Main Fields of Research
Integrated piezoelectric sensors
- Smart materials for smart structures
- Integrated sensors for structural health monitoring

Smart and meta-materials for improved acoustics and vibration mitigation
- ABH for the mitigation of unwanted vibration modes in Lightweight structures
- Acoustic meta-surfaces
- MRF-based integrated damping systems
Phase-changing materials
- Energy storage and passive air conditioning
- Embedded & passive temperature control solutions
Research News
Smart Materials for Green(er) Cities, a Short Review
Check our latest open-access publication: “Smart Materials for Green(er) Cities, a Short Review”
Participation to the WKK Pitch event, on the 27.6.2023
Many thanks to the WKK Team (Wirtschaftskammer Kärnten) for inviting us to present our i-MON technology to ABA Austria representatives based in North and South America. We were able to present our passive, wireless sensors, which can be integrated into concrete for in-situ measurement of temperature and deformation. Our technology can mainly be used for Structural Health Monitoring applications (monitoring of bridges and tunnels).
International Symposium on Smart Materials, June 14-15 (2023), Leoben, Austria
Many thanks to the organizers of the International Symposium on Smart Materials for inviting us to present our latest research results in the field of Smart Sensors for Smart Concrete, as part of a session fully dedicated to emerging and innovative sensor technologies. It was a real pleasure being there. Click here for more on this Symposium!
Smart materials for the green transition
As part of the “Journées Européennes Vertes de Vienne, 2023”, Prof. Pascal Nicolay (Team CiSMAT) was invited to give a talk at the French Embassy, in Vienna. The talk was dedicated to smart materials for the cities of the future. This talk was preceded by another, given by Prof. Stéphane Mangin (IJL, France), on the Internet of tomorrow and the problem of data storage. The presentations were followed by a podium discussion, where the audience was able to interact with both speakers, as well as with a panel of young researchers (incl. two CiSMAT researchers, Dr. Claude Humbert and MSc. Pierre Jeltiri).
Green & Digital Research Map of Carinthia!
BABEG just released the Green Digital Research Map of Carinthia!
CiSMAT is one of the actors selected by BABEG, for its activities in the field of new technologies for a sustainable industry.
Kick-off event in Spittal
Presentation of our research topics and results at the “Kick-off event, Bildungshub”, in Spittal (28.11.2022).
GMPU & CiSMAT
The Gustav Mahler Private University (GMPU) starts a new research center in Klagenfurt, the Digi.Music.Lab! The focus will be on the use of new digital technologies to improve music learning, instrument playing and performances, music creation (e.g., composition), and self-promotion. CiSMAT is already identified as one of the potential partners of the Digi.Music.Lab, for future joint R&D projects! more
Special Issue MDPI Applied Sciences, Smart Materials for a Green(er) Industry
Open for submission!
Guest Editor: Pascal Nicolay, CiSMAT.
Flyer available here.
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
(in French)
1. CiSMAT Partner Day
CiSMAT and its industrial partner PMS organized the first CiSMAT Partner Day, on July 1st 2021.
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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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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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