The European Ceramic Society
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Spain
Centre of Design and Optimization of Processes and Materials
DIOPMA has long experience in Materials Science and Engineering, with expertise in the fields of Material characterization, Energy and Environmental technologies.
Director : Josep Maria Chimenos
Email : chimenos@ub.edu
Phone : +34 934021316
Address : c/ Martí Franquès 1, planta 7 despatx 702. Faculty of Chemistry. University of Barcelona.
Website : www.ub.edu/diopma
Research topics :
- Name: Development of ceramic functional materials. Synthesis and microscopical and mechanical characterization of ceramic materials.
Contact information:
Contact name : Dr. Mercè Segarra
Tel : +34 93 4021316
Email: m.segarra@ub.edu - Name: Environmental technology and development of materials for buildings and pavements using by-products.
Contact information:
Contact name : Dr. Josep Ma. Chimenos
Tel : +34 93 4021298
Email: chimenos@ub.edu
Exceptional facilities :
Simultaneous TG/DSC SDTQ600 TA Instruments
Universal Machine for mechanical test
Rheometer Brookfield
Spectrophotometer FT-IR spectrum two Perkin Elmer
Nanoindentaitor Nano Indenter XP (MTS) with CSM (Continuous Stiffness Measurement)
Hot wire D2 Pro
Financial support programmes :
European funding:
- INPATH-TES - PhD on Innovation Pathways for TES, H2020- Num. 195450, 01/05/2015-01/05/2018
- REWASTEE. Recycling steel making solid Wastes for added value Energy Efficiency building products, ECO/13/630286, 01/07/2014
- INNOSTORAGE. Use of innovative thermal energy storage for marked energy savings and significant lowering of CO2 emissions, PIRSES-GA-2013-610692, 01/11/2013-31/10/2017
Regional fundings:
- Ajuts per impulsar la participació en projectes internacionals de recerca (2016) en el marc del programa HORIZON 2020, Universitat de Barcelona, 2016-2017.
- Ajuts en el marc del Programa d’Intensificació de l’Activitat Investigadora 2016, Universitat de Barcelona, 2016-2017
National fundings:
- New technologies for printed advanced materials 3d
- Nuevas tecnologías para la impresión 3D de materiales avanzados (NET3D+), DPI2016-80119- C3-3-R, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad 2016-2019.
- Identification of barriers and sustainable opportunities in materials and applications of thermal energy storage (SOPPORTES). Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad, ENE2015-64117-C5- 2-R, 2016-2018.
- Waste heat integrated technologies enabling industrial sustainability. Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad. EUIN2015-62621, 2015-2018
Latest news
New book by Prof. Suk-Joong Kang:
Prof. Kang is one of the foremost worldwide specialists in sintering and this book, presented as a series of questions and answers concerning sintering may be useful both to students of ceramics and also to teachers looking for questions to discuss with their students.
YCN Newsletter 23 - Brazil Capes Thesis Award and Flash (Sinter) Crystallization of Glass by Isabela Reis Lavagnini
We are proud to announce that Isabela Reis Lavagnini has been awarded the 2024 Capes Thesis Award for her outstanding work in Materials, titled "Flash Sintering of Zirconia, Hydroxyapatite, and Hydroxyapatite-Zirconia Composite."
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