Krzysztof J. Kurzydlowski, Malgorzata Lewandowska Warsaw University of Technology Research on materials as a part of Polish research area
History of materials science and engineering in Poland The 1920s Division of Metallurgy and Materials Science founded by Professor Jan Czochralski Professor Czochralski s most famous discovery the method for growing single crystals He made significant contribution to other fields of modern materials science and engineering plastic deformation of metals, recrystallization, corrosion and fatigue of metallic materials Professor Jan Czochralski 1885-1953
National strategic research programme Priority research fields: 1. Sustainable development of the society 2. Health 3. Energy and infrastructure 4. New technologies for Polish economy materials and material technologies 5. Environment and agriculture
Research landscape
Structural Funds 2007 2013 Research and Development OP Innovative Economics 2.6 billions OP Human Capital 1.0 billions OP Infrastructure & Environment 0.6 billions Regional Programs 4.0 billions Σ 8.2 billion
Structural Funds R&D Infrastructure Centre of Advanced Materials and Technologies (CEZAMAT) Warsaw Centre for Preclinical and Technological Research (CePT) Warsaw Wielkopolska Centre of Advanced Technologies - Poznan (WCZT-P) Lower Silesian Centre for Materials and Biomaterials (DOLBIOMAT) - Wroclaw Biotechnology Centre of Malopolska Region (MCB) Krakow Centre for New Materials and Nanotechnology (CENMIN) Krakow
The Centre of Advanced Materials and Technologies (CEZAMAT) consortium of 9 Warsaw research institutes coordinated by the Warsaw University of Technology high-class nanostructure technologies combined with sophisticated diagnostics of nanometric dimension structures within a separate high-class clean-room type laboratory over 40 laboratories and several technological lines for demonstration and verification Mazovia - Warsaw
Centre for Preclinical and Technological Research (CePT) coordinated by the Medical University of Warsaw one of the highest concentrations of intellectual potential in biomedical sciences two Core Laboratory Facilities focused on preclinical studies and neurobiology new technology incubator for hosting IT, biotech, and biomed start-ups Mazovia - Warsaw
Wielkopolska Centre of Advanced Technologies in Poznan coordinated by the Adam Mickiewicz University the third strongest centre of scientific research and education in Poland syntheses and technologies of production of new materials (nanomaterials, biomaterials) for optoelectronics, nanoelectronics, ceramics, pharmacy and a wide number of other fields like medical therapy and diagnostics, agrotechnology and food industry Greater Poland - Poznan
Lower Silesian Centre for Materials and Biomaterials (DOLBIOMAT) coordinated by the Wroclaw University of Technology the main research fields: advanced materials, nanotechnologies and biomaterials the Centre will be also a scientific and high-level educational institution (graduate school) scientist from other countries will be invited to the Centre in order to join research groups or give lectures in the Centre s priority fields Lower Silesia - Wroclaw
Centre for New Materials and Nanotechnology (CENMIN) coordinated by the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow Consortium of 4 Krakow Universities research domains: metallic materials and nanoengineering, ceramics and biomaterials, functional materials and nanomaterials, quantum materials, modelling and nanophysics Lesser Poland - Krakow
Major infrastructure investment - Materials science and engineering 4 Materials oriented Centres Warsaw Krakow Wroclaw Poznan
Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering
WUT Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering general information 1929 - Division of Metallurgy and Materials Science founded by Prof. J. Czochralski 1991 Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering established Today - ranked No 1 in the Science Evaluation Exercise Faculty in numbers: 390 undergraduates 70 Ph.D. students 34 academic staff 16 professors 18 assistant professors 17 Postdocs 26 technical and administrative staff
WUT Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering research domains 1. Nanomaterials and nanotechnologies (NANO) 2. Biomaterials and bioengineering (BIO) 3. Functional and tailored materials (FUNCTION) 4. Materials for energy (ENERGY) 5. Surface engineering (SURFACE) 6. Degradation of engineering materials (DEGRADATION) 7. Modern methods of materials characterisation (CHARACTERISATION) 8. Multiscale modelling (MODELLING)
WUT Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering research infrastructure Structure Properties DSC, DMA, DTA, TDA devices Impact hammer RESIL5,5 HYSITRON TriboScratch Dynamic testing machines MTS 810 and 858 HR STEM Hitachi HD2700 HR TEM Jeol JEM3010 (+ 2 x TEM) HR SEM Hitachi S5500 (+ 3 x SEM) X-ray diffractometer Bruker D8 Discover Series 2 SCANNING AUGER MICROPROBE MICROLAB 350, VG Scientific AFM Nanoscope Multimode IIIA FT-IR spectrometer Nicolet 6700 Static testing machine QTest 10 and Zwick Ares Rheology System - TA Instrument Brookfield DV-II+ PRO Digital Viscometer 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 NDT Specimens preparation Acoustic emission system Vallen AMSY-5 Ultrasonic flow detector Krautkramer USN 60 Phase Array Eddy current detector IZ 27 SI
WUT Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering international collaboration FP6/FP7 Program 7 on-going collaborative research projects EURATOM Program materials development for fusion reactors (Cu-W composites, Eurofer 97 steel) COST Program (4 COST Actions) PL-CH International PhD School ETH Zurich, EMPA Switzerland, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw University, Jagiellonian University - Krakow, AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow WUT NIMS (National Institute of Materials Science, Japan) Joint Graduate School Program
WUT Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering contact Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering Warsaw University of Technology http://www.inmat.pw.edu.pl Wołoska 141, 02-507 Warsaw tel + 48 22 234 8399 fax + 48 22 234 8415 Malgorzata Lewandowska malew@inmat.pw.edu.pl