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One of the largest conferences in the field of materials development took place in Orlando/Florida from 3 to 7 March 2024. With more than 3500 participants from over 70 nations, the...
On 21 February 2024, Mr Carsten Süß successfully defended his diploma thesis entitled "Use of recycled secondary aluminium for the powder metallurgical production route...
From the end of January to the beginning of February, two students completed an internship at the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials (PVW) at Chemnitz University of Technology. Sven Ansgar Müller from the...
Assoc. Prof. Dr habil. Magdalena Szechynska-Hebda and Assoc. Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Marek Hebda are at the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials (PVW) from 01.02.24 to 30.04.24....
In the Complex Materials for Manufacturing (CMM) module, in which over 150 international students are enrolled, the course programme was expanded in WS23/24 by two experienced experts...
Dr Susann Hausner was awarded the TUC Research Prize in the category "DFG - Successful DFG First Proposal" on 16 November 2023. With the DFG initial proposal on the topic of "Modified nanopastes...
On 01.10.2023, the DFG project "Geometry-dependent numerical and experimental investigations in the production of C/C-SiC composites via LSI route and injection moulding" started at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Chemnitz University of Technology...
On 01.10.2023, the AiF project "Flexible ultrasonic-assisted friction stir welding (FLEX-USE-FSW)" was launched at the Chair of Composite Materials and...
On 1 October 2023, the successfully applied for AiF project "Strand contamination and passivation influence in ultrasonic metal welding: clarification, avoidance and...
On 15 November 2023, the IGF project "Modification of Ni-based solders with Ni particles for the targeted adjustment of melting range and melting point" was launched at the Chair of Composites and...
From 26 to 29 November 2023, the Chair of Composites and Material Composites at Chemnitz University of Technology hosted the "5th International Conference on Nanojoining and Microjoining (NMJ)" in Leipzig. "After successful...
The fifth IWW colloquium took place on 2 November 2023 in the METEOR project house in the Erfenschlager Straße section of Chemnitz University of Technology. The auditorium was made up of students, employees and former colleagues from the...
In the IGF joint project "Development of large-scale production processes for the manufacture of ceramic oxidation-protected pultrusion profiles for high-temperature applications" (KOPRA for short), three research centres in Chemnitz have set themselves the goal of improving the attractiveness and cost-effectiveness of...
The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding the 2-year project "Phenomenological analysis of sintered aluminium matrix composites for use in vehicle friction brake pads", which is being carried out...
On 11 and 12 October 2023, the German community in the field of ceramic matrix composites gathered in Cologne at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). The meeting was organised by the Ceramic Composites network of Composites United e.V. From the professorship...
On 14 September 2023, the seminar "Nanomaterials for Power Electronics" took place in Würzburg, which was specifically dedicated to the topic of surface properties and their influence. Mrs Susann Hausner...
On 21 September 2023, Mr Harshan Kalenahalli Ramesha successfully defended his Master's thesis entitled "Investigations to evaluate the surface treatment dependent interfacial strength of NiTi based SMA wires...
On 18 September 2023, the foundation stone for a new research building at Chemnitz University of Technology, the Electron Microscopy Centre, was laid in the Erfenschlag part of the university. Expected to open in 2025...
In glorious late summer weather, after an overnight stay in the Grünheide forest park following the doctoral seminar, we set off on our hiking day to Morgenröthe-Rauthenkranz, the birthplace of Sigmund Jähn, the...
Doctoral students at the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials regularly present the progress of their work and discuss the results with their colleagues at the Chair...
From 4 to 8 September 2023, the renowned "Ilmenau Scientific Colloquium" conference was held in the Thuringian university town, in which Mr Toni Sprigode from the Chair of Composites and Material Composites took part and contributed to the scientific...
On 8 September 2013, a group of 15 students from the AGH Krakow University of Technology visited the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering (IWW) at Chemnitz University of Technology. After an introduction to the institute, there was a tour of various IWW laboratories. In the...
The annual "International Conference on Materials Science & Nanotechnology" (ICMSN) provides a forum for interdisciplinary exchange in the field of materials science and nanotechnology. In addition to the...
The 76th Annual Meeting and International Conference of the International Institute of Welding (IIW) took place in Singapore from 16 to 21 July 2023. The Chair of Composites and Composite Materials (PVW) sent four members of staff to present the Chair's current work in the field of joining technology...
On 27.06.2023, the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering (IWW) organised the "Materials Day" after a break of several years. The students of the materials-specific degree programmes were introduced to the diversity of the topic in a playful...
As part of a student internship, David Hüttl from the Montessori secondary school in Chemnitz (5th grade) completed a two-week internship at the Chair of Composites and Material Composites (PVW). During this time, David Hüttl familiarised himself with the various research areas of the Institute of Materials Science...
From 22 to 23 June 2023, the 1st research colloquium "Ultrasound connects" took place in Tauberbischofsheim in summer temperatures. This colloquium was organised by Prof. Guntram Wagner, Head of the Chair of Composite Materials at Chemnitz University of...
The NTNU University of Technology in the Norwegian city of Trondheim hosted the fifth international conference on lightweight materials (LightMAT 2023) with more than 160 participants. PVW employees Saravanan Palaniyappan and Dr Maik Trautmann represented our professorship with two presentations...
On Saturday 3 June, Chemnitz University of Technology opened its doors for the University Day, TUCtag, to introduce visitors and prospective students to the diversity of teaching and research here. In the foyer of the central lecture theatre building,...
As part of a student internship, Mr Tim Stroh from the Berufliches Gymnasium Chemnitz (BSZ) completed a three-week internship at the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials (PVW). During the internship, the pupil was given a detailed insight into the various areas of research at the...
Renishaw, a renowned manufacturer of Raman spectrometers, hosted an intensive training seminar at its headquarters in England from 25 to 27 April 2023. The content of the seminar was to learn specific analysis capabilities of Renishaw's inViaTM Raman spectrometers. Our expert for...
On 29 and 30 March 2023, the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering (IWW) hosted the 23rd Materials Technology Colloquium, which attracted international guests from Europe to Chemnitz as well as participants from all over Germany. Around 200 scientists and representatives from...
From 19 to 23 March 2023, the 152nd TMS conference took place at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, CA, USA. With over 4000 participants, the TMS is one of the largest and most renowned conferences in the field of materials science worldwide. Two of our scientists from the field of low-temperature...
On 27 and 28 March 2023, the junior members of the Scientific Working Group of University Professors of Materials Engineering e.V. (WAW) met at the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering at Chemnitz University of Technology. The aims of the association include the promotion and coordination of scientific...
With the support of the Saxon State Enterprise for Real Estate and Construction Management (SIB), a new laboratory line has been put into operation in the materialography laboratory of the Chair of Composites and Material Composites. In addition to an enlarged...
Dr Maik Trautmann, Head of Composites and Dr Susann Hausner, Senior Engineer at the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials at Chemnitz University of Technology, took part in the workshop "Practice of Personnel Management" on 13 and 14 March 2023...
At the beginning of March, the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering (IWW) took part in interdisciplinary lessons at several technical secondary schools in the Chemnitz area. The pupils had the opportunity to choose from a range of different...
PhD students Saravanan Palaniyappan and Shimelis Bihon Gasha from the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials (PVW) took part in a research visit to Krakow, Poland, as part of the PROM 2023 programme. The visit is intended to...
On 9 January 2013, the Chairs of Composites and Material Composites (PVW) and Materials and Surface Technology (WOT) bid a festive farewell to Marion Reinhardt, who took her well-deserved retirement at the end of 2022. In her 45 years, Marion Reinhardt has...
From 8 to 10 February 2023, a network meeting of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation took place at Chemnitz University of Technology. The Institute of Materials Science and Engineering (IWW) also hosted around 20 scholarship holders from the field of engineering. After a round of introductions, 5 participants presented their wide-ranging...
In the Complex Materials for Manufacturing (CMM) module, which has over 120 enrolled international students, the course programme was expanded by two experts in WS22/23. As part of four guest lectures, ceramic-based composite materials (CMC) for high-temperature applications, as well as...
The 11th doctoral seminar of the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials took place on 7 February 2013. Due to the proximity in time to the 23rd Materials Technology Colloquium (WTK), which takes place at the end of March in Chemnitz, only those doctoral students presented their work at the...
Mr Gautham Sriranganathan defended his Master's thesis entitled "Precipitation hardening of high-energy ball milled AA2017/SiCp composites produced by spark plasma sintering" on 31 January 2023. The Indian-born student from the Advanced Functional Materials degree programme investigated the influence of...
The Chair of Composites and Material Composites took part in Chemnitz University of Technology's Open Day, which was held on 12 January 2023. Dr Maik Trautmann gave a lecture on the "Highlights of Materials Engineering" to whet students' appetites for the world of materials. In addition, prospective students were able to take part in a laboratory tour through the...
On 20 December 2022, the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Chemnitz University of Technology held its first project day with the Dr.-Wilhelm-André-Gymnasium from Chemnitz. Depending on their interests, the students were able to choose different stations from a varied programme, ranging from wood in mechanical engineering to virtual reality in mechanical engineering. The Chair of Composite Materials...
On 05.12.2022, our former employee Dr.-Ing. Marco Thomä was awarded the Johann Andreas Schubert Prize for his dissertation entitled "Effect of power ultrasound on the process behaviour and bonding mechanisms during friction stir welding of aluminium/steel composites" in the category...
On 15.12.22, the employees enjoyed a cosy get-together for the Christmas party, which was held in person again after a two-year break due to the pandemic. In addition to biscuits and stollen, smokers from the Ore Mountains and a fire tongs punch provided a cosy...
In a recently launched cooperation project between the Chair of Lightweight Structures (LLB) at Saarland University and the Chair of Composites and Material Composites (PVW) at Chemnitz University of Technology, research will be conducted over the next two...
On 10 November 2022, the fourth IWW colloquium took place in the auditorium of the "Erfenschlag" part of the university. The auditorium was made up of students, employees and former colleagues from the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering (IWW).
The micro-tensile and micro-bending modules already available at the Chair of Composites and Material Composites can now be used again for in-situ testing following reactivation and revision of the systems...
In an AiF-funded cooperation project between the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology (IWU), the Chair of Vehicle System Design (FSD) and the Chair of Composites and Material Composites (PVW) at Chemnitz University of Technology...
The new TF1 16/100/450 tube furnace from Carbolite Gero GmbH & Co. KG expands the possibilities of composite material production at the Chair of Composites and Material Composites. With a...
Our employee Mr Raghav Eshwar Donthi Amarnath, M.Sc., who completed his Master's degree in Advanced Functional Materials at Chemnitz University of Technology in 2019, will receive a...
The successfully applied for AiF project "Development of a process monitoring system with decision support for ultrasonic metal welding" started on 1 October 2022...
In July, the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials was able to expand its materials testing portfolio with a further tensile testing device, which was kindly donated by Mr....
On 3 October 2022, the nationwide campaign "Doors open with the mouse" took place, in which companies as well as educational and research institutions were able to present their fields of activity in a child-friendly way. At the faculty...
On 1 October 2022, the project "Concept for dealing with heterogeneous prior knowledge", funded by the Foundation for Innovation in University Teaching, was launched at the Chair of Composites and...
On 27 September 2022, Mr Parikshith Gowda Kabbare Ramalingaiah successfully defended his Master's thesis entitled "Optimisation and fabrication of yttrium oxide coating around tungsten fibers by a continuous chemical vapor deposition process" and thus completed his...
On 13.09.22 Nico Reimann successfully defended his diploma thesis entitled: "Thermoforming behaviour of hybrid laminates made of the aluminium alloy EN AW-6082 and continuous fibre-reinforced polyamide 6" at the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials...
From 17 to 22 July 2022, the 75th annual meeting and international conference of the International Institute of Welding (IIW) took place in Tokyo for the first time in three years. Benjamin Sattler and Dr Susann Hausner from the Chair of Composite...
On 7 July, after a break of several years due to coronavirus, the staff of the Chair of Composites and Material Composites were able to set off on a hiking day together in Saxon Switzerland...
For the first time in the history of the Composites and Composite Materials conference, a joint combined event with the "Hybrid Materials and Structures" conference took place. During the very successful event on the grounds of the Montanuniversität...
The Chair of Composites and Material Composites participated with three contributions in the international conference LÖT 2022, which took place from 21 to 23 June in Aachen. As the name suggests, this specialist conference brings together the latest developments in the field of...
Ms Nathalie Titel investigated this question as part of her Master's thesis, which she successfully defended on 2 June 2022 at the Chair of Composites and Material Composites. The thesis with the title: "Analysis of the fracture behaviour of laminated safety glass and derivation of measures to...
The Chair of Composites and Material Composites was able to convince with the submission of a teaching/learning concept on the topic of "Concept for dealing with heterogeneous prior knowledge of students through the use of interactive and specifically provided materials in the soldering module" in the "Freiraum 2022" competition of the Foundation for Innovation in University Teaching and...
On 27 April 2022, Benhur Stephen successfully defended his Master's thesis entitled "Quantification of the Distribution of Titanium Hydride Particles in High-energy Ball Milled Aluminium Alloy Powder", thus completing his studies in the Advanced Functional Materials programme at Chemnitz University of Technology. The work was supervised by...
The project "New wear protection solutions for internal mixers through incremental forming of wear plates and mechanical strengthening of coatings" (FormSchicht) was launched on 1 April 2022, funded by the Central Innovation Programme for SMEs (ZIM) and run jointly by two...
The publication "Nanojoining with Ni Nanoparticles for Turbine Applications", produced in cooperation between Siemens Energy AG and the Chair of Composite Materials and Composites, was selected by the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (JMEP) as Editor's Choice article 2021...
Dr Andreas Todt is part of the quality team at the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials in his role as quality assistant. Dr Todt receives the certificate as an auditor for internal quality audits according to DIN...
The 9th doctoral seminar of the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials was once again held as an online event on 17 and 18 March 2022. The topics of the 7 lectures ranged from joining by means of ultrasonic welding and nanojoining to...
On 15 and 16 March, the Rodewisch and Markneukirchen grammar schools held a learning camp for particularly talented pupils. In addition to the Chair of Composites and Material Composites, the Chair of Alternative Vehicle Drives from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Chemnitz University of Technology also took part with workshops...
On 25.02.2022 Mr. Mehar Prakash Reddy Medapati defended his master thesis on "Investigation on recyclability of Aluminium powder in Laser Metal Deposition process". Mr Medapati conducted the investigations into the recyclability of aluminium powder in additive manufacturing using laser metal deposition (LMD) at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology (IWS) in Dresden...
Dr Susann Hausner, Senior Engineer at the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials, has been appointed by the Senate of Chemnitz University of Technology as a substitute representative on the Chemnitz University of Technology's Seal Award Commission for the term of office until 31 March 2024. The Seal Award Commission is a committee...
The MDPI journal "Crystals" has currently announced a special issue on the topic of "Non-destructive Characterisation of Welded Joints", in which Dr Marco Thomä, Head of the Department of Low-Heat Joining Processes at the Chair of Composites and...
On 1 February 2022, the SAB junior research group "REACT with H2: Effective and sustainable hydrogen storage for fuel cells" was launched, which is made up of a total of five interdisciplinary professorships under the leadership of the Chair of Composites and Material Composites. Other partners are the...
On 28.01.2022, Mr Toni Sprigode defended his master's thesis on "Realisation of a system for temperature measurement during ultrasonic welding based on the Seebeck effect". Mr Sprigode carried out the first investigations into the in-situ use of the thermoelectric effect for temperature measurement during ultrasonic metal welding, in which the joining partners themselves act as...
The Chair of Composites and Material Composites is a network partner in the ZIM network "Efficient Soldering Technology" (EffiLöt), which was approved retroactively to 1 October 2021 and will initially run until the end of September 2022. The network currently consists of 10 SMEs and 3 institutes, although further partners are very welcome. The focus is particularly on R&D activities on the topics of...
Our employees Dr Andreas Todt and Dr Maik Trautmann received the Saxon University Didactics Certificate at the end of last year. This involves successfully completing a three-module programme over a period of 1.5 years. The two employees have undergone intensive further training on various aspects of university didactics...
On 21.12.2021, Vasilii Fedorov, research assistant at the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials, successfully defended his dissertation entitled "Microstructure-oriented characterisation of mechanical properties of AlSi10-brazed CrNi-steel/aluminium mixed composites". In the thesis, Mr....
Christian Loos, employee of the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials, was appointed as a member of the examination board to support the examination board for the training occupation of materials tester on 30 September 2021. In future, Mr Loos will be responsible for the practical intermediate examinations and the technical papers of the trainee materials testers...
On 11 November 2021, the 3rd IWW Colloquium - due to the current situation - took place in online format. The audience, which was made up of students, employees and former colleagues of the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering (IWW), was delighted to receive digital greetings from...
Together with the partners of the "Smart Production & Materials" performance centre, the "Smart Production Professional" training course was developed last year. Under the leadership of the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU, a three-part course structure has been developed for engineers, technicians and...
"Materials and components on the test bench" - this was the motto of the 39th Materials Testing Lecture and Discussion Conference 2021, which took place on 2 and 3 December 2021. After the flood-related relocation from Bad Neuenahr to Aachen, the conference had to be converted to an online format at the last minute. The organisers succeeded in quickly creating a...
As part of the AiF-funded project "Low-temperature joining of Ni-based superalloys with Ni nanoparticles", a new system has been set up and put into operation at the Chair of Composites and Material Composites, which extends the range of our joining methods. In contrast to conventional...
From 3 to 6 October 2021, the "2021 International Brazing and Soldering Conference" (IBSC) took place for the first time as a hybrid event, in which the Chair of Composites and Material Composites also participated. The IBSC is considered one of the largest and most renowned international conferences in the field of brazing. Mr Fedorov presented his current results in the field of...
The Chair of Composites and Composite Materials took part in the 7th NANO Boston Conference, which was held online from 18 to 20 October. As the name suggests, this specialised conference brings together current topics in nanotechnology. Mr Sattler used the platform to introduce the audience to the exciting research field of nanojoining in the form of...
As part of the IGF-funded "HEM foam" project, the fourth project committee meeting took place at Havel metal foam GmbH in Brandenburg an der Havel. After Dr Siebeck from the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU and Dr Trautmann from the Chair of Composite Materials and Material Composites had presented the latest results on improving the...
The 8th doctoral seminar of the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials was held as a hybrid event for the first time on 23 September 2021. The doctoral students gave their presentations in the Erfenschlag part of the university in presence, while the audience was either - in limited numbers - also present on site or connected online.
EUROMAT is one of the most important international conferences in the field of materials science and engineering. This year's conference took place from 13 to 17 September as a virtual format. On the very first day, Dr Maik Trautmann presented research results from the DFG project "MeSH"...
On 19 July 2021, Dr Marco Thomä and Andreas Gester from the Low-Heat Joining department, who are intensively involved in the solid-phase joining process of friction stir welding, visited Riftec GmbH in Geesthacht. Riftec has been one of the leading contract manufacturers in the field of friction stir welding (FSW) for many...
Unfortunately, the effects of the corona pandemic are still clearly felt this year, which is why the 74th annual meeting and international conference of the International Institute of Welding (IIW) was once again held as an online conference from 7-21 July 2021. This year, the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials participated with a total of three presentations in the...
On 29 and 30 June, the virtual "Expert Days Composites 2021" of the DGM took place for the first time, in which the Chair of Composites and Material Composites also participated. In addition to the overview lecture by Prof. Guntram, Wagner, in which current scientific topics in the field of composites and composite materials were presented, Mr....
On 28 and 29 June, after a break due to the coronavirus, the learning camp for particularly talented pupils of the Gymnasium Auerbach secondary school took place again in the idyllic Grünheide forest park in the Vogtland region. The Chair of Composites and Material Composites has been participating in this event for many years with a small programme from the field of materials engineering...
In a DFG-funded cooperation project between the Moscow Institute of Technical Physics MEPhI and the Chair of Composites and Material Composites (PVW) at Chemnitz University of Technology, the alloy and process-dependent microstructure of AlGeSi-brazed CrNi-steel/aluminium mixed composites and their influence on the...
The Chair of Composites and Material Composites is taking part in the Composites Expert Days 2021. In order to present current scientific topics, the Joint Composites Committee has developed a virtual Expert Day, which will take place for the first time on 29 and 30 June 2021. In this format, experts will present...
On 30.03.2021, Marco Thomä, research assistant and contact person for the Department of Low-Heat Joining at the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials, successfully defended his dissertation entitled "Effect of power ultrasound on the process behaviour and bonding mechanisms during...
This year, the Low-Heat Joining department was once again represented by the two scientific employees Marco Thomä and Andreas Gester at the TMS 2021, which was held as an online conference from 15 March to 18 March 2021 due to the corona pandemic and is considered one of the largest and most renowned specialist conferences in the field of...
The 7th doctoral seminar of the Chair of Composites and Material Composites was again held as an online event on 11 March 2021 due to the pandemic. The topics of the 10 lectures ranged from joining by soldering, friction stir welding and ultrasonic welding as well as nano-joining to the production of ceramic and aluminium...
As part of the DGM Technical Committee "Hybrid Materials and Structures", which takes place together with the working group "Mixed Joints with Aluminium", the Chair of Composites and Material Composites was the first host of the new "Online Roadshow" format on 14.01.2021. In order to continue the exchange of research during the current...
Over the past few weeks, the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering (IWW), the Chemnitz University of Technology's Department of Civil Engineering and Technology and the Saxon State Enterprise for Real Estate and Construction Management (SIB) have been working together to convert and upgrade the exhaust air systems in Building B...
Prof. Dr Andreas Undisz was appointed to Chemnitz University of Technology on 1 November 2020. He is taking on the new professorship of "Electron Microscopy and Microstructure Analysis", adding an additional professorship to the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering (IWW).Prof Undisz was most recently a university lecturer at...
The international network "META - Manufacturing 4.0 through the development and transfer of progressive automation solutions" supports small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the field of manufacturing technology in monitoring their processes and products through the development of smart...
Dr Susann Hausner, Senior Engineer at the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials, was nominated by the Rectorate of Chemnitz University of Technology as a Digital Change Agent for Chemnitz University of Technology due to her great commitment to teaching. The Digital Change Agent programme of the Saxon Centre for Higher Education Didactics (HDS) is a...
On 5 November 2020, the 7th Day of Young Scientists took place at Chemnitz University of Technology. Dr Maik Trautmann, who submitted his dissertation to the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering exactly one year ago to the day, reported in the online event in front of around 50 interested participants...
The Chair of Composites and Material Composites recently acquired two new systems for mechanical tensile testing and metal ultrasonic welding (M-USS). Marco Thomä, Head of the "Low-Heat Joining" department, is particularly pleased about this: "The two new systems are an ideal addition to our existing range of...
On 14 October 2020, an Arduino workshop for Year 10 pupils was once again held at Chemnitz University of Technology together with Goethe-Gymnasium. We were able to inspire twelve pupils with an interest in technology for science, technology and working with materials in a fun way. The good cooperation and skills...
On 8 October 2020, the 6th doctoral seminar was held at the Chair of Composites and Material Composites. Due to the current pandemic situation, the seminar was held as an online event for the first time. Despite the new and unusual format, our doctoral seminar went smoothly and was a complete success...
How can the property transition between metal and plastic be improved? This question has been the subject of research at the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials since this year in the DFG-funded project entitled "Macroscopic transition structures for a graded property transition in hybrid metal/plastic composites - MÜGRA"...
As part of the Smart Production & Materials Performance Centre cooperation initiative, the Chair of Composites and Material Composites is working on application-oriented projects with research partners such as TU Dresden and the Fraunhofer IWS on the processing of copper-based powders for additive manufacturing. The annual symposium...
Since August 2020, Mr Raghav Eshwar Donthi Amarnath, M.Sc. has joined the Composites working group. Born in India, the doctoral student received his Master's degree in Advanced Functional Materials from Chemnitz University of Technology in 2019. The thesis, supervised by Professor Wagner, entitled: "Comparison of the evaporation behaviour of different...
In the summer semester 2020, Dr Susann Hausner, Senior Engineer at the Chair of Composites and Material Composites, was awarded the Saxon University Didactics Certificate. To obtain this certificate, several modules must be taken, which are made up of various further education courses and workshops offered by the University Didactics Centre...
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials was faced with the major challenge of converting the summer semester courses into a digital format within a very short space of time in March 2020. The mere fact that all of the professorship's courses were held (digitally)...
Due to the corona pandemic, this year's annual meeting and international conference of the "International Institute of Welding (IIW)" was held as an online conference. More than 650 participants from 39 countries took part from 15-25 July.
In an AiF-funded cooperation project between the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology (IWU) and the Chair of Composite Materials and Material Composites (PVW) at Chemnitz University of Technology, the powder metallurgical production and mechanical behaviour of aluminium foams are being researched...
With effect from 1 January 2021 until 31 December 2022, Paul Seidel, member of the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials, was elected to the Young Investigators Committee of the German Society for Materials Science (DGM)....
From 11 to 17 June, the Virtual TUCtage took place at Chemnitz University of Technology to give interested pupils and applicants the opportunity to get to know the university from home and to present the wide range of courses on offer. The Chair of Composites and Composite Materials (PVW) contributed two exciting live...
In a project funded by the AiF, the reliability of brazed mixed joints made of CrNi steel and aluminium alloys using low-melting AlAgCu solders is being investigated at the Chair of Composite Materials and Material Composites...
The DGM's international conference "Hybrid 2020" took place this year from 28 to 29 April as an online conference. Dr Maik Trautmann from the Composites working group presented research results from the DFG project "MeSH"...
Christian Loos, employee in the metallography laboratory, reports on StudiTV at Chemnitz University of Technology about his vocational training as a materials tester, which he completed at the Chair of Composites and Material Composites from 01.09.2016 to 12.07.2019...
In a project funded by the AiF, the joining of Ni-based superalloys with Ni nanoparticles is being investigated at the Chair of Composites and Material Composites...
Due to the current situation, all employees of the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials are working from home until further notice...
In a DFG-funded cooperation project between the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Additive Production Technologies (IAPT), the Department of Materials Testing Technology (WPT) and the...
On 10 March 2020, the 5th doctoral seminar was held at the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials. Nine doctoral students presented their work...
To further improve the quality of our courses in the future, Dr Roder, Dr Todt and Dr Trautmann attended a three-day workshop organised by the Hochschuldidaktisches Zentrum Sachsen (HDS)...
On 11 February 2020, Prof. Guntram Wagner and Natalia Nier visited the National University of Science and Technology MISIS (NUST MISIS) in Moscow. Already last year...
The ESF junior research group "HEA-SurfProtect" started on 1 January 2020. This measure is funded by...
On 18 December 2019, two doctoral theses were defended at the Chair of Composites and Material Composites.
On 21 January 2020, apl.-Prof. Dr. Jan Frenzel gave a lecture as part of the IWW seminar on "Cross Correlation and High Quality Kikuchi Pattern...
The "International Conference on Nanojoining and Microjoining" (NMJ) is a global conference that has been taking place since 2012 and focusses on micro- and nanojoining technology...
As part of the annual Christmas party, the employees and retirees of the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials visited the August Horch Museum in Zwickau on 12 December 2019...
On 28 and 29 November 2019, representatives of the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials took part in the "Materials Design and Engineering" seminar in Russia...
Since 2 September 2019, we have welcomed Mr Anton Böttcher as a new trainee at the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials. Mr Böttcher is being trained as a materials tester specialising in metal technology...
The 1st IWW Colloquium took place on 15 November 2019 under the topic "Materials and Industrial Applications" at the TU Campus Erfenschlag. The auditorium was made up of students, employees and former colleagues.
On 5 November 2019, Prof. Dr Dietmar Eifler gave a lecture on "Microstructural changes as intrinsic sensors for describing the fatigue behaviour of metallic materials" as part of the IWW seminar...
On 15 October 2019, the second meeting took place at the branch office of the Chair of Composites and Material Composites in the HECKERT Industrial and Technology Park, which currently houses the facilities of the Low-Heat Joining...
On 24 October 2019, Dr Friedrich Raether, Deputy Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research (ISC), was honoured by the Rector of Chemnitz University of...
The HT-CMC is one of the most important international conferences in the field of ceramic matrix composites for high-temperature applications and thus represents a...
Since 01.10.2019 our Ethiopian doctoral candidate Mr. Teklebirhan Fisseha is back at the professorship to work on his doctoral thesis with the topic "Optimisation of friction stir...
Mr Shimelis Bihon Gasha from Dire Dawa University in Ethiopia joined the team at the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials at the beginning of October...
On 8 October 2019, the 4th doctoral seminar took place at the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials. Our doctoral students presented their work in a total of 11 lectures...
The sixth edition of the international soldering conference "Advances in Brazing and Soldering Technologies" (ABST) took place from 18 to 20 September 2019 in Wroclaw (Poland)...
From 18 to 20 September 2019, the Materials Week took place for the third time at the exhibition grounds in Dresden, organised by the German Society for Materials Science in cooperation with other associations...
Employees of the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials won first prize in the "Call for Creatives" at the 4th International MERGE Technologies Conference with their video contribution "Growing Wrinkles".
The Smart Production High-Performance Centre, which has been established at the Chemnitz research location since June 2017, will receive further funding from the SAB for application-oriented projects in the field of materials and production research from 1 July 2019...
The annual WiC company run took place in Chemnitz on 4 September 2019. As one of the largest employers in the region, Chemnitz University of Technology took part as in previous years.
On 23 August 2019, the employees of the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering (IWW) were invited to a nutrition workshop...
From 7 to 12 July 2019, the 72nd annual meeting and international conference of the International Institute of Welding (IIW) took place in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. In 15 commissions, divided according to the respective sub-areas...
On 4 July 2019, all professorships in the Erfenschlager Straße section of the university celebrated their annual summer party. The professorship...
The 22nd Symposium on Composites and Composite Materials took place in Kaiserslautern from 26 to 28 June 2019, continuing the more than forty-year tradition of a German-language conference...
On 28 June 2019 in Kaiserslautern, the German Society for Materials Science awarded the former head of the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials, Prof. Dr Bernhard Wielage, the title of Honorary Chairman of the...
Ms Aline Püschel has been awarded the Eleonore-Dießner Prize by the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering for her outstanding Master's thesis. In her thesis, the student produced hybrid laminates from natural fibre-reinforced thermoplastics and leather...
After six years of work, the DFG Priority Programme 1640 "Joining by Plastic Deformation" came to an end in April 2019. The Chair of Composites and Material Composites was the applicant research institution in sub-project A2...
From 21 May to 23 May 2019, the 12th International Conference on Brazing, High Temperature Brazing and Diffusion Bonding took place in Aachen. The LÖT, which is organised by the DVS and takes place every three...
The TUC Day format, initiated for the first time in 2018, in which other events are offered at Chemnitz University of Technology on one day in addition to the Open Day...
The kick-off meeting for the successfully applied for AiF project "Investigations into ultrasonic-assisted friction stir welding of titanium/titanium composites and titanium/steel mixed composites"...
In an AiF co-operation project between the Chair of Joining and Coating Technology at the West Saxon University of Applied Sciences Zwickau and the Chair of Composite Materials and...
Inventors, tinkerers and researchers from the region and neighbouring countries came to the Maker Faire at Chemnitz Stadthalle on 23 and 24 March 2019 and showcased their innovative projects, inventions and ideas...
Over the next two years, the damage mechanisms of thermoplastic-based hybrid laminates under cyclic stress will be investigated in a DFG co-operation project between the Department of Materials Testing Technology at TU Dortmund University and the Chair of Composites and Material Composites at Chemnitz University of Technology...
On 21 March 2019, the professorship held a doctoral seminar for the third time in the Altes Heizhaus at Chemnitz University of Technology. Our doctoral students presented their work in a total of 11 lectures...
From 10 March to 14 March 2019, the 148th TMS conference took place at the Henry B. González Convention Center in San Antonio (USA). With over 4000 participants, the TMS is one of the largest and most renowned conferences in the field of materials science worldwide...
On 6 and 7 March 2019, the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering (IWW) hosted the Materials Technology Colloquium for the 21st time, which attracts a number of international guests to Chemnitz every year in addition to national participants...
With the help of a DAAD scholarship, Ethiopian Teklebirhan Fisseha can write his doctoral thesis in the field of composite materials at Chemnitz University of Technology - a great opportunity that is also associated with many challenges
Every three years, the German Federation of Industrial Research Associations (AiF) elects experts from industry and science as reviewers for joint industrial research...
On 24 January 2019, the second TEM workshop took place in the Erfenschlager Straße part of the university. The aim of this workshop was the mutual exchange on current issues of transmission electron microscopy...
PD Dr Friedrich Raether, head of the Fraunhofer Centre for High-Temperature Lightweight Construction HTL, has given lectures on high-temperature materials as part of various courses at the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering (IWW)...
The biannual Open Day once again attracted numerous prospective students to Chemnitz University of Technology on 10 January 2019. The Orangerie on Reichenhainer Straße was well filled with around 2500 visitors...
For this year's Christmas party, the employees and retirees of the Chair of Composites and Composite Materials visited the festively decorated mountain town of Freiberg on 13 December 2018...
On 30 November 2018, the three long-standing employees of the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering (IWW), Dr Dietrich, Ms Pönitz and Dr Podlesak, were given their retirement...
Dr Hausner, who has been working on temperature-sensitive joining with nanoparticles for several years, took part in the "4th International Conference on Nanojoining and Microjoining 2018" (NMJ 2018) in Nara, Japan, from 2 to 5 December 2018 ...
On 8 November 2018, the Gesellschaft der Freunde der Technischen Universität Chemnitz e. V. awarded the university prizes to the best theses from all faculties...
As part of the German Research Foundation's (DFG) Young Investigators Academy, eleven selected international early career researchers with doctorates were invited to Saarbrücken from 13 November to 16 November 2018 to present their research topics...
The Chair of Composites and Composite Materials is pleased to welcome Mr Teklebirhan Fisseha from Ethiopia as a doctoral student since 1 October 2018. Mr Fisseha comes from Dire Dawa University in eastern Ethiopia, where he works as a lecturer in the field of mechanical engineering...
