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From 28 July to 2 August 2024, the 16th International Conference on Creep and Fracture of Engineering Materials and Structures (CREEP 2024) took place in Bangalore in southern India, which was organized under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Praveen Kumar at the Indian Institute of Science (IISC), who ha...

On 06.09.24, Mr. Jan Josten successfully defended his dissertation titled “APT Analysis of Nano-Objects: Simulation-informed Field Emitter Design and Fabrication Methods”. As part of his doctorate, Mr. Josten dealt intensively with atom probe tomography, field ion microscopy and the construction ...

On June 21, 2024, Mr. Andreas Bezold successfully defended his dissertation titled "Segregation-assisted deformation behavior of CoNi-base superalloys: elementary mechanisms and strengthening effects." This outstanding work was conducted as part of the DFG Priority Program "Compositionally Complex A...

Dr. Ashton Egan, who completed his Ph.D. at The Ohio State University and the Center for Electron Microscopy and Analysis (CEMAS), has been awarded a prestigious Humboldt Research Fellowship. His research areas include nickel and cobalt-based superalloys, electron microscopy (SEM/TEM), local phase t...

Recently, University President Prof. Dr. Joachim Hornegger awarded Dr.-Ing. Heinz Werner Höppel with the appointment certificate as an “außerplanmäßiger Professor” (extracurricular professor) at FAU. The entire Institute I is delighted about this "promotion" of the long-standing institute employee, ...

On the occasion of this year's 60th birthday of our Head of Institute I, Prof. Mathias Göken, we would like to reflect on his outstanding achievements and tireless dedication to the advancement of science and education. Prof. Göken obtained his diploma in Physics from the University of Münster in...

Tarakeshwar Lakshimpathy has successfully defended his dissertation! On January 29, 2024, he presented his work titled "Ab initio and Atomistic Modeling of Cracks and Comparison to Continuum Theories." After completing his doctoral studies, Tarakeshwar is now embarking on a new chapter of his car...