The Team
During the 2024-2025 Academic Year, the Team is composed of more than 150 between undergraduate students and graduate students. The Team members come from almost all courses of Politecnico di Torino, and from more than 30 different countries.
Andrea Pantano Team Leader
Andrea Manzo Chief Engineer
Riccardo Savio Project Manager
Matteo Donadel Head of Department
Marco Dona Head of Department
Amerigo Vespucci Departments
- Andrea Manzo Chief Engineer
- Riccardo Savio Project Manager
Marco Delogu Head of Propulsion Department
Emir Topakci Head of Structures Department
Alessandro Rabino Head of Aerodynamics Department
Daniele Brero Head of Recovery Department
Alessandro Giacobetti Head of Controls and Systems Department
Michele Rossetto Head of Electronics Department
Operations Department
- Matteo Donadel Head of Department
- Luca Beccaria Communications
Huseyin Gulec Information Technology- Ettore De Bartolo Logistics
Edoardo Viglietti Safety
Research and Development Department
- Marco Dona Head of Department
Advisors
Prof. Alfonso Pagani Primary Faculty Advisor
Prof. Enrico Zappino Faculty Advisor
Fabio Meloni Founder & Senior Advisor- Salvatore Lagrasta Avionics
Luca Loiodice Additive Manufacturing
Francesca Bracaglia Finite Element Analysis
Flora Punzi Senior FEA analyst & Counselor- Lorenzo Pezzolato Additive Manufacturing
Statistics
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Members by program
- Aerospace59.7%
- Mechanical17.6%
- Computer6.7%
- Electronic5.9%
- Management3.4%
- Other6.7%
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Members by level
- Bachelor's48.8%
- Master's50.4%
- Ph.D.0.8%
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International students rate
- Domestic73.8%
- International26.2%
Core members
- Aamil Lodhi DAM Engineer
- Alessandro Giacobetti Control System Engineer
- Alessandro Ruo Redda Propulsion Engineer
- Alessandro Vignola FEM Analyst Engineer
- Alessio Improta Engine Cycle Modelling Engineer
- Alex Jarod Sclafani Engine Cycle Modelling Engineer
- Ali Rahmatpour Product Designer, Graphic Designer
- Alihan Altintas Recovery Engineer
- Andrea Morra Engine Cycle Engineer
- Andrea Pantano Head of Aerodynamics
- Andrea Manzo Design & Additive Manufacturing Engineer
- Annamaria Gelesz Aerodynamicist
- Antonino Brandino Recovery Engineer
- Antonino Spadafora Propulsion Engineer
- Antonino Gaetano Biondo Control Systems Engineer
- Antonio Sepe Propulsion engineer
- Antonios Kakamoukas Structural Engineer
- Arda Bildik Hardware Engineer
- Aurelio Amato Mission Analyst
- Aysim Kukrek Recovery Engineer
- Balkan Urkmez Design & Additive Manufacturing Engineer
- Beatrice Paternò Recovery Engineer
- Behdad Khodabakhshi Rizi Design Engineer
- Bruna Concetta Di Maggio Recovery Engineer
- Bruno Mazzucca Ground Systems Engineer
- Carlo Visalli Propulsion Engineer
- Chiara Balen Recovery Engineer
- Claudia Sanna Firmware Engineer
- Cristiana Avati Engine Cycle Engineer
- Cristina Pecoriello Cryogenic system Engineer
- Daniele Brero Recovery engineer
- Daniele Pice CFD analyst
- Daniele Punzi Recovery Engineer
- Dário Medeiros Structural Engineer
- Dimitri Mazzone Propulsion engineer
- Edoardo Pagliano Recovery engineer
- Ege Kaya Full Stack Developer
- Eleonora Catozzo Propulsion Engineer
- Emanuele Ronchetti Sponsoring manager
- Ettore Giuseppe De Bartolo Recruitment Specialist
- Fabio Zeloni Propulsion engineer
- Federica Withmanthi Fernando Anjanpalage Event Specialist
- Federico Saviano Control Systems Engineer
- Feliciana Priore Mission Analyst
- Filippo Pupo Structural Engineer
- Flavia Beatrice Anton Test & Mission Support Specialist
- Francesco Casto Mission Analyst
- Gabriele Angelillo Firmware Engineer
- Giacomo Bunino Control Systems Engineer
- Giada Nicastro Recovery Engineer
- Gianluca Marcato DAM Engineer
- Gianluca Marra DAM Engineer
- Gianluca Paolicelli Ground Systems Engineer
- Giorgio Montese Hardware Engineer
- Giovanni Del Vecchio Program Manager
- Giovanni Tomasi Recovery Engineer
- Giuseppe Agnello Structural Engineer
- Giuseppe Mondilla Aerodynamicist
- Giuseppe Riccardo Fornari Propulsion engineer
- Gregorio Biagi FEA Analyst
- Harrshit Oruganti Sridhar Propulsion Engineer
- Ismail Emre Karakutuk Hardware Engineer
- Jason Papaioannou Propulsion Engineer
- Jenny Rostaing Valves & Pipelines Engineer
- Khalil Ekradi Propulsion Engineer
- Kiana Kamali Poorshiraz Hardware Engineer
- Leonardo Galeotti Control Systems Engineer
- Linda Ennio Recovery Engineer
- Lorenzo Palumbi CAD & Additive Manufacturing Engineer
- Luca Sarà Hardware Engineer
- Ludovica Cassella Recovery Engineer
- Luigi Ruggieri Ignition System Engineer
- Maria Angelica Fullone Penna Software Engineer
- Matteo Agagliate Mission Analyst
- Matteo Perfetti Cryogenic system Engineer
- Matteo Petri Mechanical/Propulsion Engineer
- Mattia Saba Mission Analysis Engineer
- Mehdi Mansouri Web Developer
- Michelangelo Mangiapane Recovery Engineer
- Mohamad Keshmiri Embedded Hardware/Software Engineer
- Morteza Moslehi Control System Engineer
- Muhamamd Hamza Khan Firmware Engineer
- Mustafa Mert Yetim Hardware Engineer
- Mustafa Sezer Yilmaz Hardware Engineer
- Natia Sakandelidze CFD Analyst
- Nicola Bruschi FEM Analyst
- Nicola Montagner Control System Engineer
- Nicolas Cerutti Engine Cycle Software Engineer
- Nicolò Petronella Mission Analyst
- Nicolò Vetri Engine Cycle Engineer
- Paul Teo Davis Electronics Engineer
- Pier Luigi Mercadante Project Manager
- Pouriya Salimian Rizi Control Engineering
- Ricardo Brunetti Safety Engineer
- Riccardo Di Maria Recovery Engineer
- Riccardo Dipietro Embedded Hardware/Software Engineer
- Riccardo Revalor Ground Systems Engineer
- Rosa Coppolino Structural Engineer
- Rossella Mungiello Structural Engineer
- Samuele Cannavò Software Engineer
- Samuele Lombardi Management Assistant
- Saverio Medici RF specialist
- Simone Edoardo Neri Mission Analyst
- Stefano Motta Test Engineer
- Stefano Emmanuel Campagnolo Aerodynamicist
- Tacan Avsar Embedded Hardware/Software Engineer
- Tarik Nalcaci Propulsion Engineer
- Tommaso Venezia Event specialist
- Tugberk Bardak Full Stack Developer
- Vito Piazzolla Control Systems Engineer
- Zhu Ruoqing Control System Engineer