Scientific Committee
The TensiNet - COST Action TU1303 Symposium 2016 is hosted by Newcastle University and is organised by the TensiNet association COST Action TU1303 Novel Structural Skins and Newcastle University, chaired by Professor Peter Gosling.
The Scientific Committee will select a keynote speaker for each of the following sessions, review abstracts and papers, and promote the event.
- New applications of structural skins and new concepts
- Sustainability and Life Cycle Analysis of structural skins
- Building physics and energy performance of structural skins
- Materials and analysis
- From material to structure and limit states: codes and standardisation
WG1 New applications of structural skins and new concepts
- Prof Lars De Laet (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
- Prof Tim Ibell (University of Bath, UK)
- Prof Philippe Block (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
- Prof Christoph Gengnagel (Universität der Kunste Berlin, Germany)
- Dr Julian Lienhard (str.ucture GmbH, Germany)
- Ass Prof Martin Tamke (Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Denmark)
- Paolo Beccarelli (University of Nottingham, UK)
WG2 Sustainability and Life Cycle Analysis of structural skins
- Prof Alessandra Zanelli (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
- Prof Jan Cremers (Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart, Germany)
- Prof Joost Hartwig (Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany)
- Prof Eija Nieminen (Tampere University of Technology, Finland)
WG3 Building physics and energy performance of structural skins
- Prof John Chilton (University of Nottingham, UK)
- Dr Monica Rychtáriková (KU Leuven, Belgium / STU Bratislava, Slovakia)
- Prof Heidrun Bögner-Balz (Institute for Membrane and Shell Technologies, DEKRA, Germany)
- Prof Jan Cremers (Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart, Germany)
- Arch. Benson Lau RIBA (Nottingham University, UK)
WG4 Materials and analysis
- Prof Peter Gosling (Newcastle University, UK)
- Prof Natalie Stranghöner (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
- Dr Ben Bridgens (Newcastle University, UK)
- Prof Heidrun Bögner-Balz (Institute for Membrane and Shell Technologies, Germany)
- Prof Kai-Uwe Bletzinger (Technische Universität München, Germany)
WG5 From material to structure and limit states: codes and standardisation
- Prof Marijke Mollaert (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)
- Dr Jean-Christophe Thomas (Université de Nantes, France)
- Dr Jean-Marc Bourinet (Institut Français de Mécanique Avancée, France)
- Prof Peter Gosling (Newcastle University, UK)
- Prof Franck Schoefs (Université de Nantes, France)
- Prof Natalie Stranghöner (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
- Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Uhlemann (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
Built Projects: Open Session
- Assoc. Prof. Vatyu Tanev (University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Bulgaria)
- Josep Llorens (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain)
