Department Metallurgy and Materials Engineering (MTM)

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

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

MTM: contact Address Department of Metallurgy and Material Engineering (MTM) KU Leuven Kasteelpark Arenberg 44 bus 2450 B-3001 Heverlee (Leuven) Belgium Telephone secretariat Fax secretariat Website

MTM: Mission Education Research Services

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 year programme in English) Master of Engineering: Materials Engineering

MTM: Education: Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Science in Materials Engineering 138 credits semester Common with entire faculty 90 credits semester credits

MTM: Education: Master of Engineering (Dutch)

MTM: Education: Master of Engineering (English)

MTM: Research: overview Chairman Structural Composites and Alloys, Integrity and Non-destructive Testing (SCALINT) Composites Materials Metals and Alloys Materials Performance and Non-Destructive Testing Sustainable Metals Processing and Recycling (SeMPeR) High Temperature Processes and Industrial Ecology Sustainability Assessments of Material Life Cycles Solidification and Microstructure Simulation Surface and Interface Engineered Materials (SIEM) Materials For Living Systems Advanced Ceramics and Powder Metallurgy Materials With Novel Functionality Departemental manager ICT, Logistic and Secretariat Technical manager Technicians

MTM: Research areas (SCALINT) Structural Composites and Alloys, Integrity and Nondestructive Testing (SeMPeR) Sustainable Metals Processing and Recycling (SIEM) Surface and Interface Engineered Materials

MTM: Research areas: SCALINT Composite Materials Ignaas Verpoest – Stepan Lomov Metals and Alloys Bert Verlinden – Marc Seefeldt – Paul Van Houtte Materials Performance and Non-Destructive Testing Martine Wevers – Ingrid De Wolf

MTM: Research areas: SeMPeR High Temperature Processes and Industrial Ecology Bart Blanpain – Peter Tom Jones Sustainability Assessments of Material Life Cycles Karel Van Acker Solidification and Microstructure Simulation Patrick Wollants – Nele Moelans – Ludo Froyen

MTM: Research areas: SIEM Materials for Living Systems Jan Schrooten – Jennifer Patterson Advanced Ceramics and Powder Metallurgy Jan Van Humbeek – Jef Vleugels Materials with Novel Functionality Jan Fransaer – Marc Heyns – Maria Seo – Jean-Pierre Celis – Marc De Bonte – Walter Bogaerts

MTM: Research groeps: Composite Materials 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

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

MTM: Research groeps: Materials Performance and Non-Destructive Testing 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.

MTM: Research groeps: High Temperature Processes 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

MTM: Research groeps: Sustainability Assessments 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

MTM: Research groeps: Solidification and Microstructure Simulation 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

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

MTM: Research groeps: Advanced Ceramics and Powder Metallurgy 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.

MTM: Research groeps: Materials with Novel Functionality 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)

MTM: Services Troubleshooting and Failure Analysis Contact: M. De Bonte, L. Froyen, M. Wevers Technological assistance for surface technology Contact: M. De Bonte Technological assistance for polymer matrix composites Contact: I. Verpoest, Aart Willem Van Vuure

MTM: Population

Employees ZAP: fulltime 7 parttime (incl. 2 Imec professors) 7 guest professors (incl. 2 associated professors) BAP: postdocs (incl. 3 FWO, 2 Onderzoekskader, 2 IWT-OZM) 80 assistants (PhD & project researchers) 4 IWT-SB bursaries 1 Aspirant F.W.O. 20 free researchers (incl. 9 affiliated researchers) ATP: technical personnel 1 core facility engineer 7 administrative personnel 1 free worker

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

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