Graduate School Course Program 2010
Planned
PhD-courses in BrinellVinn during 2010
High-performance scanning
electron microscopy, 6 ECTS
(responsible: Peter Hedström, pheds@kth.se) Starts
February 16th, 15.00-17.00 Phase transformations in high-performance
materials – driving forces and mechanisms
(responsible:
John Ågren, john@mse.kth.se)
Planned start at the end of February 2010 This course combines the two "classical" courses on Phase transformations and Alloy theory, but with many new items, for example on the practical use of thermodynamical modelling. Nanoscale Materials Innovation, 6 ECTS
(responsible:
Venkat Rao, rao@kth.se)
Planned start in March 2010. The course provides examples of important technology
fields in nano science where industrial production is missing in For further info, see course PM from 2008. Seminar course on advanced steels, 6 ECTS
(responsible: John Ågren, john@mse.kth.se)
Each student will study a chosen subject and prepare written material, e.g. text book chapters, scientific papers etc and his/her own lecture notes to be handed out to the rest of the group. Responsible teachers will give advice during the preparation of the material. For further info, see course PM from 2009. Sheet forming processes for SME
(responsible: Göran Engberg, gen@du.se)Planned start May 2010 A Vinn course in modern sheet forming processes (hydro forming, 2D and 3D roll forming, etc.) is being developed by HDa in cooperation with SME. The course is developed in such a way that it will be suitable also for PhD-students. Common working methods such as bending, cutting, stamping and broaching are covered, including aspects of rapid changes in production (short series). Project assignments will be formulated that treat changes to new manufacturing. Financial as well as environmental consequences will be considered in the analysis. Oxide metallurgy
(responsible: Pär Jönsson, par@mse.kth.se)Start date not yet decided. The overall purpose of the course is to teach the processing technique iron-based alloys using inclusions and precipitates to control the microstructure. The following aspects will be discussed in the course: Effect of inclusions on the microstructure as well as selected material properties and steel applications; Refining of steel with focus on inclusion characteristics; Secondary refining praxis; Thermodynamics of inclusion formation during deoxidation and reoxidation; Theories for inclusion growth, deposition and separation; Inclusion behaviour in conventional casting; Formation and location of micro and macro inclusions in continuous casting and ingot casting. An advanced discussion on multi-scale
engineering - a summer school in materials science
(responsible: John Ågren, john@mse.kth.se)
This
summer school is planned for the week after midsummer 2010. The
participants will be graduate students and researchers from the HERO-M
VINNEX center and the ICAMS center in Ruhr Universität Bochum, and other
BrinellVinn PhD-students. We expect 60 participants in total. The summer
school will consist of lectures and workshop exercises performed in smaller
groups. Scanning Probe Microscopy, SPM
(responsible Lyubov Belova, belova@mse.kth.se)
Planned for the first half of autumn 2010 This is a family of cutting-edge techniques which are a cornerstone tool in nanotechnology that is widely used for the nanoscale characterization, measurement and modification or fabrication of nanostructures. Besides obtaining true 3D reconstruction of the morphology of the surfaces, a wide variety of physical properties can be imaged across the surface, like electronic, magnetic, mechanical and viscoelastic properties, distribution of electrical charge and potential. In the course, the following topics are covered: the theory of tip-sample interactions, design of scanners and probes, introduction to static AFM modes including force-distance curves, contact mode imaging, set point and error signals, and friction force imaging. For further info, see course PM from 2008. Scientific leadership and project
management
(responsible Rolf Sandström, rsand@kth.se)
Planned for the second half of autumn 2010 Question of scientific leadership and project management, typically of a completely different character and magnitude than commercial leadership and project management, are dealt with in the course. Included are planning, organizing and administration of research and documentation and reporting of results. Gender aspects are also discussed. The course is organised as exercises and tasks that the students have to manage in groups and present the results for all the participants. The only regular lectures are given by people from industry that exemplify how project management is carried out there. For further info, see course PM from 2008. Course info and registration
Course PM for previously given courses can be found at the
Brinell Centre home page, www.brinell.kth.se Registration is essential for participation in courses by
sending an email to the responsible teacher with a copy to me, Rolf
Sandström, rsand@kth.se. The
registration for planned courses can either be an expression of interest or a
confirmation of participation. When the actual course PM has been sent a
confirmation of participation is needed if it has not been given before. For a planned course to be given, a certain
minimum number of participants is required. Course participants that are not graduate students will
normally have to pay a fee of 6000 SEK for each course. |
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High-performance scanning
electron microscopy
PhD course, 6 credits Contacts: Prof. Rolf Sandström, rsand@kth.se, Dr. Peter Hedström, pheds@kth.se Department of Materials Science and
Engineering First occasion is 16th of February, 15.00-17.00 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Brinellvägen 23, K408 Aim After the
course the student should be able to conduct and analyze basic scanning
electron microscopy measurements. The student should have an overview of the
state-of-the-art in scanning electron microscopy. In addition, they should
have acquired a fundamental understanding of the technique to be able to
understand scientific literature in the field and develop their skills in
scanning electron microscopy further by themselves. Content Lectures
will cover the following topics: the scanning electron microscope,
interaction between electron beam and sample, diffraction, sample
preparation, imaging in secondary electron and backscattered electron modes,
chemical analysis using EDS and WDS, crystallographic contrast imaging,
electron backscattered diffraction, Feature analysis, Variable-Pressure and
Environmental-SEM, high-resolution imaging, STEM in scanning electron
microscopes. Laboratory
exercises will cover sample preparation and basics of scanning electron
microscopy as well as demonstrations of the latest technologies in scanning
electron microscopy. The
students should select a topic that would be interesting to study using the
scanning electron microscope. The topic could preferentially be from the
student’s thesis work. The student should then conduct and analyze scanning
electron microscopy measurements and make a short oral presentation to the
class. Literature Goodhew
PJ, Electron Microscopy and Analysis Materials
handed out, including scientific papers and book chapters Examination Mandatory
participation at lectures and laboratory exercises Written
laboratory reports Oral
presentation of the selected topic studied using scanning electron microscopy Tentative schedule 2010
Instructors Peter
Hedström (PH), KTH Jacek
Komenda (JK), Swerea-KIMAB Wen-Li
Long (WL), KTH Lena Ryde (LR), Swerea-KIMAB Registration to Peter Hedström, pheds@kth.se,
copy to Rolf Sandström, rsand@kth.se
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Information about the course program will
automatically be sent to all staff and students within the Brinell Centre.
Other persons interested in obtaining this material should contact the
secretary of the Brinell Centre: Dennis Andersson, Phone: 08-790 8320, Fax:
08-20 31 07, E-mail: dennis@kth.se
For general information: Contact Prof. Rolf
Sandström, director of the Brinell Centre, Department of Materials Science and
Engineering, KTH, Phone: 08-790 83 21, Fax: 08-20 31 07, E-mail: rsand@kth.se
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