This research line focuses on different aspects of biomass utilization and transformation. In particular, Topic II investigates the transition to a bioeconomy through the reorganization of productive and logistic systems in the agroindustry.
This research line focuses on different aspects of biomass utilization and transformation. In particular, Topic II investigates the transition to a bioeconomy through the reorganization of productive and logistic systems in the agroindustry.
Additionally, the generation of biofuels from the waste of the forest industrial process is investigated as a mean to increase economic and environmental efficiency.
The Topic Spokespersons of Topic II are Prof. Dr. Frank Schultmann at KIT and Dr. Alex Berg at UdeC.
frank.schultmann_at_kit.edu
Sustainable production and logistics, circular economy, resource efficiency, decision support, supply chain management and optimization, project management, technology assessment, construction management, and information and communication technologies
Prof. Dr. Frank Schultmann is Chair Professor at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, and Director of the KIT’s Institute for Industrial Production (IIP) and the KIT’s French-German Institute for Environmental Research (DFIU). Professor Schultmann studied Business and Industrial Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe. He completed his doctoral thesis in 1998 at the Faculty of Economics and Management and his Habilitation in 2003 receiving the venia legendi (teaching authority) in Management Science. Prior to his present positions, he was Professor of Industrial Management at the University of Koblenz-Landau and holder of the Chair of Business Administration, Construction Management and Economics at the University of Siegen. Professor Schultmann has been working closely with Chilean partners for more than ten years, particularly with the Universidad de Concepción and the Universidad Austral de Chile. In this context, he has successfully led several German-Chilean projects focusing on biorefineries and the bioeconomy in Chile.
Prof. Dr. Frank Schultmann is the Topic Speaker of Topic II, and a researcher in Topic IV.
Volk, R., Müller, R.; Reinhardt, R.; Schultmann, F. (2019): An Integrated Material Flows, Stakeholders and Policies Approach to Identify and Exploit Regional Resource Potentials. Ecological Economics 161, 292-320
Glöser-Chahoud, S.; Pfaff, M.; Walz, R; Schultmann, F. (2019): Simulating the service lifetimes and storage phases of consumer electronics in Europe with a cascade stock and flow model. Journal of Cleaner Production 213, 1313-1321
Diehlmann, F.; Zimmer, T.; Glöser-Chahoud, S.; Wiens, M.; Schultmann, F. (2019): Techno-economic assessment of utilization pathways for rice straw: A simulation-optimization approach. Journal of Cleaner Production
Schiel, C.; Glöser-Chahoud, S.; Schultmann, F. (2019): A real option application for emission control measures. Journal of Business Economics 89 (3), 291-325
Further projects and publication at http://www.iip.kit.edu/86_95.php
CONICYT AFB170007, Director of the project : ʺApoyo a Centros Científicos y Tecnológicos de Excelencia (CCTE) con Financiamiento Basalʺ (May 2016 – April 2021).
CORFO, Línea Innova Alta Tecnología, main investigator of the project : ʺDesarrollo de tecnología de producción de nanofibras de celulosa (NFC) químicamente modificadas, para aplicaciones de alto interés económico e impacto globalʺ (October 2019 – October 2023).
ANID, Fondo de Investigación Científica COVID-19, Director of the project : ʺMascarilla facial ecológica (Ecomask)ʺ (July 2020 – July 2021).
Bioeconomy, circular economy, biomaterials, biorefineries.
Alex Berg occupies the position of Executive Director of the “Unidad de Desarrollo Tecnológico” (UDT) in the University of Concepción, an R&D institute whose main goal is to strengthen the joint work between Industry and University through the development of new products and technologies and their transference to industry.
He realized postgraduate studies at the University of Hamburg, Germany, obtaining the grade of Dr. in Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.) and participated in the developed a several technologies related to new processes and biobased products, some of them have reached industrial level.
More details: https://www.udt.cl/alex-berg/
Dr. Alex Berg is the institutional coordinator of IECO at the UdeC and also Topic Spokesperson of Topic II.
Mikula, K.; Soja, G.; Segura, C.; Berg, A.; Pfeifer, C.: Carbon Sequestration in Support of the “4 per 1000” Initiative Using Compost and Stable Biochar from Hazelnut Shells and Sunflower Husks. Processes 8, 764; doi:10.3390/pr8070764 
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Karschin, I.; Berg, A.; Geldermann, J.: Development of a Network-location-model for the Economic Optimization of Local Heating Systems in Urban Chile. Zeitschrift für Energiewirtschaft 42, 21-33 (2018).
Müller, N.; Berg, A.: Proceso de fraccionamiento del líquido pirolítico rápido de biomasa lignocelulósica o bio oil para la obtención de productos químicos. Chilean patent 66.817, April 18, 2018.
Pereira, M.; Luengo, G.; Berg, A.: Proceso para la obtención de micro y nanofibras de celulosa, MNFC. Chilean patent 56.377, July 3, 2018.
aguilera_at_uach.cl
FONDEQUIP – CONICYT 2014 Project Id. EQM140065: Confocal laser 3D Microscope for materials. Principal investigator. (2014-2016) (€290.000 funding)
FONDECYT – CONICYT 2012 REGULAR COMPETITION Project Id. 1120347: An experimental study of tool wear progression based on cutting forces and sound pressure variation and its relationship with the surface quality during radiata pine solid wood machining with high speed steel inserts. Principal investigator. (2012-2015) (€170.000 funding)
Wood machining, surface roughness, laser scanning microscopy for 2D & 3D surface characterization, wettability and adhesion, cutting forces/power, tool wear and process control in planing and molding production.
Dr. Alfredo Aguilera joined the Forest Products Institute at UACh in 1993. In 1995 he received a fellowship of the French government obtaining his master’s and doctoral degrees in Wood Science from Nancy 1 University (Épinal, France) in 1996 and 2000, respectively. Dr. Aguilera has focused his research in the field of wood machining, evaluating the tool wear phenomena on solid wood, in moldings and wood panels. Additional subjects of research are surface roughness (Zeiss: Laser Scanning Microscope) and wettability (Krüss: Drop Shape Analysis) of machined surfaces, as well as cutting forces (Kistler: Dynamometer) when the whole kinematics, tool material (steel) and cutting geometry are complex variables that affects the tool life or tool wear and consequently the final quality of appearance grade products.
Dr. Aguilera is active member of Groupe Usinage Bois (GUB) – France, fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science – Germany, head of the Forest Products Laboratory at UACh-Valdivia, and Dean of the Forest Science and Natural Resources Faculty.
Dr. Aguilera is the General Coordinator of IEDE and a researcher in Topic II.
Alfredo Aguilera, J. Paulo Davim. 2017. Wood Composites, Materials Manufacturing and Engineering, ISBN: 978-3-11-041608-4, Editorial: De Gruyter, Berlin, Germany
Aguilera, A., Méausoone, P.J., Rolleri, A., Barros, J.L., Burgos, F. & Aguilar, C. 2016. Advances on indirect methods to evaluate tool wear for radiata pine solid wood moulding. Wear. DOI 10.1016/j.wear.2015.12.011
Rolleri, A., Burgos, F. & Aguilera, A. 2016. Surface roughness and wettability variation: The effect of cutting distance during the machining of Pinus radiata wood. Drvna Industrija, 67(3). DOI: 10.5552/drind.2016.1531
Aguilera, A., Rolleri, A. & Burgos, F. 2016. Cutting distance as factor to evaluate the quality of wood machined surfaces: a preliminary study. Maderas, Cienc. Tecnol., 18(1). DOI 10.4067/S0718-221X2016005000001
Alfredo Aguilera, J. Paulo Davim. 2014. Research Developments in Wood Engineering and Technology, ISBN: 978-1-4666-4554-7, Editorial: IGI Global, Hershey, PA, USA, 390
Further projects and publication at: http://www.forestal.uach.cl/instituto/bosques-sociedad/academicos/alfredo-aguilera.php
andreas.ch.braun_at_kit.edu
IECO-Institute of Eco-Industrial Development, CUAA-DAHZ Double-Degree Master Implementation
Disaster risk management, spatial planning, regional development, eco-industrial development
Andreas Braun is a professor in regional science and spatial planning. He holds a Ph.D. in natural sciences granted by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). He completed studies in ecology, sociology, economy and philosophy (partly ongoing), and has comprehensive expertise in GIS and remote sensing technology. In 2015, he became professor for Risk-oriented Regional Development at the Institute of Regional Science at KIT. He has vast expertise in regional development in developing countries in Latin America and Western Africa.
His research interests are environmentally sustainable and socially compatible regional and urban development processes in developing countries. Especially in face of natural, biological and technical hazards, strategies for reducing social vulnerability and stakeholder empowerment are key constraints. Andreas is the author and editor of numerous scientific papers, book chapters and books.
Prof. Dr. Andreas Braun is the Director of IECO and Topic Speaker of Topic IV.
Braun, A.C., Hitzeroth, M. (Submitted) Relating polito-economic factors to the spatial expansion of the plantation industry in the coastal region of central Chile. Submitted to: Landscape Research
Jaque, E., Espinoza, S., Braun, A.C., Astudillo, L., Ojeda, C.G. (Submitted) Social vulnerability assessment post 2010 tsunami in Caleta Tumbes-Chile. Applying the disaster pressure and release model. Submitted to: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
Braun, A.C., Stötzer, J., Kubisch, S., Keller, S. (2018) Critical Infrastructure Analysis (CRITIS) in Developing Regions–Designing an Approach to Analyse Peripheral Remoteness, Risks of Accessibility Loss, and Isolation due to Road Network Insufficiencies in Chile. GI_Forum, 6, 302-321.
Further projects and publication at: https://www.ifr.kit.edu/mitarbeiter_braun.php
simon.gloeser-chahoud_at_kit.edu
Circular Economy, Bioeconomy, Sustainable development
Dr. Simon Glöser-Chahoud works as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Industrial Production (IIP) within KIT. Before joining IIP, where he currently holds a position as the head of research group “Sustainable Value Chains”, he has worked as a project manager and research associate for Fraunhofer ISI. He holds a diploma degree in industrial engineering from TU Berlin and he has passed his external PhD studies at TU Munich and TU Clausthal during his research activities at Fraunhofer. His current research focuses on the simulation of material and product cycles as well as raw material markets, the optimization of closed-loop supply chains and the techno-economic evaluation of industrial processes at an early development stage with an emphasis on the use of bio-based renewable resources.
Dr. Simon Glöser-Chahoud is a researcher in Topic II and Topic IV.
Diehlmann, F.; Zimmer, T.; Glöser-Chahoud, S.; Wiens, M.; Schultmann, F. (2019): Techno-economic assessment of utilization pathways for rice straw: A simulation-optimization approach [in press]. Journal of cleaner production.
Glöser-Chahoud, S.; Hartwig, J.; Wheat, I. D.; Faulstich, M. (2017): The cobweb theorem and delays in adjusting supply in metals’ markets. System dynamics review, 32 (3-4), 279–308. doi:10.1002/sdr.1565doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.04.369
Glöser-Chahoud, S.; Pfaff, M.; Walz, R.; Schultmann, F. (2019): Simulating the service lifetimes and storage phases of consumer electronics in Europe with a cascade stock and flow model. Journal of cleaner production, 213, 1313–1321. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.12.244
Pfaff, M.; Glöser-Chahoud, S.; Chrubasik, L.; Walz, R. (2018): Resource efficiency in the German copper cycle: Analysis of stock and flow dynamics resulting from different efficiency measures. Resources, conservation and recycling, 139, 205–218. doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.08.017
Schiel, C.; Glöser-Chahoud, S.; Schultmann, F. (2018): A real option application for emission control measures. Journal of business economics, 89 (3), 291–325. doi:10.1007/s11573-018-0913-9
Further projects and publication at: http://www.iip.kit.edu/86_3966.php
fabian.fassnacht_at_kit.edu
Remote Sensing, Vegetation, Forests, Disturbances
Dr. Fabian Fassnacht is currently a PostDoc at the Institute of Geography and Geoecology of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. He has graduated at the University of Freiburg with a Diploma in Forestry Sciences. In his PhD thesis he specialized in the application of remote sensing data for the retrieval of vegetation properties with a focus on forest ecosystems. Since 2012 he has a continuous collaboration with the Universidad de Chile within projects focusing on questions related to remote sensing-assisted forest inventory, invasive species assessment and the mapping on vegetation.
Dr. Fabian Faßnacht is a researcher in Topic II.
Araya-López, R. A., Lopatin, J., Fassnacht, F. E., Hernández, J. (2018): Monitoring Andean high altitude wetlands in central Chile with seasonal optical data: A comparison between Worldview-2 and Sentinel-2 imagery. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2018.04.001
Lopatin, J., Dolos, K., Hernández, J., Galleguillos, M., Fassnacht, F. E. (2016): Comparing Generalized Linear Models and random forest to model vascular plant species richness using LiDAR data in a natural forest in central Chile. Remote Sensing of Environment 173, pp. 200–210. 10.1016/j.rse.2015.11.029
Fassnacht, F. E., Hartig, F., Latifi, H., Berger, C., Hernández, J., Corvalán, P., Koch, B. (2014): Importance of sample size, data type and prediction method for remote sensing-based estimations of aboveground forest biomass. Remote Sensing of Environment 154, pp. 102–114. 10.1016/j.rse.2014.07.028
Further projects and publication at: https://www.ifgg.kit.edu/mitarbeiter/ifgg_fassnacht.php
schumacher_at_kit.edu
Social acceptance of innovations (in particular renewable energies), stakeholder management, sustainable bioenergy value chains, empirical research methods
Dr. Kira Schumacher is managing director of the French-German Institute for Environmental Research (DFIU) of the KIT. She holds a Ph.D. in economics granted by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Her doctoral thesis investigates public acceptance of renewable energies in several countries, including Chile, through an empirical lens. She has coordinated several international projects in the area of bioenergy and sustainable mobility with research partners from Germany, France, Switzerland, and Chile. From September to December 2017 she was a visiting researcher at Universidad de Concepción (UdeC) and Universidad Austral de Chile (UACh).
Kira Schumacher is a researcher at Topic II and Topic IV.
Schumacher, K. (2019): Public acceptance of renewable energies – an empirical investigation across countries and technologies, KIT-Scientific Publishing. doi:10.5445/KSP/1000097148.
Schumacher, K.; Krones, F.; McKenna, R.; Schultmann, F. (2019): Public acceptance of renewable energies and energy autonomy: A comparative study in the French, German and Swiss Upper Rhine region. Energy policy, 126, 315–332. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2018.11.032.
Schumacher, K., Glöser-Chahoud, S., Schultmann, F. (2019): Acceptance of Bioenergy in Chile – an Empirical Analysis of Public Opinion, in: 5th Latin American Congress on Biorefinieries - From Laboratory to Industrial Practice, Concepción, Chile. January 7-9, 2019.
Further projects and publication at:http://www.iip.kit.edu/86_2027.php
astehr_at_udec.cl
Current Project
Proyecto ATE220021 -Sub directora -Climate change and the sociohydrology of floods”, 2023-2025 en ejecución
Proyecto ACT210060 -PI - FiRING: Multi scale effects of extreme forest fires on erosion, water, and biogeochemical cycle sin natural and managed forest soils. 2022-2024 en ejecución.
Proyecto Fondecyt Nº 1212032 -Co-Investigador - Escenarios De Inundaciones Fluviales En Un Contexto De Cambio Climático Y De Uso De Suelo En Cuencas Hidrográficas Del Centro-sur De Chile: Aportes Para Una Planificación Urbana Sostenible. 2021-2026 en ejecución.
Proyecto NSFC190002 Investigador Principal “Improving water quality to sustain watershed ecosystems and socio-economic development under climate change: a China-Chile comparative study”. 2019-2023 en ejecución.
Research Interests
Hydrological and environmental modelling and the evaluation of the effects on water availability of Climate and land use Changes
Profile
Dr Alejandra Stehr, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Concepcion, Chile. Dr. Stehr received his Degree in Civil Engineering in 1998 from the Universidad de Concepción and is Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from the same University in 2008. Her areas of specialization are hydrological and environmental modelling and the evaluation of the effects on water availability of Climate and land use Changes., she is involved as 1 of 9 Scientist in the scientific committee that was established by the minister of Science and Technology in the frame of the COP25. She has published articles in peer-reviewed international journals and several book chapters. Dra. Alejandra Stehr has participated in many research projects in Chile and abroad, especially with Europe, aimed to improve watershed management in Chile. She had received support from the Chilean National Science Foundation since 2011 onwards in projects related to water availability and global changes.
Publications
Ponce, R.D., Fernández, F.j., Vasquez-Lavín, F., Arias, E., Julio, N., Stehr, A. (2021) Nexus Thinking at River Basin Scale: Food, Water and Welfare. Water, 13: 1000. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13060794
Martínez-Retureta R, Aguayo M, Abreu NJ, Stehr A, Duran-Llacer I, Rodríguez-López L, Sauvage S, Sánchez-Pérez J-M. (2021) Estimation of the Climate Change Impact on the Hydrological Balance in Basins of South-Central Chile. Water, 13(6):794. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13060794
Ponce, R., Arias, E., Fernández, F., Vásquez-Lavin, F., Stehr, A. (2021) Water Use and Climate Stressors in a Multiuser River Basin Setting: Who Benefits from Adaptation? Water Resources Management, 35, 897–915. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-020-02753-8
Martínez, R., Aguayo, M., Stehr, A., Sauvage, S., Echeverría, C., Sánchez-Pérez, J.M. (2020). Effect of land use/cover change on the hydrological response the southern center basins of Chile. Water, 12(1), 302. doi.org/10.3390/w12010302
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