“Materials Modelling for Sustainable Materials Development” Webinar with FreeMe project

Join us for this online event, scheduled for October 22nd at 10:00 CET,  where we will showcase how advanced materials modelling is accelerating the creation of sustainable materials and driving the transition to a greener economy.

Hear innovative insights and results directly from NICKEFFECT (represented by consortium partner Matgenix) and the FreeMe project. Discover how sophisticated computational tools are being used to predict, design, and validate new material solutions, from Ni-based alloys to safer coating processes, ensuring innovation meets ecological responsibility.

Agenda

10:00 – 10:05 CET (5 min)
Welcome & Setting the Scene

10:05 – 10:25 CET (20 min)
Presentation 1: NICKEFFECT

10:25 – 10:45 CET (20 min)
Presentation 2: FreeMe

10:45 – 10:55 CET (10 min)
Joint Panel Q&A Session

10:55 – 11:00 CET (5 min)
Closing Remarks

Speakers

FreeMe Project

Kostantinos Pyrgakis, from EXELISIS

Dr. Konstantinos Pyrgakis is a Chemical Engineer (NTUA) with an M.Sc. in Computational Fluid Dynamics and a PhD in process systems engineering, specializing in industrial symbiosis and optimal biorefinery design. He received an award for his outstanding PhD Thesis in the field of energy (NTUA). With 15 years of working experience in consultancy and academic research, he has participated in 14 EU-funded projects and published 25 scientific articles. As a Project Manager at EXELISIS IKE, his core expertise includes process design, modelling and optimization; water and energy integration; mathematical programming; Life Cycle (LCA) and techno-economic Analysis; and Computational Fluid Dynamics analysis.

Albert Sabadell Rendón, from IDENER

Albert Sabadell Rendón obtained his Ph.D in theoretical and computational chemistry in 2022 under the supervision of Prof. Núria López at ICIQ, where he also did a 2 years postdoc in collaboration and funded by TotalEnergies. Albert is specialized in multiscale modeling, particularly in automation, and meso and macro scale simulations.  He’s currently a Senior Researcher in IDENER, where he develops different models of classical, photo, and electro chemical reactors.

NICKEFFECT Project

Guillaume Brunin, from Matgenix

Guillaume Brunin obtained his Ph.D in computational solid-state physics from UCLouvain (Belgium) in 2021, where he specialized in first-principles computations of crystal properties such as electrical conductivity under the supervision of Profs. Geoffroy Hautier and Gian-Marco Rignanese. He then joined Matgenix in 2022 as a Research & Development Engineer, where he has since worked on multiple projects involving universities, small and large compagnies. Using his knowledge of first-principles computational design together with his acquired expertise in machine learning, he has helped collaborators and clients by finding new materials, developing tailored tools and machine learning models, and optimizing experimental processes.