Conference Programm
Thursday, November 21st, 2024
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Opening and welcome | |
| 10:00 - 12:30 | Panel discussion on the topic of “Kunststoffe in einer Welt ohne Erdöl” (in German) with the following participants: | |
Plenary lectures (given by invited speakers) Bioplastics - curse or blessing ? Circular Carbon in the Automotive Industry – The BMW Perspective | ||
| Award ceremony - POLYMER SCIENCE SCHOOL AWARD | ||
| Presentation of successful spin-off companies Circulyzer GmbH, Daniel Schwabl SCIOFLEX Hydrogen GmbH, Bernd Schrittesser ecolyte GmbH, Stefan Spirk | ||
12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch break | |
14:00 - 15:30 | ||
Session: A: “Polymers for Sustainability and Circularity” | Session B: “Polymers for Energy Transformation, Storage and Transportation” | |
Conventional, Biobased or Biodegradable Microplastic. | Underground Sun Storage 2030 / EUH2STARS – 100% hydrogen storage in porous reservoirs Benedikt Hasibar, RAG Austria AG | |
| Advances in the Detection of Micro- and Nanoplastics: Methods and Technologies Michael Feuchter, Montanuniversität Leoben | Thermomechanical Characterization and Simulation of Li-Ion Battery Components Johannes Macher, Polymer Competence Center Leoben | |
| Recycling of packaging films: Properties enhancement and application Katerina Plevova, Montanuniversität Leoben | Development of smart coatings for safety applications in battery systems Daniel Bautista, Polymer Competence Center Leoben | |
| Recycling of Wintersport Hardgoods: The Challenges of Circularity David Zidar, Montanuniversität Leoben | Evaluating Encapsulant Materials for c-Si/Perovskite Tandem Modules Petra Christöfl, Polymer Competence Center Leoben | |
15:30 - 15:45 | Poster introduction (2 – 3 min each) | |
15:45 - 16:15 | Coffee break | |
16:15 - 17:45 | ||
Session: A: “Polymers for Sustainability and Circularity" | Session B: “Polymers for Energy Transformation, Storage and Transportation” | |
| Enhanced mechanical recycling of PP Jutta Geier, Polymer Competence Center Leoben | Importance of Cryogenic Testing Data for Composites – Matrix dominated properties and permeability Michael Scheerer, Aerospace & Advanced Composites GmbH | |
| Property prediction of polymers using spectroscopy Márton Bredács, Polymer Competence Center Leoben | tbd | |
Wet mechanical processing of post- consumer plastics | Polyethylene pipes for distribution of gaseous hydrogen Florian Arbeiter, Montanuniversität Leoben | |
| Repair solutions for PV modules with damaged polymer backsheets Sonja Feldbacher, Polymer Competence Center Leoben | Enabling glass-free light weight PV modules using honeycomb structures Nikolina Pervan, Polymer Competence Center Leoben | |
19:30 | Dinner in the Arkadenhof, Leoben | |
Friday, November 22nd, 2024
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Session C: ”Materials for Additive Manufacturing“ | Session D: “Future Trends im Polymer Technology” |
| tbd | Materials and methods for the enzymatic cross-linking of hydrogels Rupert Kargl, Graz University of Technology | |
| Additive Manufacturing Activities at the Polymer Competence Center Leoben Michael Berer, Polymer Competence Center Leoben | tbd Barta Katalin, University of Graz | |
| Wavelength Orthogonal Photochemistry in Additive Manufacturing: Towards 3D Structures with Tailored Properties Thomas Griesser, Montanuniversität Leoben | Design of covalent adaptable networks for advanced applications Elisabeth Rossegger, Polymer Competence Center Leoben | |
| Design and Additive Manufacturing of Mechanical Metamaterials for Structural Applications Mathias Fleisch, Polymer Competence Center Leoben | Bio-based covalent adaptable networks: From monomer synthesis to applications in 3D-printing and nanoimprint lithography Bernhard Sölle, Polymer Competence Center Leoben | |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Poster introduction | |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Coffee break | |
| 11:15 - 12:45 | Session C: ”Materials for Additive Manufacturing“ | Session D: “Future Trends im Polymer Technology” |
| Strategies for robot based large-scale polymer additive manufacturing Dominik Fleischhacker, ADAXIS | Beyond carbon: novel inorganic polymers for applications in biomedicine and sustainable material development Ian Teasdale, JKU Linz | |
| Analyzing and Predicting Failure Modes in Mono- and Multi-Material Extrusion-based Additive Manufactured Structures Christoph Waly, Montanuniversität Leoben | Polymerization Initiation Systems – How everything will start Patrick Knaack, TU Wien | |
| Feedstock Development for Material Extrusion of Aluminium: Printability, Debinding and Sintering Vahid Momeni / Christian Kukla, Montanuniversität Leoben | Controlling Monomer Curing with Orthogonal Photochemistry: Towards Continuous Printing of Thiol-Ene Resins Rita Höller, Montanuniversität Leoben | |
| Manufacturing of Soft Dielectric Actuator Assemblies by Material Extrusion Ivan Raguz, Polymer Competence Center Leoben / Montanuniversität Leoben | Photopolymerization with Ge-based Initiators - Applications and Perspectives Christine Bandl, Montanuniversität Leoben | |
| 13:00 - 13:15 | Closing remarks and farewell | |
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