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We develop and refine robotic filament winding techniques to improve process control and reduce variability in composite production. By enhancing precision in fibre placement and resin impregnation, we aim to achieve more consistent material properties. This enables higher-quality, scalable fabrication aligned with sustainable construction goals.

Our research in this area focuses on designing fibre-wound bio-composites tailored for specific structural applications. We optimize material usage by customizing fibre orientation and density to meet defined load-bearing requirements. This approach ensures performance efficiency while minimizing environmental impact.

We investigate the mechanical behavior of bio-composites across multiple scales, from individual fibres to full structural elements. By characterizing how material and fabrication parameters influence performance, we work to reduce uncertainty and improve predictability. These insights feed directly into design, simulation, and standardization efforts.

We enhance simulation models by integrating fabrication-specific parameters such as fibre paths, resin content, and material variability. This allows for more accurate prediction of structural performance under real-world conditions. Our goal is to bridge the gap between digital design and physical behavior through validated, data-informed models.

Reliability analysis is central to assessing the safety and long-term viability of our composite systems. We apply probabilistic methods and statistical analysis to evaluate performance variability and failure risks. By doing so, we aim to raise the safety standards of bio-composite structures and support their adoption in sustainable design practices.

We explore multifunctionality on fibre-wound bio-composite elements to go beyond structural performance, expanding their architectural potential to more holistic, sustainable solutions. These include acoustic performance, thermal regulation, or integration with green systems such as vegetation or air purification.

In this course, students will explore the sustainable design of structures following the 3 principles of circular design: narrowing, slowing, and closing the structure's resource loop. These principles are translated into the strategies of "use less", "use longer", and "use again". The final aim of the course is to learn how to transform a material-efficient structure into a complete eco-effective design.

In this course, students will explore digital design and manufacturing technologies for applications in the field of structural engineering and design. These new technologies have great potential to address the sustainability and productivity challenges in our field by optimizing the material use in structures and building them in an automated way. At the same time, these new technologies come with an added complexity and new (fabrication) constraints, which should be considered from an early design stage onwards.

The course is centered around the concepts of safety, reliability, and failure, and the different ways to address them in structural design. The difference between risk-informed, reliability-based, and semi-probabilistic design methods, their use and limitations, and the way they are integrated into structural codes will be explained. Emphasis will be placed on the challenges of structural design, safety, and reliability, particularly for systems that fall outside the scope of traditional building codes for demonstrating structural safety.

This course explores different research projects within the SED unit. The research project will include a pre-described research question, research object or subject, research goal, and research method. Every semester, the FIBRAS team offers a topic to build upon previous experimental activities, contributing to the research field. The work in this research project integrates theoretical studies with experiments on fibre-wound bio-composites.

As part of the graduation project from the Master鈥檚 track Structural Engineering and Design, students can choose to do their research project following one of the research themes of the group FIBRAS: digital fabrication, design of structures, material characterization, structural simulation, reliability assessment, or integration of function. Multidisciplinary projects in collaboration with other units are also welcome.