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Department Metallurgy and Materials Engineering ( MTM )

Department Metallurgy and Materials Engineering ( MTM ). KU Leuven. Founded in 1425 > 40 800 students 3 groups: Humanities Biomedical sciences Science, Engineering and Technology Faculty of Science Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Bioscience Engineering.

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Department Metallurgy and Materials Engineering ( MTM )

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  1. DepartmentMetallurgy and Materials Engineering(MTM)

  2. KU Leuven • Founded in 1425 • > 40 800 students • 3 groups: • Humanities • Biomedical sciences • Science, Engineering and Technology • Faculty of Science • Faculty of Engineering • Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

  3. Faculty of Engineering - Departments • Civil engineering • Architecture, Urban Design and Regional Planning • Metallurgy and Materials Engineering (MTM) • Chemical engineering • Electrical engineering • Mechanical engineering • Computer Science

  4. MTM: contact • AddressDepartment of Metallurgy and Material Engineering (MTM) KU Leuven Kasteelpark Arenberg 44 bus 2450 B-3001 Heverlee (Leuven) Belgium • Telephone secretariat +32 16 32 13 14 • Fax secretariat +32 16 32 19 90 • e-mail info@mtm.kuleuven.be • Website www.mtm.kuleuven.be

  5. MTM: Mission • Education • Research • Services

  6. MTM: Education • Bachelor programme (3 year programme in Dutch) • Bachelor of Engineering: Materials Engineering • Master programme (2 year programme in Dutch) • Master of Engineering: Materials Engineering • International Master programme (2 yearprogramme in English) • Master of Engineering: Materials Engineering

  7. MTM: Education: Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Science in Materials Engineering 138 credits semester 1 + 2 + 3 Commonwithentirefaculty 90 credits semester 4 + 5 48 credits

  8. MTM: Education: Master of Engineering (Dutch)

  9. MTM: Education: Master of Engineering (English)

  10. MTM: Research: overview

  11. MTM: Research areas • (SCALINT) StructuralComposites and Alloys, Integrity and NondestructiveTesting • (SeMPeR) SustainableMetals Processing and Recycling • (SIEM) Surface and Interface EngineeredMaterials

  12. MTM: Research areas: SCALINT • CompositeMaterialsIgnaas Verpoest – Stepan Lomov • Metals and AlloysBert Verlinden – Marc Seefeldt – Paul Van Houtte • Materials Performance and Non-DestructiveTestingMartine Wevers – Ingrid De Wolf

  13. MTM: Research areas: SeMPeR • High TemperatureProcesses and Industrial EcologyBart Blanpain – Peter Tom Jones • SustainabilityAssessments of Material Life CyclesKarel Van Acker • Solidification and MicrostructureSimulationPatrick Wollants – Nele Moelans – Ludo Froyen

  14. MTM: Research areas: SIEM • Materialsfor Living Systems Jan Schrooten – Jennifer Patterson • AdvancedCeramics and PowderMetallurgyJan Van Humbeek – Jef Vleugels • MaterialswithNovelFunctionalityJan Fransaer – Marc Heyns – Maria Seo – Jean-Pierre Celis – Marc De Bonte – Walter Bogaerts

  15. MTM: Research groeps: CompositeMaterials The Composite Materials Group has four research focuses: • Composites on Micro- and Nano- Level: “engineering” by intelligent placement of nano-reinforcements • Composites on Macro- and Meso- Level:experimental and modelling studies of textile composites, random fibre composites, textiles, porous materials and biomaterials • Natural and biobased composites: fibre morphology and mechanical performance, fibre-matrix interfacial adhesion, novel fibre processing methods • Processing and product development: concurrent optimisation of products and manufacturing processes

  16. MTM: Research groeps: Metals and Alloys The Metals and Alloys group deals mainly with the plasticity of advanced metallic materials. Its activities include: • Analysing and modelling of microstructure and texture evolution during plastic deformation • Deriving physics-based constitutive laws for their mechanical behaviour • Developing dedicated characterisation methods for their complex microstructures • Participating in the development of innovative deformation processes

  17. MTM: Research groeps: Materials Performance and Non-DestructiveTesting The Materials Performance and Non-destructive Testing group investigates the long-term behaviour and reliability of materials. Damage development during different loading types is studied, using a number of Non-destructive and advanced monitoring techniques: Acoustic emission, real-time microfocus X-ray radiography, nano- and micro-computed tomography, eddy currents, ultrasound, optical fibre sensors etc… Besides polymers, ceramics and metals, research is also dealing with advanced materials such as particulate or fibre reinforced composites and cellular materials.

  18. MTM: Research groeps: High TemperatureProcesses and Industrial Ecology Research line: High Temperature Processes and Industrial Ecology • High temperature metallurgical experimentation and process modelling • Micro-analytical characterisation and in-situ high temperature observation • Vessel integrity: refractory materials and freeze linings • Industrial ecology • Centre for High Temperature Processes and Sustainable Materials Management

  19. MTM: Research groeps: SustainabilityAssessments of Material Life Cycles Research line: Sustainability Assessments of Material Life Cycles • Sustainability assessments using LCA, exergy analysis and ELCA, on a.o. bio-based resins, CFRP composite materials and landfill mining • Development of methodologies to improve the life cycle impact of materials through closing material loops

  20. MTM: Research groeps: Solidification and MicrostructureSimulation Research line: Solidification and Microstructure Simulation • Solidification along a eutectic path in ternary alloys • In-situ X-ray monitoring of advanced metallurgical processes under micro gravity and terrestrial conditions • Microstructure development in quaternary alloys • Calculation of phase diagrams for bulk and nanosystems • Simulation of microstructure evolution during phase transformations, recrystallisation and grain growth

  21. MTM: Research groeps: Materialsfor Living Systems Research line: Materials for Living Systems • Biomaterials • Bone tissue engineering and scaffolds • Bioreactors • Biosensors and drug delivery • Surface coatings

  22. MTM: Research groeps: AdvancedCeramics and PowderMetallurgy Research line: Advanced Ceramics and Powder Metallurgy • Electrophoretic deposition • Processing of laminated and functionally graded materials • Electrically conductive composites for electrical discharge machining • Nanocomposites • Microwave and pulsed electric current sintering • Modelling of the electrophoretic deposition and pulsed electric current sintering processes.

  23. MTM: Research groeps: MaterialswithNovelFunctionality Research line: Materials with Novel Functionality • Thin films • Nano-materials • Electrochemical and colloidal processing and synthesis of materials and coatings • Electrochemical surface characterization • Surface degradation, reactivity and protection of materials and coatings (friction, wear, self-healing, and lubrication)

  24. MTM: Services • Troubleshooting and FailureAnalysis Contact: M. De Bonte, L. Froyen, M. Wevers • Technologicalassistanceforsurfacetechnology Contact: M. De Bonte • Technological assistance for polymermatrix composites Contact: I. Verpoest, Aart Willem Van Vuure

  25. MTM: Population

  26. MTM: Population • Employees • ZAP: 30 • 16 fulltime • 7 parttime (incl. 2 Imec professors) • 7 guest professors (incl. 2 associated professors) • BAP: 132 • 27 postdocs (incl. 3 FWO, 2 Onderzoekskader, 2 IWT-OZM) • 80 assistants (PhD & project researchers) • 4 IWT-SBbursaries • 1 Aspirant F.W.O. • 20 free researchers (incl. 9 affiliatedresearchers) • ATP: 33 • 25 technicalpersonnel • 1 core facilityengineer • 7 administrativepersonnel • 1 free worker

  27. MTM: Population: BAP Post-Docs and PH.D. students: 01-2012 • Belgium: 54 • Rest of the world: 78

  28. OtherMTMactivities

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