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Armourers & Brasiers’ Gauntlet Trust Award 2016 – TWI PhD & ISOBIO Top Prized!

The National Structural Integrity Research Centre (NSIRC) announced the winners of The Welding Institute and the Armourers & Brasiers’ Gauntlet Trust Awards 2016.

The best PhD student prize was awarded to Marion Bourebrab, from TWI innovation partner and ISOBIO coordinator, who has been awarded for her study “Enhancing bio-materials’ properties: bringing hydrophobicity and fire retardancy”, which tackles the inherent risk of bio-based materials of low fire resistance and water penetration.

Water repellence and fire retardancy will be achieved through ISOBIO innovation achievements with a single sol-gel based treatment of the bio-based materials, without affecting the materials’ breathability to prevent condensation within the panels.

To learn more, visit NSIC website.

ISOBIO achievements in treating hemp shivs

ISOBIO research is achieving promising results in treating hemp shivs. The latest development by the innovation partner TWI lead to impressive results in terms of water repellence (up to 130° of water contact angle) and of hydrophobic properties (water contact angle, above 90° and maintaind for over 20 minutes).

These achievements are promisingly converging towards the main objective of developing bio-based materials with high insulating properties, low embodied energy, low embodied carbon and hygrothermally efficient.