Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering
www.mtm.kuleuven.be
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
• Founded in 1425
• > 33.000 students
• 3 groups:
– Humanities
– Biomedical sciences
– Science, Engineering and
Technology
• Faculty of Science
• Faculty of Engineering
• Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
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Faculty of Engineering - Departments
• Civil engineering
• Architecture
• Metallurgy and Materials
Engineering (MTM)
• Chemical engineering
• Electrical engineering
• Mechanical engineering
• Computer Science
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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
www.mtm.kuleuven.be/Research/Equ
ipment/index.html
Driving force of Leuven MRC
www.kuleuven.be/mrc
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The MTM triangle
A logical relationship between processing, structure and properties,
and guarantee of success in new material development
Structure
Processing
Properties
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Organisation
Thermodynamics in
Materials Engineering
Chairman
(Prof. P. Wollants)
Department
Council
Surface
Engineering
ZAP-council
(Academic Staff)
ATC
(Technical coordination group)
Group 1: Physical
Materials Techniques
Group 2: Chemical
Materials Techniques
Group 3: Mechanical
Materials Techniques
Department
Manager
(D. Hoeyberghs)
Education Programme Director
(Prof. B. Blanpain)
POC
Deformation
Processing and
Mechanical
Behaviour of Metals
Advanced Alloys and
Production Processes
Group 4
Secretarial services
Materials
Performance and
Non-Destructive
Evaluation
Group 5
ITC and Logistics
Composites and
Ceramics
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Employees
Persons employed: 153 (114 externally financed)
Professors (14 full time 9 part time) (3 e.f.)
Ph. D. students (69 e.f.)
Post-Docs (25 e.f.)
Technical (16 e.f.)
Administration (1 e.f.)
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Researchers
Post-docs and Ph.D. students
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Belgium: 51
Rest of the world: 54
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Vietnam
USA
Spain
Slovenia
Russia
Romania
Poland
Pakistan
Ukraine
The Netherlands
Libanon
Italy
Iran
India
France
Germany
Congo
China
Bangladesh
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Algeria
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Education
• Bachelor programme (3 year programme in Dutch)
Bachelor of Engineering: Materials Engineering
Bachelor in de Ingenieurswetenschappen: Materiaalkunde
• Master programme (2 year programme in Dutch)
Master of Engineering: Materials Engineering
Master in de Ingenieurswetenschappen: Materiaalkunde
Studeer Materiaalkunde (link)
Master brochure
• International Master programme (2 year programme in English)
Master of Engineering: Materials Engineering
Learning agreement with USTB (Beijing, China)
Study Master of Engineering: Materials Engineering (link)
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Master of Engineering: Materials Engineering
Option
Polymers & Composites
Metals & Ceramics
Master thesis (24 stp)
Year 5
Polymers & Composites
Year 4
Master
Mandatory (9 stp) & Choice (9 stp)
Metals & Ceramics
Mandatory (9 stp) & Choice (9 stp)
General educative courses (6 stp)
Stage (optional) (6 stp)
Common courses (6 stp)
Polymers & Composites
(6 stp)
Metals & Ceramics
(6 stp)
Transition courses from bachelor (12 stp)
Common courses (33 stp)
General educative courses (3 stp)
P&O (6 stp)
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Master of Engineering: Materials Engineering
International programme
Options:
 Polymers and Composites
 Metals and Ceramics
www.mtm.kuleuven.be/MME
MME Master Flyer (Link)
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Students (2008-2009)
Students : 101 Bachelor, 37 Master, 10 Socrates/Erasmus (total 148)
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Bachelor 2 - Major
Bachelor 2 - Minor
Bachelor 3 - Major
Bachelor 3 - Minor
Master 1 MTM
Master 1 MME
Master 2 MTM
Master 2 MME
Erasmus/Socrates
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Financing
 1st money flow = structural budget given by the University
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1.8 M Euro/year
Salaries of professors, administrative staff and
key technicians
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
Projects, doctoral scholarships, fellowships
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)
Framework agreement with Bekaert, Arcelor-Mittal and Umicore
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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
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1. Thermodynamics in Materials Engineering
overgrowth
Prof. P. Wollants
Prof. B. Blanpain
Prof. J. Roos
reoxydation
agglomeration
sintering
Website (link)
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2. Surface Engineering
Prof. J. P. Celis
Prof. M. De Bonte
Prof. J. Fransaer
Website (link)
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3. Deformation Processing and Mechanical Behaviour of Metals
Prof. B. Verlinden
Prof. P. Van Houtte
Prof. M. Seefeldt
Website (link)
Experimental
FE simulation based
on measured texture
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4. Advanced Alloys and Production Processes
Prof. J. Van Humbeeck
Prof. L. Froyen
Prof. M. Seo
Website (link)
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5. Materials Performance and Nondestructive Evaluation
Prof. M. Wevers
Prof. W. Bogaerts
Website (link)
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6. Composites and Ceramics
• Polymers and Composites
Prof. I. Verpoest
Prof. S.V. Lomov
Website (link)
• Ceramics
Prof. O. Van der Biest
Prof. J. Vleugels
Website (link)
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7. Associated IMEC team
Prof. I. De Wolf
Prof. M. Heyns
Website link
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Other MTM activities
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More information:
http://www.mtm.kuleuven.be
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