TY - JOUR A1 - Markl, Erich A1 - Grünbichler, Hannes A1 - Lackner, Maximilian T1 - Cyanobacteria for PHB Bioplastics Production: A Review JF - IntechOpen N2 - Cyanobacteria, or blue-green algae, can be used as host to produce polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), which are promising bioplastic raw materials. The most important material thereof is polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), which can replace the commodity polymer polypropylene (PP) in many applications, yielding a bio-based, biodegradable alternative solution. The advantage from using cyanobacteria to make PHB over the standard fermentation processes, with sugar or other organic (waste) materials as feedstock, is that the sustainability is better (compare first-generation biofuels with the feed vs. fuel debate), with CO2 being the only carbon source and sunlight being the sole energy source. In this review article, the state of the art of cyanobacterial PHB production and its outlook is discussed. Thirty-seven percent of dry cell weight of PHB could be obtained in 2018, which is getting close to up to 78% of PHB dry cell weight in heterotrophic microorganisms in fermentation reactors. A good potential for cyanobacterial PHB is seen throughout the literature. KW - Bio-based Plastics KW - PHB Y1 - ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Knapp, Alexander A1 - Lackner, Maximilian A1 - Markl, Erich T1 - Abrasive pads for sustainable and cost-effective industrial and institutional floor cleaning JF - International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development N2 - Industrial and institutional floor cleaning today relies on mechanical action combined with chemicals, which is costly and a burden to the environment. There are floor cleaning pads on the market which claim increased service time due to diamond particles contained in the nonwoven materials. In this study, it was investigated whether cleaning results can also be obtained with hard-particle-coated pads using only water. SiC, diamond and Al 2 O 3 were used with particle sizes between 5 and 125 µm. 5 g/m² of hard particles were applied to the pads in epoxy resin. Weight loss from abrasive cleaning in 500 cycles and gloss increase were measured. Diamond and silicon carbide particles were found to work with pure water, without the need for chemical cleaning agents. KW - Floor cleaning KW - Mechanical Action KW - Chemicals Y1 - 2018 SN - 2348-4470 SP - 84 EP - 86 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Markl, Erich A1 - Grünbichler, Hannes A1 - Lackner, Maximilian T1 - PHB - Bio Based and Biodegradable Replacement for PP: A Review JF - Novel Techniques in Nutrition and Food Science KW - Bio Degradable KW - PHB KW - Bio-based Plastics Y1 - VL - 2 IS - 2 ER - TY - BOOK A1 - de Vries, Sytse A1 - Markl, Erich A1 - Lackner, Maximilian T1 - Energy efficiency management in the shipping industry KW - Transportation KW - Energy efficiency Y1 - SN - 978 3 659 71981 3 PB - Lambert Academic Publishing ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Grünbichler, Hannes A1 - Engelhardt-Nowitzki, Corinna A1 - Markl, Erich A1 - Lackner, Maximilian A1 - Kreith, Josef A1 - Bermejo Moratinos, Raúl A1 - Supancic, Peter A1 - Danzer, Robert T1 - Adaptation of a universal testing machine to characterise the material response of multi-layered piezoelectric actuators under fully coupled loading scenarios T2 - th International Conference on Smart Materials and Structures KW - Robotics Y1 - 2019 PB - Material Sci Eng 2018 (7) ER - TY - GEN A1 - Grünbichler, Hannes A1 - Engelhardt-Nowitzki, Corinna A1 - Markl, Erich A1 - Lackner, Maximilian A1 - Kreith, Josef A1 - Bermejo Moratinos, Raúl A1 - Supancic, Peter A1 - Danzer, Robert T1 - Adaptation of a universal testing machine to characterise the material response of multi-layered piezoelectric actuators under fully coupled loading scenarios KW - Robotics Y1 - 2018 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Markl, Erich A1 - Orsolits, Horst A1 - Stojicic, Dario T1 - Virtuelle Technologien in der Robotik KW - Robotics Y1 - ER - TY - GEN A1 - Lackner, Maximilian A1 - Kamravamanesh, Donya A1 - Markl, Erich A1 - Engelhardt-Nowitzki, Corinna A1 - Herwig, Christoph T1 - Optimization of process parameters to enhance Polyhydroxyalkanoate accumulation in a unicellular cyanobacterium using multivariate experimental design approach KW - Bacteria Y1 - 2018 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Markl, Erich A1 - Lackner, Maximilian A1 - Schmid, Judith A1 - Faast, Thomas T1 - Mutual Benefits from Entrepreneurship of Non-business University Graduates for Academia and Founders JF - International Academic Journal of Entrepreneurship N2 - There is a trend among universities to teach entrepreneurship and support startup initiatives. In this article, the state-ofthe- art in entrepreneurship higher education and university ecosystems of non-business schools is reviewed, and the example of the University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien, Austria, and one of its startup show cases, Toolsense, is elaborated to understand critical success factors for non-business graduates as founders. The mutual benefits for universities and founders are discussed. In the case of Toolsense and the University of Applied Sciences, narrow band IoT as brought to the University by the startup. Implications on a universities’ innovation and portfolio management are highlighted. Concerning startups, the importance of growth financing after initial success is elaborated. KW - Entrepreneurship KW - Incubator KW - Startup-Business Y1 - ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Dannereder, Florian A1 - Engelhardt-Nowitzki, Corinna A1 - Markl, Erich A1 - Lackner, Maximilian A1 - Kreith, Josef A1 - Pachschwöll, Paul Herwig A1 - Aburaia, Mohamed A1 - Shooman, Diane T1 - Development of a 3D-Printed Bionic Hand with Muscle- and Force Control T2 - Proceedings of the Austrian Robotics Workshop 2018 KW - Robotics Y1 - ER -