Louena Shtrepi

Louena Shtrepi is an Associate Professor at the Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy, affiliated with the Department of Energy 'Galileo Ferraris' and the Future Urban Legacy Lab (FULL). She holds architecture degrees from Politecnico di Torino and Politecnico di Milano, an Alta Scuola Politecnica diploma (2010), and a PhD in Metrology (2015).

• Research Focus: Applied acoustics, particularly room and building acoustics, acoustic materials, simulation techniques, and measurement uncertainties. Her work emphasizes human-centric methodologies, sustainable design, and immersive audio-visual systems for perceptual testing.
• Teaching: Instructs graduate courses on Engineering of Sound Systems (Cinema & Media Engineering) and Exhibit Design: Light, Sound, Climate (Design & Visual Communication), with a focus on integrating acoustic solutions into early architectural design.
• Publications: Over 120 co-authored works, including studies on metamaterials, BIM-integrated acoustic analysis, virtual reality validation for speech intelligibility, and sustainable building envelope systems.
• Awards: Newman Medal (Acoustical Society of America), EEA Best Paper Award (2012), Premio Amedeo Giacomini (2012), Young Scientist Grant (Inter-Noise 2012), Premio Barducci (2013), ISRA Best Papers Award (2013).
• Collaborations: Member of AIA, EAA Technical Committee, and ASA; involved in EU-funded and national research projects like SILENCE (acoustic metamaterials for MRI noise cancellation) and SUPERIMPOSITION.