M2i Conference 2023 – Looking back
In December 2023, M2i organized her yearly conference again. We enjoyed meeting many of the researchers and their supervisors and the discussions about all science and technology that we together create in our projects. The yearly meeting is an important moment in time where we all show our findings and gives a platform for further discussions on the work that we do now and directions that we could set for the future. For more information, the aftermovie and some pictures, click here.
Global Near-Zero Steel Initiative calls for ambitious industry partners
Greenhouse has launched the Near-Zero Steel 2030 initiative, a partnership with the World Economic Forum’s First Movers Coalition, BCG, Deloitte, ResponsibleSteel and RMI, looking for corporate organisations and start-up ventures to share their commitment to decarbonising the steel supply chain.
Next Grade2XL webinar: “WAAM & Fe-Ni alloy in aerospace tooling applications” on 1 December
The Grade2XL webinar will be on 1 December at 13:00, this time the topic is “WAAM & Fe-Ni alloy in aerospace tooling applications”. During the Grade2XL webinar the two speakers, Marko Bosman (Chief Technologist at GKN Aerospace) and Arjun Sood (Materials Science Engineer, PhD candidate at TU Delft), will discuss Tailoring low expansion Fe-Ni alloy compositions for aerospace tooling applications using twin wire arc additive manufacturing.
Seminar Circular Electronics, September 26th 2023, TU Delft
This seminar was organised by the valorisation manager Jan-Henk Welink (TU Delft) to tell the broader audience more about the research project Circular Circuits. The aim of this project is to contribute to the development of a fully circular generation of electronics.
Grade2XL AM Challenge: Application Deadline extended till 8 November
During the annual conference M2i Conference, taking place on 11 December 2022, the Grade2XL project will organize an Additive Manufacturing Challenge for students, researchers and engineers in the field of Aerospace, Architecture, Design, Maritime, Materials, Mechanical, a.o. as part of the Grade2XL project. We therefore challenge you to design a novel product, to be printed with wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM).
The Grade2XL project partners meet in Austria
On 12 and 13 October 2023, Voestalpine Bowler Welding (vaBWG) hosted in Leoben (Austria) 2-days meeting with the Grade2XL partners for the project review sessions and an industrial visit to the facilities of the vaBWG plant in Donawitz. The tour included Voestalpine Innovation Centre for Green Steel and the rolling plant for wire rod.
Smart*Light 2.0 Kick-off event held!
On 14 September, the Smart*Light 2.0 project kicked off at Differ. Building upon the achievements of the Interreg V project SmartLight, this new initiative represents a significant leap in X-ray analysis, allowing us to delve deeper into the structures of materials, objects, and tissues.
Seminar Circular Electronics on Tuesday, September 26th, TU Delft (free)
Electronics uses many of the critical raw materials. Current manufacturing technologies made consumable electronics very accessible but barely recyclable. Different strategies for improving the circularity of electronic devices are in the scope of the Circular Circuits project, funded by the Dutch NWO Perspectief program under the leadership of Prof. dr. ir. Arnold Tukker managed by M2i.
DEPMAT Kick-Off Event Held!
On August 31st, the full consortium gathered at Tata Steel Netherlands in IJmuiden for the kick-off event of the DEPMAT Perspectief program. With 35+ people attending the event, ranging from the PhD and PostDoc researchers and supervisors, to the industrial representatives of the various companies, the event was a success.
Grade2XL AM Challenge: Application opens 4rd of September
During the annual conference M2i Conference, taking place on 11 December 2022, the Grade2XL project will organize an Additive Manufacturing Challenge for students, researchers and engineers in the field of Aerospace, Architecture, Design, Maritime, Materials, Mechanical, a.o. as part of the Grade2XL project. We therefore challenge you to design a novel product, to be printed with wire arc additive manufacturing (WAAM).
Nationaal Groeifonds proposal receives positive recommendation
On June 30th, the Nationaal Groeifonds committee gave a positive advice for the granting of the Groeien met Groen Staal (Growing with Green Steel) proposal. This programme is a plan to make the Dutch steel sector more sustainable by 2030, and fully CO2-neutral by 2050. To this end, the Netherlands is developing a technological lead, through which the country will not only work towards climate goals but will also become more economically competitive.
PhD Defense – cum laude for Björn Nijhuis
M2i is proud to announce that on 22 June 2023, Björn Nijhuis defended his PhD thesis (Efficient Thermomechanical Modelling of Large-Scale Metal Additive Manufacturing). Björn’s project was part of the Perspective programme Aim2XL, and he obtained his PhD cum laude!!
Celebrating the Remarkable Recognition of AiM2XL at the 2023 TEKNOWLOGY festival of NWO
We are thrilled to share an exhilarating recap of the Perspectief programme AiM2XL, which took the spotlight at the 2023 TEKNOWLOGY festival, organized by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).
A successful kick-off meeting marks the start of the Circular Circuits project
The 2-days kick-off meeting took place on the 16th and 17th of March and it was hosted by NWO in Utrecht and is funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) under the NWO Perspectief 2020-2021 AES initiative. The Circular Circuits project aims to develop a fully circular generation of electronics.
KIA-CE project granted to develop the ESED tool
RVO has granted the project Early-Stage Environmental Decision making for effective circular product designs under Kennis en Innovatie Agenda-Circulaire Economie (KIA-CE) 2022.
M2i researcher Mauryn de Graaf wins the SAMPE Benelux award
During the SAMPE Benelux Student competition last week, Mauryn de Graaf won with his research on Hot Gas Welding of Thermoplastic Composite T-Joint.
Enlighten researchers visit Airbus Defence and Space
Recently the members of the M2i/NWO project Enlighten visited Airbus Defence And Space for a workshop on Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, hosted by Javad Fatemi. The Enlighten project is funded by the NWO Perspectief Program.
Jilt Sietsma receives Royal Honour
Jilt Sietsma, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering (3mE) of the Technical University Delft was made a Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion in Rijswijk.
Smart*Light Workshop: Shedding Smart*Light on materials
The Interreg Vlaanderen-Nederland project Smart*Light is coming to an end. The project, started in 2018, was designed to develop a revolutionary compact and movable tuneable X-ray source with high brilliance for a great number of applications, from complex materials characterizations to analysis of art works and advanced medical research.
Symposium Additive Manufacturing of Energy Materials
On 18 October 2023 the symposium Additive Manufacturing of Energy Materials will take place at the U Parkhotel (University of Twente) in Enschede.
MES 2023 – The Benelux knowledge- and networking event on sustainable materials and surface techniques
On 15 Juni 2023 (9.00-18.00 hrs) the MES 2023 will take place at NH Conference Centre Koningshof in Veldhoven and M2i’s Program Director will be one of the speakers. His presentation will be about the modelling and simulating of materials.
PhD defense Tijmen Vermeij: cum laude!
M2i is proud to announce that on 21 April 2023, Tijmen Vermeij defended his PhD thesis “High-Resolution Identification of Plasticity and Damage in Multi-Phase Steels”. The project was a collaboration between M2i, NWO, TATA Steel, and TU Eindhoven. Tijmen obtained his PhD cum laude!
Micky Adriaansens, Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, visits the AiM2XL project on 20 March 2023
Micky Adriaansens, Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, visited the AiM2XL consortium on 20th March, 2023 at RAMLAB in Rotterdam to learn more about the AiM2XL program. “Additive Manufacturing of Large-scale components” (AiM2XL) is a Perspectief program that started five years ago with funding from the Dutch Research Council TTW-NWO and is led by prof. Fred van Keulen from TU Delft.
Grade2XL webinar: “Design and topology optimization opportunities and challenges for additively manufactured structures”
The Grade2XL webinar will be on 21th of April at 13:00, this time the topic is “Design and topology optimization opportunities and challenges for additively manufactured structures”. During the Grade2XL webinar the two speakers, Sergej Skornšek (Project Manager at Gorenje Toolmaking) and Prof. Wim VAN PAEPEGEM (Ghent University), will discuss the opportunities and challenges offered by additive manufacturing for the design and optimisation of parts.