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