Welcome to the SUSTAINair project!
SUSTAINablility increase of lightweight, multifunctional and intelligent airframe and engine parts – SUSTAINair – is a new H2020 project providing the aeronautics sector, specifically the aviation ecosystem, a transition runway to a low-carbon, competitive economy.
SUSTAINair project partners are investigating solutions to increase resource efficiency and aircraft performance while reducing weight, waste and material costs throughout the aircraft life cycle, what is known as circular aviation.
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What is Circular Aviation?
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1st Press release: SUSTAINair to provide flight path for green deal transition. More here
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SUSTAINair is a new 3,5-year Horizon 2020 project, launched with a virtual kick-off meeting on 26 January 2021. More here
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Circular aviation in 18 languages. Results of the Earth Day 2021 poll. More here
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What is circular aviation? The results of a crowdsourced poll. More here
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Circular Aviation for Green Growth
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On June 8, SUSTAINair hosted an EU Green Week Partner Event ´Circular Aviation for Green Growth’ to discuss solutions based on circular economy enabling aviation industry to reach zero waste and zero pollution of the sector. The event brought together almost 200 registered participants from across the aeronautics ecosystem (Tier I, II, II; OEMs; SMEs in MRO, materials & joining technologies; policy makers; European associations and research community).
The panel discussion with representatives from SAMPE Europe, Airbus, EREA, JET MS, and Clean Sky illuminated the past, present trends, and the outlook for Circular Aviation. The showcase session on key enabling technologies with three Horizon 2020 projects (MORPHO, DOMMINIO, and SUSTAINair) and a CleanSky transversal activity (EcoDesign) showcased the results and the ongoing research and innovation in the field.
Video recording here
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To achieve fully circular flight by 2050, circular aviation provides a framework for technological solutions reducing aviation´s environmental impact on material consumption, waste, and emissions, beyond in-flight operations. Ligeia Paletti, Circular Aviation theme leader in Future Sky of EREA, and Circular Aviation expert and Living Lab manager at the SUSTAINair project partner NLR (Netherlands), introduced the concept of circular aviation. Recording here
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The Market-driven Circular & Bioeconomy
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On June 8 the SUSTAINair project was invited to present the project at another EU Green Week Partner Event. The Market-driven Circular & Bioeconomy was organized by the SUSTAINair project partner RTDS.
Recording here
SUSTAINair´s coordinator Jürgen Roither of AIT-LKR (Austria), and Jesper de Wit and Stefan Steeger of INVENT GmbH (Germany) presented SUSTAINair project and the circular aviation approach to reducing and recycling of in-house materials.
Jesper de Wit of INVENT GmbH (Germany) talked about the motivation and benefits of participation in SUSTAINair project of a highly specialized European SME such as INVENT. Among the expected results of INVENT´s participation in SUSTAINair are novel approaches to the cleaner production process, resource efficiency (zero waste) and reduced costs, and the development of new products. More here
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Jürgen Roither, SUSTAINair coordinator at AIT-LKR, Austria
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Jesper de Wit, SUSTAINair member at INVENT GmbH, Germany
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#SCIENCEUNVEILED: Condition-based maintenance: Enabling circularity and safety with additive manufacturing
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In SUSTAINair project, INOCON generates ZnO-NWs with APPD technology (Atmospheric Plasma Powder Deposition), which get integrated into an electro-spun polymer fiber matrix subsequently. The sensors are integrated in all structural materials (i.e. metals, FRPs) in contrast to today´s typical bonding of sensors on a structure’s surface. Large-scale, flexible zinc-oxide piezoelectric transducers for the application on structural aircraft components are one aspect in the development of the the novel Structural Health Monitoring (SHM). More here
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#ScienceUnveiled is a social media campaign allowing you to peek behind the scenes of SUSTANair´s project partners research efforts in real-time. More here
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To mark the European Mobility Week 2021, the SUSTAINair team members show their sustainable daily commutes. More here
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INOCON´s novel plasma technology for sensor application at the SBI Open House. More here
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JKU Linz at the 11th EASN conference illuminating intelligent airframe. More here
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STAY UPDATED & PEEK BEHIND THE SCENES OF RESEARCH & INNOVATION
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It is due to social media that SUSTAINair is able to offer you updates on the project progress in real time. Stay connected, and share your comments with #circularAviation
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TU Delft on SUSTAINair Twitter
Arne Schiller, PhD candidate at the TU Delft, a SUSTAINair project partner in Netherlands, received the preliminary specimens of hybrid joints made of thermoset composite (of DTC) and metal (titanium) manufactured by INVENT and DLR. Check the animation here |
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