ACORN has been named the 2nd most frequently read Product Stories of 2022 by the RIBA Journal
You can see it amongst the Top 5 here:
We were also highlighted as part of the “Five Material Technology Trends To Watch in 2023“ by Architect Magazine :
https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/five-material-technology-trends-to-watch-in-2023_o
ACORN has been featured in Issue 857 of L'Industria Italiana del Cemento, the Italian cement industry magazine.
You can find a detailed article on page 92, outlining our research in glorious technicolor … if you can read Italian.
The ACORN Team are excited to have been shortlisted in the Wild Card category (what else) of the 2023 Collaborate to Innovate Awards by The Engineer. Paul and all of our PhD Researchers will be attending the glamorous awards dinner in February to find out if we have won - Keep your fingers crossed!
The ACORN project has been cited by Prof Jacqui Glass in two HBR Reports into Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Automation for Return on Investment in Innovation, as an example of innovation in sustainability. You can download these interesting and obviously insightful reports for free here:
This comes in the same week that DeZeen included ACORN as one of its 6 material innovations aimed at slashing concrete's outsized carbon footprint :
https://www.dezeen.com/2022/10/21/concrete-carbon-emissions-material-innovations/
ACORN has made a splash in the press today following the success of our Demonstration Building. Such a great way to celebrate what we’ve achieved so far, and to thank all our Project Partners and Affiliates!
You can see the University of Bath’s official press release here:
and the University of Cambridge’s official press release here:
http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/reducing-concrete-buildings-decarbonise-construction
The first in-depth article was published as an exclusive by RIBA Journal here:
https://www.ribaj.com/products/acorn-research-robot-built-thin-concrete-arches-embodied-carbon
which was closely followed by DeZeen:
https://dezeen.com/2022/03/04/concrete-vaulted-floor-suggests-path-to-cutting-carbon-emissions/
and the Architects’ Journal
We have also featured in articles in Construction Enquirer and Innovation Origins and The Engineer and Eureka Magazine and Engineering Designer and Stone Specialist and Construction Management and Conviction News and E-Architect and E&T and The Bihar Engineering and India Education Diary and Vemma News and CSIC and Health Estate Journal and Better Society Network and Mental Health Design & Build and Knowledia and UK Recruiting and Specification Online and CAD Download and AI Architect and Tech Register and Construo and Bath Business News and IOM3 and English Times and Tecture Mag and Business Fast and Phone Week and Project Scotland and Wired Focus and Business Mayor and Projin News and Architect News and Home Deco Store and Concrete Institute Australia and Housing Association Yearbook and Ingenio
Paul has been interviewed by Dr Claire Asher at part of the UK Robotics & Autonomous Systems Network’s monthly podcast, available from:
https://ukrobotics.libsyn.com/episode-twelve-manufacturing-robotics-onto-the-factory-floor
You can use the player below to hear him from 25m11s onwards, or listen to the whole thing for even more exciting robot-related news.
The close collaboration between ACORN and Cambridge University Department of Engineering’s In-House Design Team, which led to the successful and timely completion of our Robotic Pin-Bed fabrication system has been highlighted in the University’s newsletter.
http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/new-concrete-mould-system-uses-right-amount-concrete-and-no-more
ACORN has been included in the UKRI’s Transforming Construction "Story Catalogue”. You can see it here:
ACORN has made the headlines in Civil Engineering Surveyor, the trade publication of the Chartered Insitution of Civil Engineering Surveyors.
Lets hope they have a lot less Concrete to survey in future as a result !
OK, so they didn’t mention ACORN by name, nor link to our website like I’d asked. But at least they spelled my name right and got the facts of what we are trying to do across fairly well.
The article makes interesting reading anyway, so why not give it a look:
The first international exposure for ACORN - it has been featured in the May edition of the American Society for Engineering Education’s (ASEE) monthly magazine PRISM…
The magazine is the Society’s flagship publication that covers engineering higher education in the United States. It is read by key decision makers within engineering education, and reaches engineering faculty members, administrators, and students in all disciplines of engineering.
You can read all about it here:
Our first ever press release is out - hopefully the first of many!
Read all about it here
ACORN was mentioned in The Engineer, a London-based monthly magazine and website covering the latest developments and business news in engineering and technology in the UK and internationally.
Read the article here: https://www.theengineer.co.uk/18-million-funding-construction/
UKRI’s press release revealing projects being funded in the scope of the Transforming Construction scheme, one of which was ACORN.
You can read the archived article here: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200930161804/https:/epsrc.ukri.org/newsevents/news/constructiontransformed/
