National Technical University of Athens

Website: http://www.ntua.gr
Country: Greece

National Technical University of Athens is the oldest and most prestigious Technical University in Greece with 9 schools and more than 7000 students and 700 staff members. The Laboratory of Metallurgy (NTUA.LM) is part of the School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering and has experienced significant progress the last 10 years in terms of research and development projects. The activities of the Laboratory are mainly focused in research and technology development in the field of extractive industries, including development of energy efficient processes, processing technologies for ores and industrial minerals, design, simulation and techno-economical evaluation of new production processes, design of environmental protection processes, design of electrolytic production systems, synthesis of high added-value materials from ores and industrial minerals. The Laboratory of Metallurgy is equipped with modern equipment for physicochemical characterisations and has the necessary infrastructure to support its research and development activities. The Laboratory of Metallurgy has gained considerable expertise and reputation, which can be proven from the number of research projects it undertakes, and the number of publications in the above mentioned fields. Over the last 10 years the Laboratory of Metallurgy has coordinated or participated in more than 30 EC and 20 National funded research projects with partners from many industrial companies, academic and research institutes in Europe and worldwide.