MASCIMET at NTNU, Trondheim, Norway

NTNU, Norway

NTNU

NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

HISTORY

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is the major educational institution within the technological science in Norway. NTNU encompasses the previous Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH, founded in 1910) and the University of Trondheim. NTNU is the second largest university in Norway with 18 000 students, the full range of university studies including medicine, are offered.

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

The curriculum of the Department of Metallurgy at NTNU includes two diciplines, i.e extractive and physical metallurgy, hence covering primary production, casting, forming, processing and use of metals. High temperature chemistry, heat and mass transfer, and process analysis and simulation are the core subjects within the extractive metallurgy discipline. Physical metallurgy includes casting and solidification, welding, heat treatment, deformation processing, simulation and characterization of metals. All of the course work, laboratory exercises and research are designed to support these two basic disciplines. The department emphaizes the use of laboratory exercises, diploma projects, industry related research and a fundamental understanding of metals science in general.

The Department of Metallurgy plays a core role in developing a new education program in Materials Science at NTNU. This new program covers all materials and the related technological science.

The Department of Metallurgy provides facilities with the most advanced instrumentation and technology. Emphasis is put on advanced electron microscopy, and 3 powerful scanning electron microscopes, I transmission electron microscope analyzer are available. The facilities are being used extensively to increase the fundamental understanding of phenomena and process. Research into the fundamental aspects of mechanical properties ranging from single crystals to commercially alloys is another important field. The research is conducted in close cooperation with industry and the research foundation SINTEF located at the campus (SINTEF has a scientific staff of about 1800 covering a wide range of the technological science). The properties and behavior of commercial aluminium alloys, casting alloys and advanced alloys are of particular importance. Increasing emphasis is replaced upon computer simulation and modelling of important phenomena, i.e. simulation of flow, mass transfer, plasma metallurgy, grain size and texture control, grain growth, welding, plastic forming and mechanical properties.

Undergraduate programs:

Extractive Metallurgy
Physical and Mechanical Metallurgy

Graduate and faculty research:

Extractive Metallurgy
Melt Refining
Solidification and Casting
Thermomechanical Processing and Forming
Heat Treatment
Product Properties

The study program is scheduled for 5 years.

SUBJECT AREAS OF COOPERATION

Materials Science Courses are taken at the university departments. Thesis and project work in the following fields:

Materials Science and Metallurgical Aspects of Metals. Also composites, intermetallics, ceramics and polymers are included in course programs.
Materials Production and Extractive metallurgy.
Process-Microstructure-Properties relationship.
Metal forming.
Material modelling and Process modelling.
Casting and solidification
Advanced light alloys
Fatigue and fracture.
Phase transformations
Welding Metallurgy
Metal refinement.

NUMBERS ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY AND THE DEPARTMENT

Tot. number of students: 18 000
Tot. number of Professors: 1000
Number of students at the Department: 150 (approx. 30 pr. year)
Number of Ph.D. students at the Department: 40
Number of Professors at the Department: 10

LANGUAGE COURSES, LANGUAGE USED IN LECTURES

Language courses are available for MASCIMET students.

The language courses:

Period: End of July - end of August
Fees: Free
Director of the language courses: Kari Ystebo,
Telephone: + 47 73595700, Fax: +47 73595210,
E-mail: kari.ystebo@adm.ntnu.no

ACCOMMODATION AND COSTS

Accommodation provided by the host institution.

Average cost for a room in a student home: 1300 - 2000NOK pr. month
Average cost for a private room: 1500 - 2300NOK pr. month
No tuition fees in Norway
All students pay 300NOK pr. semester as a social fee to the students community
Major cost factors: Food + accommodation

Contact person: Kari Ystebo, Telephone: + 47 73595700, Fax: +47 73595210,
E-mail: kari.ystebo@adm.ntnu.no

ACADEMIC CALENDAR

Including exams periods:

Early August - mid December
Early January - early June

ADDRESSES AT THE UNIVERSITY

Department of Metallurgy,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
N-7034 Trondheim, Norway.

Web-address: NTNU: http://www.ntnu.no/
Department of Metallurgy: http://www.kme.chembio.ntnu.no/

Contact person at the Department: Prof. H.J. Roven (see below)

Contact person (Administration and International office): Mr. Wolfgang Laschet
Telephone: +47-73-595240, Fax : 47-73-595210
E-mail: Wolfgang.Laschet@adm.unit.no

RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MASCIMET NETWORK

Professor H. J. Roven
Telephone: +47-73594966, Fax: +47-73594889,
E-mail: Hans.Roven@Matek.Sintef.no