Program

Program

June 14 and 15, 2023

08:00 – 08:30
Come together / Welcome

SESSION 1 – Smart materials from renewable resources

08:30 – 09:00

3D-printable bio-based formulations
Marco Sangermano (Politecnico di Torino)

09:00 – 09:30

Combining biopolymer chemistry with extrusion
3D printing of medical anatomical models
Rupert Kargl (Graz University of Technology)

09:30 – 10:00

UV-curing imprint resins from renewable raw materials
Dieter Nees (JOANNEUM RESEARCH)

10:00 – 10:30

Manipulating protein adsorption with functional polysaccharides
Matej Bracic (University of Maribor)

10:30 – 11:00
Coffee Break

SESSION 2 – Sensor technologies

11:00 – 11:30

Laser Induced Graphene for Soft Electronics, Sensors and Functional Surfaces
Francesco Greco (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna / Graz University of Technology)

11:30 – 12:00

Integrated wireless and passive SAW RFID sensors for smart concrete applications
Pascal Nicolay (Carinthia University of Applied Sciences)

12:00 – 12:30

Inductive position sensors with conductive polymers
Martin Pfost (Technische Universität Dortmund)

12:30 – 13:30
Lunch Break

SESSION 3 – Advanced mechanical architectures

13:30 – 14:00

Kerfing: interplay between geometry, material, and function
Anastasia Muliana (Texas A&M University)

14:00 – 14:30

Design and additive manufacturing of novel mechanical metamaterials for structural applications
Mathias Fleisch (Polymer Competence Center Leoben)

14:30 – 15:00

Utilization of multi-material and -layer combinations for improved mechanical performance in polymers
Florian Arbeiter (Montanuniversität Leoben)

15:00 – 15:30

Virtual optimization tools for 3D printed metamaterials
Andreas Thalhamer (Polymer Competence Center Leoben)

15:30 – 16:00
Coffee Break

SESSION 4 – Functional materials

16:00 – 16:30

Smart inorganic polymers: from supersoft elastomers to biodegradable therapeutics
Ian Teasdale (Johannes Kepler Universität Linz)

16:30 – 17:00

Sequential λ-orthogonality by [2+2] cycloadditions in dual-cure photopolymers
Stefanie Müller (Montanuniversität Leoben)

17:00 – 17:30

Static electricity on common polymer materials
Bilge Baytekin (Bilkent University)

17:30 – 18:00

Introduction of thermolatent bases for an on-demand activation of dynamic bond exchange in creep resistant covalent networks
David Reisinger (Polymer Competence Center Leoben)

18:00 – 18:30

Controlling the creep in dynamic covalent networks: chemical amplification for the on-demand deprotection of -OH groups
Walter Alabiso (Polymer Competence Center Leoben)

19:00
Gala Dinner

SESSION 5 – Additive manufacturing

08:30 – 09:00

The future of additive manufacturing
Damir Godec (University of Zagreb)

09:00 – 09:30

3D-printing of vitrimers
Elisabeth Rossegger (Polymer Competence Center Leoben)

09:30 – 10:00

Spatially controlling the mechanical properties of 3D printed objects by dual-wavelength digital light processing
Ines Cazin (Polymer Competence Center Leoben)

10:00 – 10:30
Coffee Break

SESSION 6 – Soft active devices

10:30 – 11:00

Soft robotic applications of self-healing materials
Julie Legrand (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)

11:00 – 11:30

Additive manufacturing and optimization of soft dielectric actuators
Ivan Raguz (Polymer Competence Center Leoben)

11:30 – 12:00

Multi-material extrusion-based additive manufacturing of soft materials for robotic applications
Frank Clemens (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology)

12:00 – 12:30

Product development and 3d printing for the human gracilis and quadriceps tendons tensile testing
Ivan Grgić (University of Slavonski Brod)

12:30 – 13:30
Lunch Break

SESSION 7 – Emerging applications

13:30 – 14:00

The INKplant project – Progress in inkjet printing and equipment development for tissue engineering
Michael Kainz (Profactor GmbH)

14:00 – 14:30

Functional materials for advanced applications
Lidija Fras Zemljič (University of Maribor)

14:30 – 15:00

The IPPT_TWINN project – Scientific excellence and innovation capacity for hybrid processing technologies
Andreas Hausberger (Polymer Competence Center Leoben)

15:00 – 15:30
Closing remarks