About us
Bridging research and enterpreneuship
The journey of Ventoplani starts from the SAS-Lab research group at Politecnico di Milano, led by Prof. Lorenzo Fagiano and dedicated to Airborne Wind Energy.
Our research covers both theoretical and experimental aspects of Airborne Wind Energy, spanning aerodynamics, control, power conversion, structure, and economics.
We are researching on the future of wind energy to make it available to people
Meet our co-founders
Post-doctoral researcher at SAS-Lab, DEIB, Politecnico di Milano
Lecturer of the master course “Wind Energy Systems” at the University of Pavia
PhD in Aerospace Engineering at Polimi (2024) with the thesis “Conceptual design of windplanes” (the thesis was awarded the best PhD thesis worldwide in the field of wind energy by the European Academy of Wind Energy in 2025)
MSc in Wind Energy at the Technical University of Denmark (2019)
MSc in Aerospace Engineering at University of Padova (2019)
Filippo Trevisi, PhD
Co-founder & CEO
Full professor in Automation and control engineering and head of the SAS-Lab research group, DEIB, Politecnico di Milano.
Principal Investigator of almost ten among research projects and contracts on Airborne Wind Energy in the last 15 years, 3 patents, more than 50 publications on this technology
European Control Award 2019 for contributions in control and Airborne Wind Energy
ENI Award Debut in Research 2010 for the PhD thesis on Airborne Wind Energy
PhD in Information and Systems Engineering at Politecnico di Torino (2009)
Prof. Lorenzo Fagiano
Co-founder & Chief Scientific officer
Leonardo Cecchin, PhD
Co-founder & COO
Post-doctoral researcher and leader of the experimental activities of the SAS-Lab research group, DEIB, Politecnico di Milano.
PhD in Microsystems Engineering at the University of Freiburg (2025) with the thesis "Multilayer optimal control for hydraulic systems", carried out at Bosch Corporate Research (DE) within the Marie Curie network ELO-X.
Research assistant at Polimi (2021) on control algorithms for autonomous drones.
MSc in Automation and Control Engineering at Polimi (2020) with thesis on control algorithms for autonomous drones.