PhD opening in material science of stone conservation

PhD opening in material science of stone conservation

The has one opening for PhD. position on the topic of stone conservation, in particular the mechanisms of contour scaling. This PhD is part of the collaborative project Spatially graded 3D printing to elucidate contour scaling of building stones. It aims at elucidating the mechanism of contour scaling on building stone, establishing on-site monitoring methods and testing possible treatments for it. The selected student will collaborate with another PhD candidate funded in the scheme and employed at the Chair for Digital Building Technologies in the Department of Architecture.

Project background

This project aims to establish and validate a novel experimental approach to the study of stone deterioration by leveraging powder-bed 3D printing of stone-like materials. This enables the creation of spatially graded samples mimicking natural stones and their alteration through weathering. Mos...