Materials Engineer for a Day: Shaping the Future of Sustainable Innovation

Ing. Marián Drienovský, PhD. currently works at the Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava, Slovak University of Technology. Marian does research in Materials Science and Engineering. He has 10+ years of experience in the preparation of various metallic alloys using vacuum induction melting. His skills include the use of analytical instruments and techniques such as light optical microscopy, thermal analysis, and mechanical testing of materials. His current research interest focuses on the design, preparation and analysis of Multi-Principal Element Alloys suitable for hydrogen storage. Marek Kudláč is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Materials of the Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava, Slovak University of Technology. His research focuses on corrosion phenomena (including stress corrosion cracking, pitting corrosion, and intergranular corrosion) and the surface properties of materials (surface integrity and topography), particularly in materials used in the nuclear power industry. He specializes in both exposure-based and electrochemical corrosion testing, with an emphasis on stainless steels employed in the primary circuit of nuclear power plants. In addition, he is involved in the metallographic and fractographic analysis of welded joints. He taught seminars for the course Materials Science I.