Events

Our visit to the Erlangen Christmas market together was simply magical! The MAP Office team met up with the students in the evening in front of the music stage on Schlossplatz in the city center of Erlangen. The students from the newest MAP batch attended particularly numerous, which we were very pl...

The weekend of the 11th and 12th of November was incredibly eventful for the MAP cohort 2023. The fresh batch headed to Munich to attend the get-together of the Elite Network of Bavaria (ENB). The event served as a platform for our students to meet fellow new students from member universities, disti...

I had the privilege of attending the 49th International Conference of Micro and Nanoengineering (MNE) in Berlin, one of the biggest conferences in the field of nano and microfabrication. From 25 to 28 September 2023, researchers from all over the world and from various fields presented their researc...

The entire report on the 280th anniversary can be read on the FAU website. Only the excerpts directly related to MAP are reproduced here. All MAP staff and students are delighted that three award winners have been selected from the MAP program. We would like to congratulate them all! Awards and ...

From 3rd to 7th September 2023, I had the great pleasure and honor of representing both the MAP program and the Institute of Biomaterials at the EUROMAT23 conference. EUROMAT23 is one of Europe's biggest and most prestigious materials science and technology congresses, where experts from industry an...

During the summer semester, students of the Elite Master’s Program “Advanced Materials and Processes” (MAP) had the opportunity to attend the cycle of lectures in "New Business Development" conducted by MAP Advisory Board Member Dr. Andreas Hoff, Evonik Technology & Infrastructure. At the beg...

The 2023 MAP Alumni Round Table Discussion, a long-standing tradition within the MAP program, has been an invaluable platform for MAP students to engage and connect with esteemed MAP alumni. We are delighted to share that this year's MAP Alumni Round Table took place on 26 May 2023, bringing togethe...

The MAP poster session finally returned to a live and in person event again on 8 February 2023 after two years of being organized online via ZOOM. It is an annual event where MAP third semester students present scientific posters on research they have conducted as part of their  MAP mini projects or...

After two years of digital excursions, the MAP Office offered an in-person excursion to Zollhof Tech Incubator on 9 December 2022. As a start-up hub, Zollhof is an expert in innovation and idea development. The excursion was planned to introduce students to the concept of innovation, creativity, as ...

The MAP Pretzel Talk is a series of irregular extra-curricular career and research-related events for MAP students. Accomplished MAP alumni Dr. Kasra Sardashti hosted such a talk while on a visit to Erlangen on Monday 5 December 2022. Dr. Sardashti, who proudly describes himself as an American, I...