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9 March 2018 Programmes for school pupils offered by the Chair
From 5 to 9 March 2018, four school pupils undertook the ‘Materials and Surfaces in the Automotive Industry’ work experience placement in the laboratories of the WOT Chair. The school pupils’ work placement is part of a so-called interdisciplinary teaching programme, which the faculties of Chemnitz University of Technology organise once a year in collaboration with the Johannes Kepler Gymnasium in Chemnitz.
9 January 2018 Staff at the Chair
On 6 December 2017, Dr Thomas Grund was elected to the Board of Delegates of the European Thermal Spraying Association (ETSA). ETSA’s members represent leading public and private research institutions and companies in the scientific and technological field of thermal spraying in Europe.
25 October 2017 Projects run by the Chair
On 28 September 2017, a three-year joint project between WOT and the Chemnitz-based SME ThyssenKrupp Presta Camshafts, funded by the Sächsische Aufbaubank (SAB), got underway with a kick-off meeting.
25 October 2017 Staff at the Chair
On 11 September 2017, Rico Drehmann successfully defended his doctoral thesis, entitled ‘Adhesion mechanisms of cold-gas-sprayed aluminium layers on ceramic surfaces’, with distinction.