International Symposium on Smart Materials, June 14 and 15, 2023

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Created: Friday, 10 February 2023 09:47

The Polymer Competence Center Leoben is pleased to invite you to the "International Symposium on Smart Materials", which will take place in Leoben (Austria) on June 14-15, 2023.

The event is mutually organized within the COMET Module project CHEMITECTURE and the EU Marie Curie International Training Network on Soft, Self-responsive, Smart Materials for Robots (SMART).

 You can expect an interesting program with numerous international speakers for the sessions:

• Smart materials from renewable resources
• Sensor technologies
• Advanced mechanical architectures
• Functional materials
• Additive manufacturing
• Soft active devices
• Emerging applications

 More information about the program can be found here: Program – Polymer EVENTS

 Register now at: Registration – Polymer EVENTS

 We look forward to many participants!

Chiarra Barretta won Best Poster Award

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Created: Friday, 30 September 2022 09:44

This week, PCCL presented its latest research results in the field of photovoltaics at the 8th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, held in Milan, Italy. As a highlight, Chiara Barretta won a Best Poster Award for her work with the Title “Chemical and morphological characterization of PVDF films used for photovoltaic backsheets”.

Congratulations!

CEEC-PCMS1 in Split, Croatia (July 26 to 30, 2022)

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Created: Wednesday, 04 May 2022 09:51

Visit the First Central and Eastern European Conference on Physical Chemistry & Materials Science (CEEC-PCMS1) where our colleague Gernot Oreski is on the scientific advisory board.

Where? Split (Croatia)

When? Between July 26 and 30, 2022.

More information at: CEEC-PCMS1 1st Central and Eastern European Conference on Physical Chemistry and Materials Science, Split, Croatia, 26th and 30th of July 2022 - Welcome (ceec-physchem.org)

Don't miss it!

ÖGUT Environmental Award for Rembrandtin in the course of the PV Re² project

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Created: Tuesday, 26 April 2022 11:08

Rembrandtin has developed a special coating for the repair of cracked photovoltaic backsheets that extends the service life of damaged photovoltaic modules. The innovative coating system was awarded the ÖGUT Environmental Award 2021.

More information at: https://www.rembrandtin.com/en/ogut-umweltpreis-fur-photvolatik-spezialbeschichtung/

Josef Krainer Award for Mario Gschwandl

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Created: Friday, 25 February 2022 10:52

Congratulations to our colleague Mario Gschwandl, who won the Josef Krainer Promotion Award for his dissertation!

Finalist at the Innovation Award Styria 2022

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Created: Friday, 25 February 2022 10:35

The group around Dieter Gruber is one of the finalists of the Innovation Award Styria 2022 with the development of an ultra high-speed inspection system. We are very proud and look forward to the final announcement of the award winners.

You can find more information here: https://www.sfg.at/n/innovationspreis-steiermark-2022-das-sind-die-finalisten/

Markus Wolfahrt is the new division manager of "Polymers and Composites for Structural Applications"

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Created: Thursday, 03 February 2022 09:48

Our colleague Markus Wolfahrt has joined the management team as the new division manager of "Polymers and Composites for Structural Applications".

We would like to congratulate him and wish him all the best for the future!

Anja Gosch received the Wilfried-Ensinger Award

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Created: Wednesday, 24 November 2021 13:10

Dr. mont. Anja Gosch, a graduate of our scientific partner, the Chair of Materials Science and Testing of Polymers (WPK) at the Montanuniversitaet Leoben, received the Wilfried-Ensinger-Award for her excellent PhD thesis, which was developed within the framework of joint COMET-K1 cooperation projects under the supervision of Univ.-Prof. Dr. mont. Gerald Pinter.

For the project management of these projects the colleagues Dr. mont. Florian Arbeiter (WPK) and Dr. mont. Michael Berer (PCCL) were in charge.

More information can be found at: WAK-Preisverleihung 2021: Beste Abschluss­ar­beit­en zur Kunst­stoff­tech­nik prämiert (plasticker.de)

Congratulations!

Project PVRe² in Energy Innovation Austria

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Created: Friday, 01 October 2021 09:44

Our project PVRe² made it into the issue of the magazine Energy Innovation Austria.

More information at: https://www.energy-innovation-austria.at/issue/eia-2021-03-en/?lang=en

PolyMetal Final Conference on September 30, 2021

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Created: Tuesday, 17 August 2021 11:09

"Design flexibility of plastics, but look and feel like metals: PolyMetal successful crossboarder cooperation"

When? September 30, 2021

Where? At Montanuniversität Leoben and online via Microsoft Teams

Registration via Mail to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

More information: http://www.ausseninstitut-leoben.at/de/7367/