Prof. Dr. Erik Bitzek, Chair of General Materials Properties of the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), has received a coveted ERC consolidator Grant worth two million euros from the European Research Council (ERC) – to explore on a fundamental level why things break apart.
Prof. Vogel was part of an international and interdisciplinary team consisting of researchers from FAU and Harvard University to developed a transparent surface coating for an endoscope lens that could effortlessly repel blood and other fluids. Vogel declares: “The coating could soon lead to s...
Non-toxic, lubricant-infused coatings deter mussels and prevent their attachment by disrupting their mechanosensory and adhesive systems (CAMBRIDGE, Mass.) — It all began with a bet at a conference in Italy in 2013. Nicolas Vogel, Ph.D., then a postdoctoral fellow in Joanna Aizenberg’s lab at the Wy...
For the first time researchers have successfully produced complex crystal lattices known as clathrates from nanoparticles using a new method that employs DNA strands. The programed synthesis of clathrates represents a template for the precision modeling of novel nanomaterials. In cooperation with th...
Prof. Dr. Aldo Boccaccini, Chair of Materials Science (Biomaterials), Prof. Dr. Christoph Brabec, Chair of Materials Science (Materials of Electronics and Energy Technology), and Prof. Dr. Patrick Schmuki, Chair of Materials Science (Corrosion and Surface Engineering), are under the world’s 30...
The MAP Elite Masters Programme is one of the first accredited degree courses at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität-Erlangen-Nürnberg.
In the recently published Shangahi academic subject ranking for 2017, the subject Materials Science and Engineering at the FAU was ranked under the top 100 Universities world wide, in position 75. On the German national level, Materials Science and Engineering was ranked 5th best.
A year in advance, Maximilian Göltz and his friend began preparing for a semester abroad in Brazil in 2014. This involved contacting professors, searching for universities and studying Portuguese. As a MAP-student, I successfully applied for an educational travel grant. Taking advantage of the good ...
Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini, Chair of the Institute of Materials Science (Biomaterials) at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, will hold this year’s Diels-Planck-Lecture at the University of Kiel. For the honorable task, an outstanding and leading scientist in the field of nanosc...
For his lectures on “Biomimetic synthesis of materials”, Prof. Dr. Stephan Wolf (Department of Materials, Institute of Glass and Ceramics), was awarded the 2nd prize for the best lecture in the winter semester 2016/2017 in the Faculty of Engineering.
Prof. Frank Bitzek, the “lord of the fractures”, Chair of General Materials Properties was visited by the Franconian Television Company. He and his team are investigating how cracks in certain materials correlate with microstructural elements. For this purpose, they test the mechanical properties of...
