Form Follows Material

Forschung Leben – Das Magazin der Universität Stuttgart

NR. 12 MAI 2019

Short Interview- 3 questions & 3 answers (in German)

What are your main research areas?
Your focus is biomimetics. Which kind of invention in nature do you admire the most?
Can you tell us three of your favourite buildings in Stuttgart and why you like them?

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D46mBVBXpg

Jun.-Prof. Hanaa Dahy published an article about the Efficient Fabrication of Sustainable Building Products from Annually Generated Non-wood Cellulosic Fibres and Bioplastics with Improved Flammability Resistance in the journal Waste and Biomass Valorization.

Access the full-text article on Springer Link or researchgate.

BioPro Baden-Württemberg published an article on the development of innovative, ecological construction materials and methods at the University of Stuttgart including an interview with Jun.-Prof. Hanaa Dahy on its platform Bioeconomy BW which focuses on projects in green economy and products from biological resources.

Find the interview under this link.
For a more comprehensive coverage of the research at BioMat another article by BioPro Baden-Württemberg can be found here.

Hanaa Dahy and Jan Knippers published a Chapter about Biopolymers and Biocomposites based on agricultural resides in the book ‘Cultivated Building Materials: Industrialized Natural Resources for Architecture and Construction’ from Birkhäuser in 2017.

To request the chapter, please follow the link.

Jun.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hanaa Dahy published an article about the fabrication, design and customized applicatications of Biocomposites based on annuarl renewable fibres and biopolymers. The understanding of fabrication processes with various polymers is explained, as well as the different design strategies and possibilites.

You can access the whole article with the following link.