The AMT team at TU Wien was awarded the 2nd place for the Houska Preis 2013. The Houska Preis is Austria's most prestigious award for applied research. The project of TU Wien ("Lithography-based 3D-printers for ceramic high-performance materials as a new platform technology") was ranked 2nd among 40 applications, and received a sum of 70.000 Euro.

The behavior of cells strongly depends on their environment. If they are to be researched an manipulated, it is crucial to embed them in suitable surroundings. Aleksandr Ovsianikov is developing a laser system, which allows living cells to be incorporated into intricate taylor-made structures, similar to biological tissue, in which cells are surrounded by the extracellular matrix. This technology is particularly important for artificially growing biotissue, for finding new drugs or for stem cell research. Ovsianikov has now been awarded the ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) of approximately 1.5 million Euros.

In the course of a project launched at the Institute of Materials Science and Technology, the world’s smallest 3D-printer was envisioned and built. The inventor, Klaus Stadlmann, is a doctoral candidate and member of the Additive Manufacturing Technologies working group (Prof. Stampfl, Prof. Liska).

Additionally to our research, we are involved in the education of chemists, mechanical engineers and materials scientists. Classes with close relation to AMT include

308.865 Additive Manufacturing Technologies

163.059 Polymer Chemistry