Four out of five parts of the world are underwater and sea also acts as a jealous custodian of the traces of human evolution. Today, technology can have unfortunate consequences on this wellestablished equilibrium, allowing people to destroy in few years what has been sleeping in the deep for centuries. We must save our past, we must preserve the underwater traces of our history; we must also allow people to get to know, enjoy and look at them.
TETI is our small contribution to this challenge through a sustainable management of underwater cultural heritage. Underwater archaeological sites are very difficult to be preserved and are very sensitive to intrusion and maritime activities, the effects of which are always underestimated. Recognizing the urgent need to preserve and protect such heritage, UNESCO elaborated in 2001 the Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage, which sets out basic principles and practice for fruition and conservation of underwater cultural heritage. The in situ preservation of underwater cultural heritage should be considered “the first option before allowing or engaging in any activities directed at this heritage”.
Principal Academic Tutor
Emma Angelini
Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino
Academic Tutors
Simone Corbellini
Electronics, Politecnico di Torino
Loredana Cristaldi
Electrical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Marco Faifer
Electrical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Alessandro Ferrero
Electrical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano
Sabrina Grassini
Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Torino
Marco Parvis
Electronics, Politecnico di Torino
External institution
Soprintendenza del Mare per la Regione Sicilia
UNESCO
External Tutors
Sebastiano Tusa
Soprintendenza del Mare per la Regione Sicilia
Team members
TEAM A
Davide Agostoni [Team controller], Materials Engineering
Roberta Finotti, Architecture for restoration and preservation of architectural and environmental heritage
Matteo Ravasi, Telecommunications Engineering
Elena Redaelli, Architecture
Syeda Fatima Rizvi, Electronic Engineering
TEAM B
Cléry Bionaz [Team controller], Architecture for restoration and preservation of architectural and environmental heritage
Alessandro Sala [Project Communication Coordinator], Environmental and Land Planning Engineering
Nosherwan Shoaib, Electronic Engineering
Mattia Speziali, Telecommunications Engineering