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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...

During his PhD, Mr. Zhida Liang has been working on the topic "Novel CoNiCr-based superalloys: Microstructure, Mechanical properties and Oxidation resistance. In Geestacht he was supervised by Prof. Pyczak. Under doctoral supervisor Prof. Göken, he successfully completed the doctoral degree with the...

The proposal for a "European Network for the Mechanics of Matter at the Nano-Scale" (MecaNano), with Benoit Merle as main proposer, has been approved as a European Cooperation in Science & Technology (COST) Action CA21121 for a period of four years, starting in September 2022. MecaNano is int...

Dear alumni and friends of the Institute I, I would like to cordially invite you to our 12th alumni meeting and materials colloquium of the Institute I on Friday, 03 June 2022. We are looking forward to exciting scientific lectures by alumni and current members of the Institute. At the same time,...

 receives 1.76 million euros from the European Research Council for his research on nanoindentation at high deformation rates. His NanoHighSpeed project aims at gaining a fundamental understanding of the failure of materials at high strain rates down to their smallest microstructural elements. Th...