Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering

www.mtm.kuleuven.be

RES METALLICA

Sponsored by the Framework Agreementbetween MTM

andArcelorMittal Gent Ocas – Bekaert - Umicore

Res Metallica 1999 – 2011 Highlights

1999 Designer materials: an assessment of computational modeling in materials science and engineeringProf. G. Ceder (MIT)

 2000 Design of multicomponent steels

Prof. Bhadeshia (University of Cambridge, UK) 2000 The future of thermomechanical processing of steel

Prof. C.M. Cellars (The University of Sheffield, UK) 2001 Powder Metallurgy – Metal matrix composites

Prof. A. Mortensen (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne) 2001 Seeing through the flames

Prof. Douglas R. Swinbourne (RMIT, Melbourne, Australia) 2002 Improving adhesion: using nature's glue to leverage plasticity

Prof. William W. Gerberich (University of Minnesota, USA) 

Res Metallica 1999 – 2011 Highlights

 2003 Biomaterials

2-day seminar organized by Prof. Emeritus J. Helsen and Prof. J. Van Humbeeck (KU Leuven, MTM)

2004 The fundamental and technological materials science and engineering challenges in university-industry collaborationDr. Georges B. Kenney (MIT, USA)

 2005 Modern NDT and its applications

Organized by Prof. M. Wevers (KU Leuven, MTM), Special guest speaker: Prof. G. Busse (Institut für Kunststoffprüfung und Kunststoffkunde, Universität Stuttgart, Germany)

 2007 Digging into the core of materials – 3D scanning electron

microscopyInstallation and inauguration of the new dual beam SEM at MTM

 2008 Multiscale modeling of moving interfaces in materials

3 day seminar organized by Prof. N. Moelans (KU Leuven MTM) and Prof. G. Samaey (KU Leuven, Computer Science)

Res Metallica 1999 – 2011 Highlights

 2009 Ion liquids: solvents of the future

Ken Seddon (Queen’s University, Belfast, UK)Frank Endres (Universität Clausthal, Germany)Andrew Abbott (University of Leicester, UK)

 2011 The Periodic Table of Mendeleev

Inauguration of the life-size MTM-version of the Periodic TablePeter Atkins (Oxford University, Oxford, UK)Prof. Eric Scerri (UCLA, Los Angeles, USA)Dr. J. Gieshoff & M. Van Camp (Umicore)

 

Res Metallica – 2011

Res Metallica – 2012

The Rare Earth Elements 13:50 – 14:00 Welcome and introduction

Prof. Patrick Wollants (chairman MTM)Prof. Koen Binnemans (department of Chemistry)

14:00 – 15:00 Rare earths: properties and applicationsProf. Jean-Claude Bünzli (WCU professor, Korea University, South Korea and EPFL Switzerland)

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee

15:30 – 16:30  The physical metallurgy of the rare earth metals.Prof. Karl Gschneidner (Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University,

USA)

16:30 – 17:30 Production and recycling of rare earth metals, alloys and compoundsMr. Jack Lifton (TMR, Illinois/Michigan, USA)

17:30 – 19:00 Reception