Overview

The aerogel world is undergoing rapid development. On the industry side, new players are entering the market. New aerogel producers, including start-ups but also established materials manufacturers, introduce their products, fight for market share, or aim to develop new applications and markets. In the meantime, traditional manufacturers are also innovating. Silica aerogel remains the important product, but polymer and biopolymer aerogels are becoming available as well. Other companies focus on developing process technologies or aerogel based product development. On the academic side, there has been a veritable explosion of research into understanding traditional aerogel materials and applications, as well as new aerogel materials combinations, new precursors and sustainable raw materials, new aerogel synthesis routes and new potential applications.

For more information, please see the flyer here.

 

Program

31 May -  2 June 2023 (in-person only).

The book of abstracts can be found here.


Program

The complete book of abstracts can be found here.

Wednesday, 31 May 2023

13:30        Registration opens

14:00        Workshop: Aerogels in real life
                  
Aerogel 3D printing
                  Empa aerogel pilot facility
                  NEST building demonstrator
                  Aerogel glass brick
                  Aerogel product displays

16:30        Welcome reception

Thursday, 1 June 2023

08:00        Registration

08:30        Opening remarks

08:40        Aerogel processing & production
08:40        Irina Smirnova (TUHH) -- Continuous drying of bioaerogel particles
09:00        Barbara Milow (DLR) -- Aerogel Launch Factory, future perspectives
09:20        Sam Cryer & Alyne Lamy (Thermulon) -- Cost-effective aerogel-based thermal insulation
09:40        Francisco Ruiz (KEEY Aerogel) -- To be announced
10:00        Michal Ganobjak (Empa) -- Insulating Translucent Aerogel Glass Brick for Building Envelopes

10:20        Coffee break

10:40        Aerogel applications in high-tech
10:40        Yunhong Wang (IBIH) -- Aerogel from research labs to industry - IBIH’s practice and contribution
11:00        Dong Lin (Oregon State U.) -- 3D Freeze Printing of Aerogel
11:20        Erkey Can (Koç U.) -- Aerogels for the Hydrogen Economy: Applications in Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers
11:40        Tingting Wu (Empa) -- Polyimide aerogel for thermal management and patch antenna

12:00        Lunch

13:00-13:45 AERoGELS Cost Action
                      
WG4 meeting: Process Engineering, Development and Scale-up for Industrial Applications (open to all)

13:20-14:20 Poster session & Aerogel Architecture Award posters

14:20        Biomedical applications, Safety & Aerogel characterization
14:20        Carlos García González (USC) -- Advanced Processing of Aerogels for Drug Delivery
14:40        Sevil Çikrikci (Konya U.) -- Alternative Sustainable Materials for SLA and Extrusion Printing: Carrier System Design for Antioxidants
15:00        Veronica Di Battista (BASF) -- Assessing the dust released from commercially relevant inorganic aerogel mats: occupational release scenarios simulation and hazard implications
15:20        Connor Hewson (SurfaceMeasurementSystems) -- Hysteresis effects in moisture sorption on silica gel materials
15:40        Christian Scherdel (CAE) -- Recent developments in structural characterization of aerogels

16:00        Coffee break

16:20        Biopolymer aerogels
16:20        Gustav Nyström (Empa) -- Nanocellulose Based Aerogels: Challenges and Opportunities
16:40        Marc Fricke (Aerogel-It) -- To be announced
17:00        Zuzanna Sediva (Groam) -- To be announced
17:20        Isaac Benito Gonzalez (AeroFybers) -- Technological development of biodegradable aerogels in Aerofybers Technologies
17:40        Deeptanshu Sivaraman (Siloxene/Empa) -- To be announced

18:30        Conference dinner

Friday, 2 June 2021

08:00        Registration

08:40        Markets and applications
08:40        Reso Ibrahim (IDTech) -- EV Batteries – the Key to Aerogels Commercial Success
09:00        Jun Shen (Tongji U.) -- Several Chinese noteworthy progress in the application of aerogels
09:20        Kamal M. Seeni Meera (DLR) -- Challenges in the up-scaling of Resorcinol-Formaldehyde aerogel micro-beads production by jet-cutting
09:40        Stephan Möller & Jayson Zheng (Armacell) -- Rapid-Rise Fire Protection of structural Steel: advanced Aerogel Insulation Material and Heat-Flow Simulations
10:00        Luisa Durães (U. Coimbra) -- Tailoring silica aerogels for cleaning water: prospects and challenges
10:20        Zeineb Ben Rejeb (U. Toronto) -- Ambient-Dried Hybrid Silica Aerogels with Enhanced Mechanical Properties as Efficient Oil Sorbent

10:40        Coffee break

11:00        Round table

12:00        Lunch

12:45-13:30 AERoGELS Cost Action
                     
Core Group meeting (invitation only)

13:30        Aerogels for buildings
13:30        Zahra Mazrouei (Empa) -- Silica aerogels for vibration damping and structure-borne sound insulation
13:50        Beat Kämpfen (KZ+partner) -- Aerogel as part of a holistic energetical renovation
14:10        Riccardo Grandi (Fixit) -- 10 years of successful market experience and applications
14:30        Alexander Müller (SUMTEQ) & Sebastian von Stauffenberg (AGITEC) -- Sumfoam – first applications of a new class of nanoporous material
15:10        Genevieve Foray (INSA) -- In operando 3D microscopy & tomography, a path way to meet the specifications of aerogel applications

15:30        Closing remarks

16:00        Aerogel Architecture Award 2023
16:00        Welcome speech
16:15        Presentations of winning projects
17:30        Summary of Jury and announcement of the winners
18:00        Nest tours, 2 groups
19:00        Reception