The contribution of the EURHEO Erasmus Mundus Master Course to R&TD in Engineering Rheology

Abstract

EURHEO - European Masters in Engineering Rheology (www.eurheo.eu) is a two-year course operating under and being funded by the Erasmus Mundus programme. EURHEO aims at offering an advanced integrated education programme on Rheology and its applications to different Engineering areas. It combines the expertise of six European Universities in the field of Rheology (the University of Minho; Portugal; the University of Ljubljana; Slovenia; the Universidad de Huelva; Spain, the Kaholieke Universiteit Leuven; Belgium; the Université catholique de Louvain; Belgium and the University of Calabria; Italy) and the syllabus is designed to provide students with the necessary competences to understand the relevance of Rheology in Materials Science and Engineering and apply the knowledge gained in solving real-world Engineering problems both autonomously and as members of multidisciplinary research teams. We will present representative scientific EURHEO outputs selected from Master theses developed at the various partner universities, eventually in collaboration with industry. The Authors thank the European Union and EACEA for granting project 2008-0099-EURHEO: The Erasmus Mundus Master in Engineering Rheology.