CIRHYCircular steelShared expertise
Connected across the value chain
Seven research institutions, six companies and four other organisations bring materials science, digital engineering and real-world applications together.
Research institutions
Seven institutions connect expertise in materials science, hydrogen–material interactions, experimental characterisation and multiscale modelling.
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
Materials Science and Engineering
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)
Mechanical Engineering
University of Groningen (RUG)
ENTEG and Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials
University of Twente (UT)
Engineering Technology
KU Leuven
Materials Engineering & Computer Science
Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
Microstructure Physics and Alloy Design
Ghent University (UGent)
Companies
Six companies bring industrial use cases, materials, processing routes and validation environments to the collaboration.
Other organisations
Four organisations contribute applied research, sector knowledge and coordination, connecting scientific advances with practical needs.
Co-designed
Co-created
Industrial partners are actively involved throughout CIRHY, from defining research questions to validating results in demonstrators.
M2i facilitates the collaboration, coordinating knowledge exchange and alignment between scientific developments and industrial needs.
Fundamental research
Hydrogen–material interactions and alloy design.
Models & digital tools
Multiscale prediction and materials design.
Industrial implementation
Validation in applications and integration into engineering workflows.