The IntCDC Blue Sky Project Grant 2021 has been awarded to Piotr Baszynski for his exceptional project “Automated preforming of natural-fibre textiles for biocomposite profiles and lightweight structures” during this years' IntCDC Status Seminar.
Piotr Baszynski
Piotr Baszynski presenting at the IntCDC Status Seminar
Project Abstract
The project investigates possibilities of erecting structures from free-formed biocomposite profiles, fabricated in a fully additive process based on Automated Preforming (AP) of natural fibre textiles. AP allows for noticeable time and energy savings, at the same time offering profile customisation possibilities such curvature or transition of the profile section. Consequently, free-formed biocomposite profiles can be fabricated in a fully additive process, which makes them a potential alternative to timber elements in structures that use free-formed timber beams. As the technology has not been used in construction industry yet, developing a proposal of a structural system based on such profiles and fabricating profiles samples for a small demonstrator are the key interests of this proposal.
FLEXIBLE FORMS Wood & Biocomposites Research Pavillion
The IntCDC Blue Sky project grant is part of a bundle of measures designed to promote early career researchers within the Cluster of Excellence IntCDC. The grant aims to honour and support early academic independence and dedication to academic work.
The IntCDC Blue Sky project grant is awarded annually in recognition of a research idea that stands out in terms of its originality, its quality and the readiness to assume risk. The grant is endowed with €10,000 enabling the grant winner to test the feasibility of their research idea in preparation for a full postdoctoral project.
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