Materials Design Division Warsaw University of Technology

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Materials Design DivisionWarsaw University of
Technology 
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Warsaw University of Technology

• University Faculties
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• Automobiles and Heavy Machinery Engineering
• Materials Science and Engineering
• Mechatronics
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• Civil Engineering, Mechanics and Petrochemistry

• Established in 1826
• 17 Faculties
• 31,800 students
• 2,540 academic staff

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Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering

• 330 undergraduates
• 82 Ph.D. students
• 38 academic staff
• 18 professors
• 20 assistant professors
• 38 technical and administrative staff

Division of Materials Design - Prof. Krzysztof J.
Kurzydlowski Division of Surface Engineering
Division of Functional and Structural
Materials Division of Fundamentals of Materials
Science
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Division of Materials Designwww.materials.pl

• 55 Ph.D. students
• 13 academic staff
• 5 professors
• 8 assistant professors
• 19 research and technical staff
• 14 coworkers

• Overall 101
• Average age 34
• Gender 3070 (FM)

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Education

• The University offers 3 levels of education
• Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)
• Master of Science (M.Sc.)
• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
• The Faculty awards Ph.D. and D.Sc. Degrees
• Post-graduate courses on application of materials
  science and engineering
• Workshops and conferences EMRS Fall Meeting

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Research Activities
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Biomaterials
Bone Tissue Engineering
Scaffolds for tissue engineering
Polyurethane scaffolds made by particulate
leaching
Modeling in Tissue Engineering
Composite (polymer/ceramic) scaffold made by
rapid prototyping method (in cooperation with
D.Hutmacher)
FE models of the scaffold-new bone (in
cooperation with F.Rustichelli)
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Biomaterials
Ceramic-polymer composites for dental fillings

• reduction of polymerisation shrinkage
• improvement of wear resistance
• improvement of mechanical properties
• nano-composites

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Nanomaterials
Fabrication of bulk nanometals by hydrostatic
extrusion
titanium
E(d2) 87 nm
2017 aluminium alloy
E(d2) 95 nm
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Energy

• New technologies and properties enhancement of
  materials relevant for fusion
• Eurofer 97 steel
• CuCrZr alloy
• Cu-W composites

Microstructure of Eurofer 97 steel before
hydrostatic extrusion
Microstructure of Eurofer 97 steel after
hydrostatic extrusion
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Materials for air transport
New technology of turbine blades for engines of
commercial aircraft
Blade Outer Air Seals
LPT Blades STG 5 and 7
LPT vane clusters
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Characterisation
Specimens preparation
Structure

• FIB Hitachi 2100
• The ion polishing system 691 PIPS
• Model 656 Dimple Grinder
• The ion beam thinning unit IV3 F/L
• Double jet polisher Tenupol
• Ultrasonic disc cutter

• HR TEM Jeol JEM3010 ( 2 x TEM)
• HR SEM Hitachi S5500 ( 3 x SEM)
• X-ray diffractometer Bruker D8 Discover Series 2
• X-ray microanalyzers CAMECA SU-30
• SCANNING AUGER MICROPROBE MICROLAB 350, VG
  Scientific
• AFM Nanoscope Multimode IIIA
• FT-IR spectrometer Nicolet 6700

NDT

• Acoustic emission system Vallen AMSY-5
• Ultrasonic flow detector Krautkramer USN 60
• Phase Array
• Eddy current detector IZ 27 SI

Properties

• DSC, DMA, DTA, TDA devices
• Impact hammer RESIL5,5
• HYSITRON TriboScratch
• Dynamic testing machines MTS 810 and 858
• Static testing machine QTest 10 and Zwick Z005
• Ares Rheology System - TA Instrument
• Brookfield DV-II PRO Digital Viscometer

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Modelling
Multiscale modelling
Continuum level

• Macroscopic Strain Stress relations
• Grain size, shape effect

Stochastic
Mesoscale

• Strain localization
• Internal stresses

FEM

• Rotation of grains
• Grains sliding
• Dislocation creation and motion
• Elastic constants
• Point defects

Molecular Dynamics Ab initio
Atomistic scale
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Services to industry

• in-service monitoring of materials degradation
  processes
• analysis of materials failure
• development and/or optimisation of new materials
  technologies

Industrial partners

• PKN ORLEN - Polish Petroleum Concern,
• PERN Przyjazn
• Fertilizer Plant in Pulawy,
• WSK PZL-Rzeszów,
• Electrim Megadex,
• MOSTOSTAL SDL,
• Azoty Pulawy
• Rettenmaier Polska Sp. z. o. o. Manufactures
• of Fibres
• Centralne Laboratorium Naftowe
• Agaplast Sp. z. o. o.and others

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Contact

• Materials Design Division
• Warsaw University of Technology
• http//www.materials.pl
• Woloska 141, 02-507 Warsaw
• tel [phone] fax [phone]
• Prof. Krzysztof J. Kurzydlowski Dr.
  Malgorzata Lewandowska
• kjk_at_inmat.pw.edu.pl malew_at_inmat.pw.edu.pl