DEFENCE OF THE DOCTORAL DISSERTATION BY LAURA NAOMI GRAU

Defence of the Doctoral Dissertation by Laura Naomi Grau

IPS invites you to the Defence of the Doctoral Dissertation by Laura Naomi Grau titled: Design for recycling of NdFeB permanent magnets from electric machines. The defence will take place on Wednesday, 1 July 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at the IPS Lecture Room (N205-N206, Jamova c. 39, 1000 Ljubljana). You can also join the defence via the following link: Zoom, Meeting ID: 898 7507 9635, Passcode: 344168.

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Carlo Burkhardt.

Co-Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Spomenka Kobe.

Short summary:

This dissertation explores the recyclability of NdFeB from electric machines from three perspectives: Product design, process design and policy design. The comprehensive approach provides a design for recycling guideline, simplified pre-processing routes and processing advice, as well as a labelling system which is to be implemented at EU-level.

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