FAU has once again performed excellently in the QS World University Ranking by Subject 2021: Materials Science and Chemistry remain among the top 150, and Materials Science has even made it into the top 100. Several subjects are included among the best 100 in the categories based on citations and pu...
Ms Kristin Engel, who carried out her Bachelor thesis in the Institute of Biomaterials (WW7), has won the Oldfield Award 2020 (3rd prize) of the Society of Glass Technology (UK) for her Bachelor thesis “Influence of the replacement of silica by boron trioxide on the properties of bioactive glass sc...
Dr. Stefan Rosiwal, head of the working group "Ultrahard Coatings" at the Chair for Materials Science and Engineering for Metals (WTM), was awarded the title "adjunct professor" by the President of FAU on February 17th, 21st.
Congratulations, Professor Rosiwal!
Every two years, the German Materials Society (DGM) hosts the Materials Science and Engineering Congress, a multi-day event with an international character. In the past years, the congresses have taken place in Darmstadt. The MSE 2020 was originally planned on the premises of the local Technical...
Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini (Institute of Biomaterials, WW7) has been appointed Editor for the Section "Biomaterials for life science and healthcare" in the new Open Access European Journal of Materials.
The journal was launched recently by Taylor&Francis and is published on behalf of the Federa...
According to the annually updated list from Clarivate Analytics (formerly part of Thomsen Reuters), Prof. Dr. Patrik Schmuki (Chair WW4) and Prof. Dr. Christoph Brabec (Chair WW6) are once again among the most cited scientists in their field.
As in previous years, Prof. Schmuki stood out in the C...
