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Some of the latest gFT research, funded by EPSRC and gFT industrial partners, was presented at Ecobuild 2017. An interactive prop showing the cold bent glass research by Kyriaki Corinna Datsiou was showcasted together with samples of the FRP facade panels under investigation by Isabelle Paparo and the GRC connections by...

The drafting of the Glass Eurocode continues at a steady pace with a meeting of a project team (pictured) that was tasked by the European commission to develop the text. The project team, of which of Mauro Overend is a member, met at the magnificent Gustinian-Lolin Palazzo on the Grand Cabal in Venice. The gFT group will...

The gFT research group recently hosted a two day workshop exploring common research interests with the Facade Research Group "FRG" of TU Delft. The workshop consisted of research presentations from several members of the two groups and rounds of group discussions, These helped to identify several topics where members from...

Mark Allen and Alessandra Luna Navarro have joined the gFT research group in Autumn 2016. Mark joins after completing an MRes in the CDT “Future and Infrastructure and Built environment” programme and Alessandra joins after completing an MPhil in Energy Technologies, both at the Engineering Department of the University of...