METRAMAT Training Event 3: A Week of Learning and Connection

We had an incredible week at the METRAMAT Training Event 3! The event kicked off at KU Leuven on Jan 27 with insightful courses on time and project management, as well as advanced technical sessions on Additive Manufacturing, Laser Powder Bed Fusion, and metrology.

The week continued with an exciting industrial day in Eindhoven, where we visited Additive Industries, KMWE, and the BIC campus. Our Doctoral Candidates (DCs) not only deepened their academic knowledge but also explored how these concepts apply to real-world industrial challenges.
Beyond the classroom, our DCs enjoyed building relationships, sharing dinners, traveling together, and staying at the same hotel. This blend of learning and camaraderie made the event truly special.
We’re all eagerly anticipating the next training event, scheduled for the week of May 19 in Milan.

A big thanks goes to our hosts:
Brecht Van Hooreweder,  Claus Claeys and Elke Deckers at KU Leuven and Sandra Poelsma @ Additive Industries and Rob van Loon @ KMWE

Metramat Symposium 4 Nov 2024

4 November 2024 we officially started the Metramat DN project with our opening Metramat Symposium. We welcomed international researchers, PhD candidates, partners, and industry and listened to great talks of scholars in the field of Meta materials to learn their view on the current state of research.

A big thanks goes to our speakers:
Richard Craster, Luca Sangiuliano, Sara Barherifard, Gabriele Gattere, Cristian Cassella, and Michael Leamy, and present beneficiaries Valentina Zega, Brecht Van Hooreweder, Nima Razavi, and Trudi Sonderkamp

This was the first live gathering of the Metramat Consortium and it was great meeting you in real live. Metramat’s DCs stayed in Eindhoven for several days for their training on their path to become great researchers. They were being trained on several subjects by Vanessa Cool, Claus Claeys Elke Deckers, Michael Leamy, Varvara Kouznetsova, Ondřej Rokoš,

As promised we’ll organise a closing event in three years from now to share all findings from the Metramat DN project and you are all invite then! Until then, stay tuned and follow us via our socials, linkedin, and website.

To conclude I would like to thank all participants for being there and making this event a success!