Presented below are the major research areas and topics available within the framework of the MSCA-COFUND ATENEA programme. These fields reflect IMDEA Materials Institute’s strategic scientific priorities and provide the thematic scope in which prospective postdoctoral fellows are expected to develop their individual research proposals.
NOVEL MATERIALS
- Design and synthesis of nano and molecular building blocks and their integration into macroscopic materials and devices
- Novel solutions for high performance structural composites with enhanced multifunctional capabilities
- Exploring the processing-structure-property relationships in metallic alloys
ADVANCED MANUFACTURING
- Improve quality, productivity, cost efficiency and sustainability in current manufacturing paradigms
- Design & development of novel hybrid manufacturing techniques to enable the commercial realization of emerging products in the aero-space, biomedical, energy, automotive and other industrial sectors
INTEGRATED COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS ENGINEERING
- Integration of simulation tools into multiscale modelling strategies capable of simulating processing, microstructure, properties and performance of engineering materials
- Data-driven design strategies and artificial intelligence for the in-silico design, testing and optimization of new materials
MULTISCALE CHARACTERISATION OF MATERIALS AND PROCESSES
- Microstructure and evolution of materials during processing and under service conditions from the atomic to the macroscopic length scales
- In-situ and in-operando techniques
- Correlation between experiments and multiscale simulations (molecular dynamics, dislocation dynamics, crystal plasticity, finite elements etc.)
