Next Grade2XL webinar: “Non-destructive testing and monitoring techniques for AM metallic parts” on 12 April
The Grade2XL webinar will be on Friday 12 April at 13:00, this time the topic is “Non-destructive testing and monitoring techniques for additive manufactured metallic parts”. In this Grade2XL webinar the two speakers, Steve Mahaut (Head of Monitoring, Control and Diagnosis Unit CEA) and Anaïs Baumard (Research Engineer CEA), will present everything you need to know about Non-destructive testing and monitoring techniques for additive manufactured metallic parts.
Transforming the Future of Steel Infrastructures | The SUBLIME Project
At our Annual project meeting, hosted by ARUP, we launched a new phase for the SUBLIME project. This project is all about using smart technology and engineering to make big steel structures like bridges and sheet piles stronger and last longer.
Circular Circuits Consortium Meeting 14 March 2024
On 14th March 2024, the consortium members of the Circular Circuits project came together in Utrecht for its annual progress meeting. Over 40 participants from 29 project member organizations arrived for the meeting.
Visit of EC-officer to Grade2XL project at RAMLAB
On 15th March 2024, the EC-officer visited RAMLAB to learn how the Grade2XL demonstrators are progressing. The project review meeting took place on this day at the premises of RAMLAB with 6 partners present and other 15 partners joined online.
M2i is looking for a Programme Director ‘Groeien met Groen Staal’
M2i is looking for a Director National Growth Fund programme ‘Groeien met Groen Staal’.
M2i is looking for a Program Manager
M2i is looking for a Program Manager to join the program management team.
ESED kick-off was successful
We are excited to announce that ESED, funded by RVO, has been successfully kicked off on 13 February 2024. This project brings together 4 partners, with a.o. TU Delft, TNO, and ASML, to develop a universally applicable tool that will support designers in their decision-making facilitating circularity along the entire lifecycle of products.
Next Grade2XL webinar: “Principles of Absolute Environmental Sustainability Assessment” on 7 March
The Grade2XL webinar will be on Thursday 7 March at 13:00, this time the topic is “Principles of Absolute Environmental Sustainability Assessment”. In this Grade2XL webinar the two speakers, Michael Zwicky Hauschild (Professor, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, DTU Technical University of Denmark) and Stig Irving Olsen (Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, DTU Technical University of Denmark), will present how we can assess whether our products and systems stay inside “the planetary boundaries” and thus are “absolute sustainable”.
Official approval from RVO for our National Growth Fund programme ‘Groeien met Groen Staal’
This is a significant achievement, and our consortium is excited to start now and take the required steps towards transforming the entire steel cycle in the Netherlands and abroad into a green sustainable cycle.
New EU Project started: TRIATHLON Kick-off was a success
M2i is proud to announce that we are leading the European project TRIATHLON, a Horizon Europe project set to improve sustainability in aviation over the next 4 years. The project aims to develop disruptive approaches to design low-emission hydrogen-electric powertrains for megawatt class aircraft. Last week the TRIATHLON consortium celebrated the impressive proposal success with an equally impressive Kick-Off in Delft, hosted by TU Delft and M2i.
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.