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From Project Brief to Research Plan: ASP Students Develop Their Research Skills

The project presentations of #AltaScuolaPolitecnica offered an important opportunity to show the work developed by ASP students across a broad range of topics, including energy, sustainability, social challenges, and digital innovation.

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MI AMI BEATs

The MI AMI BEATs project, developed within the Alta Scuola Politecnica program and in collaboration with MI AMI Festival organizers in Milan, addresses the challenge of designing a transparent, accessible, and data-driven sustainability evaluation framework for music festivals. It aims to bridge the gap between rising environmental expectations and the lack of standardized tools for sustainability assessment in the music industry.

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A2A Life Venture

As the European power grid undergoes a deep transformation driven by the growing electrification of homes and industries, the rise of electric mobility, and the large-scale integration of intermittent renewable energy sources, ensuring grid stability has become increasingly challenging. In many urban areas, energy consumption during peak periods now regularly exceeds the distribution capacity of local grids. Simultaneously, distribution networks are becoming more complex due to the decentralization of electricity generation and the digitalization of infrastructure, particularly at the medium- and low-voltage levels.

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AVIWC

The inspection of aerospace components coated with HVOF tungsten carbide is currently performed manually at Collins Aerospace. These cylindrical rods, used in landing gear and actuators, must be free of defects such as scratches, cracks, or porosity, since any flaw can compromise mechanical strength. However, manual inspection is slow, costly, operator-dependent, and lacks digital traceability, making it unsustainable as demand and certification requirements increase.

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ElectroOptimize

The rapid growth of electric vehicles (EVs) presents both significant issues and opportunities for the management of electricity grids. Renewable energy, for example from wind and solar, is intermittent, often generating mismatches between supply and demand that threaten system stability. At the same time, EVs spend most of their lifetime parked, leaving their batteries largely idle. This situation highlights the main issue: while the grid struggles with volatility, a vast distributed storage resource remains unexploited. Aggregating EVs into Virtual Power Plants (VPPs), digital platforms that manage distributed resources as a single energy unit, can transform this idle capacity into a valuable source of flexibility for the power system.

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