Erik Vegter honored as special member of the Department of Materials Science TU Delft
Last Friday, July 5th, our very own Erik Vegter was awarded with the special status of Member of Honor the Department of Materials Science of the TU Delft. He received the honor during the Materials Technology Day, which was organised by the department about the Groeien met Groen Staal groeifonds program. Erik was recognised for his various substantial contributions to the field of Materials Science during his career and his contribution to the department as an example for academic-industrial collaborations. As M2i, we are honored
Final Event Grade2XL on 11 July 2024 during the IIW2024
The final event for the Grade2XL project will be held during IIW Annual Assembly and International Conference (7-12 July, Rhodes, Greece). On 11 July Grade2XL will have its own dedicated session in the afternoon. In addition, Grade2XL will also have a booth at the IIW 2024 exhibition where two of the six WAAM demonstrators resulting from the project will be showcased.
TRIATHLON M6 meeting in Dresden & ILA Berlin
On 4th and 5th of June, TRIATHLON team got together for the M6 consortium meeting. Six months after the Kick-Off Meeting in Delft, the consortium met in Dresden (Germany), hosted by the Institute of Lightweight Engineering and Polymer Technology (ILK) of the Technical University of Dresden.
Building Bridges: Sabanci University delegation visits M2i
On 31 May, we had the pleasure of welcoming a delegation from the Sabanci University (Turkey). During their visit, they showcased their state-of-the-art Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Research and Application Center, SU-IMC. We explored various opportunities for potential collaboration, making the meeting both fruitful and promising. This initiative was facilitated by the Innovatie Attaché Netwerk, highlighting their commitment to fostering innovative partnerships with foreign knowledge hubs.
Next Grade2XL webinar: “Engineering the Future” on 21 June
The last Grade2XL webinar will be on Friday 21 June at 13:00, this time the topic is “Engineering the Future: Harnessing Topology Optimization and Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing for Advanced Design Solutions”. In this Grade2XL webinar the two speakers, Constantinos Goulas (Assistant Professor at UTwente) and Franz Bormann (Research Engineer and Program Manager at M2i), will present everything you need to know about how Topology Optimization (TO) can transform traditional manufacturing paradigms by enabling the creation of complex, high-performance designs that surpass conventional intuition.
Materials Technology Day 2024
On 5 July the Materials Technoly Day 2024 will be organized by the TU Delft, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)
Looking back: kick-off meeting ‘Groeien met Groen Staal’ Programme
We are thrilled to announce that the kick-off meeting for our ambitious ‘Groeien met Groen Staal’ Programme, held on May 22 and 23, 2024, was a resounding success! The two-day meeting set a strong foundation for what promises to be a transformative journey for the entire steel sector towards sustainability and circularity, while staying a strong international competitor. 120 representatives from all 32 academic and industry partners engaged in fruitful discussions to present their ambitions related to the 45 demonstration and knowledge development projects, and
Introduction M2i Program Manager: Andrew den Bakker
M2i is very happy to introduce her new Program Manager, Andrew den Bakker.
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 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.