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)
Last news
2024 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 4th call!
In the frame of the 2024 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a 4th call, this time to allow grants to European Students to attend the 88th Annual Session of the Indian Ceramics Society and International Conference in Advanced Ceramics for Sustainability which will be organised by the Indian Ceramic Society in the campus of Indian Institute of Technology Madras (located in Chennai, India), from 28th to 30th November 2024.
ACerS is offering travelling grants of 1.500 $ to attend the two 2024 ECerS Summer Schools
The grants can be allowed to undergraduate, graduate, and Ph.D. students from non-European based universities. The 2024 ECerS Summer Schools will be held prior to Electroceramics XIX (Vilnius, Lithuania - School: 17-18 August 2024) and Shaping 9 (Warsaw, Poland - School: 24-25 September 2024)!
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