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On July 1st, Dr. Michael Wurmshuber started a new position as leader of the Nanomechanics research group at Institute I. Dr. Wurmshuber graduated his PhD in Materials Science at Montanuniversität Leoben in October 2022 under supervision of Prof. Daniel Kiener. His thesis explored the improvement pot...

Mrs. Yvonne Thompson successfully defended her dissertation entitled "Additive Manufacturing by Metal Fused Filament Fabrication" on 19/06/2013. At the "real" post-examination, Mrs. Thompson's time at the Chair was reviewed and appropriately acknowledged. After the successful graduation, the cele...

The 15th World Conference on Titanium was held in Edinburgh from June 12th to 16th, 2023. This conference, which takes place every four years, covers all areas related to titanium and titanium alloys. Participants from both the scientific and industrial sectors had excellent opportunities to exchang...

From March 19-23, 2023, the TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition was held in San Diego, California. Numerous participants from science and industry from metals, materials and minerals fields met for a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary exchange. The Institute I was represented with a total of nine co...

Mr. Nicklas Volz successfully defended his dissertation titled "Microstructural, chemical and thermomechanical factors influencing the deformation mechanisms and mechanical properties of single crystal cobalt-based superalloys" on 03.03.23. In addition to family, friends and SFB partners, several ge...

During his PhD, Mr. Benedikt Diepold has been working on the topic "Material scientific characterization of laser melted alloys for the use in future rocket engines". He successfully completed the doctorate with the defense on 31.01.2023. Meanwhile, Mr. Diepold has been working at MTU Aero Engines i...

The presentation of the current bachelor thesis topics of our Institute took place on 03.02.2023 at Technikum 2 in Fürth, Dr. Mack-Str. 77. The topics can are presented the following StudOn group: https://www.studon.fau.de/studon/goto.php?target=crs_831455 Individual topics can also be offered in...

Jan Philipp Liebig was a PhD student at the Institute I until July 2018. On 28.10.22 he successfully defended his dissertation on the topic "Grain boundary mediated plasticity in low dimensional metal structures". Since 2018, Mr. Liebig is working in research and development of hard coatings at Walt...

From 12-14.10.22 the 48th Retreat Symposium of the Institute I took place in the Sattelbogener Hof in the beautiful Oberpfalz. The annual symposium has the character of an international conference due to the high-class English-language presentations given by PhD students and external guests. In part...

From 02-07.10.22 the conference ECI - Nanomechanical Testing in Materials Research and Development VIII took place in Split. The Institute I was represented by Anna Krapf, Hendrik Holz, Stefan Zeiler and Benoit Merle. We are happy to congratulate Anna Krapf and Hendrik Holz for the poster awards! An...