The master's thesis of Ing. Filip Wick, titled "Influence of powder granulometry on mechanical and fatigue properties of CSAM Al" received an honorable mention in the prestigious Crytur 2024 Award competition in the field of materials science.
Filip is now a new colleague in the Department of Materials Engineering, having started his
doctoral studies in September 2024. His diploma thesis was conducted under the supervision of Jan
Cizek from the same department of IPP and Ondrej Kovarik (FNSPE CTU) and focused on investigating
the influence of powder particle size on the fracture-mechanical and fatigue properties of aluminum
produced using the cold spray additive manufacturing (CSAM) method.
The results provided valuable insights into the properties of materials created with the CSAM
technology, which remains relatively unexplored but holds immense potential for future applications
in the aerospace and space industries.
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More information about the award can be found here:
https://cenacrytur.cz/o-soutezi/.
Congratulations to the author!
14 Jan 2025