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Outreach

High school lab visit

10 April 2024. High shool students from Bethune in the lab.
People news

Start of internship for Aeryn Meurillon

2 Apr 2024. Aeryn Meurillon is a student for a technical degree at the Technology Institute of the Université de Lille. She joined the project for 2 and 1/2 months starting April 2024. She will help us starting visco-elastic properties measurements on metals with our new instruments.
Outreach

Bar des Sciences presentation

On 28 March 2024, S. Merkel gave a presentation at the Bar de Sciences of the Science at the Université de Lille.
Project

PhD fellowship in Mineral Physics / Materials Science starting fall 2024

20 March 2024. We are looking for one PhD fellowship, to start work in the fall of 2024. The research will involve laboratory- and synchrotron-based deformation of metallic alloys using a new apparatus recently delivered to the lab. The candidate will be in charge of calibrating the instrument and study the microstructural response of metallic alloys as a function of applied deformation, and temperature, up to the alloy’s melting temperature. The candidate will have access to the local, staffed electron microscopy facility for characterizing the sample states prior and after the mechanical tests. Tests will be performed in the Lille High Pressure Laboratory and at synchrotrons.
Conferences

European Geoscience Union General Assembly

In April 2024, S. Merkel will attend the European Geoscience Union General Assembly in Vienna.
People news

Start of internship for Léo Carin

3 March 2024. He will work with Nadège Hilairet and Julien Chantel to test new means to combine deformation experiments and post-mortem characterization in the laboratory.
Outreach

High school teachers visit

2023-2024 is the Year of Physics for CNRS. As part of the event, local high school teachers were visiting the lab on 24 January 2024.
Experiments

A new spectrometer

10 January 2024. It has arrived. Our new Teledyne / Princeton Instruments spectrometer and CCD cameras were delivered in January.
Experiments

Ready to heat !

15 December 2023. Christmas gift has arrived: a new machine to study the mechanical properties of metals at high temperature and low oxygen fugacity !
Project

Two post-doctoral fellowships in Mineral Physics / Materials Science from winter 2024

20 November 2023. The ERC HotCores project aims is looking for two post-doctoral fellows, to start work in 2024. Both positions will be first available for 1 year and extendable for a second year, paid according to French standards for post-doctoral fellowships, including all associated social benefits. The first position will involve laboratory-based visco-elasticity measurements on metallic alloys using a new apparatus that was recently delivered to the lab. The second position will be dedicated to visco-elasticity measurements at high pressure and high temperature using a custom-built dynamic diamond anvil cell with heating capabilities. Please click on the image for details and application procedures.