Impressions from the Hannover Messe 2025
From masonry made out of »Mikrowellenstroh« (microwave straw) and snail slime, to self-healing intelligent concrete – the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar was represented at this year's industrial trade fair in Hanover with four world premières from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism and the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The exhibits were on display from 31 March to 4 April 2025 at the joint »Forschung für die Zukunft« stand, which brings together pioneering research projects from the states of Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt.
Jasmine Aschoff and Adrian Tutal from the Professorship of Building Chemistry and Polymer Materials presented their research projects »Verkapselung von Wirkstoffen im Beton« and »Photokatalytische Geopolymerbeschichtung«. The projects emerged as sub-projects of the »Funktionalisierung smarter Werkstoffe unter Mehrfeldanforderungen für die Verkehrsinfrastruktur« project.
Dr. Katrin Linne and Julian Pracht from the team of inventors at the Professorship of Construction Design and Structural Design were on site at the event. On Wednesday, which was referred to as Thuringia Day, they presented the patent application for their »Mikrowellenstroh« (microwave straw) and »Masonry Made from Thin-Bed Mortar and Straw Bricks« together with Vice President Dr. Ulrike Kuch. This was followed by discussions with, among others, Colette Boos-John, Thuringian Minister of »Wirtschaft, Landwirtschaft und Ländlichen Raum«.
