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Optimum Truss Design with Reused Stock Elements

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A standardized method to assess the reuse potential of building components

A method and system for optimizing design, implantation, and stimulation protocols of electrodes stimulating the nervous system

Towards edible robots and robotic food

Reuse of cut concrete slabs in new buildings for circular ultra-low-carbon floor designs

Scalable constrained optimization

Geometric Learning: Leveraging differential geometry for learning and control

FLO:RE – A new floor system made of reused reinforced concrete and steel elements

Into the ice: Exploration and data capturing in glacial moulins by a tethered robot

Renewable energy integration and waste heat valorization in aluminum remelting for co-producing kerosene and methanol

Strain-based analysis on the influence of local undercut geometry on fatigue crack initiation life

FENNECS: a novel particle-in-cell code for simulating the formation of magnetized non-neutral plasmas trapped by electrodes of complex geometries

Tandem catalysis enables chlorine-containing waste as chlorination reagents

Mesh-based topology, shape and sizing optimization of ribbed plates

Multimaterial Volumetric Printing of Silica-Based Glasses

Stress tolerance of lightweight glass-free PV modules for vehicle integration

Instabilities in Elastic and Magneto-Elastic Beams and Shells: from Shell Buckling to the Design of a Programmable Braille Reader

Incorporating Projective Geometry into Deep Learning

Technology challenges and integration of the plasma position reflectometer in RFX-mod2

Influence of model uncertainty and long term deformations in action effects calculation in reinforced concrete structures

Digital Twins of Stone Masonry Buildings for Damage Assessment