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Gradient Meeting at Luleå, Sweden

Incredible, how time flies! We are already in the middle of the project!

On January, Gradient partners had a productive meeting at LTU in Luleå, Sweden. During this meeting, experimental and simulation results were presented and scientific discussion were made.

Furthermore, the new colleague M.Sc. Karl Arvidsson was introduced, he has a master degree in Mechanical Engineering. He will work with LTU team, focusing on the dielectric performance of composite materials.

Welcome on board, Karl!

Gradient Meeting at Riga, Latvia

The vibrant city of Riga, Latvia, played host to an extraordinary gathering in June 2023—the Gradient Project Meeting. It was a testament to the remarkable potential of collaboration and the power of collective knowledge.

The colleagues had the opportunity to learn from multiple perspectives and gain a better understanding of the challenges and opportunities within their respective tasks.

We express our heartfelt appreciation to all our partners for their invaluable contributions and look forward to continuing this remarkable journey together.

Gradient participation on the CompTest 2023

Exciting News! The Gradient Project proudly announces its participation in the prestigious CompTest 2023 conference, held in beautiful Girona, Spain. We were particularly thrilled to share our breakthrough research on "Experimental and Numerical Analyes of Graded Interphases".

At the Gradient Project, we firmly believe that composite materials hold immense potential to revolutionize various industries, including power grids, transportation, construction, and more.

On 12th and 13th January 2023, it was performed an onsite meeting of the GRADIENT project. At the Leibniz-Institutes für Polymerforschung Dresden (Germany), IPF fellows welcomed colleagues and project partners from the Luleå University of Technology, the University of Latvia, and the Hitachi company.

Many productive discussions and presentations were made, and also a tour on the IPF facilities, including the Glass Fiber Spinning Plant, the Micromechanical Lab, and the Tailored Fiber Placement (TFP) process.

Team members are engaged and ready for the next steps, so stay with us!

On December 2022, two news colleagues joined the Gradient Team: Janis Modniks and Karl Roetsch. They have experience with computational models and they will work with validation tools and multi-scale simulation for interphase characterization.

• Janis Modniks is MSc in Physics and is going to work in the LU group.
• Dipl.-Ing.(FH) Karl Roetsch is graduated in Mechanical Engineering. He is a PhD candidate and is going to work in the IPF group.

 We're glad you're joining the team!

On October 2022, our new colleague, Dr.-Ing. Andrea Bercini Martins, has joined the team. She will work as a Research Associate in IPF, helping with the fiber composites analysis and results.

Andrea has Ph.D. in Materials Engineering and she comes to help us towards achieving our project goals.

Welcome to the team Andrea!

The kick-off meeting of the EU-funded project "GRADIENT" within the M-Era.Net consortium took place on 25 and 26 August 2022 in Lulea, Sweden.

The hosts Roberts Joffe, Patrik Fernberg and Zainab Al-Maqdasi from Luleå University of Technology welcomed the colleagues and project partners from IPF-Dresden, Germany - Christina Scheffler and Axel Spickenheuer; University of Latvia - Jānis Andersons;

During this opportunity, interesting presentations and discussions were made, and there was a factory tour hosted by Anders Holmberg and Magnus Svanberg from HITACHI Energy (PITEÅ).

In the next three years of the project, we will be working on studying the fiber-matrix interphase.

Stay tuned for updates on the project!