Author: Marina Domingas

  For more than 50 years, Ansys engineering simulation software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries using the predictive power of simulation.   The market-leading Ansys Granta product range has been developed over 25 years to enable you to capture, safeguard and capitalize on your organization's Material Intelligence. Drive innovation with materials, from digital transformation to Industry 4.0. Use trusted, accurate materials data to boost the accuracy of your CAD, CAE and PLM systems. Simply make smarter materials choices.   In NICKEFFECT, Ansys is an Associated Partner, and is mainly focused on work related to creating the Decision Support Tool including a sustainable by-design approach, as well as leading the task pertaining to the realisation and validation of the decision tool. ...

Matgenix offers tailored solutions to boost research and development activities in chemistry and materials science. Matgenix turns industry knowledge into actionable intelligence with approaches based on the three pillars of research and development in chemistry, materials, and processes: Artificial Intelligence, Database Consolidation and High-Throughput Simulations.   In NICKEFFECT, Matgenix will be mostly involved in materials modelling and will be the task leader of materials design using machine learning....

  Innovation in Research & Engineering Solutions (IRES), founded in 2015, is an independent consulting company, composed of chemical engineers, physicists, materials and data scientists with a mission to deliver world-class innovative solutions.   IRES provides specialised services in the fields of Environment, Health and Safety (EHS), Nanotechnology and Digitisation of Materials Characterisation, incorporating Data-driven methodologies (Machine Learning).   In collaboration with external bodies and related initiatives, IRES is part of, building upon and pushing the frontiers at new technological events, arising innovative technologies and strategic research trends.   In NICKEFFECT, IRES will be leading the task of defining and evaluating the different data sources that will be used for the decision support tool development, and also the task of risk, environmental and cost impact assessments. ...

  Elsyca was founded in 1997 as a culmination of research efforts and derives its name from 'electrochemical system calculations'. Its purpose was to leverage electrochemical knowledge through software simulation tools and dedicated expert projects.   Today, Elsyca is active in the markets of corrosion design & engineering, cathodic protection & AC mitigation, surface finishing, and electrochemical manufacturing within a variety of industries – such as oil & gas, automotive, aerospace & defense, electronics and medical.   Elsyca is capitalizing on knowledge and expertise in electrochemistry to deliver unique comprehensive multiphysics digital twin solutions.   Elsyca's solutions support industries to guarantee the integrity of their assets, gain reduction in operational costs, increase their production capacity, and get early visibility on their products' quality.   In NICKEFFECT, Elsyca will be mainly involved in the Electrodeposition process modelling, through the implementation of the software to perform finite element method (FEM) modelling making use of the Multi-Ion Transport and Reaction modelling software (MitRem)....

  Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is located in Brussels and has a great focus on Electrochemical and Surface Engineering. The team of professors, postdoctoral researchers, Ph.D. students, engineers, and economists, supported by a professional technical and administrative staff wants to contribute to the societal and technological challenges of the 21st century.  With a strong emphasis on durability and sustainability, they aim for the development of the next generation of high-performing and multifunctional metal surfaces, their production and their applications.    Some of the reasons why VUB tackles those challenges are: Some of the key mineral resources in the current economy will be exhausted in the next few years if exploited at the present rates, bringing recycling and additive manufacturing into the picture. Corrosion of metals is yearly costing approximately 1 to 5 per cent of a nation’s GNP, based on direct costs only. Renewable energy sources call for revolutionary energy storage systems.    The way VUB...

  Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) holds a leading position in the most prestigious and influential international university rankings. In recent years, this award has been favoured by the growing impact of the research, the constant improvement of the quality of teaching and the ability to attract international talent.   This progress has been decisive in going forward to leading positions among Spanish universities in the two main university rankings: the QS World University Ranking and the Times Higher Education World University Ranking.   The UAB was also one of the first Spanish universities to obtain recognition as a Campus of International Excellence.   In NICKEFFECT, UAB will be mostly involved in the development of coating materials with tuned porosity and characterisation of the ferromagnetic metallic coatings. They will be leading the tasks of coatings production at laboratory scale and model validation at laboratory scale....

    CIDETEC is a key international player in research and innovation related to surface engineering and polymeric and composite materials. It specialises in processing surfaces and materials through disruptive technologies, ultimately aiming at technological transfer that will ensure the right solution for each customer. CIDETECT focuses on: Developing REACH-compliant* coatings and surfaces that provide multifunctional properties such as corrosion and wear resistance, protection against hydrogen embrittlement or fouling, electromagnetic transparency, customised aesthetics, omniphobicity and conductivity enhancement. Developing new innovative, sustainable polymeric materials based on biomass waste, self-healing elastomers, thermoplastic formulations with custom properties, and our own 3R patented technology (Reprocessable, Repairable and Recyclable thermoset composites).   CIDETEC is Spain's only technological centre specialising in Surface Engineering. Aligned with sustainability and environmental policies, it counts on state-of-the-art equipment and facilities paired with a multidisciplinary team of experts that will help accelerate the company's innovation process. In NICKEFFECT, CIDETEC is the Project Coordinator. In this role, it’s...