FINBAU 2024 – BAU meets LUX exhibition. Meeting point for innovation and sustainability: The LUX – Pavilion of Mainz University of Applied Sciences, Ludwigstrasse 2 in Mainz is showcase for ongoing and planned research projects that offer exciting insights and innovative approaches to the sustainable…
Congratulations to Doctor Aléxia Brandão Ribeiro. Alexia finished her doctoral thesis “Moment Resistant Joints for Timber Frames” with Distinction! Her dissertation proposes and discusses a novel type of moment-resisting joint for timber frames. The corner’s prismatic volume was made of high-strength reinforced concrete, bonded to…
Start-up project BambooJoint directed by Prof. Dr. Kay-Uwe Schober wins the DATIpilot Innovation Competition of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The project idea combines the natural building material bamboo, which has a fast growth rate and an excellent carbon dioxide storage capacity,…
WCTE 2025 goes to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The Australian Organising Committee invites delegates from around the world to join the World Conference on Timber Engineering 2025 (WCTE 2025) in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 22 June 2025 to 26 June 2025. The WCTE is the world’s…
Theory meets practice in timber education. In the spirit of practice-oriented teaching, the Chair of Timber Engineering and Building Construction at Mainz University of Applied Sciences, and Rothoblaas srl offered a practical workshop on connection technology in multi-storey timber construction for students. In the first part…
Team building with practical experiences in wood and forestry in St. Blasien. The practical experience days for the team of the timber research group were a complete success and we had an eventful week in the Black Forest near the Swiss border. Many thanks to…
Climate change as an interdisciplinary challenge for timber engineering research. The Holzbauforschung Mainz and their partners made an active contribution to climate protection with the development of unused building material resources by upgrading a “problematic” hardwood range. The interdisciplinary team with different research focuses has…
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Award ceremony for students from Mainz University of Applied Sciences. As part of the opening of the Polymer Path at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, the winning design wowood by Esther Savelyev, Joana Ferreira, Jana Schmidt and Lara Fahroß has been awarded on…