Presenters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maria Santofimia Navarro

My main interest is to combine fundamental theoretical research and high resolution experiments to explain mechanisms and discover new insights in the field of solid-solid phase transformations in steels. I am particularly interested in the fundamental study of non-equilibrium phase transformations and interactions between non-equilibrium phases in steels.

I apply the acquired knowledge to design new steels in collaboration with important industries, such as TATA Steel, ArcelorMittal, Thyssen-Krupp and Tenaris.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Davide Leonetti

Davide Leonetti is an assistant professor in steel structures and structural health monitoring at Eindhoven University of Technology. His research focuses on the mechanical performance of steel structures, covering topics such as residual life estimation (fatigue), strength assessment, structural reliability, and damage detection. The topics mentioned above are applied to structural connections (welded and bolted), additively manufactured metals, and traditional and innovative materials and find application in several civil infrastructures (bridges, wind turbines, rails, etc...) through a combination of experimental testing, numerical models, and analytical assessment.

 

Prof.Dr.Ir. Roumen H. Petrov

Roumen Petrov completed his PhD studies in 1998 at the Department of Materials Science and Technology at Technical University –Sofia, Bulgaria. From 1983 until 2000 he worked as associate professor at TU –Sofia and since 2000 at Ghent University, Belgium until now. Since 2005 he has worked also as a part time researcher and later as associate professor at Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.

His research field and expertise include:

• Heat treatment of steel and nonferrous alloys;
• Technological approaches for microstructure, texture and properties control in ferrous and non-ferrous alloys;
• Application of EBSD, 3D EBSD and TKD (t-EBSD) for characterization of damage and fracture;
  Non-conventional methods for heat treatment of steels like ultra-fast (flash) annealing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prof.Dr. Zili Li

Dr. Li has broad national and international collaboration with academic and industrial partners. Since 2005 when he joined the Railway Engineering group, he has acquired more than 5.6 million Euro search funding from the Dutch national funding organizations for scientific and technological research NOW and STW, the European Commission (EC), the International Union of Railways (UIC), the Dutch railway Infra Manager ProRail and operator NS. Some of the projects are:

• DrTrack – Detection and diagnosis of railway track short wave anomalies (STW)
• Admire – Advanced monitoring of intelligent rail infrastructure (STW)
• Prime – Development of high-performance rail through intelligent metallurgy & engineering (STW)
• Pyramids – Multi-party risk management and key performance indicator design at the whole system level (NOW)
• Guideline to best practice of squat treatment, (UIC, International Union of Railways).
   

 

Prof.Dr.Ir. Matthijn B. de Rooij

I am responsible for the chair Surface Technology and Tribology of the University of Twente. The research group focuses around surfaces and interfaces in an engineering context, as well as degradation mechanisms taking place at these surfaces and interfaces. Surfaces and interfaces are typically complex, and in many cases critical components. A solid understanding, as well as accurate and validated models, of degradation phenomena at these surfaces and interfaces is important to develop efficient maintenance strategies.

Moving interfaces are very prominent in (mechanical) engineering. Phenomena taking place at these interfaces belong to the field of tribology. Typical tribological phenomena taking place at these interfaces are friction and the different wear mechanisms.
The second main type of interfaces are stationary interfaces, as are present in, for example, hybrid materials, like metal - polymer combinations. In this context, topics like bonding and adhesion are important and subject of research..

Transitions from stick to slip and vice versa are also subject of study in the research group, both in positioning mechanisms as well as in faults in the subsurface of the earth.