Research Group SMART
Sustainable materials and recycling technologies
Research Fields
The research in the field of sustainable materials and recycling technologies is devoted to the following topics:
Polymers for enewable energy production and energy storage
Bio-based polymers and comosites for high performance applications
Polymer recycling, second-life options and ciruclar economy
Micro- and nanoplastics
Team
Assoz.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont. Katharina Resch-Fauster
Head of SMART Group
katharina.resch-fauster(at)unileoben.ac.at
+43 3842 402 - 2105
Profil (Pure) | Profil (MUOnline)
Specialties: sustainable energy production and storage, green engineering, polymers and composites based on renewable
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont. Michael Feuchter
michael.feuchter(at)unileoben.ac.at
+43 3842 402 - 2110
Profil (Pure) | Profil (MUOnline)
Specialties: polymeric nanocomposites, recycling of polymers and composites, morphology analysis with X-ray scattering, advanced dynamic mechanical analysis
Dipl.-Ing. Lukas Haiden
lukas.haiden(at)unileoben.ac.at
+43 3842 402 - 2107
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Ing. Katerina Plevova
katerina.plevova(at)unileoben.ac.at
+43 3842 402 - 2119
Profil (Pure)
Specialties: polymer recycling, Raman and IR spectroscopy analysis of polymer and composites
Team
Research Summaries
2022
Polymer materials at the nanoscale
Michael Feuchter, Katerina Plevova
Customized optics for CFK laminates
Lukas Haiden
Flexible composites based on renewable resources
Katharina Resch-Fauster
2020
Alternative winding films from renewable raw materials
Michael Feuchter
Flexible composites based on renewable resources
Katharina Resch-Fauster
RSBC: Reliable and susstainable composite production for bio-based components
Katharina Resch-Fauster
2019
Functional polymers for an efficient energy management of buildings
Katharina Resch-Fauster
Novel composite material with 100% bio-bases carbon content
Andrea Todorovic
Polymeric nanocomposites
Michael Feuchter
Polymeric phase-change materials applicability and long-term stability
Helena Weingrill
Shaping of Optical Appearance of Carbon Fibres
Rupert Lenzenweger
UV-curable bio-coating - kinetic analysis
Andrea Klein
2018
Mechanical recycling of technical bio-polymers
Andrea Klein
Functional hierarchical composites for structural applications
Michael Feuchter
2017
Hemp based composites
Katharina Resch-Fauster
Mechanical recyclability of technical biopolymers
Andrea Klein
Polymeric latent heat storages
Helena Weingrill
Polymeric nanocomposites
Michael Feuchter
2016
Composites based on renewable ressources
Katharina Resch-Fauster
Functional polymeric materials for energy technology
Katharina Resch-Fauster