Materials, techniques, and applications. A short overview of the trophy, the materials included and the techniques shown.
The traveling trophy is our award for the best poster at the AU Materials poster session, where PhD students and postdocs from across the university present their research.
Over time, we will take a closer look at some of the materials used in research across the cluster and the structures represented in the trophy. From metal 3D printing and copper catalysts to composites, bioinspired materials, and characterization techniques. Many of the materials were contributed by our research groups and helped turn the trophy into a true materials trophy.
The body of the AU Materials traveling trophy was made using laser powder bed fusion, a metal 3D printing technique where the structure is built layer by layer from powder.
A thin layer of metal powder is spread.
A laser melts selected areas.
A new layer of powder is added.
And slowly, the trophy takes shape.
This process made it possible to include detailed reliefs of pictures from PhD theses and spaces for real material samples in the design, turning the trophy into something that reflects the research across our cluster.
A big thank you to Jinghao Li and his group from the Department of Mechanical and Production Engineering for taking on the printing of the trophy body and making it possible to turn the design into a real object.
