The European Ceramic Society
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Italy
Advanced Ceramics and Glasses
Porous Ceramics/Glasses and AM of Ceramics/Glasses (also preceramic polymers and geopolymers)
Director : Prof. Paolo Colombo
Email : paolo.colombo@unipd.it
Phone : +390498275825
Address : Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, via Marzolo 9 35131 Padova, Italy
Research topics :
- AM of preceramic polymers: Fabrication of ceramic components (including CMCs), using DIW, DLP, UV-DIW, TPP, VAM, RAM
Contact information:
Paolo Colombo
Tel: +393346955260
- AM of geopolymers: Fabrication of geopolymer components for environmental applications, using DIW
Contact information:
Giorgia Franchin
Tel: +393404683679
- AM of sol-gel solutions: Fabrication of oxide and non-oxide multimaterial components, using DIW, DLP, UV-DIW, VAM, RAM
Contact information:
Giorgia Franchin
Tel: +393404683679
- Bioceramic nanocomposites from novel formulations and novel processing: Fabrication of highly porous (mainly silicate) bioceramics from preceramic polymers and engineered fillers, by direct foaming as well as by AM (MSLA, DLP, DIW)
Contact information:
Enrico Bernardo
Tel: +393204673908
- Upcycling of waste glasses into new ceramics for structural and functional applications: Conversion of discarded glasses and glasses from the melting of industrial waste into structural and functional materials by sustainable approaches (viscous flow sintering at moderate temperatures, cold consolidation by alkali activation)
Contact information:
Enrico Bernardo
Tel: +393204673908
- Large scale AM using binder jetting: Fabrication of large-scale artificial stone components from industrial and natural waste, and upcycling of inorganic waste using AM.
Contact information:
Hamada Elsayed
Tel: +393382566659
- Extrusion-based AM of metallic and (ceramic-metal) components: Fabrication of multi-material components (metal-ceramic; ceramic-ceramic) for various applications, via co-extrusion DIW.
Contact information:
Lisa Biasetto
Tel: +390444998780
Exceptional facilities :
- 1 Nanoscribe, 3 DIW, 3 DLP, 1 FFF, 1 BJ (large scale), 1 RAM, 1 Volumetric Additive Manufacturing (VAM). Possibility of UV-DIW and UV-DIW-RAM
Financial support programmes :
- European funding: H2020-OTHER-EIT KIC RawMaterials Upscaling “IDEAL” (Industrial ResiDues for Smart FirE-resistAnt PhotocataLytic Components); H2020-NMBP-HUBS-2018 “LightCoce” (Building an Ecosystem for the up-scaling of lightweight multi-functional concrete and ceramic materials and structures); H2020-MSCA-RISE-2016 “AMITIE” (Additive Manufacturing Initiative for Transnational Innovation in Europe); H2020-WIDESPREAD-01-2016-2017-TeamingPhase2 “FunGlass” (Centre for Functional and Surface Functionalized Glass)
- Regional funding: POR FESR 2014-2020 “ADMIN4D” (Additive Manufacturing & Industry 4.0 as Innovation Driver); RIR-FESR 2020 “DEVERO” (3D printing in the artistic glass sector to relaunch and innovate the product chain)
- National funding: PRIN 2017 “Nanostructured Porous Ceramics for Environmental and Energy Applications”; UNI-IMPRESA 2018 “Hierachically porous aluminosilicate ceramics for environmental protection”; ASI DC-UCO-2021-13 “GLAMS” (Geopolymers for Lunar Additive Manufacturing and Sensing)
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Next Deadline to apply to the JECS Trust is 31st May 2025
Please note that the decisions of the JECS Trust board will not be known before end of July 2025. Activities submitted for the deadline of 31st May 2025 for support from the JECS Trust should then not begin before August 2025.
12th March - International Day of Ceramics!
Dear Ceramic Community,
We are pleased to announce that March 12, 2025, marks the first-ever International Day of Ceramics!
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