The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (DIMEAS) is the University's reference structure in the cultural areas of mechanics, aeronautics and astronautics and industrial bioengineering, for a wide spectrum of sectors linked to the typical manufacturing of an advanced industrial society, with activities ranging from the most classic to frontier domains.
DIMEAS promotes, coordinates and manages fundamental and applied research, training, technology transfer, community service and knowledge sharing activities in the fields of: land transport (vehicle and rail), aerospace (fixed and rotary wing aircraft , fluid dynamics, advanced and multifunctional composite structures and materials, aircraft and space vehicle design, propulsion, definition of missions, enabling systems and technologies), biomedical (medical devices in the orthopaedic, cardiovascular and dental fields, diagnostic tools, in silico medicine, biorobotics, regenerative and tissue engineering, smart environments for cell cultures, organ-on-chip, polymeric biomaterials, nutritional bioengineering, devices for the disabled, rehabilitation systems) and production in general (textiles, agri-food, components, mechatronics, automation , industrial and service robotics, production and transformation processes in general).

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17 June 2026, 10.30 AM

Curves and Cantilevers: Tailoring Band Gaps in Hexagonal Lattices

A seminar by Dr. Mukherjee on tailoring band gaps in hexagonal lattices and their applications in mechanical metamaterials

Sala Ferrari DIMEAS (2nd floor) - DIMEAS - Politecnico di Torino - Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24

19 June 2026 at 2,30 pm

Recent Progress in Dry Friction Damping for Turbomachinery Bladed Disks

The seminar will be presented by Wenjun Wang, Qiutengwen Zhang, Shengshuo Wang, and Tao Chen, researchers from the Lab of Dynamic Design and Smart Structures at Beihang University (China).

Meeting Room, III Floor – DIMEAS, Politecnico di Torino

14-18 September 2026

MechaTwing Summer School

Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic

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