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4TU.HTM at the M2i Community Conference

Tuesday, 2 December 2025
Materials for Defense & Machine Learning and Autonomous Labs

4TU.HTM at the M2i Community Conference 2025

At the M2i Community Conference 2025 (Hotel Papendal, Arnhem, 8 December), 4TU.High-Tech Materials is hosting two sessions: Materials for Defense and Machine Learning & Autonomous Labs

Materials for Defense

Theme 4 - Room 9 - 13.20 - 14.40 hours
Chair: Arjan Mol (Professor Corrosion Technology & Electrochemistry, TU Delft, Scientific Director 4TU.HTM)

Axel Homborg (Netherlands Defence Academy)

Associate Professor Maintenance Technology, Head of 'Research Centre Military Technology' at the Netherlands Defence Academy

Title: Military Corrosion Technology

Joep Broekhuijsen (Damen Naval)

RDI Strategy Coordinator, Damen Naval

Title: Don’t Be Seen. Don’t Get Hit. Don’t Get Destroyed: Material Challenges for Naval Survivability

Ton Bor (UTwente)

Associate Professor, Production Technology, Mechanics of Solids, Surfaces & Systems, Faculty of Engineering Technology, University of Twente

Title: Best materials for defence – the role of composites

Emiel Amsterdam (NLR)

Senior Scientist at the Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR)

Title: Towards 3D metal printing of critical structural parts: quantifying the effect of defects on the fatigue life


Machine Learning & Autonomous Labs

Theme 9 - Room 9 - 15.40 - 17.00 hours
Chair: Arjan Mol (Professor Corrosion Technology & Electrochemistry, TU Delft, Scientific Director 4TU.HTM)

Amir Zadpoor (TU Delft)

Professor Biomaterials & Tissue Biomechanics, Delft University of Technology

Title: Machine learning for biomaterials and tissue biomechanics

Basita Das (Amolf)

Project leader, Nanoscale Solar Cells, Amolf

Title: HELIOS: High-throughput Experimentation with Light-Induced Optimization and Synthesis

Arjan Mol (TU Delft)

Professor Corrosion Technology & Electrochemistry, Delft University of Technology

Title: Machine Learning–Driven Optimization of Corrosion Inhibitors and Active Protective Coatings

Nabil Khossossi (Differ)

Computational Materials Sciencits & AI researcher, Differ

Title: AI-driven discovery frameworks for sustainable electrocatalysis