MOWSESGreen Steel for safe and sustainable
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Universiteit Gent

Ghent University (UGent) is a top 100 university and one of the major universities in Belgium, founded in 1817. Our 11 faculties offer a wide range of courses and conduct in-depth research within a wide range of scientific domains. We are a pluralistic university that is open to all students, regardless of their ideological, political, cultural or social background. Our credo is ‘Dare to think’. Today Ghent University attracts about 50,000 students. UGent currently occupies the 11th place in the Horizon Europe ranking, making it the 5th most successful university in Horizon Europe

Role within MOWSES

In the scope of MOWSES, UGent will be in the lead for characterising and analysing changes in microstructure caused by residual elements in particular via Scanning Electrone Microscopes (SEM-EDX, SEM-EBSD). They will furthermore support the AI-based microstructural analysis and the micromechanical characterisation of materials.

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