🌿 Amazonia Workshop 2025.Join us July 1-3, 2025, in Belém, Brazil, to explore bio-based materials like bamboo and palm in sustainable construction. 💡 Funding iavailable for early career researchers!.Apply here 📩 Email your interest to ssrc@surrey.ac.uk

🌿Meet the Mentors: Dr. Alireza Behnejad. Excited to introduce Dr. Behnejad (@UniOfSurrey), a leading researcher in spatial structures, sustainable construction, and hands-on engineering education. We look forward to learning from him at the #AmazoniaWorkshop2025!

🌿Meet the Mentors: Dr. Marzieh Kadivar. Dr. Kadivar (founder of BamBuild) specialises in #bamboo product commercialisation and sustainable entrepreneurship. She brings valuable insights on turning research into real-world solutions. Excited to hear from her at the workshop!

🌿Meet the Mentors: Dr. Dan Bompa . Dr. Bompa (@UniOfSurrey) is a Chartered Structural Engineer specialising in sustainable materials, hybrid construction, and seismic resilience, with 100+ papers and award-winning research. Excited to learn from him at #AmazoniaWorkshop2025!

🌿Meet the Mentors: Dr. Leila Meneghetti. Dr. Meneghetti (@usponline) specialises in innovative structural systems & sustainable composite materials. She leads research on reinforced concrete & experimental analysis, bringing key expertise to #AmazoniaWorkshop2025!

🌿Meet the Mentors: Prof. Holmer Savastano Junior . Prof. Savastano is a leading expert in sustainable building materials, specialising in bamboo, plant fibers, and fiber-cement composites for eco-friendly construction. Excited to learn from him at #AmazoniaWorkshop2025!

🌍 Amazonia Workshop 2025 – Supporting Diversity . We’re offering limited funding for underrepresented individuals who need additional support to attend. If this applies to you, please reach out at ssrc@surrey.ac.uk for details. #AmazoniaWorkshop2025 #SustainableConstruction

🌿 Meet the Mentor: Dr. Lina Bufalino. Dr. Bufalino, Professor at UFRA, specialises in wood sciences & bio-based materials. With a Ph.D. in Wood Science, her research focuses on sustainable forestry & eco-friendly construction. Excited to learn from her at #AmazoniaWorkshop2025!

Learn more about her from our #YouTube interview: .📺

🔬 Her research interests include social equity & ecological sustainability, digital design and the use of waste & reclaimed material. Read the full June issue here.🔗

Read our interview with Sofia Colabella in our latest Movers and Shakers issue!. She's a Lecturer in Architectural Technology at @UniMelb 🇦🇺 & the co-founder of and the research hub ADD+F at @msdsocial

🔬His research interests include shell & spatial structures, earthquake engineering & structural vibration control . Get your free & full copy of the June issue here .🔗 . You can also learn more about him on our #YouTube channel:

Read our interview with Su-Duo Xue in our latest Movers & Shakers issue!. Su-Duo Xue is a Professor at Beijing University of Technology 🇨🇳 & the President of the China Association for Spatial Structures (CASS). 👷🏼‍♀️ He is Vice Chairman of the Spatial Structures Committee of China

#researchfridays. Are you excited for the next #IASS conference organised by @ETH_en🇨🇭?. Check out Surrey's experimental #papers on timber columns and #bamboo tubes presented at IASS23!. 📑 You can read the articles here:. 🔗 .🔗

🔬 Her research interests include sustainable construction, bio-based material and material cycles. Get your free copy of the full June issue here.🔗 . Learn more by watching our interview on our #Youtube channel.📺

Read our interview with @HanaaDahy1 in our latest Movers&Shakers issue!. Hanaa is an Associate Professor of #Sustainable Design at @AAUArch🇩🇰 & the director of BioMat@Copenhagen research centre. She holds a honorary award from the @UN for her work on mobile clinics 🚑

Want to learn more about the team at @UOW?.Sr. Tech. Officer Travis Marshall tested screw-connection strength & loading of bamboo vs timber using a 90-ton load press machine!.Join us Monday to hear what our @UGPNetwork members have been up to!. 📝Register:

Are YOU excited for our 2nd @UGPNetwork workshop?🖐🏼 WE are!. 📝 Register to join us on Monday 9am AEST: The event is organised by our🇦🇺partners at @UOW (@Dr_Aziz_Ahmed Ahmed & Neaz Sheikh) and their team (Duncan Best, Ritchie McLean, Travis Marshall)

Here's the program for our second "Bamboo for sustainable construction" workshop organised by @Uow!. Join us online or in person in #Wollongong. In-person attendees can register on Eventbrite ( and join us in building 21

Our second "Bamboo for sustainable construction" workshop is coming soon!. ❗ The event has been moved to 9AM AEST (Sydney time, GMT+10)❗. 👉 Register on Eventbrite to join us in person or online: