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02/09/2026

🇫🇷 POUR LES GOURMETS: If Lyon is known as the capital of French cuisine, this time a sophisticated dessert was served at the International Mass Spectrometry Conference (IMSC) - courtesy of our collaboration with TU Wien, TCKT, Plasmion, and TU München!

Our colleague Marco Annerl presented his poster "Development and implementation of an online MS process sensor for emission monitoring along the polymer recycling chain", sharing the results freshly baked from our joint research kitchen.

🍰 The 26th international conference offered a crème de la crème platform for flavorful exchange and delicious discussions.

C'était un plaisir pour nous! 😋

01/09/2026

🏆 CONGRATULATIONS: Giancarlo Cravotto, Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Turin Università degli Studi di Torino and member of our Scientific Advisory Board at Competence Center CHASE, has received two highly prestigious awards:

🏅 The Green and Sustainable Chemistry Award 2026 by the Italian Chemical Society (Società Chimica Italiana) for his outstanding scientific contributions to green chemistry, sustainable organic synthesis, and process intensification.

🏅 The International Alfred Lee Loomis Award 2026 by the European Society of Sonochemistry (ESS) for his advancements in using ultrasound and acoustic cavitation for cleaner industrial applications and his contributions to the sonochemistry community.

Giancarlo’s remarkable research activity at the Department of Drug Science and Technology spans more than 630 publications, 24 patents, 57 book chapters, 7 edited books, and over 600 presentations at scientific meetings.

We are thrilled and delighted about these amazing milestones! 👏👏👏

Photo credits:

https://www.otto.unito.it/it/news/chimica-verde-al-professor-giancarlo-cravotto-il-premio-alla-ricerca-senior-2026-della-societa

https://europeansocietyofsonochemistry.eu/alfred-l-loomis-award-giancarlo-cravotto/

25/08/2026

📺 PRIME TIME: Upper Austrian Landesrat for Economy and Research, Markus Achleitner (photo Land OÖ), unveiled new recycling technologies and innovation alliances for the circular economy – and Competence Center CHASE captured the spotlight twice! 🌟

👉 “A long-term innovation partnership with NEVEON has emerged from the project HTC-PUR-Extrusion, which focuses on the recycling of polyurethane foams. Together, the COMET center (Competence Center for Excellent Technologies) and the world's leading integrated foam manufacturer are continuing to drive research work forward. The focus is on improved material properties and design-for-recycling concepts in order to return foams to the material cycle even more efficiently in the future.”

👉 The project DeSimplify develops intelligent digital models for complex processes in the chemical and recycling industries and includes partners such as Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen (NGR), BASF, JKU - Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, TU Wien, the Karlsruhe Institute Of Technology (KIT), and the Danmarks Tekniske Universitet - DTU (DTU). It is headlined as the “Next Stage of Innovation” and described as a “particularly impressive example of the projects' follow-on impact”: “By combining machine learning with advanced simulation technologies, these processes are to be precisely predicted and optimized in the future. This will make it possible to improve recycling methods, reduce material losses, and develop high-quality recyclates for demanding applications.”

💬 Patrick Pammer, CHASE CEO: "With DeSimplify, we combine cutting-edge simulation methods with industrial application, establishing the scientific foundation for more efficient processes and, consequently, high-quality recyclates and a more powerful circular economy."

🙌 A massive shoutout to the Upper Austrian Research GmbH UAR Innovation Network and everyone driving this vision forward!

https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTM_20260819_OTM0012/lr-achleitner-neue-recyclingtechnologien-innovationsallianzen-kreislaufwirtschafts-call-zeigt-nachhaltige-wirkung

17/08/2026

🕵️‍♂️ CHASING NEW COLLEAGUES IN LINZ: Write your Master Thesis in Mechatronics, Physics and Chemistry with us and chase your career - apply by November 30, 2026!

🧪 Title: "Chain Extension Under Scrutiny: Experimental and Model-Based Analysis of Kinetics for rPET Upgrading" (reference number 035).

Head over to our website and drop an email to the address listed there to apply:
🔗 https://www.chasecenter.at/career

Currently there are other open positions as well in Linz and Vienna - take a look at our website and get in touch! 🤝🙌

10/08/2026

🎉 HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO: Our Research Scientist Stefan Kohl, now called a Doctor! 🚀

🎓 Stefan successfully defended his dissertation, "Spreading of Carbon Fiber Rovings for UD Tape Manufacturing: From Systematic Analysis of Mechanical Deflection to the Novel Method of Forced Conveying", which was supervised by Gerald Berger-Weber and Zoltan Major from the Institute of Polymer Product Engineering (IPPE | JKU) at the JKU - Johannes Kepler Universität Linz.

💡 His presentation was warmly received by the examination board featuring Martin Schagerl, Gerald Berger-Weber, Jörg Fischer from the Institute of Polymeric Materials and Testing (IPMT | JKU), and Umut Doğan Çakmak, proving his academic expertise.

🥂 Cheers to Stefan, who is an incredible colleague! Here’s to tackling the next wave of exciting projects together! 👏💪👏

03/08/2026

MINI TO THE MAX: Our Bahram Haddadi and Mohammad Pourhosseinian took the mic at the 20th Mini-Symposium Verfahrenstechnik & 11th Partikelforum - an annual gathering of Austrian researchers in the field of process engineering at the JKU - Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, organized by the Department of Particulate Flow Modelling. 🚀

🎤 Bahram showcased the presentation: “PhasicFlowPlus: Scalable Open-Source CFD-DEM Platform” and shared a poster with the same title.

🎤 Mohammad stepped up with a presentation: “Detailed CFD Simulation of a Single-Screw Extruder” and also featured a matching poster

A big thank you to our fellow participants, the organizers and the sponsors: JKU - Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, TU Leoben Montanuniversität Leoben, MCI Management Center Innsbruck MCI The Entrepreneurial School, BOKU Wien BOKU University, FH Oberösterreich, RCPE Graz, TU Graz and K1-MET (shoutout to Christine Gruber for her great keynote!). 🙌

27/07/2026

SUMMER IN THE UNI-VERSE: Our research scientist Rafael Horner joined the Summer School 2026 under the motto "RePlastify the Future: Reinventing Plastics for Tomorrow" and it was a cool five days of hot topics, organized by the JKU - Johannes Kepler Universität Linz and the Montanuniversität Leoben in Linz and Leoben! ☀️

💡 The event kicked off with a keynote from Reinhold Lang at the Kepler Salon, followed by workshops on the future of polymer engineering, complemented by hands-on group work with polymer engineering students and high-caliber workshops by Patricia Wiendl-Stark, and Julia Schmitt.

🔬 Attendees enjoyed technical presentations on machine learning, polymer chemistry, and sustainable recycling, both mechanical and chemical.

🏭 A highlight was the machinery demonstration at the LIT Factory, offering concentrated expertise through technical presentations on plastics and sustainability by Gerald Berger-Weber, Christian Paulik, Jörg Fischer, Klaus Straka, Zoltan Major, and Umut Cakmak.

🔋 What followed were insights into highly topical subjects like resource efficiency, the new carbon economy (Carbon Capture Utilization – CCU), printed sensors, biogenic composites, damage characterization, as well as lithography-based additive manufacturing (stereolithography), fracture mechanics, and plastics testing.

🧪 These topics and the corresponding laboratory tours were accompanied by excellent contributions from David Zidar, Katharina Resch-Fauster, Alice Lassnig, Elisabeth Ladstätter, Clara Schuecker, Vasco Castro Pires, Maria Gfrerrer, Thomas Grießer, and others!

🤝 On the fifth day, the event concluded with a presentation of the Polymer Competence Center Leoben (PCCL), rounded off by presentations on current research areas and specializations from the PhD students.

💬 Rafael: "The Summer School successfully combined scientific excellence with practical insights and interdisciplinary collaboration. Special thanks go to the Department of Chemistry and Polymer Engineering of the JKU - Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (JKU), the Department of Polymer Engineering and Science of the Montanuniversität Leoben (MUL), the institutes Institute of Polymeric Materials and Testing (IPMT), Institute of Polymer Processing and Digital Transformation (IPPD), and Institute of Polymer Product Engineering (IPPE | JKU), as well as the organizers Florian Arbeiter and Jörg Fischer and so many others - too many to mention!" 🎉

20/07/2026

🇬🇷 Χαιρετισμούς / Chairetismoús 🇬🇷: Our Karin Wieland, Area 2 Manager for Process Intensification and Head of the PAT Team, joined SuSChemE-SUSTENS2 “Sustainable Systems & Chemical Engineering” in Athens, Greece - and showcased her research on „Circular valorization in the pulp and paper industry: a PAT-driven approach” 🚀

🙌 Karin also dove into the Sustainable Chemistry Community (SCC) Open Session on Green & Sustainable Technologies, marking her new role as Chair of the SuSChem-AT Board, with Patrick Pammer (CHASE CEO) joining the event with an insightful online talk.

🤝 It was great to meet Andreas Falk (BNN BioNanoNet) and Bettina Mihalyi-Schneider (TU Wien) again with whom we are very closely connected as we work together to make the world a more sustainable place!

🌍 A huge thank you to Stelios Bikos at SusChem Greece, together with the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE) Sustainability Section, who organized the conference to bring chemical engineering to the forefront of the transition to sustainable development!

15/07/2026

🌊 OPEN FOR FLUID DYNAMICS: Our Senior Research Scientist, Team Leader, and Fluid Dynamist Bahram Haddadi and our Research Scientist Mohammad Pourhosseinian brought their A-game to the 21st OpenFOAM Workshop in Guimarães, Portugal - a truly dynamic event! 🇵🇹

Bahram delivered a top-tier presentation on “Overcoming Resolution Constraints in Coarse-Grained CFD-DEM” and additionally conducted two workshops on “Open-Source CFD-DEM with OpenFOAM and PhasicFlow Coupling” and “CFD Tips with OpenFOAM” - Computational Fluid Dynamics at its best! 🚀

Mohammad stood out with two deep-dive presentations on “Gap Simulation in Extruders: Detailed vs. Sub-Model Approach” and “From Pressure Drop to Viscosity: Classical Methods vs. CFD-Based Identification” - talk about CFD at its best, as he even managed to take the photos! 📸

Bahram: "A huge thank you to Miguel Nóbrega and the entire organizing team for putting together such a fantastic and seamless event. It was incredible to connect with the OpenFOAM community. Thank you to everyone for the fruitful discussions, valuable insights, and great exchanges!" 👏

A workshop that worked - Foi fantástico! 🎉

13/07/2026

FEATURED IN THE NEW BNN QUARTERLY 🚀: Huge shoutout to our brilliant researchers, Karin Wieland and Karin Kloiber - the latest issue spotlights their incredible accomplishments and dedication!

🌟 A massive thank you to the BioNanoNet team, especially Andreas Falk and Esther Schagen, for putting together this fantastic feature!

🙌 A giant thank you to Karin and Karin and all our amazing female colleagues - you enable us to lead the way and stay ahead in Process Digitalization, Process Intensification, and Circular Process Streams in Chemical Process Industry!

Flip to page 69 to read the full story 📖
🔗 https://www.bnn.at/bnn-quarterly-02-2026-women-at-the-forefront-of-science-innovation/

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