The Team
During the 2022-2023 Academic Year, the Team is composed of more than 85 between undergraduate students, graduate students, and PhD candidates. Most of the Team members come from the aerospace, mechanical, electronic and computer engineering courses of Politecnico di Torino.
Executive
Fabio Meloni
PresidentFabio has been the Team's President since its foundation in 2022, during his second year of undergraduate studies, and he is now a third-year Bachelor's student in Aerospace Engineering at Politecnico di Torino.
During his presidency, Fabio expanded the Team from 6 to 85+ members, involving undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students. Besides directing the Team, he manages the relations with academia, private partners, and other institutions.
Fabio is also the Chief Engineering of the Cavour Project, where he leads a subteam of 30+ students to research and develop Cavour, a reusable experimental suborbital rocket with multiple apogee and payload configurations.
Elena Dilorenzo
Chief Operating OfficerElena is responsible for the Operations Subteam, which is in charge of logistics, outreach, and maintaining relations with the Team's partners. In addition, her work focuses on achieving operational excellence in the Team's technical and non-technical projects.
She is now in her last year of the Master's in Aerospace Engineering at Politecnico di Torino, specializing in the Aeromechanical and Systems field.
Elena was previously the president of AESA Torino - the Aerospace Engineering Students’ Association of Politecnico - a non-profit student group composed of 500+ members.
Luca Santoro
Chief Technologist and Head of StrategyLuca graduated in Mechanical Engineering at Politecnico di Torino, where he is now a PhD student at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. After the foundation of the Team, he provided the human resources, a strong strategy, and technical support to the project.
As Chief Technologist, he is in charge of making decisions for the technological infrastructure, in order to align it with the organization's goals.
As Head of Strategy, he is in charge of all decisions concerning short and long term strategy, management, partnerships, cost-reduction, strategic initiatives and developing the Team's strategy and vision. The Head of Strategy is also the chairman of the Team's Advisor's board.
Faculty Advisors
- Prof. Alfonso Pagani Primary Faculty Advisor
- Prof. Enrico Zappino Faculty Advisor
Statistics
Members by program
- Aerospace Engineering56.3%
- Mechanical Engineering14.9%
- Computer Engineering9.2%
- Electronic Engineering9.2%
- Physics Engineering3.4%
- Other Engineering4.6%
- Non-PoliTo2.3%
Members by level
- Bachelor's52.9%
- Master's42.4%
- Ph.D.4.7%
International students rate
- Domestic71.8%
- International28.2%
Core members

- Abdullah Çelik Propulsion Engineer
- Alessandro Di Nuzzo Media Manager
- Alessandro Nitti CFD Analyst
- Alessio Improta Propulsion Engineer
- Alex Aiello Avionics Engineer
- Alex Jarod Sclafani Propulsion Engineer
- Alireza Khanzadeh Propulsion Engineer
- Andrea De Masi Software Engineer
- Andrea Pantano Mission Analyst - Safety and Launch Manager
- Andrea Ruscica Mechanical Engineer
- Areeb Ahmed Propulsion Engineer
- Cosmo Spinosa Propulsion Engineer
- Cristian Manfredi Liquid Propulsion Coordinator
- Davide Parlato Propulsion Engineer
- Derin Yilmaz Outreach & Recognition Specialist
- Duru Duran Photographer
- Edoardo Baraldi Propulsion Engineer
- El Sheikh Isber Charbel Abdo Propulsion Engineer
- Eliza Ciszewska Mechanical Engineer
- Emir Topakci CAD & AM Engineer
- Ettore Giuseppe De Bartolo Outreach & Recognition Specialist
- Ezgi Yenigun Propulsion Engineer
- Federica Carollo Propulsion Engineer
- Federica Pellegrini Propulsion Engineer
- Federica Portis Sponsoring Manager - Safety and Launch manager
- Federico Guglielmi IT Manager
- Gabriele Caso Propulsion Engineer
- Gabriele Tanca Outreach & Recognition Specialist
- Giacomo Luccisano Avionics engineer
- Giovanni Ferrannini Propulsion Engineer
- Giuseppe Barbera Avionics Engineer
- Giuseppe Roccasalva Software Engineer
- Giusi Raso CFD Analyst
- Guglielmo Iacono Propulsion Engineer
- Harrshit Oruganti Sridhar Propulsion Engineer
- Hassine El Ghazel Graphic Designer - Software Engineer
- Hojjat Miryavifard Propulsion Engineer
- Iftekhar Anwar Propulsion Engineer
- İlayda Deniz Bayraktar Propulsion Engineer
- Jacopo Cerzosimo Software Engineer
- Kacper Koncewicz Mechanical Engineer
- Marco Guzzon Propulsion Engineer
- Marco Magnanini Propulsion Engineer
- Marco Romano Delogu Propulsion Engineer
- Margherita Michahelles Propulsion Engineer
- Maria Vittoria Giobbio Outreach & Recognition Specialist
- Matteo Manavello Sponsoring Manager
- Mattia Angirillo FEM Analyst
- Michał Zawadzki CAD & AM Engineer
- Michele Bordini Propulsion Engineer
- Michele Sannino Propulsion Engineer
- Mohammad Yousefi FEM Analyst
- Mustafa Ulvi Aydin Mechanical Engineer
- Nikita Fusilli Grynchenko FEM Analyst
- Obaid Ur Rehman Web Developer
- Oshani Kularathna Propulsion Engineer
- Pier Luigi Mercadante Liquid Propulsion Coordinator
- Pierantonio Bertuccio FEM Analyst
- Pierluigi Petrachi Propulsion Engineer
- Riccardo Di Maria CFD Analyst
- Riccardo Terzo Propulsion Engineer
- Samuele Martello Avionics Engineer
- Suleyman Burak Deniz Propulsion Engineer
- Syed Muhammad Ussama Zafar Propulsion Engineer
- Tuna Sahin Mechanical Engineer
- Wassim Cherkaoui Outreach & Recognition Specialist
- Yuri Valle Graphic Designer