Conference Programm
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Thursday, November 21st, 2024
| 9:00 | Registration | ||
| 09:30 - 10:00 | Opening and welcome | ||
| 10:00 - 12:30 | Plenary Session Erzherzog Johann Auditorium | ||
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Panel discussion on the topic of “Kunststoffe in einer Welt ohne Erdöl” (in German) with the following participants: Harald Bleier, Ecoplus NÖ Alexander Kronimus, Plastics Europe Sabine Nadherny-Borutin, Plastics Europe Austria Markus Seidel, BMW Group Martin Wimmer, Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie Andreas Leitner, OMV AG | |||
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 | |||
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Presentation of successful spin-off companies Circulyzer GmbH, Daniel Schwabl SCIOFLEX Hydrogen GmbH, Bernd Schrittesser ecolyte GmbH, Georg Rudelstorfer Trastic GmbH, Arno Trinkl Luxinergy GmbH, Thomas Rockenbauer | |||
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch break | ||
| 14:00 - 15:30 | |||
| Session: A: “Polymers for Sustainability and Circularity” Erzherzog Johann Auditorium | Session B: “Polymers for Energy Transformation, Storage and Transportation” HS Phys.Chemie | ||
14:00 | 14:00 Underground Sun Storage 2030 / EUH2STARS – 100% hydrogen storage in porous reservoirs Matthias Greiml, RAG Austria AG | ||
14:25 | 14:30 Thermomechanical Characterization and Simulation of Li-Ion Battery Components Johannes Macher, Polymer Competence Center Leoben | ||
| 14:50 Recycling of packaging films: Properties enhancement and application Katerina Plevova, Montanuniversität Leoben | 14:50 Development of smart coatings for safety applications in battery systems Daniel Bautista-Anguís, Polymer Competence Center Leoben | ||
| 15:10 Recycling of Wintersport Hardgoods: The Challenges of Circularity David Zidar, Montanuniversität Leoben | 15:10 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" Erzherzog Johann Auditorium | Session B: “Polymers for Energy Transformation, Storage and Transportation” HS Phys.Chemie | ||
| 16:15 Enhanced mechanical recycling of PP Jutta Geier, Polymer Competence Center Leoben | 16:15 Importance of Cryogenic Testing Data for Composites – Matrix dominated properties and permeability Michael Scheerer, Aerospace & Advanced Composites GmbH | ||
| 16:45 Property prediction of polymers using spectroscopy Márton Bredács, Polymer Competence Center Leoben | 16:45 High cycle fatigue and creep of reinforced PEEK for large size bearings in wind industry Gabriel Stadler, Montanuniversität Leoben | ||
| 17:05 Wet mechanical processing of post- consumer plastics Daniel Schwabl, Circulyzer | 17:05 Polyethylene pipes for distribution of gaseous hydrogen Florian Arbeiter, Montanuniversität Leoben | ||
| 17:25 Repair solutions for PV modules with damaged polymer backsheets Sonja Feldbacher, Polymer Competence Center Leoben | 17:25 Enabling glass-free light weight PV modules using honeycomb structures Nikolina Pervan, Polymer Competence Center Leoben | ||
17:45 | |||
| 19:30 | Dinner in the Arkadenhof, Leoben | ||
Friday, November 22nd, 2024
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Session D: “Future Trends im Polymer Technology” Erzherzog Johann Auditorium | Session C: ”Materials for Additive Manufacturing“ HS Phys.Chemie |
| 9:00 Materials and methods for the enzymatic cross-linking of hydrogels Rupert Kargl, Graz University of Technology | ||
| 9:30 Advances in the Detection of Micro- and Nanoplastics: Methods and Technologies Michael Feuchter, Montanuniversität Leoben | 9:30 Additive Manufacturing Activities at the Polymer Competence Center Leoben Michael Berer, Polymer Competence Center Leoben | |
| 9:50 Design of covalent adaptable networks for advanced applications Elisabeth Rossegger, Polymer Competence Center Leoben | 9:50 Wavelength Orthogonal Photochemistry in Additive Manufacturing: Towards 3D Structures with Tailored Properties Thomas Griesser, Montanuniversität Leoben | |
| 10:10 Bio-based covalent adaptable networks: From monomer synthesis to applications in 3D-printing and nanoimprint lithography Bernhard Sölle, Polymer Competence Center Leoben | 10:10 Design and Additive Manufacturing of Mechanical Metamaterials for Structural Applications Mathias Fleisch, Polymer Competence Center Leoben | |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Poster introduction | |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Coffee break | |
| 11:15 - 12:45 | Session D: “Future Trends im Polymer Technology” Erzherzog Johann Auditorium | Session C: ”Materials for Additive Manufacturing“ HS Phys.Chemie |
| 11:15 Beyond carbon: novel inorganic polymers for applications in biomedicine and sustainable material development Ian Teasdale, JKU Linz | 11:15 Strategies for robot based large-scale polymer additive manufacturing Dominik Fleischhacker, ADAXIS | |
| 11:40 Polymerization Initiation Systems – How everything will start Patrick Knaack, TU Wien | 11:45 Analyzing and Predicting Failure Modes in Mono- and Multi-Material Extrusion-based Additive Manufactured Structures Christoph Waly, Montanuniversität Leoben | |
| 12:05 Controlling Monomer Curing with Orthogonal Photochemistry: Towards Continuous Printing of Thiol-Ene Resins Rita Höller, Montanuniversität Leoben | 12:05 Feedstock Development for Material Extrusion of Aluminium: Printability and Debinding Stephan Schuschnigg / Vahid Momeni / Christian Kukla, Montanuniversität Leoben | |
| 12:25 Photopolymerization with Ge-based Initiators - Applications and Perspectives Christine Bandl, Montanuniversität Leoben | 12:25 Manufacturing of Soft Dielectric Actuator Assemblies by Material Extrusion Ivan Raguz, Polymer Competence Center Leoben / Montanuniversität Leoben | |
| 12:45 | Poster and Bachelor Thesis Award | |
| 13:15 | Closing remarks and farewell | |
Subject to change