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18 September 2019 Events organised by the professorship
On 10 September 2019, staff from the WOT Chair visited the BMW plant in Leipzig. The visit focused on materials and surface technology.
18 September 2019 International aspects of the professorship
On 22 August 2019, the WOT Chair welcomed Dr Wangping Wu from Changzhou University in China. Dr Wangping was accompanied by Prof Köster from Mittweida University of Applied Sciences.
6 September 2019 Events organised by the professorship
On 23 August 2019, a nutrition workshop took place at the IWW. During the workshop, interested staff members learnt from Ms Sabine Türpe, a qualified ecotrophologist from projecDo GmbH, about healthy eating at work and at home.
7 August 2019 Events organised by the professorship
This year’s WOT PhD seminar, held from 8 to 10 July 2019, took place for the first time on a larger scale, attended by internal and external experts from related academic fields.
10 July 2019 Personnel of the professorship
In June, around 350 students from Chemnitz University of Technology received their graduation certificates in person at St Peter’s Church in Chemnitz. Dr habil. Wolfgang Hansal, who completed his habilitation at the WOT Chair in December 2018, delivered an emotional graduation speech.
22 May 2019 Projects of the professorship
At the regional group meeting of the DGO (German Society for Electroplating and Surface Technology) on 9 May 2019 at the Institute of Materials Science and Materials Engineering, two presentation topics were on the agenda for the first time. One of these was the presentation of the AiF project funded by the DGO, ‘Prediction tool for plasma nitriding processes for the surface treatment of tools and components’, which the WOT Chair is carrying out in collaboration with the Fraunhofer IST in Braunschweig.
29 March 2019 Events organised by the professorship
Fraunhofer President Prof. Dr Reimund Neugebauer outlined the future of research and innovation policy at the 21st Materials Science Colloquium at Chemnitz University of Technology.
8 February 2019 Research at the Chair
Professor Thomas Lampke in an interview with Oerlikon AG: “Today’s materials science and engineering are opening up new possibilities through the intelligent combination of materials and processes.”
7 February 2019 Teaching at the professorship
A new teaching and learning format gave primary school classes and trainee teachers the opportunity to gain practical experience at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Chemnitz.
21 December 2018 Personnel of the professorship
On 20 December 2018, Dr Wolfgang Hansal successfully defended his habilitation thesis entitled ‘Electrochemical Pulse Deposition’.