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!!Javier Llorca - Curriculum Vitae
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__CURRENT POSITIONS__
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*Professor and Head of the research group on “Advanced Structural Materials &amp; Nanomaterials”, Department of Materials Science, Polytechnic University of Madrid.\\
*Director, Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies of Materials (IMDEA Materials Institute)
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__EDUCATION__
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*BEng &amp; MEng in Civil Engineering with honours. Polytechnic University of Madrid (1983).\\
*PhD in Materials Science, Polytechnic University of Madrid (1986). Award to the best PhD Thesis.\\
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__CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS__\\
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__Project Title:__  MUDATCOM (Multifunctional and Damage Tolerant Composites)\\
Funding organization: Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, project MAT2012-37552\\
Participants: Polytechnic University of Madrid, IMDEA Materials Institute, University of Girona\\
Duration: January 2013 to December 2015        PI UPM: Carlos González\\
Project focus: Development of multifunctional, damage-tolerant C fiber-reinforced composites by the synergistic combination of smart non-conventional configurations and the use of advanced nanofillers (graphene nano-platelets and carbon nanotubes).\\
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__Project Title:__  MICROMECH (Microstructure-based Material Mechanical Models for Superalloys)\\
Funding organization: European Union, Joint Technology Initiative, Clean-Sky program\\
Duration: October 2013 to September 2015        PI: J. Segurado\\
Project Focus: Development of of a multiscale model to predict the mechanical properties (strength, creep, fatigue of polycrystalline Ni-based superalloys at high temperature)\\
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__Project Title:__  VMD (Virtual Materials Design Platform)\\
Funding organization: Abengoa Research S. A.\\
Participants: Abengoa Research, IMDEA Materials Institute, CIMNE, Pablo de Olavide University\\
Duration: November 2012 to October 2014         PI IMDEA Materials: Javier LLorca\\
Project focus: Development of a multiscale modelling platform for virtual design of metallic materials.\\
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__Project Title:__  MAGMAN (Analysis of microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of Mg-Rare Earth alloys)\\
Funding organization: National Science Foundations of US and Spain (Materials World Network)\\
Participants: Michigan State University, IMDEA Materials Institute, Polytechnic University of Madrid\\
Duration: December 2011 to November 2014        PI UPM: Javier LLorca\\
Project focus: Analysis of the deformation and recrystallization mechanisms of novel Mg alloys alloyed with rare-earth through in situ mechanical testing and advanced numerical simulations.\\
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__Project Title:__  RADINTERFACES (Interface Design of Crystalline Materials with Improved Radiation Damage Resistance Based on Multiscale Modelling Concepts)\\
Funding organization: European Union, 7th Framework programme\\
Participants: GeorgiaTech-CNRS, IMDEA Materials Institute, &amp; 7 partners\\
Duration: September 2011 to August 2014        PI IMDEA Materials: Javier LLorca\\
Project focus: Multiscale modelling and experimental validation of nanoscale metallic multilayers\\
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__Project Title:__  VANCAST (Next generation nozzle guide vanes)\\
Funding organization: ERA-NET MATERA+ (EU, 7th Framework programme)\\
Participants: IMDEA Materials, ITP, PCB, ESI-Calcom, Precicast, University of Applied Sciences\\
Duration: July 2010 to June 2013         Project coordinator: Javier LLorca\\
Project Focus: Design of an improved modelling tool to simulate mold filling, solidification, residual stresses and microstructure evolution during equiaxed casting processes of Ni-based superalloys.

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