The Summer Student programme is on the way. After the first two weeks, I have had the opportunity to discover, not only my project, but also, the opportunity to meet colleagues from all over the world, and to discover a country and an unknown city to me until now.
The title of the project is “Synthesis and tomographic analysis of metallic cellular materials”. The aim of this project is to produce cellular materials of titanium and magnesium with different percentages of porosity and different size of pores, which have potential applications in the replacement of hard tissue.
To succeed in this project, I am learning how to produce these samples using powder metallurgical compaction process and the tomography technique which is totally new for me. After that, using different software such as Avizo® and Matlab®, we can study the distribution and the real percentage of the porosity and the roughness of the pores in our samples.
Figure 1: Process of reconstruction of a tomography via X-rays
On the other hand, every now and then we have different activities with all the colleagues of the Summer Student Programme. The first activity we did was a workshop of communication where Dr. Antonia Rötger was focussed on the importance of communication in science. She also gave us some examples and tips to improve our skills in this topic.
Another exciting activity was the visit to the BESSY II. In that visit, we were amazed about the idea of being in such an important research facility and the different fields in which the synchrotron can have applications such as renewable energies, storage of information and even in museums.
Figure 2: Julio Guzmán in the control room
The Summer Student Programme 2018 has just begun, and we have still many adventures to live the next weeks!
I have never heard of metallic cellular materials before. Maybe I did but the term is new to me. It sounds interesting. I would like to know more details about the composition and synthesis of these kind of materials. Me being interested in biominerals maybe your research project would expand my horizons in terms of hard tissues etc.
Dear Fatma, I am glad of getting you interesting in this topic. I am planning to write another post, and maybe there, I can explain some details about the composition and synthesis of these materials. So I expect that this new post could help you to learn new interesting things in this field.
On the other hand, I will look for the concept of biominerals. It is the first time I listen to it, and maybe, I can find new ideas that help me in my project.
Best regards, Julio Guzmán.
Dear Julio, a very nice blogpost! You are explaining your project in a nutshell and sharing your first impressions. Well done, and maybe – if you can – you might tell us in a second blogpost how your research project is evolving ? I am cuious now. Best regards, Antonia
Good luck with this new project
Congratulations great job take advantage and enjoy this opportunity
Estupendo trabajo de investigación. Enhorabuena. seguro dará buenos resultados.
I’m intrigued by the many applications this could have. Keep up the good work!
Seguro que esos materiales van fenómeno para hacer parihuelas y otros enseres !!!
Fuerte P’arriba Valiente !!!
Interesante trabajo de investigación. Seguro dará excelentes resultados. ENHORABUENA
Awesome!
Awesome!
Awesome!!!
Woo!,an interesting and innovative project, good Job.
Super! Gut Arbeit
Gute Arbeit Julio! Du bist am besten Materialingenieur!!!
Amazing project!
It sounds amazing!
Awesome!