ENGAGE-in-AM
ENGAGE-in-AM is an M2i-initiative in collaboration with TU Delft and the University of Twente and is preselected for HTSM-fundig. This is one of the M2i initiatives that go to the 2nd round of the HitMaT Call.
M2i nominated for 3 projects in HTSM HiTMaT Call 2020
To clarify and boost the importance of high-tech innovation in social themes and missions, Topsector HTSM annually organizes the HiTMaT Call.
M2i & 4TU.HTM Business Awareness Course
The business awareness course of M2i and 4TU.HTM prepares PhD students and Post-doctoral researchers in the later stages of their projects on their future career in industry or academia.
Successful completion of SUNRISE CSA
From March 2019 until July 2020, M2i has carried out the project management of SUNRISE, a Coordination and Support Action (CSA) awarded by the European Commission.
SAVE THE DATE! Meeting Materials 2020 – ONLINE
Different than usual and earlier announcements, this year the M2i Conference will take place virtually.
Design Contest for Young Engineers
During its annual conference Meeting Materials, M2i will organise an open Design Contest for young engineers.
Workshop: Enabling Multi-Functional Design through Multi-Material Additive Manufacturing (ENGAGE-in-AM)
On 18 September from 10.00-12.30 hrs M2i together with TU Delft and UTwente will organize a workshop for industrial companies working or willing to work with powder-bed AM, materials, equipment suppliers and end-users.
ITEA project VMAP released version 0.4 of its interoperability standard
After releasing the first public version of the Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) data interface standard in January, the ITEA VMAP project has now started distributing version 0.4 of this interoperability standard for the creation of use cases external to the project (available on www.vmap.eu.com).
Final event ASPECT at ESAFORM 2020
From 4 to 6 May 2020, the ESAFORM Conference was organised for the first time as on-line conference. In its frame, the ASPECT consortium held a mini-symposium “Tribology in Sheet Metal Forming Processes” as final event. The mini-symposium was organised by Twente University. The ASPECT partners M2i, Philips, Opel, ESI-Group, Tata Steel, TriboForm, Filzek Tribotech, Zeller&Gmelin and inspire all presented their papers. All papers are published in Procedia Manufacturing Vol. 47.
New M2i initiatives
The COVID-19 virus has a large impact on all partners of M2i, but despite the cirsis M2i is currently preparing initiatives on a range of different materials-related subjects.
Conference on Material Forming ESAFORM 2020
The 23rd International Conference on Material Forming ESAFORM 2020 will take place virtually on 4th-6th May 2020
Kick-off new Horizon 2020 project Grade2xl
On 11-12 March, the kick-off meeting of Grade2XL took place at the Science centrum in Delft, followed by a visit to RAMLAB in Rotterdam. Due to current travel restrictions related to coronavirus pandemie not all project partners could travel to Delft and Webex on-line participation was organized for non-travelers.
POSTPONED: M2i & 4TU.HTM Business Awareness Course
M2i and 4TU.HTM are organizing a business awareness course for Post-doctoral researchers and PhD students in the later stages of their projects.
HiTMaT Call for Proposals 2020 (Dutch only)
De HiTMaT Call for Proposals 2020 is open. De deadline voor het indienen van aanvragen is: 2 juni 2020, 14:00 uur CEST (Midden-Europese zomertijd).
Course on tribological influences in sheet metal forming
On 18-19 February 2020, the University of Twente organised the course “Fundamentals of Tribology in Sheet metal forming”, a dedicated training for engineers and researchers interested in the prediction and control of tribological effects in sheet metal forming processes. The course was organised free-of-charge, in the framework of the INTERREG project ASPECT coordinated by M2i.
Kick-off SUNERGY
Over 100 stakeholders of the Coordination and Support Actions (CSAs) SUNRISE and ENERGY-X gathered on February 5-6, 2020 in Brussels for the kick-off meeting of SUNERGY.
Release ASPECT movie
This movie was made with the aim to inform the public about the problem that the ASPECT project tackles and the solutions created during the project.
ECHT2020
The European Conference on Heat Treatment will take place from Monday 30 November to Wednesday 2 December in Antwerp
QUALIFY workshop at IAA2020 conference
The Qualify project is organizing a workshop at the 1st International Conference on Industrial Applications of Adhesives 2020 (IAA2020 conference) in Madeira (Portugal), on 5-6 March.
VMAP – 1st International Conference on CAE Interoperability
The 1st international conference on CAE interoperability will take place on 13-14 May in Bamberg, Germany.
Joint 4TU.HTM & M2i Workshop on Surfaces, Interfaces & Coatings – CANCELLED
The workshop will be held on Thursday April 16 at the Witte Vosch in Utrecht.
3DMed workshop at M2I conference
A 3DMed workshop was organized at the annual M2i Meeting Materials conference (Noordwijkerhout, 9-10 December 2019) https://www.m2i.nl/meeting-materials-2019/.
M2i obtains two NWO grants to develop dissipative metamaterials and hydrogen-resistant alloys
M2i is proud to announce that two projects submitted to the Material Challenges call 2019 were granted by NWO.
Horizon 2020 project on additive manufacturing coming soon!
M2i is proud to announce that the Grade2XL proposal on functionally graded materials for additive manufacturing was selected for funding in Horizon 2020.