Postdoc Additive manufacturing of Lightweight Alloys

A one-year postdoc position is open in the Advanced Production Engineering (APE) research group at the Engineering and Technology Institute Groningen (ENTEG), Faculty of Science and Engineering. The appointment will focus on additive manufacturing of lightweight alloys. Additive manufacturing (AM) offers virtually unlimited possibilities to realize any desired geometry. It is especially suitable for producing complex structures and internal features that cannot be manufactured using conventional subtractive processes. A current limitation of AM is the degraded dimensional control and surface integrity of specific surfaces. The objective of this SNN project is to enable high quality and high precision additive manufacturing of aluminum alloy components by addressing product structure, AM process and material properties related challenges in an integrated solution. The outcomes include material-centric design guidelines for geometric optimization to compensate shape deviation, post-AM heat treatment for tailored microstructure and experimentally validated physical model relating microstructure and material properties to the performance of stainless steel prints.