alumatter Symposium, 24 & 25 November 2005 - VUB, Brussels. The European Aluminium Association, in collaboration with the VUB (Dept Metallurgy, electrochemistry and Materials Science) & the Aluminium Center Belgium, will illustrate the achievements of the European project, alumatter, through a 2-days symposium on 24 & 25 November 2005.

 This European project, the last 3 years of which were co-funded by the European Commission's Leonardo da Vinci programme, has developed interactive modular resources on aluminium science and technology, freely accessible on internet. Twenty alumatter partners from the aluminium industry, technical centres or universities have contributed to the nine e-learning modules that respectively deal with: Strengthening Mechanisms, Softening Mechanisms, Anisotropy, Surface & Physical Properties, Mechanical Properties, Machining, Joining Technology, Forming Technology, Corrosion & Surface Engineering. The last six modules will be available in English, Dutch, French & German.