The SEI Bioengineering project was born from a clear challenge: to find an application on the market of an innovative technology studied within the IIT, the microbial fuel cell (MFC). Microbial Fuel Cell is an electrochemical system able to generate electricity from the oxidation of organic matter present into natural environments, such as in particular plants’ soil. Despite its innovation potential, the technical limitations of such technology (above all the extremely low achievable power rate) still obstruct attempts to get it out of research centres and universities.
Principal Academic Tutor
Stefano Bianco, DISAT, Politecnico di Torino
Academic Tutor
Marzia Quaglio, IIT
External Institutions
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT)
School of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (SEI)
External Tutor
Raghu Movva, SEI
Team members
Fulvio Andrea Bambusi, Computer science and engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Paolo Barbato, Energy Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Mateus dos Reis Barone, Engineering and Management, Politecnico di Torino
Carlo Alberto Gaetaniello, Energy Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Giulio Matarazzo, Ingegneria Chimica, Politecnico di Torino
Bernardita Alejandra Stitic Leiva, Electronics Engineering in Embedded Systems, Politecnico di Torino
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