Production of metal powders: engineering interest increase
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan - Materialvetenskap |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 883 278 |
| Project duration | May 2018 - April 2021 |
| Status | Completed |
| Venture | The strategic innovation programme for Metallic material |
Purpose and goal
The goal of the project UPP-FAS was to bring together KTH Royal Institute of Technology and companies who make metal powder to develop a new course to teach students about how metal powder is made and how it can be optimised for different uses, especially 3D printing. This would improve knowledge of graduates and by including 3D printing attract more students into metallurgy. The course was intended to include both digital and traditional elements and be ready for use as a lifelong learning course.
Expected results and effects
The course was written with input from all partners and all are satisfied with the contents. The course has online material, lectures (in-person or digital) and lab exercises. The course has been given to two cohorts of students one at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and one at Uppsala University. This can continue in future years, which will maximise the increase of knowledge in powder metallurgy and attract the maximum possible number of students to materials science master’s programmes.
Planned approach and implementation
The project UPP-FAS was implemented almost entirely according to plan. The largest change was that teaching began a year later than oringally planned, since it took almost a year to add a course to the master’s programme at KTH. Teaching students at Uppsala (not in the original project plan) made up for this. The Covid pandemic made it difficult to maintain close collaboration as the course was finalised, but a switch to digital meetings allowed development to continue, even though a planned set of test lectures had to be cancelled.