Welcome to the Institute of Construction and Building Materials
At the Institute of Construction and Building Materials (WiB), various building materials are researched and further developed. Basic and in-depth knowledge is imparted in teaching and advanced training courses.
Welcome to the Institute of Construction and Building Materials (WiB) of the Technical University of Darmstadt. Our main objective is to develop and find answers to the main questions and challenges facing us. We aim to tackle the big questions of energy reduction in construction, reuse of raw materials, and minimization of CO2 emissions. These current and upcoming themes tighten the boundary conditions within which we have to develop our future construction materials.
Education and research give us the opportunity to develop advanced innovations that can be judged, implemented and used by the industry. A strong cooperation between industry and researchers is therefore indispensable. As a whole with students, researchers and fellow professorships we work in many interdisciplinary fields to view the topical problems in their entirety.
The potential for promising research lies more and more in finding scientific solutions and furthering use of advanced technology. The scale is shifting from the macro to micro and nano scales. Numerical modelling, computational methods in general and top notch experimental equipment aid us to find quantifiable solutions for different tasks such as service life behavior of sustainable materials, development of environmentally friendly and sustainable binders. New Research initiatives such as self healing concretes or bio-inspired material developments will help in furthering the advance in building and construction materials.
News from the Institute for Construction and Building Materials
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Picture: WiB: Dr. -Ing. Mohammadreza IzadifarJob advertisement student assistant (m/f/d)
2021/11/24
Multiscale Modeling of Advanced Nano-Reinforced Geopolymer/CNTs Materials
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Picture: WiBComputational Methods for Building Physics and Construction Materials
2021/11/16
Registration open !
The course is intended to convey various computer-aided calculation methods, solution approaches and possibilities for implementing physical processes in the fields of building physics and materials relevant in the construction industry. The focus is on the microscopic and macroscopic consideration of active processes in porous building material systems, such as concrete, geopolymers, insulation materials.
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Vacancy for Joint PhD Position: External Sulfate Attacks (ESA)
2021/11/01
For the doctoral program is a program from Horizon Europe Work Programme 2021-2022, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
Joint PhD position – Gustave Eiffel University – TU Darmstadt
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NRG-STORAGE Project Meeting
2021/10/25
Inspection of the construction site of the NRG-STORAE demonstration buildings in Bulgaria
The coordinator team of the Institute of Construction and Building Materials of TU Darmstadt for the H2020 EU project “NRG-STORAGE” [1,2] and the company Röser Ingenieurbeton walk the construction site of the demonstration buildings in Bulgaria. The shell construction has already been completed. Now the application of the energy-intelligent building envelope and the interior finishing including the monitoring system will follow.
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Guest Lecture at De La Salle University (Philippines)
2021/09/27
Guest lecture entitled: "Introduction to Mass Transfer in Cementitious Materials".
The guest lecture entitled: “Introduction to Mass Transfer in Cementitious Materials” at De La Salle University in Manila (Philippines) not only imparted important contents to the students, but also promoted cooperation between the institutes.
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Cooperation with BELU Ugandahilfe e.V.
2021/09/10
Cement replacement with miscanthus ash
Our institute is in close exchange with the association BELU Ugandahilfe e.V..Together, we will research whether miscanthus ash can be used as a cement substitute for the production of mortar for building houses in Uganda. A first series of tests shows promising results for this project.
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New cooperative research project Min-Loop
2021/06/17
The Institute of Building and Construction Materials is starting a new cooperative research project funded by the Ptj.
As part of the funding measure from the BMBF “REMIN – Ressource Efficient Recycling Management – Construction and Mineral Material Cycles” the WiB and its partners started the project by the name of “Substitution of polysterene-based rigid foams with cement-bound mineral foam made from recycled crushed concrete sand in sandwich hybrid ceilings for purely mineral material cycles in building construction”.
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SUBLime European Training Network
2021/03/31
Two PhD Researchers (ESR) work at WiB team to craft the future of lime mortars/plasters in new construction and conservation of the built heritage.
