this group of students finds itself demands a major emphasis on environmental issues, consumption, and a greener engineering concept in general.

Team leader: STEFANO MICHELA
Academic advisor: MAURO BONFANTI
Department: DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

The PoliTo Rocket Team is the rocketry student team of the Politecnico di Torino, entirely dedicated to the design and construction of high-powered rockets, with the aim of competing annually against the other European rocketry student teams at EuRoC. 2.25m long and less than 8kg heavy, Cavour is the first solid propelled rocket of the team, named after the homonym Italian founding father.

Team leader: CRISTIAN MANFREDI
Academic advisor: ALFONSO PAGANI
Department: DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

The Polito Sailing Team is a group of 70 students that involves all disciplinary areas in order to design, build and run skiff prototypes, small R3 class boats with a short hull length (4.60 m) and large sail (33 m2). In its 5 years of activity, the Team has given birth to 3 boats boasting a high percentage (>80% by weight) of recyclable/BIO/natural materials, as well as publications, studies in the fluid dynamics field (CFD), structural (FEM) and dynamic (VPP).

Team leader: FILIPPO PASQUI
Academic advisor: GIULIANA MATTIAZZO
Department: DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

The Team was founded in 2018 and its purpose is to help its members improve their communication, public speaking and leadership skills. During the weekly meetings, completely held in English, the members can engage in activities aligned with the philosophy of "learning by doing": they have the opportunity to give speeches in front of an audience, improvise a speech, exercise their English skills, listen to other people and give constructive feedback to other members. The club is affiliated with Toastmasters International, a non-profit educational organization that has reached more than 130 countries, and that offers resources to learn soft skills and communication and leadership-related educational projects designed to help people learn the art of speaking, listening and reflecting.

Team leader: MIKHAEL RUSSO
Academic advisor: GIORGIO DE PASQUALE
Department: DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

Team PoliTOcean was born in 2017 and it works in underwater robotics field. Especially the occupation of the team concerns the study and the manufacture of a R.O.V. (remotely operated vehicle), that it is a remotely command device mostly used for exploration and maintenance in underwater enviroment. The annually main aim of the team is the partecipation at the MATE ROV Competition.

Team leader: GIOVANNI PELLEGRINO
Academic advisor: CLAUDIO SANSOE'
Department: DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

PoliToMars is a multidisciplinary team of engineering and architecture students. The project was born with the idea of creating something innovative and exciting, the goal is to design and define, in its entirety, a habitable module on Mars. With the aim of developing all the features, not only inherent in the structure, but also in the production of energy, materials and the management of construction and living processes that can make the module completely autonomous.

Team leader: MARCO PIZZOLANTE
Academic advisor: VALERIO DE BIAGI
Department: DEPARTMENT OF STRUCTURAL, GEOTECHNICAL AND BUILDING ENGINEERING

We are PoliTOrbital, a student team that develops the preliminary design of a suborbital aircraft that can guarantee access to space and the experimentation of microgravity to as large a number of passengers as possible in compliance with environmental standards. Each year we take part on the Défi Aérospatial Etudiant, a student competition sponsored by the European Space Agency ESA, ArianeGroup and Dassault Aviation.

Team leader: MARTINA CHIACCHIARO
Academic advisor: NICOLE VIOLA
Department: DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION ENGINEERING

The team is focussed on Cybersecurity and Ethical Hacking. Our main activities are: participating in international "Capture The Flag" competitions, internal training through talks and presentations, organization of public events about cybersecurity and collaboration with various departments of the Polytechnic.

Team leader: ALESSANDRO PIZZORNI
Academic advisor: CATALDO BASILE
Department: DEPARTMENT OF CONTROL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

The qubiTO team deals with quantum computing from an engineering, algorithmic, mathematical, technological, and application point of view. The goal is to explore and disclose the most recent results in this innovative field, promoting discussions with industries and research teams and participating in national and international competitions. The focus will be on developing innovative solutions to real-world problems where a quantum advantage can be obtained.

Team leader: ENRICO PAVESE
Academic advisor: BARTOLOMEO MONTRUCCHIO
Department: DEPARTMENT OF CONTROL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

The team is made up of 4 professors who have the role of scientific referents, R. Palma; G. Callegari; C. De Giorgi; C. Occelli; and 12 students from the faculties of Architecture, Engineering and Design. Our team is dedicated to the design and construction, through self-construction, of a self-sufficient housing module for cycle tourists and walkers positioned along the cycle path of the Canale Cavour, which connects Chivasso to Galliate. This project is strongly linked to the territory in which it is located, as it will be built for the most part with 0 km materials, and with particular attention to environmental sustainability, and a correct insertion in the context and an awareness towards the memory of the place and of the territory. In addition, the MAACC project stands as an emblematic project for the development of tourism linked to slow mobility, through which it is possible to enhance the territorial identity. So our goal lies both in the project and in the self-construction process of the module, both in raising awareness and in the dissemination of a possible different approach to mobility linked to environmental and territorial sustainability. For more information contact us at our e-mail address, recyclo@polito.it, or on our facebook page, RECYCLO-MAACC

Team leader: TAZIO LUDOVICO CHIOMIO
Academic advisor: RICCARDO PALMA
Department: DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

RoboMaster is a robotic competitions and worked for academic exchange founded by Da-Jiang Innovations (DJI) and specially designed for global technology enthusiasts. Since its establishment in 2013, RoboMaster has been committed to cultivating young engineering talents and showcasing the possibilities of technological innovation to audiences around the globe. The RoboMaster University Series has been expanding its influence year by year, attracting more than 400 colleges and universities around the world to participate annually and nurturing the engineering talents of over 35,000 young learners. RoboMaster has also continued to develop various training and laboratory co-construction programs with hundreds of colleges and universities. RoboTO is the team from Politecnico di Torino, also the first and the best team from europe. We welcome every student who is interested in robotics to join our team.

Team leader: LETIZIA D'ANGELO
Academic advisor: MARCELLO CHIABERGE
Department: DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Scacchi PoliTO is a chess club that was formed in 2020, when some students came up with the idea of gathering all the chess enthusiasts of our university! One of our goals is to use chess as a tool to develop and improve soft skills such as problem solving, essential for every type of engineer. We do organize tournaments, lessons and we propose new and interesting challenges that encourage a never-ending growth! Telegram: @ScacchiPoliTO

Team leader: MANUEL MACIS
Academic advisor: GIOVANNI SQUILLERO
Department: DEPARTMENT OF CONTROL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Senzaspazio, an team of the Polytechnic University of Turin, promotes design through events, interdisciplinary connections, and the enhancement of student projects. The goal is to create a dynamic community, foster professional networking, and raise awareness of academic skills. Bridging the gap between academia and the professional world, Senzaspazio transforms the city into a creative stage, contributing to the growth of students.

Team leader: DANIELE ABATE
Academic advisor: ANDREA DI SALVO
Department: DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

The team is created to project and realize small modular structures at the service of operators and professionals who work in the high mountains. Monitoring and research activities require structures at height to accomodate the equipment and the staff, which need a temporary living space. The purpose is to develop design skills starting from the conditions of the Alpine context, dealing with the sustainability of interventions and the relationship with the territory.

Team leader: ANDREA VERNETTI ROSINA
Academic advisor: ROBERTO DINI
Department: DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN

The Smart Green team is a student group dedicated to developing innovative solutions in the field of Agriculture 4.0, with a focus on the digitalization and automation of agricultural processes. Our main goal is to create advanced technologies that enhance efficiency and sustainability in the agricultural sector. One of our flagship projects is the development of automated soilless cultivation chambers, which enable the growth of vegetables in fully autonomous and controlled environments. These systems optimize resource use and minimize environmental impact. The team is involved in every stage of development, from designing the structure and irrigation and lighting systems to integrating electronics for data collection and real-time monitoring of plant growth conditions. By combining engineering, electronics, and agricultural expertise, Smart Green actively contributes to shaping the future of sustainable agriculture.

Team leader: NICOLO GRASSO
Academic advisor: FRANCO LOMBARDI
Department: DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION ENGINEERING

The Team is responsible for the design, construction, and testing of pasta-and-glue bridges, adhering to international construction guidelines widely shared by numerous universities. The annual "Spaghetti Bridge" competition, mainly addressed to students of the Polytechnic, but also open to students from other universities, concerns the construction of a bridge of one meter span. The winners will have the opportunity to attend international competitions if they achieve noteworthy outcomes. The Team also hosts "MIDI Spaghetti Bridge" competitions with half-meter-span bridges as part of orientation activities with high schools, with the goal of drawing students' attention to specific aspects of civil engineering. Additionally, the Team plans "MINI Spaghetti Bridge" activities that are targeted mostly at elementary and middle school students. Modeling clay is used in place of glue for this competition, which is already held in conjunction with the Bimbi al Poli and Salone del Libro events with considerable success.

Team leader: ABRAR MEMON
Academic advisor: GIORGIO ZAVARISE
Department: DEPARTMENT OF STRUCTURAL, GEOTECHNICAL AND BUILDING ENGINEERING

The project was founded in 2004 and is one of the historic teams of the Politecnico. Over the years, the team has developed several Formula-type race cars: initially with internal combustion engines, then hybrid, and currently electric, acquiring advanced know-how in research and development. It is currently made up of 80 members who design, simulate, and test every part of the vehicle with the aim of participating annually in world-class competitions organized by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). The competition evaluates the quality of the design and the engineering efficiency of the race car through a series of static and dynamic tests. The car features a complete aerodynamic package, tested in a wind tunnel, a carbon fiber monocoque entirely made by the team, four in-wheel electric motors, and electronics fully designed within the group.

Team leader: MATTEO CAMBIASSI
Academic advisor: ANDREA TONOLI
Department: DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

The project involves the design, construction and testing of an autonomous driving electric competition vehicle. The vehicle will thus be able to participate in international competitions, in which it will be evaluated on the basis of its design qualities and engineering efficiency. The best known competition is the one proposed by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), called Formula SAE, which can be attended by teams made up of undergraduate and master's degree students. Until 2016, the competition included only two categories: one for internal combustion vehicles and one for electric vehicles. Starting in 2017, Formula SAE introduced a third category for autonomous vehicles. Therefore, university students will be engaged in the design and testing of a vehicle compliant with the competition regulations and capable of moving without a driver thanks to the data collected and processed, respectively, by sensors and algorithms of perception, control and planning of the trajectory. The competition is organized in a series of static tests and a series of dynamic tests conducted without any human driver.

Team leader: TOMMASO PAMPLONI
Academic advisor: NICOLA AMATI
Department: DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

The STUDIO IREOS Team (formerly VERTIGO LAB) is made up of students who share the desire to apply university skills in a practical way in the audiovisual sector. This in order to grow and bring out in this sector the consideration of the excellence of Cinema Engineering and of the Media and of the Polytechnic itself. The members, after meeting each other on previous film projects, formed a team in 2018 and decided as their first project to carry on the production of a documentary, of standard TV duration, on mental health and marginalization (analyzing the former Collegno asylum). These students, however eclectic, are specialized in audiovisual films, television and advertising productions.

Team leader: IRENE PRENCIPE
Academic advisor: TATIANA MAZALI
Department: INTERUNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF REGIONAL AND URBAN STUDIES AND PLANNING

PoliTeK Music is an interdisciplinary team that combines diverse skills to develop innovative projects in the field of music. Focused on creating and modifying musical devices and instruments such as pedals, synthesizers, and speakers, the team takes a creative and multidisciplinary approach. Activities emphasize knowledge sharing through the open-source format. The team provides students with opportunities to improve skills and gain practical experience.

Team leader: ANGELO TEDESCO
Academic advisor: PAOLO BARDELLA
Department: DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

The S55 Team, after detailed structural analyses and aerodynamic simulations of the historic Savoia Marchetti S55X seaplane, created a 1:8 scale model called the S5502. This model was developed using innovative technologies like additive manufacturing and materials such as carbon fiber. The team's new goal is to design their third prototype, the HERA (High Efficiency Replica "model" Aircraft) version. This project aims to create a replica of the S55 with a hydrogen-powered propulsion system using Fuel Cells. The final product will be the first hydrogen-powered seaplane with high autonomy in both distance and flight time, and a low environmental impact. During the concept and preliminary design phases, the current aircraft's responses will be modeled based on experimental tests. Finally, all models will be combined to create a Digital Twin of the S5502. This digital twin will be essential for designing the S55HERA.

E-mail: teams55.polito@gmail.com
Team leader: GIUSY NATISSI
Academic advisor: ENRICO CESTINO
Department: DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

The student team 'TOC2' is dedicated to the empirical and transdisciplinary investigation of the concept of urban/rural commons. Their main objective is to activate commoning practices through workshops and collective meetings with entities operating in specific territories. This fosters the development of a student community that is aware of its socio-environmental responsibilities, both as citizens and as future designer

Team leader: MARTINA SPINELLI
Academic advisor: JANIRA VASSALLO
Department: INTERUNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF REGIONAL AND URBAN STUDIES AND PLANNING

Our team aims to reduce the production of W.E.E.E. of Politecnico di Torino and give our students practical skills to improve their knowledge. In our lab, students can both approach for the first time the problems of a non-working electronic equipment and prove their skill to problem solving, team working and innovative thinking.

Team leader: LORENZO FILOMENA
Academic advisor: DEBORA FINO
Department: DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Are you ready to push the boundaries of technology? Join our team to design and build remotely controlled vertical takeoff and landing vehicles, and participate in international competitions like the Vertical Flight Society's Design and Build challenge. You will collaborate with motivated students, divided into different thematic areas, and work on innovative and sustainable prototypes with the goal of revolutionizing urban mobility.

Team leader: MIRKO FRANZONI
Academic advisor: ANGELO LERRO
Department: DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING