Author: HanaaDahy

Keynote Speech at Agriforvalor Brussels

By on July 5, 2018in Lectures, News

Jun.-Prof. Hanaa Dahy is giving a keynote speech at the international final conference of the European Union project AGRIFORVALOR in Brussels on Friday, July 6, 2018. Discover more infos about the EU project Agriforvalor at the project website.

The conference covers potentials and opportunities of a sustainable bioeconomy and the link between bioeconomy and certain industries like the building industry. The Best Business Model Award – awarded in a ceremony at the conference – is designed and fabricated by the BioMat team! The trophy is made of a bio-based elastic fibreboard called BioFlexi developed by BioMat.

 

Hannover Messe 2018

By on April 23, 2018in Exhibitions, News

BioMat was presenting at the Hannover Messe 2018, the worlds biggest fair for industry, investment products, research and innovation, from April 23 to April 27. At a common stand with the University of Stuttgart and the Federal State of Baden-Wuerttemberg, new sustainable material developments and outcomes of research and teaching were exhibited.

Ecobuild 2018

By on March 6, 2018in Lectures, News

Materials meanings; some unexpected benefits of re-working waste material – under this title, Jun.-Prof. Hanaa Dahy will give a lecture at the Ecobuild 2018 conference at ExCeL London, 06-08 march 2018, one of the leading events for sustainability and ecological innovation in the building industry. The lecture will introduce a discussion on the application of recycled materials and innovative design and fabrication techniques for a more sustainable built environment. In the conference workshop session WasteZone, experts from the world of material invention and product design will make individual presentations about their practice and research before discussing ideas around sustainable material flows and material meanings.

Find more information on the diverse range of topics and lectures in the conference program.

BioProfile

By on February 5, 2018in Funded projects

Project: Extrudierte und Co‐extrudierte Profile aus pflanzenreststoffverstärkten Biokunststoffen für Fenster und weitere architektonische Anwendungen
Project Type: Research-Industrial Project Grant
Funding Body:  BMEL – Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. (FNR), German Government
Project Partner: Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research, Naftex GmbH, Profine GmbH, ETS Extrusionstechnik Mathias Stange
Role: Principle Investigator
Period: 2017– 2020

BioMat Exhibition at the University of Stuttgart

By on December 10, 2017in Exhibitions

BioMat offered an insight into its research and teaching by showing developed products and student projects in an exhibition at the University of Stuttgart. The exhibition showed examples of the novel bio-based materials and its application possibilities investigated so far. Furthermore, student projects on smart adaptive facade systems which are outcomes of MML Material Matter Lab were presented to the public.

Workshop with Students from CTU Prague

By on November 22, 2017in Lectures, News

As part of the Material and Structure Course (MML II – Material Matter Lab) directed by Jun.-Prof. Hanaa Dahy, architects and students from CTU Czech Technical University Prague joined our students from the Bachelors and Masters program in architecture at the University of Stuttgart and 3rd semester ITECH students for a workshop in cooperation with IFB (Institute for Aircraft Design – University of Stuttgart).

Interview with BioPro Baden-Württemberg

By on October 30, 2017in News, Press

BioPro Baden-Württemberg published an article on the development of innovative, ecological construction materials and methods at the University of Stuttgart including an interview with Jun.-Prof. Hanaa Dahy on its platform Bioeconomy BW which focuses on projects in green economy and products from biological resources.

Find the interview under this link.
For a more comprehensive coverage of the research at BioMat another article by BioPro Baden-Württemberg can be found here.