Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering

Founded in 1425 > students 3 groups: Humanities Biomedical sciences Science, Engineering and Technology Faculty of Science Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Bioscience Engineering Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Civil engineering Architecture Metallurgy and Materials Engineering (MTM) Chemical engineering Electrical engineering Mechanical engineering Computer Science Faculty of Engineering - Departments

The MTM philosophy Operates as one large research group one budget with one departmental manager equipment is accessible to all organisation in flexible research teams and technical work groups departmental facilities: see Driving force of Leuven MRC Research equipment (Link)

The MTM triangle Processing Properties Structure A logical relationship between processing, structure and properties, and guarantee of success in new material development

Organisation Chairman (Prof. P. Wollants) Department Council Department Manager (D. Hoeyberghs) ATC (Technical co- ordination group) Group 1: Physical Materials Techniques Group 2: Chemical Materials Techniques Group 5 ITC and Logistics Group 4 Secretarial services ZAP-council (Academic Staff) Thermodynamics in Materials Engineering Surface Engineering Deformation Processing and Mechanical Behaviour of Metals Advanced Alloys and Production Processes Materials Performance and Non-Destructive Evaluation Composites and Ceramics Group 3: Mechanical Materials Techniques Education Programme Director (Prof. B. Blanpain) POC

Employees Persons employed: 151 (115 externally financed) Professors (3 e.f.) Ph. D. students (71 e.f.) Post-Docs (24 e.f.) Technical (16 e.f.) Administration (1 e.f.)

Researchers Algeria Bangladesh China Congo Germany France India Iran Italy Libanon The Netherlands Ukraine Pakistan Poland Romania Russia Slovenia Spain USA Vietnam Belgium: 51 Rest of the world: 54 Post-docs and Ph.D. students

Education Master of Engineering: Materials Engineering Master in de Ingenieurswetenschappen: Materiaalkunde Master programme (2 year programme in Dutch) Bachelor programme (3 year programme in Dutch) Bachelor of Engineering: Materials Engineering Bachelor in de Ingenieurswetenschappen: Afstudeerrichting Materiaalkunde International Master programme (2 year programme in English) Master of Engineering: Materials Engineering Learning agreement with USTB (Beijing, China)

Bachelor of Engineering: Materials Engineering Common (90 stp) Matter and energy(33 stp) Information(12 stp) Mathematics(25 stp) Problem solving & design (P&O) (12 stp) General educative courses (avv) (8 stp) Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Minor (33 stp) Materials Engineering Combined with a major: Geotechnics/mining Chemical technology Electrotechnical engineering Mechanical engineering Supporting Courses Adding up to 90 stp Major (48 stp) Materials Engineering Combined with a minor: Geotechnics/mining Chemical technology Electrotechnical engineering Mechanical engineering Company management Technology of living systems Bachelor StudeermateriaalkundeFlyer bachelor

Master of Engineering: Materials Engineering Year 4Master Transition courses from bachelor (12 stp) Common courses (33 stp) General educative courses (3 stp) P&O (6 stp) Polymers & Composites (6 stp) Metals & Ceramics Year 5 Common courses (6 stp) Stage (optional) (6 stp) General educative courses (6 stp) Master thesis (24 stp) Option Materials for nanotechnology Materials for the biomedical sector Production & Processes Polymers & Composites Metals & Ceramics Materials for nanotechnology Materials for the biomedical sector Production & Processes Polymers & Composites Metals & Ceramics Materials for nanotechnology Materials for the biomedical sector Production & Processes Mandatory (9 stp) & Choice (9 stp) Flyer Master Overview nederlands Overview MME

Master of Engineering: Materials Engineering Options:  Polymers and Composites  Metals and Ceramics  Materials for nanotechnology MME flyer (Link) MME programme website International programme

Students ( ) Students : 99 Bachelor, 86 Master (30 MTM), 19 Socrates/Erasmus (total 204)

1st money flow = structural budget given by the University  1.8 M Euro/year 75 % for education 25 % for research. 2nd and 3rd money flow = budgets obtained through project applications on a competitive basis  6.2 M Euro/year 34 % from governmental agencies for fundamental research (IWT, FWO) 20 % from European Union (applied research, EU, ESA) 12 % from Flemish industry 34 % K.U.Leuven (own resources, BOF, LRD-equipment ) Salaries of professors, administrative staff and key technicians Projects, doctoral scholarships, fellowships Framework agreement with Bekaert, Umicore and ArcelorMittal Financing

Thermodynamics in materials engineering (Thermo) Surface engineering (SURF) Deformation processing and mechanical behaviour of metals (ASTRO) Advanced alloys and production processes (A2P2) Materials performance and non-destructive evaluation (NDT) Composites and Ceramics (C2) Associated IMEC team 6 MTM Research groups

re- oxydation sintering overgrowth agglomeration Thermodynamics in Materials Engineering Prof. P. Wollants Prof. B. Blanpain Prof. N. Moelans Thermo (link)

Surface Engineering Prof. J. P. Celis Prof. M. De Bonte Prof. J. Fransaer SURF(Link) SURF(Link)

Experimental FE simulation based on measured texture Deformation Processing and Mechanical Behaviour of Metals Prof. B. Verlinden Prof. P. Van Houtte Prof. M. Seefeldt ASTRO (link)

Advanced Alloys and Production Processes Prof. J. Van Humbeeck Prof. L. Froyen Prof. M. Seo A2P2 (link)

Materials Performance and Nondestructive Evaluation Prof. M. Wevers Prof. W. Bogaerts NDT and Corrosion (Link)

Composites and Ceramics CMG (link) CMG (link) Prof. I. Verpoest Prof. S.V. Lomov Prof. O. Van der Biest Prof. J. Vleugels Ceramics (link)

Associated IMEC team Prof. I. De Wolf Prof. M. Heyns IMEC Team (Link)

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