Basic knowledge in materials and the mechanics of materials.

We are at the dawn of a technological revolution that will fundamentally change our relationships with others and the way we live and work. These changes, in their importance, scope and complexity, will be unlike anything humanity has known until then. We do not yet know what will happen, but one thing is certain: our response must be comprehensive and involve all stakeholders at the global level: the public sector, the private sector, academia and civil society.

Technology and the industrial world will also be overturned. In this situation smart materials and intelligent processes have a special place.

Today, it is observed that smart materials are increasingly used for the realization of technologically important devices and formulations. However, due to their relative novelty, it is worth asking questions: what are smart materials, how do they work and what are their applications? The most important smart materials are:

-          shape memory alloys, polymers and composite which have the capacity of recovery the initial shape after a large induced form change -          thermos-strictive materials; the materials which undergo changes upon temperature.

-          Chromogenic & Halochromic Materials which change color in response to electrical, optical, thermal or acidity

-          Magnetostrictive Materials which exhibit change in shape under the influence of magnetic field and also exhibit change in their magnetization under the influence of mechanical stress.

-          Piezoelectric materials; they produce a voltage under applied stress

By Intelligent processes we mean the additive manufacturing. Additive manufacturing technology is an advanced manufacturing technology used to make parts directly from a computer-driven program. The additive manufacturing process offers an efficient technique for manufacturing parts with complicated geometries. The materials transformed by these techniques are Metals, ceramics, polymer and composite. The fields of application are vast: medical implants, automotive products, and so on. Depending to the type of the material; there are several additive manufacturing technologies: Selective Laser Melting (SLM), Selective Laser Sintering (SLS), 3D printing by ultraviolet, melting of the powder by electron beam, Stereo-lithography of reactive liquids, Fused deposition modeling (FDM), …

The course of 45 hours includes:

From November 16 to 20: face-to-face (on-site course in Paris)

The following week: virtual (at home - 2-3 hours at the end of each day, after 4:30 pm)  

In this course, we will present all of the above topics according to the following program:  

i)                    Lectures

1 – Introduction to polymers and composites

2 – Classical processes

3 - Smart materials in industry

4 - Definition of smart polymers and composites

5 - The microstructures and properties of smart materials

6 – Additive manufacturing methods

7 – Effect of different parameters

8 – Other innovative processes

9 – Durability of polymers and composites

10 – Recycling  

ii)                  Lab-work  

iii)                 Mini-projects

City Guided Tour on Sunday 16th November 

Informations will be updated by the end of October here : ATHENS