Department Metallurgyand MaterialsEngineering(MTM)

KU Leuven• Founded in 1425• > 40 800 students• 3 groups:

• Humanities• Biomedical sciences• Science, Engineering andTechnology

• 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 LeuvenKasteelpark Arenberg 44 bus 2450B-3001 Heverlee (Leuven)Belgium

• Telephone secretariat+32 16 32 13 14

• Fax secretariat+32 16 32 19 90

• e-mail info@mtm.kuleuven.be

• Websitewww.mtm.kuleuven.be

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 Engineering138 credits

semester 1 + 2 + 3Common with entire faculty

90 credits

semester 4 + 548 credits

MTM: Education: Master of Engineering (Dutch)

MTM: Education: Master of Engineering (English)

MTM: Research: overview

Chairman

StructuralComposites

andAlloys,

Integrity andNon-destructive

Testing(SCALINT)

Sustainable Metals

Processing and

Recycling

(SeMPeR)

Surface andInterface

EngineeredMaterials

(SIEM)

CompositesMaterials

Metals and

Alloys

MaterialsPerformance

andNon-Destructive

Testing

High TemperatureProcesses

and Industrial Ecology

SustainabilityAssessments

of MaterialLife Cycles

Solidificationand

MicrostructureSimulation

MaterialsFor

LivingSystems

AdvancedCeramics and

PowderMetallurgy

MaterialsWith Novel

Functionality

Departemental manager

Technical manager

ICT, Logistic and Secretariat

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 MaterialsIgnaas Verpoest – Stepan Lomov

• Metals and AlloysBert Verlinden – Marc Seefeldt – Paul Van Houtte

• Materials Performance and Non-Destructive TestingMartine Wevers – Ingrid De Wolf

MTM: Research areas: SeMPeR

• High Temperature Processes and Industrial EcologyBart Blanpain – Peter Tom Jones

• Sustainability Assessments of Material Life CyclesKarel Van Acker

• Solidification and Microstructure SimulationPatrick Wollants – Nele Moelans – Ludo Froyen

MTM: Research areas: SIEM

• Materials for Living Systems Jan Schrooten – Jennifer Patterson

• Advanced Ceramics and Powder MetallurgyJan Van Humbeek – Jef Vleugels

• Materials with Novel FunctionalityJan Fransaer – Marc Heyns – Maria Seo – Jean-Pierre Celis – Marc De Bonte – Walter Bogaerts

MTM: Research groeps: Composite Materials

The Composite Materials Group has four researchfocuses:• 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 theplasticity of advanced metallic materials. Its activitiesinclude: • 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: MaterialsPerformance and Non-Destructive TestingThe Materials Performance and Non-destructiveTesting group investigates the long-term behaviour andreliability of materials. Damage development duringdifferent loading types is studied, using a number ofNon-destructive and advanced monitoring techniques:Acoustic emission, real-time microfocus X-rayradiography, nano- and micro-computed tomography, eddycurrents, ultrasound, optical fibre sensors etc… Besides polymers, ceramics and metals, research is alsodealing with advanced materials such as particulate orfibre reinforced composites and cellular materials.

MTM: Research groeps: High TemperatureProcesses and Industrial EcologyResearch line: High Temperature Processes andIndustrial 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: SustainabilityAssessments of Material Life CyclesResearch line: Sustainability Assessments of MaterialLife 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 SimulationResearch line: Solidification and MicrostructureSimulation• 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 SystemsResearch line: Materials for Living Systems• Biomaterials• Bone tissue engineering and scaffolds• Bioreactors• Biosensors and drug delivery• Surface coatings

MTM: Research groeps: Advanced Ceramicsand Powder MetallurgyResearch line: Advanced Ceramics and PowderMetallurgy• 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 NovelFunctionalityResearch 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 technologyContact: M. De Bonte

• Technological assistance for polymer matrixcompositesContact: I. Verpoest, Aart Willem Van Vuure

MTM: Population

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-SB bursaries• 1 Aspirant F.W.O.• 20 free researchers (incl. 9 affiliated researchers)

• ATP: 33• 25 technical personnel• 1 core facility engineer• 7 administrative personnel• 1 free worker

MTM: Population: BAPPost-Docs and Ph.D. students• Belgium: 54• Rest of the world: 78

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