The 4th PoliTO Student Contest on Drying and Freeze-Drying

Politecnico di Torino, Rooms R2 8 June 2026

Program

h 11.00 Poster Presentation on the balcony on the first floor of the R lecture room

h. 12.30 buffet

h. 1.00 p.m. Short Oral Presentation (8 minutes + questions)

h. 3.00 p.m.Award Ceremony

All the students are invited to attend
At the end the committee will select the three best presentations, which will be invited to the Award Ceremony, Monday 8 June at 3.00 p.m.
All the teams will get a participation certificate.

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List of participants

Team 1 – Team Amico
SMART STOPPERS
Components: Chiara AMICO; Gaia CALORIO

Team 2 – The Defects Hunters
Beyond the Human Eye: Hybrid Inspection Unveiling Biopharmaceutical Defects
Components: Sara CANAVESE, Gaia CARLEVARO

Team 3 – Glyco Print Group
A Dual-Zone Transdermal Microneedle Patch for GlucoseResponsive Insulin Delivery and Smartphone-Based Optical Glucose Monitoring
Components: Maria CAVAGNA, Paola GALERA

Team 4 – Lyo Boys
LyoScaffolds: A Novel Scaffold-Based Approach for Continuous Freeze-Drying
Components: Edoardo MATTA, Vincenzo MASSOTTI; Mario FIORENTINO

Team 5
Continuos microwave flask humidity analysis
Component: Carmelo PARISI, Giacomo LAZZERINI

Team 6 – Team Leone

Components: Caterina LEONE, Jacopo SESSA

Team 7 – Z-Team
Z-LyoTrack : In-Situ Raman-based PAT for Freeze-Drying Monitoring
Components: Chiara MARCHEGGIANI, Chiara MINEO, Stefania RIESI

Team 8 – Team 5
Engineering of Large Porous Microparticles with Core-Shell architecture of
biological drugs by Coaxial Atomization Spray Freeze Drying platform
Component: Giovanni PECORARO, Davide MASSA

Team 9
Vacuum2 : a unified strategy for Freezing and Drying in Semi-Batch Lyophilization
Component: Martina SCAPPATURA, Chiara PINTO

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Info for participants

The posters will be printed by POLITO