IEM Distinguished Lecturers Seminar: Pathways to an additively manufactured microdevice: materials chemistry, process control and microstructure tuning
Event details
| Date | 15.12.2023 |
| Hour | 13:15 › 14:00 |
| Speaker | Prof. Ralph Spolenak, Laboratory for Nanometallurgy, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich |
| Location | Online |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
The seminar will take place in the main auditorium in Neuchâtel Campus (MC A1 272) and will be simultaneously broadcasted in ELA 2.
Coffee and cookies will be served at 13:00 before the seminar, in front of the two auditoriums.
Abstract
The following journey will have the “fantastic voyage” as an aim, but lead you into the small of additive manufacturing, where the concepts of processing-microstructure-property relationships meet the concepts of size effects in terms of properties, but also the limits in processing conditions. Examples of multimaterial nanoadditive manufacturing in terms of mechanical and chemical effects and a pathway to actual devices is presented.
Bio
Ralph Spolenak has been Professor at ETH Zurich and Chair of the Laboratory for Nanometallurgy since October 1st, 2004 rising through the ranks from assistant to full professor. He currently serves as the Coordinator of FIRST lab (a cleanroom facility of ETH Zurich) and the Chairman of the Board of MaP (Center of Competence for Materials and Processes) at ETH Zurich. Before joining ETH Zurich, Ralph Spolenak studied physics at the Technical University of Vienna, obtained his PhD in Materials Science from the University of Stuttgart working at the Max-Planck-Institute for Metals Research, spent his Postdoc time at Bell Laboratories and served as a group leader in the Max-Planck-Institute for Metals Research.
The main research interests of Prof. Spolenak's group are the mechanical and functional properties of materials at the nanoscale and how these properties can be influenced by materials design approaches. The combination of testing, characterization and modeling are essential for making significant advances in this field. This comprises the development of new in situ testing methods that allow for analysis at the nanoscale. Recently, also new synthesis routes with regards to additive manufacturing at the nanometer length scale have also become a core focus of the group.
Coffee and cookies will be served at 13:00 before the seminar, in front of the two auditoriums.
Abstract
The following journey will have the “fantastic voyage” as an aim, but lead you into the small of additive manufacturing, where the concepts of processing-microstructure-property relationships meet the concepts of size effects in terms of properties, but also the limits in processing conditions. Examples of multimaterial nanoadditive manufacturing in terms of mechanical and chemical effects and a pathway to actual devices is presented.
Bio
Ralph Spolenak has been Professor at ETH Zurich and Chair of the Laboratory for Nanometallurgy since October 1st, 2004 rising through the ranks from assistant to full professor. He currently serves as the Coordinator of FIRST lab (a cleanroom facility of ETH Zurich) and the Chairman of the Board of MaP (Center of Competence for Materials and Processes) at ETH Zurich. Before joining ETH Zurich, Ralph Spolenak studied physics at the Technical University of Vienna, obtained his PhD in Materials Science from the University of Stuttgart working at the Max-Planck-Institute for Metals Research, spent his Postdoc time at Bell Laboratories and served as a group leader in the Max-Planck-Institute for Metals Research.
The main research interests of Prof. Spolenak's group are the mechanical and functional properties of materials at the nanoscale and how these properties can be influenced by materials design approaches. The combination of testing, characterization and modeling are essential for making significant advances in this field. This comprises the development of new in situ testing methods that allow for analysis at the nanoscale. Recently, also new synthesis routes with regards to additive manufacturing at the nanometer length scale have also become a core focus of the group.
Practical information
- General public
- Free