About - CISMAT

About CiSMAT

CiSMAT (Carinthia Institute for Smart MATerials) is a newly founded center, dedicated to the research and development of innovative solutions based on Smart Materials, for the industry and society of the future. It is part of the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (CUAS), and is supported by the KWF (Kärntner Wirtschaftsförderungs Fonds).

CiSMAT conducts research in the fields of:

Integrated piezoelectric sensors
Acoustic metamaterials
Phase-changing materials

CiSMAT works closely with a network of local and international companies, which it also supports in their transformation efforts towards a more efficient, more secure and greener industry.

CiSMAT - Research Fields

Integrated piezoelectric sensors

Smart materials for smart structures
Integrated sensors for structural health monitoring

Acoustic metamaterials

Acoustic Black Holes
Acoustic meta-surfaces

Phase-changing materials

Energy storage and passive air conditioning
Embedded & passive temperature control solutions

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CiSMAT for Entrepreneurs

Beyond our specific areas of research, we wish to use our varied and complementary skills to help our students, colleagues, partners and start-up founders to test the technical feasibility of new concepts and possible innovative solutions to challenging problems. This work is carried out in particular within the framework of « Innochecks » projects, and Master theses. Technical feasibility studies can also be strongly supported by the KWF (see “Start F&E” Program).

Here, we also collaborate with the WING Department (Industrial Engineering and Management) at CUAS.

Education@CiSMAT

We offer advanced trainings in the fields of Smart Materials & 3D printing.

Our 1^st CiSMAT Certificate Course on Smart Materials & 3D Printing has been completed in June 2021.

The next course “Smart Materials for a Greener Economy” will begin in March 2022. For more information and registration please click here.

We also offer free webinars on Smart Materials & 3D Printing. Please click here, for more information about the next Webinar.

Partners

News & Press Releases

What’s going on inside bridges and other concrete buildings?

Many thanks to the Austrian newspaper “Der Standard”, for the article they just published about our project i-MON. The ultimate goal of the project is to make concrete buildings smarter and more secure. Please click here, to access the article (in German, published 11.01.2022).

International

Pascal Nicolay is associate researcher at the Institut Jean Lamour, in Nancy, France. more
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1. CiSMAT Partner Day

CiSMAT and its industrial partner PMS organized the first CiSMAT Partner Day, on July 1st 2021.
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Congratulations to our new “Smart Materials certificate” graduates!

Master Session – Online Introduction: Certificate Course “Smart Materials”

As part of the Master Session ONLINE, we cordially invite you to attend the online introduction of our new Certificate Course “Smart Materials and 3D Printing” on June 24th from 6:00 – 6:30 p.m..
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Webinars@CiSMAT

On June 23rd 2021, we will continue the successful series of our free CiSMAT webinars. This time we will focus on the following topics:
Shape Memory Metals & Metamaterials
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Successful start of the 1st certificate course “Smart Materials & 3D Printing”

The 1st CiSMAT certificate course on “Smart Materials & 3D Printing” started on March 4th, 2021.

“We see this as the start of an innovative and technological journey.” So CiSMAT & Course director Pascal Nicolay in his opening speech with Andreas Starzacher from KWF.
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New article in “Kleine Zeitung Kärnten”

Three research projects with a total budget volume of € 3.3 million have just been approved. CiSMAT is significantly involved in two of these projects: I-MON and iLEAD.
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Master Session – Online Introduction: Certificate Course “Smart Materials”

We invite you to attend our online introduction to our Certificate Course “Smart Materials and 3D Printing” which will take place online, on the 25th of February 2021 from 18:30 – 19:00.
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1st CiSMAT Online Symposium: “Smart Materials & 3D Printing”

We invite you to attend our first free webinar on “Smart Materials & 3D Printing”, which will take place online, on the 18th of January 2021.
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Save the date! Opening of the Digital Innovation Hub “smartfab Carinthia” 28.01.2021 – 3:00 p.m.

Opening of the Digital Innovation Hub “smartfab Carinthia” – your ONE STOP SHOP for questions about

* digital transformation in industrial enterprises
* constructions regarding possibilities and limitations of 3D printing
* product and service innovations in a recycling economy.

New article in “Kleine Zeitung Kärnten”

We are pleased to present the latest newspaper article about CiSMAT and our new cooperation with researchers from the Roberval Laboratory, of the University of Technology of Compiègne (France).
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New cooperation between CiSMAT & ROBERVAL Laboratory

On 1 October 2020, the cooperation between the CiSMAT and the ROBERVAL laboratory of the Compiègne University of Technology (UTC) France began.
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High-tec products from old crop plants

Researchers at the Carinthian University of Applied Sciences have developed prototypes for knee prostheses, aircraft seats, wind turbine blades and body parts made of natural fibres in cooperation with the St. Veiter “Wood K plus” research centre and the Silicon Austria Labs research centre
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Participation in the “ACstyria Leichtbautag”

On 15 October 2020, the “ACstyria Leichtbautag” will take place at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg. In cooperation with the Austrian Lightweight Construction Platform A2LT, the focus this year is on the entire lightweight construction value chain. CiSMAT is represented by two team members – Alexander Berndt and Marius Laux.
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