This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions - Innovative European Training Networks under grant agreement No 956401
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Objectives
The 15 ESR of XS-Meta will be enrolled in different PhD programs to pursue a PhD thesis and be trained in different aspects engineering component design employing functionally graded metamaterials. ESRs will be trained to
Recognize how different printing parameters and layouts affect the mechanical properties of printed metallic materials, as well as understand, simulate numerically and predict the behavior and continuum properties of 3D printed alloys.
Understand how 3D printing technology at the component subscale may be employed to develop a new class of (meta-) materials with tailored material properties.
Develop engineering design procedures for determining the desired properties at the continuum scale and determine the architected structure at the microscale which results in such properties, unveiling also the behaviour and failure mechanisms of 3D printed mechanical metamaterials.
Develop surrogate models to cross scales bi-directionally, and optimize components for achieving a new class of multiscale optimization algorithms for simultaneous material and component design.
Recognize the steps from engineering research to prototyping to industrial applications, acknowledging also the different but complementary roles of Academia and Industry in achieving technological success and progress of society.
Mastering different analytical, numerical and experimental methods and tools, and developing a continuous learning attitude, innovative mentality, critical thinking, and both collaborative work and independent research towards achieving individual and broad network objectives.
Planning through short term and long term objectives, and analyzing steps to achieve them and develop successful careers in Academia and in Industry.
