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DEMETER Summer School

24-26 August 2016 in Leuven, Belgium

Registration opens on the 10th of April

Goal

The aim of this Summer School is to bring 50-60 PhD students and postdocs together to learn and discuss about the “Design and Recycling of Rare-Earth Permanent Magnet Motors and Generators in Hybrid and Full Electric Vehicles“. The summer school consists of 12-13 lectures (60 min lecture + 30 min of Q&A). The lecturers are world class experts.

Topics 

1. REE recycling
2. REEs in magnesium alloys
3. Rare Earths for Industrial Applications – From Carl Auer von Welsbach to High-Tech
4. Rare earth metallurgy
5. Rare Earths for hybrid and electric cars
6. Magnet recycling using HD
7. NdFeB magnets
8. REE Magnet motor assemblies in (H)EVs
9. Permanent magnet motor assembly design
10. Topic related to urban mine/REE magnets in cars
11. Industrial production of REE magnets
12. Recovery  of REEs from electronic waste
13. Introduction to LCA with respect to rare earths and other critical metals

Organisers

The Summer School is organised under the umbrella of EU H2020 MSCA-ETN DEMETER, in co-organisation with the EU H2020 project REMAGHIC and KU Leuven RARE³ (Industrial Research Fund Knowledge Platform on rare earth recycling and other critical metals).

Co-organizer

Arenberg Doctoral School