08/08/2022

Applications are now open for the new Challenge@PoliTo, academic year 2022-2023

First didactic period (September ’22 – January ’23):

CHALLENGE _By Firms

  • The Next Gen of Coffee Packaging”_By LAVAZZA
  • Power energy management for sustainability: Package and connections”, _By MISTA
  • Enhanced Mobility for Sustainable Rural Tourism” _By ENTE TURISMO LANGHE MONFERRATO ROERO
  • Circular and sustainable inputs for renewable energy” _By ENEL GREEN POWER
  • Hail-Care”_By ARAL

 

CHALLENGE _By Students

  • Internet Of Things smart and self-powered”_By Politecnico with CIM 4.0

 

Second didactic period (March – June ’23):

CHALLENGE _By Firms

  • Data-driven control strategies to enhance energy performance of HVAC systems in buildings”, _By ENERTECH
  • 5S – Sustainable Solid State Switches for power Systems” _By ENEL GRIDS
  • Become Passwordless” _By ARUBA
  • Demolition yards: Post-disaster recovery, reuse, reconstruction” _By ARCHLIVING
  • Renewable Energy Communities to enhance small villages” _By C2R

 

CHALLENGE _By Students

  • Silver Economy: A new business opportunity” _By Politecnico

 

Each Challenge involves up to 30 Master’s degree students from all areas of the Politecnico (Engineering, Architecture, Design, Planning) divided into multidisciplinary teams to solve a challenge launched by a company (_By Firms format) or chosen by the Politecnico (_By Students format).

The teams must work independently to find and design a solution to the challenge, with the support of specialized mentors and under the supervision of a teacher.

HOW TO APPLY:

At the enrollment portal, in the ” Online Services tab ” section of your personal page.
You may apply for more than one Challenge, but you cannot give an order of preference.
If you are selected, you will only be able to participate in one Challenge.
By Students only: If you already have a team with a project related to the _By Students Challenge’s topic, you can apply with your team: a team member has to send an email to clik@polito.it with name, surname, ID student and Master’s degree path of each team member. Multidisciplinarity is essential for the successful implementation of a project; the multidisciplinarity of existing teams will be assessed during the team training activity.

 

CALL CLOSING:

The application phase closes on September 12 at 1pm (CEST).
You will receive the outcome of your application by September 22.

 

CHALLENGE START:

Challenges will start the week of September 26 (exact dates to be determined).

 

IMPORTANT:

Each Challenge is worth 8 curricular or extra-curricular CFUs and has different characteristics.
Check your course of study: if you find the Challenge’s teaching schedule, it will recognize the credits as curricular, otherwise they will be extra-curricular.
This activity does not have a grade, only passed/not passed.
Read the course syllabus, you will find all the indications on how a Challenge is run, its duration and commitment.

 

CHALLENGE ON YOUR STUDY LOAD

At the end of the selection process, if you have been chosen to take part in a Challenge, the Office of Student Services will include the Challenge in your APSP.

Overcoming the Challenge allows the release of the Open Badge.

 

Sign up now, places are limited.

For information: clik@polito.it