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Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering

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The Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering at KU Leuven offers a wide range of educational programs and conducts research in various areas of materials science and engineering. With a multidisciplinary approach and state-of-the-art facilities, the department aims to advance knowledge and innovation in the field.

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  1. Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering www.mtm.kuleuven.be

  2. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven • Founded in 1425 • > 36.900 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 • Metallurgy and Materials Engineering (MTM) • Chemical engineering • Electrical engineering • Mechanical engineering • Computer Science

  4. 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 • Research equipment (Link) Driving force of Leuven MRC www.kuleuven.be/mrc

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

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

  7. 8 20 24 28 71 Professors (3 e.f.) Ph. D. students (71 e.f.) Post-Docs (24 e.f.) Technical (16 e.f.) Administration (1 e.f.) Employees Persons employed: 151 (115 externally financed)

  8. Researchers Post-docs and Ph.D. students 14 Belgium: 51 Rest of the world: 54 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Iran Italy USA India Spain China Congo Algeria Russia Poland France Ukraine Vietnam Libanon Pakistan Slovenia Romania Germany Bangladesh The Netherlands

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

  10. Bachelor of Engineering: Materials Engineering Major (48 stp) Materials Engineering Combined with a minor: Geotechnics/mining Chemical technology Electrotechnical engineering Mechanical engineering Company management Technology of living systems Minor (33 stp) Materials Engineering Combined with a major: Geotechnics/mining Chemical technology Electrotechnical engineering Mechanical engineering Supporting Courses Adding up to 90 stp Year 3 Year 2 Bachelor 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 Studeermateriaalkunde Flyer bachelor

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

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

  13. Students (2010-2011) Students : 99 Bachelor, 86 Master (30 MTM), 19 Socrates/Erasmus (total 204)

  14. Financing 1st money flow = structural budget given by the University  1.8 M Euro/year 75 % for education25 % 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 andkey technicians Projects, doctoral scholarships, fellowships Framework agreement with Bekaert, Umicore and ArcelorMittal

  15. 6 MTM Research groups • 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

  16. overgrowth re-oxydation agglomeration sintering Thermodynamics in Materials Engineering Prof. P. WollantsProf. B. BlanpainProf. N. Moelans • Thermo (link)

  17. Surface Engineering Prof. J. P. CelisProf. M. De BonteProf. J. Fransaer • SURF(Link)

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

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

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

  21. Composites and Ceramics Prof. I. VerpoestProf. S.V. Lomov • CMG (link) Prof. O. Van der BiestProf. J. Vleugels • Ceramics (link)

  22. Associated IMEC team Prof. I. De WolfProf. M. Heyns • IMEC Team (Link)

  23. Other MTM activities

  24. More information: http://www.mtm.kuleuven.be