Descrizione del progetto
La svolta ecologica del settore edile grazie alla tecnologia di stampa 3D
Per combattere i cambiamenti climatici, si stanno sviluppando risorse verdi ed ecologiche insieme a tecnologie digitali avanzate. Il settore edile sta inoltre affrontando cambiamenti significativi per quanto concerne le sue dimensioni e la propria distribuzione. Poiché l’UE si trova ad affrontare limitazioni delle risorse, le nuove innovazioni sono urgentemente necessarie. Il progetto DigiMat, finanziato dall’UE, si propone di soddisfare questa necessità promuovendo un modello economico circolare più verde per la produzione e il consumo. In particolare, il progetto svilupperà una nuova tecnologia di stampa 3D per progettare e sviluppare materie prime cementizie ecocompatibili utilizzando i rifiuti di costruzione e demolizione, nonché altri sottoprodotti industriali adatti per essere impiegati come elementi costitutivi portanti.
Obiettivo
The emergence of green and eco-friendly resources, coupled with demands for advanced digital technologies for conceptual structures/designs, are causing changes in the scale and distribution of the construction industry. The increasing resource constraints that the EU is facing strongly affect its competitiveness and the quality of life of individuals. Important gains in resource efficiency can be made by replacing current linear economic models with circular models of production and consumption, which results, at the same time, in a substantial reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. This project will combine multidisciplinary efforts from various subject areas and innovative technology of 3D printing to design and develop an environmentally friendly cementitious feedstock, driven from construction/demolition waste and industrial by-products suitable for the manufacturing of structural load-bearing building blocks. Dr. Chougan (the Fellow) will join Dr. Ghaffar’s (host Supervisor) research team at Brunel University London (BUL), Additive Manufacturing Technology in Construction group. This is coupled with guidance in the form of two secondments at the West Pomeranian University of Technology and Eindhoven Technology University. This project will provide a tremendous opportunity for the Fellow to expand his research career and further outspread his network with academic and industrial stakeholders. The Fellow will be supported throughout by other global-leading academics and non-academic including short scientific visits to Nanesa S.r.l. (Italy), Washington State University (USA), and the University of Rome Sapienza (Italy), all of which will equip him with a unique insight into eco-sustainable cementitious composite formulations for 3D printing in the construction industry. The training will broaden the Fellow’s skills and career prospects in the academic and industrial construction materials and 3D printing technology fields.
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)Coordinatore
UB8 3PH Uxbridge
Regno Unito