27th International Conference on Materials and Technology (27 ICM&T) took place in Portorož from 16th to 18th October 2019. In scope of the conference Young researchers competition was organized. The international committee awarded Hermina Hudelja from K7 with excellent second place for the talk entiteled: “Feather-light, cellulose-nanofiber-reinforced γ˗Al2O3 foams”.
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Research article: Multicomponent permanent magnets for enhanced electrical device efficiency. We presented an innovative approach for improving the efficiency of permanent magnets which consequently improve the efficieny of electro-mechanical devices, such as electric motors and wind turbines. The research is based on results of simulations that predicted the benefits of using magnets containing regions with different magnetic properties. The proposed approach allows us to minimize the use of expensive and critical heavy-rare-earth elements dysprosium and terbium. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304885319308170
On September 16, 2019, the fourth Scientific Slam took place at the ZRC Atrium. This year’s slam was held as part of the Cutting Edge 2019 conference. In my 5 minute presentation, I presented the fusion and fusion relevant materials, that we are developing at JSI. Znanstveni slam 2019 – Cutting Edge
How to make zirconia based composites electroconductive and thus suitable for Electrical Discharge Machining? You can read about it now in an open access scientific journal Materials. Our coworkers Ana Lazar, Tomaž Kosmač, Janez Zavašnik, Anže Abram and Andraž Kocjan reported on advanced fabrication route of zirconia based nanocomposites resulted in enhanced mechanical and electrical properties enabling cost efficient machining at low contents of reinforcing phase. https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/12/17/2789/htm