Tag: space

PhD Opportunity in AM for Space Applications

Prof. Giorgia Franchin is looking for a PhD candidate to join the CerAMglass research group within a newly funded PhD project supported by the Italian Space Agency (ASI). The project focuses on the development of additive manufacturing materials and technologies for future lunar construction, combining advanced, sustainable materials from In Situ Resource Utilization (IRSU), additive manufacturing (AM),…
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Another brick…on the Moon!

The groundbreaking two-year GLAMS Project (Geopolimeri per Additive Manufacturing e Monitoraggio Lunare) is delivering its first incredible results! In an exclusive interview with TGR on Italian television, Prof. Giorgia Franchin and Dr. Marco D’Agostini unveiled innovative techniques to construct houses on the Moon using regolith from the lunar soil! This could redefine the future of…
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GLAMS: building on the Moon

  Houston, we’ve had a winner here!   We are proud and happy to share that the two year GLAMS Project (Geopolimeri per Additive Manufacturing e Monitoraggio Lunare) of the University of Padova, receives funding of over 400,000 euros by the Italian Space Agency (ASI) as it ranks first in the thematic area “Advanced Materials”…
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