CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
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Sunday 3rd September 2023
| 16:00 - 19:00 | Registration and Welcome Reception The Bramall Opportunity to collect your conference resources and to network. | ||
Monday 4th September 2023
| 08:00 - 08:30 | Registration and Arrival Drinks Poster set-up for Monday's poster session The Great Hall | ||
| 08:30 - 09:30 | Welcome Address and Plenary Talk Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall Plenary 1 Sagawa M - History of REPM and my Teachers in Permanent Magnets | ||
| 09:30 - 11:00 | Session 1: Raw Materials, Resources and Mining Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall 09:30 - 09:50 - Invited Talk. O1-1 Marte J - MP Materials: Restoring the American Rare Earth Materials and Magnet Supply Chain 09:50 - 10:10 - Invited Talk. O1-2. Castilloux R - China’s Rare Earth Resource Base 10:10 - 10:25 - Oral Talk. O1-3. De Campos M - Recent trends in the Rare-Earth industry in Brazil and in the world 10:25 - 10:40 - Oral Talk. O1-4. Dawes W - Rare Earths and Technology Solutions for the Green Transition 10:40 - 10:55 - Oral Talk. O1-5. Govender I - Fluorination of the Rare Earth Carbonates and Oxides | ||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Refreshments and Poster Session The Great Hall | ||
| 11:30 - 13:00 | Session 2: Supply Chain Development and Magnet Processing Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall 11:30 - 11:50 - Invited Talk. O2-1. Yang J - Development of rare earth permanent magnet material in China 11:50 - 12:10 - Invited Talk. O2-2. Yoshida Y - Toward a sustainable supply of high-performance permanent magnets: An overview of efforts taken in Japan 12:10 - 12:25 - Oral Talk. O2-3. Saje B - Permanent magnets – a European permanent magnets producer view 12:25 - 12:40 - Oral Talk. O2-4. Liu J - Sm-Co Magnets and RE Supply Chain 12:40 - 12:55 - Oral Talk. O2-5. Hatch G - Building a resilient critical-raw-materials value chain: the importance of international standards | ||
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch and Poster Session The Great Hall | ||
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Session 3: Alloy Design and Machine Learning Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall 14:00 - 14:20 - Invited Talk. O3-1. Zhang H - Inverse Design of permanent magnets: From high-throughput calculations to machine learning 14:20 - 14:40 - Invited Talk. O3-2. Hong Y - A high throughput machine learning-assisted study of the effect of element substitution in RE-TM films 14:40 - 14:55 - Oral Talk. O3-3. Gopalan R - Enhancing the coercivity of Nd-Cu diffused Nd-Fe-B material by Nb assisted grain boundary pinning 14:55 - 15:10 - Oral Talk. O3-4. Dirba I - Towards maximum utilization of heavy rare earths in sintered NdFeB magnets 15:10 - 15:25 - Oral Talk. O3-5. Aubert A - Grain boundary engineering in Nd-based ThMn12 magnets and their nitrides: A comprehensive study of challenges and limitations | ||
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Refreshments and Poster Session The Great Hall | ||
| 16:00 - 17:30 | Session 4: Recycling of Rare Earth Magnets Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall 16:00 - 16:20 - Invited Talk. O4-1. Walton A - The Works of Late Emeritus Professor Rex Harris 16:20 - 16:40 - Invited Talk. O4-2. Burkhardt C - An overview of magnets recycling with focus on HPMS 16:40 - 16:55 - Oral Talk. O4-3. Bacchetta G - Optimizing the short-loop recycling of Dy-rich end-of-life NdFeB permanent magnets 16:55 - 17:10 - Oral Talk. O4-4. Rebernik M - Enhancing Recycled Nd-Fe-B Magnets' Performance via (Single) Grain Boundary Engineering with Nd-Cu using Spark Plasma Sintering 17:10 - 17:25 - Oral Talk. O4-5. Costa Macedo W - Optimising Magnetic Properties of Recycled Magnets obtained via Pressless Processing (PLP) | ||
| 17:30 - 19:30 | Posters and drinks reception The Great Hall Investors Forum Reception (registered attendees only - register here) Networking and Session: The Bramall Mezzanine / Elgar Concert Hall. Full agenda here. | ||
Tuesday 5th September 2023
| 08:00 - 08:15 | Registration and Arrival Drinks Poster set-up for Tuesday's poster session The Great Hall | ||
| 08:15 - 09:00 | Memorial to Past Members Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall | ||
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Session 5: Unconventional Processing Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall 09:00 - 09:20 - Invited Talk. - O5-1. Brooks O - The Influence of the Disproportionated Microstructure on the Hydrogen Ductilisation Process (HyDP) for NdFeB Alloys 09:20 - 09:40 - Invited Talk. - O5-2. Sugimoto S - Development of High Anisotropic Nd-Fe-B HDDR Powders 09:40 - 09:55 - Oral Talk. - O5-3. Goll D - Rare earth based permanent magnets by laser powder bed fusion 09:55 - 10:10 - Oral Talk. - O5-4. Shield J- Solidification-based Additive Manufacturing of Rare Earth Permanent Magnets 10:10 - 10:25 - Oral Talk. - O5-6. Lewis L - Tailoring Magnetic Structures via Passive Magnetic and Strain-Field Annealing | ||
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Refreshments and Poster Session The Great Hall | ||
| 11:00 - 12:35 | Session 6: Nanocrystalline & Thin Film Magnets Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall 11:00 - 11:20 - Oral Talk. - O6-1. Sepehri Amin H - Exploring coercivity limit in SmFe12-based thin films 11:20 - 11:35 - Oral Talk. - O6-2. Romero S - Magnetostatic coupling in NdFeB melt-spun magnets 11:35 - 11:50 - Oral Talk. - O6-3. Tang X - (Nd,LRE)-Fe-B hot-deformed magnets for variable-magnetic-force motor applications 11:50 - 12:05 - Oral Talk. - O6-4. Kautsar Z - High Coercivity and Resistivity HRE-free Nd-Fe-B hot-deformed magnet by PrCu diffusion and CaF2-LiF eutectic mixture addition 12:05 - 12:20 - Oral Talk. - O6-5. Staab F - Hard magnetic SmCo5-Cu nanocomposites produced by high-pressure torsion – microstructural evolution and magnetic properties 12:20 - 12:35 - Oral Talk. - O6-6. Kim G - Dual amorphous-precursor deformation method for high-performance Nd-saving Nd-Fe-B hot-deformed magnets | ||
| 12:35 - 14:30 | Lunch and Poster Session The Great Hall International committee meeting Careers Networking Rooms (G30-G31) | ||
| 14:30 - 16:00 | Session 7: RE-Fe-B Magnet Processing and Properties Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall 14:30 - 14:50 - Invited Talk. – O7-1. Sasaki T - Achieving 2.8 T coercivity in Nd–Fe–B sintered magnets subjected to two-step grain boundary diffusion process 14:50 - 15:10 - Invited Talk. – O7-2. Miyawaki H - Heavy Rare Earth free Hot-Deformed Nd-Fe-B Magnet for Traction Motor in Electric Vehicles 15:10 - 15:25 - Oral Talk. – O7-3. Jia Z - Effect of grain boundary reconstruction and regenerated main phase shell on magnetic properties in high-abundance (NdLaCeY)-Fe-B magnets 15:25 - 15:40 - Oral Talk. – O7-4. Gassmann J - Reducing criticality of Nd-Fe-B by recycling and partial substitution using the rapid quenching technique 15:40 - 15:55 - Oral Talk. – O7-5. Tomše T - A strategy for rapid sintering of Nd-Fe-B-type magnets based on intense thermal radiation | ||
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Refreshments and Poster Session The Great Hall | ||
| 16:30 - 18:00 | Session 8. Rare Earth-Free Magnets Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall 16:30 - 16:50 - Invited Talk. – O8-1. Johnson F - Iron Nitride: a Non-Rare-Earth Containing Permanent Magnet 16:50 - 17:05 - Oral Talk. – O8-2. Woodcock T - Critical Materials Free MnAl-C Magnets: Recent Developments and a Perspective 17:05 - 17:20 - Oral Talk. – O8-3. Zhao P - Nanoscale Chemical Segregation to Twin Interfaces in τ-MnAl-C and Resulting Effects on the Magnetic Properties 17:20 - 17:35 - Oral Talk. – O8-4. Capobianchi A - Direct synthesis of highly ordered L10-FeNi nanoparticles from Layered complexes 17:35 - 17:50 - Oral Talk. – O8-5. Lewis L - Jumping the Gap: Can Tetrataenite become a “Hard” Permanent Magnet? 17:50 - 18:00 – Oral Talk – O8-6 Liu P - Hard and semi-hard Fe-based magnetic materials | ||
| 18:00 - 19:30 | Posters and drinks reception The Great Hall | ||
Wednesday 6th September 2023
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Registration and Arrival Drinks Poster set-up for Wednesday's poster session The Great Hall | ||
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Plenary Talk Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall Plenary 2 Coey M - Why is it difficult to make a new permanent magnets? | ||
| 09:30 - 11.00 | Session 9: RE-Co Magnets and Processing Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall 09:30 - 09:50 - Invited Talk. – O9-1. Hadjipanayis G - Towards the adaptation of Sm(Fe,Co,M)12 compounds for new rare-earth-lean permanent magnets 09:50 - 10:05 - Oral Talk. – O9-2. Castro J - Anisotropy field determination in SmCo5 sintered magnets 10:05 - 10:20 - Oral Talk. – O9-3. Park K - Nanocrystalline Sm-Co-Cu bulk magnets prepared by low-oxygen nanopowder metallurgy process 10:20 - 10:35 - Oral Talk. – O9-4. Sheridan R - Strip Casting of Sm2TM17-type Alloys for Production of the Metastable SmTM7 Phase 10:35 - 10:50 - Oral Talk. – O9-5. Niarchos D - Rare Earth and Transition Metal based High Entropy Alloys (HEAs) as building blocks for novel permanent magnets | ||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Refreshments and Poster Session The Great Hall | ||
| 11:30- 12:50 | Session 10: Density Functional Theory (DFT) and Micromagnetic Modelling Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall 11:30 - 11:50 - Invited Talk – O10-1. Patrick C - First-principles calculations on rare earth magnets - bridging the gap between theory and reality 11:50 - 12:05 - Oral Talk – O10-2. Staunton J - Crucial role of Fe in determining the hard magnetic properties of Nd2Fe14B: finite temperature, first-principles theory calculations 12:05 - 12:20 - Oral Talk – O10-3. Kulesh N - Exploring coercivity limits in ultrafine-grained Nd-Fe-B magnets with deep learning image segmentation and micromagnetic simulation 12:20 - 12:35 - Oral Talk – O10-4. Ohmer D - Micromagnetic simulation of nanostructured Sm2(Co,Fe,Cu,Zr)17 magnets 12:35 - 12:50 - Oral Talk – O10-5. Paudyal D - Discovery of rare-earth lean high-performance permanent magnets | ||
| 12:50 - 14:00 | Lunch and Poster Session The Great Hall | ||
| 14:00 - 15:35 | Session 11: Applications of Permanent Magnets Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall Campbell A - The Application of Permanent Magnets in Electrical Machines for Aerospace Full Electric and Hybrid Electric Aircrafts 14:20 - 14:35 - Oral Talk – O11-2. Perigo E - Considerations in Magnets Selection for Industrial Motors: The Case of Permanent Magnet-Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motors 14:35 - 14:50 - Oral Talk – O11-3. Krengel M - Special features of the NdFeB Hot pressing process- a pump manufacturer as magnet producer 14:50 - 15:05 - Oral Talk – O11-4. Vishwakarma A - Geometry-based reduction of rare-earth-containing raw materials for permanent magnets 15:05 - 15:20 - Oral Talk – O11-5. Klumpp A - Challenges in applications of permanent magnets in accelerators on the example of the major accelerator upgrade at DESY 15:20 - 15:35 - Oral Talk – O11-6. Dempsey N - Development and use of NdFeB micro-magnets | ||
| 15:35 - 16:00 | Refreshments and Poster Session The Great Hall | ||
| 15:35 - 17:30 | Tour of Magnet Recycling Facilities Sign up at registration desk | ||
| 19:00 - 23:00 | REPM2023 Conference Dinner - The Council House Victoria Square Birmingham B1 1BB Coaches available from Edgbaston Park Hotel at 18:15 Return coaches from the Council House to Edgbaston Park Hotel at 23:00 | ||
Thursday 7th March 2023
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Registration and Arrival Drinks The Great Hall | ||
| 09:00 - 10:40 | Session 12: Applications and Sustainability of Magnets Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall 09:00 - 09:20 - Invited Talk – O12-1. Gutfleisch O - Sustainability of tomorrow´s magnets and their applications 09:20 - 09:40 - Oral Talk – O12-2. Blomgren J - Automated High-Speed Approaches for the Extraction of Permanent Magnets from Hard Disk Drives Components for Circular Economy 09:40 - 09:55 - Oral Talk – O12-3. Delette G - Design of complex shaped REPM for increasing the performance and recyclability of synchro-reluctant machines 09:55 - 10:10 - Oral Talk – O12-4. Grau L -Processability and separability of commercial anti-corrosion coatings in HPMS recycling of NdFe 10:10 - 10:25 - Oral Talk – O12-5. Dias M - Improvement of magnetic properties of recycled Nd-Fe-B magnets by employing the GBD process 10:25 - 10:40 - Oral Talk – O12-6 (replaced) Morcos T - Competitive Threats to NdFeB Magnets in Green Energy Applications - Electric Vehicles and Windpower | ||
| 10:40 - 11:10 | Refreshments The Great Hall | ||
| 11:10 - 12:30 | Session 13: Advanced Characterisation Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall 11:10 - 11:25 - Oral Talk. – O13-1. Cheema N - New measurement system for evaluation of eddy current loss in permanent magnets 11:25 - 11:40 - Oral Talk. – O13-2. Mouron R - Anisotropic lattice diffusion of heavy rare earth elements (Tb, Dy) in the magnetic phase of Nd-Fe-B permanent magnets: an experimental model 11:40 - 11:55 - Oral Talk. – O13-3. Han C Microscopic - Consequences of Strain and Magnetic Field on Atomic Ordering in MnAl 11:55 - 12:10 - Oral Talk. – O13-4. Xia W - In-situ Magnetizing Holder with Strong In-plane Field for Lorentz Microscopy 12:10 - 12:25 - Oral Talk. – O13-5. Ishigami K - Understanding the Coercivity of Ga-containing Nd–Fe–B Sintered Magnets from Feature Extraction and Selection of X-ray Diffraction Patterns via Dimension Reduction and Sparse Modeling | ||
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch The Great Hall | ||
| 13:30 - 15:00 | Session 14: Rare Earth Nitride Magnets Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall 13:30 - 13:50 - Invited Talk - O14-1. Iriyama T - Recyclable Sm-Fe-N Bonded-Magnet Using Environmentally-Friendly CNF Binder 13:50 - 14:05 - Oral Talk - O14-2. Hirayama Y - Magnetically anisotropic nanopowder of TbCu7-type Sm-Fe-N 14:05 - 14:20 - Oral Talk - O14-3. Luca S - Sintering of Nd(Fe,Mo)12 tetragonal compounds for permanent magnets applications 14:20 - 14:35 - Oral Talk - O14-4. Yamaguchi W - Improvement of coercivity of Sm2Fe17N3 powder by coating with material designed to restore local magnetic anisotropy on the surface 14:35 - 14:50 - Oral Talk - O14-5. Matsuura M - Microstructural Changes at The Sm2Fe17 and Zn Interface | ||
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Refreshments The Great Hall | ||
| 15:30 - 17:00 | Plenary Talk and Closing Remarks Elgar Concert Hall - The Bramall Hono K - Permanent Magnet Research at NIMS - ESICMM Succeeded by Permanent Magnet Materials Open Platform and DXMag | ||
Conference end.