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SUMMARY:Materials Meet Engineering: Translating Research into scalable sol
 utions
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Dr. Tanja Zimmermann\, Empa Materials Science and Techno
 logy\, STI EPFL\, D-MATL ET\, Switzerland \nEmpa – the Swiss Federal La
 boratories for Materials Science and Technology – focuses on developing 
 materials and technologies that address societal challenges and enable sus
 tainable innovation. Positioned at the interface between cutting-edge rese
 arch and application\, Empa translates advances in materials science into 
 solutions with tangible impact for industry and society.\nThis talk provid
 es an overview of key Empa activities across energy\, mobility\, health an
 d the built environment\, highlighting examples such as circular materials
 \, advanced manufacturing\, functional surfaces\, and energy systems. Emph
 asis is also placed on interdisciplinary initiatives and technology transf
 er platforms like NEST\, move\, the Coating Competence Center\, or the Cli
 mate Solutions Hub which accelerate the transfer of research into scalable
  applications.\nBuilding on these examples\, closer collaborations with th
 e EPFL School of Engineering (STI)\, e.g. at the intersection of materials
 \, intelligent systems\, and advanced engineering are foreseen.\n\nBio:\nT
 anja Zimmermann has a Master in Wood Science and Technology from the Unive
 rsity of Hamburg and a Master of Advanced Studies in Secondary and Higher 
 education from ETH Zürich. She received her PhD from the University of Ha
 mburg in 2007. Tanja Zimmermann built up the cellulose nanocomposites rese
 arch topic at Empa as group leader and later as head of the laboratory "Ap
 plied Wood Materials". She became a member of the Directorate of Empa in 2
 017\, leading the department "Functional Materials" as well as the researc
 h focus area of "Sustainable Construction" dealing with different material
 s such as e.g. concrete and asphalt\, wood\, ceramics\, advanced polymer f
 ibers\, or energy materials and components. Tanja Zimmermann is an elected
  member of Academia Europaea and part of various national and internationa
 l committees and scientific advisory boards. Since June 2022 she has been 
 Director of Empa and Professor for Materials Science at ETH Zurich and EPF
  Lausanne.\n 
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