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Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini, Head of the Institute of Biomaterials at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, has been elected Vice-president of the Federation of European Materials Societies (FEMS). Prof. Boccaccini represents the German Materials Socienty (DGM) in the Executive Committee of FEMS since 2... Continue

On behalf of the entire department, the administration office and the Study Service Center Materials Science wish Prof. Nahum Travitzky all the best for his 70th birthday!!! Continue

We congratulate Ms Laura Schmidt, who graduated with a Master degree from the Chair for Biomaterials, for receiving the Best Master Thesis Award 2021 of the German Biomaterials Society (DGBM). Her thesis with the title "Oxidized hyaluronic acid based hydrogels as novel bioink for neural tissue en... Continue

Dr. Olga Kasian, research assistant and head of the research group "Material Transformations in Electrocatalysis" at the Helmholtz Center for Materials and Energy GmbH in Berlin (HZB), was appointed university professor for materials for electrochemical energy conversion at the Department of Materia... Continue

On September 30, 2021, Prof. Dr. Michael Zaiser finished his tenure as spokesman for the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. His successor is Prof. Dr. Erdmann Spiecker, head of the Institute of Micro- and Nanostructure Research. The office of deputy department spokesman is taken ove... Continue

I.DEAR - Cooperation with Argentina for Master Students in its Seventh Year. The cooperation program with National University of Mar del Plata in Argentina enters its seventh year. The program is supported by I.DEAR (Ingenieure Deutschland-Argentinien (LINK: ) and enables Master students of Material... Continue

The German Society for Material Science (DGM) awards PD Benoit Merle the Masing Memorial Award 2021 “in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the expansion of the understanding of the mechanical properties of thin layers and the further development of nanomechanical test methods”. The s... Continue

Vernetzte Forschungsdateninfrastruktur für Materialwissenschaft- und Werkstofftechnik Continue

Happy award winners and exciting slams Continue

Career mentoring for female students Continue