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TRA485 TRA485 Metallic material development for circularity and future trends: Ferrous alloys lp2 HT25 (2.5 hp)

Course is offered by the department of Tracks

Contact details

Lecturer and examiner:

Prof. Fang Liu,phone 031-772 6786,e-mail: fang.liu@chalmers.se

Course assistants:

Course assistants are a critical part of the teaching team. You will be spending much time with them in the lab sessions. They are there to support your lab and your individual project assignment.

Nils Nordström, e-mail: nils.nordstrom@chalmers.se

Dr. Deepjyoti Mukherjee, e-mail: deemuk@chalmers.se

Guest lecturers:

To be announced.

On-line lecture Zoom link:

https://chalmers.zoom.us/j/2745524118

password: metal

Tracks management

Kristina Henricson Briggs, Director Tracks                                  kristina.henricson.briggs@chalmers.se

Ida Gremyr, Scientific lead Tracks                                                 ida.gremyr@chalmers.se

Ingemar Josefsson, Education administrator                               ingjose@chalmers.se

Course purpose

The aim is to gain knowledge about the essential role of ferrous alloys for the green transition and the challenges for a circular economy related to these alloys. Additionally, you develop skills to critical assess the strategies for designing and developing ferrous alloys for a circular economy, focusing on life-time extension and recycling, supported by the most recent cutting-edge research.

Schedule

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Course literature

  • Sustainability through alloy design: Challenges and opportunities - Caan et al. 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmatsci.2020.100722
  • The materials science behind sustainable metals and alloys - Raabe 2023, DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c00799
  • Other selected articles from international journals will also be used.

Course design

The course emphasizes active dialogue both among participants and between participants and lecturers. It integrates theoretical knowledge with real-world professional practices through a blend of in-person sessions, online workshops, and self-paced study via the Canvas learning platform. Between the sessions and workshops, participants engage in lectures, literature studies, analyses, and reflective exercises while networking and collaborating with peers.

Note: to be allowed to participate on-line seminars, the participants must study on their own and achieve certain points in weekly quizzes.

Learning objectives and syllabus

Learning objectives:

  1. Evaluate the advantages and challenges associated with different strategies for improving the sustainability of ferrous alloys, for example life-time extension and recycling.
  2. Demonstrate the ability to use Thermo-Calc to predict potential phase formations in recycled steels.
  3. Show insights about and deal with the impact of sustainable metal solutions in a global, environmental, economic, and societal contexts.
  4. Critically evaluate solutions for new alloy designs, for example lean composition steels, with open solutions spaces, which includes to be able to handle uncertainties and limited information.
  5. Work in multidisciplinary teams and collaborate in teams with different compositions.
  6. Orally explain and discuss the challenges and solutions associated with ferrous alloys in a circular economy.

Link to the syllabus on Studieportalen.

https://www.chalmers.se/en/education/your-studies/find-course-and-programme-syllabi/course-syllabus/TRA485/?acYear=2025/2026

Examination form

  • Participation and online workshops (10%) – Participants are required to attend in-person sessions and online workshops, actively engaging in discussions. 
  • Quizzes/Assignment (20%) – Weekly quizzes or assignment will be conducted via the Canvas platform to assess participants' understanding of the course material. 
  • Projects (70%) – Participants will complete a project and present their results orally. 

Course summary:

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