MEET Project
MEET (Mission: Engagement and Education for Tomorrow) is an EU-funded project that aims to highlight academic excellence in Milan. Through numerous activities, MEET aims to promote a wide culture of knowledge to encourage a scientific citizenship aware, informed and able to orient itself in an increasingly complex and technological world in order to competently face the challenges of the future.
The project is based on the five European Missions (Adaptation to Climate Change - Beating Cancer - Climate Neutral and Smart Cities - Restore our Oceans and Waters - A Soil Deal for Europe), outlined within the European Union's funding programme, Horizon Europe. Their aim is to improve natural ecosystems and the lives of citizens by sharing the value of research and scientific investment.
The project is structured into two main programmes: MEETmeTonight and MEETme@School.
The programme is included in the initiatives of the European Researchers' Night and consists of two days dedicated to direct encounters between the public and research in Milan. This formula brings citizens near to the world of research, to make scientific knowledge accessible, appealing and inclusive.
The event is organised by the University of Milano-Bicocca, University of Milano, Polytechnic of Milano, Bocconi University and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele as well as formicablu.
The programme is designed for schools of all levels in the Lombardy region. The aim is to create opportunities for direct encounters between students and researchers through innovative educational activities, so as to stimulate scientific curiosity from an early age.
MEETmeTONIGHT 2019
On 27 and 28 September at the Indro Montanelli Gardens of Via Palestro in Milan, the Department of Mathematics and Applications, thanks to the work of some of its members, is present at the European Researchers' Night 2019.
- Air, water, waves, wings and... Mathematics!
Can a ball float in the air? Why does a plane fly? Why can a boat ride the wind? What are waves under the sea, how do they form? And, above all, what role does and has mathematics played in all this? Moving between tanks filled with different fluids, numerical simulations and mathematical games, we discover how the study of fluid dynamics has influenced pure mathematics.
Surfaces: worksheets and solutions
- Get to know the scientists
In cooperation with the other science departments, many of our mathematicians will have a stand where, through playful activities and stories of famous female scientists, they will bring the public near to the world of women in science. Science is also a woman, and children and girls can learn about role models in whom they can recognise themselves, from the ancient to the contemporary world.