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Female Academic Leadership Network for Conscious Engineering and Science towards Sustainable Urbanization
Equality between women and men is one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. Therefore, international research cooperation to establish African-European networks of women scientists* was funded in the BMBF funding guideline “Programme Advocating Women Scientists in STEM” (PAWS) in 2021. The Falconess project aimed to create scientific networks of female actors in the field of sustainable and environmentally sound construction in times of urbanization and metropolization.
The Falconess project aimed specifically on following research topics:
- Sustainable materials for future cities
- Inclusive, modular, adaptive building technology and architecture
- Local value chains and global networking
- Urban agriculture, supply chains, recycling and building in the existing fabric
- Urban infrastructure, non-motorized transport, mobility
- Urban development data, scenarios and adaptation to changing targets (moving targets)
- Smart cities, local and global technology communication
Material research: Rice Husk Ashes as alternative binder in concrete
Supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) can reduce the total amount
of Portland cement clinker in concrete production and thus the carbon dioxide emissions of concrete. Rice husk ashes (RHA)
can be converted from an agricultural by-product to a high-performance
concrete constituent due to a high amount of reactive silica with
pozzolanic properties if they are burnt under controlled conditions. In ongoing material research, rice husks are investigated for the use as SCM including: