Welcome Session Materials Engineering

Welcome Session

Materials Engineering

(including EIT-SUMA tracks)

September 21, 2020

Marc Seefeldt, Programme Director

Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen, Departement Materiaalkunde2

Contents

• Our vision of Materials Engineering

• Structure • KU Leuven

• Faculty of Engineering Science

• Department of Materials Engineering

• (Bachelor and) Master Programmes

• Contact people

• Social life at MTM


Our vision of Materials Engineering

structure

propertiesperformance

processing

We are making

materials,

and basically

we are making

them

from inside.

Examples of materials

designed at MTM:

- Hybrid composites

- Ti alloys for 3D printing

- MAX phases…



e.g. 3D printed teeths

stereo lithography

layerwise building

strength (MPa)

failu

re r

ate

(%

)

dental crown

structure


processing

Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen, Departement Materiaalkunde


structure


processing

5

designing and

controlling

processes

materials

selection,

new products

with new materials

recycling processes

for cobalt

(Umicore)

bicycle frames (Rein4ced)

designing structures

and microstructures

alloy design for 3D printing

(Lawrence Livermore)

evaluating

properties

inspection turbine blades

for power plants

(Engie)

KU Leuven

• founded in 1425

• oldest university in the Low Countries (BeNeLux)

• > 40 000 students

(including external campuses,

at the former University Colleges)

• groups:

• Humanities and Social Sciences

• Biomedical Sciences

• Science, Engineering and Technology

+ external campuses

• Faculty of Science

• Faculty of Engineering Science

• Faculty of Bioscience Engineering

• Faculty of Engineering Technology

(largely on the external campuses)

• Faculty of Architecture

Group Science, Engineering and Technology

Note that in Belgium, different from many other European countries,

Engineering was integrated almost from the beginning into the universities,

i.e. it was recognized as a full academic discipline almost from the beginning!

Faculty of Engineering Science

• Civil Engineering

• Architecture

• Materials Engineering (MTM)

• Chemical Engineering

• Electrical Engineering (ESAT)

• Mechanical Engineering

• Computer ScienceAll on Arenberg campus,

given as a donation

to the university

after World War I.

Department of Materials Engineering

• Education

• Research

• Services

• to industry

• to politics

• to justice

• to media

• to academics

• to schools

• …

• SCALINT

Structural Composites and Alloys, Integrity and Nondestructive Testing

• SeMPeR

Sustainable Metals Processing and Recycling

• SIEM

Surface and Interface Engineered Materials

• Technology Cluster

Materials Technology

Research at MTM

MTM: Education

• Bachelor programme (3 year programme in Dutch)

• 1 ½ year joint program for all engineering disciplines

• 1 ½ year major/minor

• Bachelor of Engineering: major Materials Engineering

• Master programme in Dutch (not really…, 2 years)

• Master of Engineering Sciences: Materials Engineering

• Master programme in English (2 years)

• Master of Engineering Sciences: Materials Engineering

• EIT dual degree tracks on Sustainable Materials (SUMA)

Bachelor of Engineering, example MTKcht

Practical sessions (3 credits):

team project “Reverse Engineering”

(car component: function, made from which material, how and why?

could one possibly do better?)

Bachelor thesis (6 credits):

individual research project

Bachelor of Engineering, P&O 3

Master programme

Master Materials Engineering (NL, 120 ECTS)

Core program (60 ECTS)

Options – Materials families and application domains (12 ECTS):Metals & Ceramics, Polymers & Composites, Nanomaterials, Biomaterials

Elective packages – or: bridging courses research oriented, production/management oriented

Engineering electives (6 ECTS)

General interest courses (6 ECTS)

Master’s Thesis (24 ECTS)

Fixed elective packages à 12 +12 stp

Each student

situates

him/herself in

this table!

Research

oriented

Production

oriented

Management

oriented

Metals &

Ceramics

Polymers &

Composites

x

Nanomaterials

Biomaterials

Core program Core program 1 2 3 4

Metals: Production & Recycling X

Metals: Thermomechanical Processing X

Ceramics and Powder Metallurgy X

Materials Characterisation Techniques I X

Materials Modelling and Simulation Techniques X

Sustainable Materials Management (3) X

Advanced NDT (3), Adhesion Science (3) X

Surface Science and Engineering X

Materials Physics and Technology for Nanoelectronics X

Design and Analysis of Experimentation (3) X

P & O (2 x 3, NL/E) X X

total 24 27 6 3

Bridging courses

• Fundamentals of Materials Science (9 credits)

• Physical and Chemical Foundations (6)

• Structures and Microstructures of Materials

• Thermodynamics and Kinetics in Materials Engineering

• Materials Selection (3)

• Mathematical Materials Science (9 credits)

• Mechanical Response of Materials (3)

• Transport Phenomena (6)

• Polymers and composites (9 credits)

• Physical and Mechanical Properties of Polymers (3)

• Properties of Composites (6)

Core program + bridging courses

• For students with 1-2 modules of bridging courses,

some core courses

and

some option specific courses

may move from the first to the third semester.

• The bridging courses come in the place of the fixed elective packages.

Remarks on the electives

• Engineering electives:

oNext to the ones on the list, all courses from other options and packages than your own one are possible engineering electives as well.

oAnything else from other engineering master programs is possible as well (technically: free selection tool at the bottom of your ISP app) – but needs approval by the Programme Director.

• General interest courses:

oNo engineering, no exact sciences. Think of Economics, Philosophy,…

oAlso here, you may search beyond the list!

Internships

• “Industrial experience” (“Bedrijfservaring”)

• 3 credits, coordinator: Y. Pontikes

• duration: ca. 3-4 weeks, not necessarily in one period

• meant as first acquaintance with a company

• typically at several places within the company

• “Industrial internship” (“Industriële stage”)

• 6 credits, coordinator: Y. Pontikes

• duration: ca. 6 weeks

• typically an individual project at a fixed place

• finding a place: coordinators help, but basically your job

Professional perspectives

• programme director

Marc Seefeldt, MTM 00.10

• master thesis coordinator

Marc Seefeldt, MTM 00.10

• internship coordinator

Yiannis Pontikes, MTM 02.48

• internationalization

Jin Won (Maria) Seo, MTM 00.57

• administrative support

Huberte (Huub) Cloosen, MTM 00.30

• ombuds people

Nicole Dilissen and Koba Van Loo, MTM 00.11, MTM 03.04

People

• here you are no client, but a citizen!

• rights and duties

• PEC

• “Permanent Educational Committee”

• meets once a month

• one student representative per programme and year

• FPEC

• same on faculty level

• Department Council

Participation: help us shaping our program!

cheese en wine evening


Department’s Dinner

Social life at MTM

Welcome Session Materials Engineering

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