The 4th semester (from March to September) is a 5 month internship devoted to the preparation of the Master's Thesis. This works is conducted by the applicant on a research topic in materials science. It can be undertaken in the laboratories of Mines Saint-Etienne, or in other public instituions, or in industry.
Some of the recent research projects conducted by the students were:
- Aging of Aluminum Powder used for Additive Manufacturing
- Microstructural Investigation of SS316 Stainless Steel Samples Edificated by Powder Bed Laser Fusion
- Characterization of softening in tungsten for nuclear fusion application
- Design and experimental characterisation of a novel martensitic FeCr steel by comparative study with 440 C (X105CrMo17)
- Effect of surface roughening on the hydrogen uptake in a ferritic Fe-Cr alloy
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