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What if we could “print” materials with atomic precision—no masks, no lithography, just a nozzle guided by chemistry and motion? During my first year in the MAP program, I had the opportunity to explore this question through a research project at the Chair of Chemistry of Thin Film Materials (CTFM),...

As a Master’s student in Advanced Materials and Process Engineering, I recently engaged in a transformative educational experience at Mines Paris - PSL. The course, "Managing the Unknown – Design Theory and Methods for Innovation," was set in the scenic Luxembourg Gardens, blending the beauty of nat...

A great achievement! Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) is one of the universities with the best reputations in the world. In the recently published Times Higher Education (THE) World Reputation Ranking, FAU was included in the ranking between places 151 and 200. FAU is not only...

MAP Focal Subject Head Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini (Head, Institute of Biomaterials, WW7) has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Riga Technical University (RTU), Latvia. The award was conferred at the ceremony of the Grand Opening of the new building of the Baltic Biomaterials Center of Excellence...

It has already become a tradition that the third semester MAP students choose their best lecturer and announce them in a small speech after the annual MAP Poster Session. This year, the students chose Prof. Robin Klupp Taylor and Prof. Marco Haumann as their best lecturers. Below you can read the sp...

On 22nd January 2025, the renowned MAP Poster Session was held with the same brilliance as in previous years at the Faculty of Engineering at FAU Erlangen - Nürnberg. The session was a combination of joy and enthralling moments, featuring many scientific discussions and acquisition - not only for MA...

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini, Chair of Materials Science (Biomaterials) at FAU, MAP Focal Subject Head for “Biomaterials and Bioprocessing”, has been selected as the winner of the George Winter Award 2024 of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB). The George Winter Award was established by the ESB ...

Curious to know more about supraparticles? On YouTube you can find a presentation of MAP Chair Prof. Nicolas Vogel on the latest developments of his research. This talk is part of the session “Particles empowering tomorrow: Innovations for our global world” at ParTec 2025.

Seventh place in the DFG Funding Atlas 2024: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has again shown that it is one of Germany’s top universities and above all how successful it is in attracting public research funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG). FAU acquired approxim...

FAU is listed among the 100 most prestigious universities in the world in four subjects. In Germany, FAU even managed to jump into the top 10 in seventeen subjects. A total of more than 5000 universities all over the world were evaluated in the ranking. In Telecommunication Engineering, FAU came ...