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...
On 10 February 2017, 13 graduates from seven different countries celebrated their graduation of the Elite Master’s Programme “Advanced Materials and Processes” (MAP). Having mastered the challenging and demanding programme – often with excellent performance – they now hold the academic title o...
Besides technical interdisciplinary knowledge students of the Elite Master’s Programme “Advanced Materials and Processes” (MAP) also acquire soft skills in crucial areas for future researchers and employees in industry. One of these soft skill trainings is the “Scientific Poster Presentation”. As pa...
PetroEnvironment is hosted by the “Environmental Technology and Management Association”
Developing highly effective antibacterial biomaterials that can be used in medicine
The Department for Materials Science and Engineering of the FAU was ranked best in Germany
Under the leadership of Dr.-Ing. Jochen Friedrich.
The name giver was Clara Immerwahr, one of the first outstanding German female scientists, a pioneer in scientific research and in fighting for women’s rights.
