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The 6th Engineered Skins symposium was successfully organised by gFT on the 1st September 2016 in Cambridge. gFT members presented their latest research results, ranging from the recent research on structural glass to a broader spectrum of façade engineering research topics, such as building physics, its integration with...

The 1 st printed issue of the journal was published in June 2016. The edition volume consists of 20 full length research papers on a wide range of glass-related research topics and real-world applications. The edition is 330 pages long out of an initial target of 100 pages. This high level of interest bodes well for the...

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Schneider visits the glass & façade technology research group from May, 9 th until May, 20 th , 2016 for teaching support and scientific exchange on research topics. His visit is funded from the Erasmus + staff mobility program. Prof. Schneider is a full professor for structural engineering at the...

Chiara Bedon (Assistant Professor at Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, Italy), joins the gFT, April 2016, for a Short Term Scientific Mission sponsored by the COST Action TU1403 "Adaptive Facades Network". The topic of the visit is the coupled structural and thermal optimization of a...