General Information

SMART

Smart is a summer school organized by the Manufacturing Technology Group of the University of Palermo and the Institute of Manufacturing Technology (LFT) of the Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen, Nürnberg (FAU).

The school addresses young researchers and PhD students whose research activities are focussed on sheet metal. Fundamentals and advanced topics covering a wide field of sheet metal processing will be presented and discussed.

Participants passing the final exam will receive a certificate of 4 ECTS credits.

TOPIC

• Materials

• Formability, Modelling

• Super plastic forming

• Incremental forming

• Laser welding

• Hot stamping

• Hydroforming

• Laser Taylored blanks

• Joining by forming

• Sheet-bulk metal forming, hybrid processes

• Sustainability in sheet metal forming processes

LECTURERS

• Prof. Merklein

• Prof. Lechner

• Prof. Schmidt

• Prof. Brosius

• Dr. Klämpfl

• Prof. Fratini

• Prof. Buffa

• Prof. Ingarao

• Prof. Bruschi

• Prof. Filice

LANGUAGE

The school's language is English. All lectures and discussions will be in English.

Good knowledge of the English language is mandatory for participation.