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We are proud to announce that our MAP Chairs Prof. Nicolas Vogel and Prof. Peter Felfer were awarded as best lecture with their course "Basics in Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology 1 - Mechanical and Optical Properties"!  This recognition was achieved through the latest evaluation of all courses in th...

Magnetic nanoparticles for drug delivery Nel Schulte is studying in the Elite Master’s program "Advanced Materials and Processes" (MAP) at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. In his Master’s thesis at the Section for Experimental Oncology and Nanomedicine (SEON) under Prof. Dr. m...

On 14 June 2024 a group of MAP students went on an excursion to the Helmholtz-Institut Erlangen-Nürnberg für Erneuerbare Energien (HIERN). It was a unique experience for students to explore research and development in the field of renewable energy. The visit commenced with an insightful introduct...

On 16 May 2024, the MAP soft skills seminar “Career booster or catastrophe?” took place! MAP students once again had the privilege to participate in such an interesting soft skills development event with experienced lecturer Stefan Piekny. It was undoubtedly a new and transformative experience for a...

FAU supports its top students as part of the Germany Scholarship (Deutschlandstipendium) program. Each semester, scholarships of 3,600 euros for one year are awarded to the most gifted students. The unique feature of this scholarship is that half of the money comes from companies, donors, friends of...

In a recent contribution to the field of energy technology, MAP students Akshat Sharma and Lara Đelević have published an insightful study titled "Next‐Generation Proton‐Exchange Membranes in Microbial Fuel Cells: Overcoming Nafion's Limitations" in the Energy Technology journal by Wiley. This work ...

This year, the German Association of Crystal Growth (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kristallzüchtung und Kristallwachstum, DGKK) honors IKZ postdoctoral researcher Dr. Ta-Shun Chou with the Young Scientist Award for his excellent research on the development of a growth process for β-Gallium oxide films...

From 18 to 21 March 2024, a group of students from the MAP program embarked on a laboratory trip to the chair for Process Biotechnology at the University Bayreuth. This laboratory trip is a cornerstone for MAP students pursuing the Focal Subject “Biomaterials and Bioprocesses”. By combining theoreti...

The MAP students were presented with a great opportunity to visit Siemens Healthineers in Forchheim on 13 March 2024. It was an amazing experience for us to learn from the pioneers of the industry and see the laboratories with our own eyes. The main topic of discussion was the computed tomography...

From 4 September to 15 December 2023, I was able to complete a research project at the Instituto de Tecnologia Química (ITQ). The ITQ is a highly renowned research institute that specializes in catalysis and chemical processes. The ITQ is based at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) in Val...