Project cooperationUpdated on 10 July 2026
Lightweight materials, AM, Polymer and material chemistry, Lifecycle assessment (LCA)
Senior Researcher at Wood K plus - Competence Center for Wood Composites & Wood Chemistry
St. Veit an der Glan, Austria
About
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Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) (gas capture in defence applications)
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Polymer synthesis through Design of Experiments (DoE) and Multivariate data analysis (MVA)
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Development of functional natural fibres
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Vitrimers for interior construction profiles
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Additive manufacturing
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Application: automotive and sports (ski boards)
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Sustainability and circularity studies through Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Costing (LCC).
Stage
- Ideation - identifying the project idea
- Design - setting the project scope
Topic
- Development and testing of lightweighting design and manufacturing concepts
- Substitution of conventional (raw-)materials with sustainable and lightweighting alternatives with a lower ecological footprint
- Development of transferable and scalable business models for circular lightweighting design and manufacturing
Type
- Project idea seeking partner(s)
- Expertise offered
Organisation
Similar opportunities
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Plant-based lightweight composite boards
- Project idea seeking partner(s)
- Design - setting the project scope
- Ideation - identifying the project idea
- Drafting - writing the project proposal
- Substitution of conventional (raw-)materials with sustainable and lightweighting alternatives with a lower ecological footprint
Thomas Sepperer
Researcher at Fachhochschule Salzburg
Salzburg, Austria
Project cooperation
BIOCARGO — Bio-Based Fibre-Reinforced 3D-Printed Frames for Light Cargo Vehicles
- Project idea seeking partner(s)
- Ideation - identifying the project idea
- Development and testing of lightweighting design and manufacturing concepts
- Development and use of novel or alternative advanced lightweight materials including optimized manufacturing processes
- Substitution of conventional (raw-)materials with sustainable and lightweighting alternatives with a lower ecological footprint
Gerfried Cebrat
owner, main researcher at effiziente.st Energie- und Umweltconsulting e.U.
Graz, Austria
Project cooperation
Advanced Surface Alloying and Hard Coating Technologies Enabling Lightweight Metallic Components
- Expertise offered
- Project idea seeking partner(s)
- Design - setting the project scope
- Ideation - identifying the project idea
- Development and testing of lightweighting design and manufacturing concepts
- Development and use of novel or alternative advanced lightweight materials including optimized manufacturing processes
- Substitution of conventional (raw-)materials with sustainable and lightweighting alternatives with a lower ecological footprint
Dr.Semih Öncel
Founder / Managing Partner at DIASOL R&D Engineering Inc
Istanbul, Türkiye