Dr. Matthew Schwarzkopf and Jaka Pečnik, InnoRenew CoE researchers,  attended the kickoff meeting of the DIAgnostics and Mechanical tests Of aged adhesive layers used in joiNts of wooDen structureS” (DIAMONDS) project. The meeting was hosted by Wydział Inżynierii Lądowej Politechniki Krakowskiej/Cracow University of Technology.

The project investigates the use of flexible polyurethane adhesives in hardwood cross-laminated timber applications and how degradation occurring during their service lives affects their properties.