International

A new Initial Training Network (ITN) funded by the EU has been awarded in the field of Glass and Ceramic Composites for High Technology Applications (GLACERCO) to a consortium with participation of our Institute. The total Funding awarded is: 3 890 000 €. The coordinating institution is Polytechnic...

Friederike Gebhardt, a student of Materials Science and Engineering in our Department has completed her Diplomarbeit (engineering thesis) on: “Abscheidung von Chitosanschichten auf Magnesiumlegierungen” ("Deposition of Chitosan coatings on Magnesium alloys"). The research project was supervised by P...

Mr Yu Nagao, visiting PhD student from Nagoya Institute of Technology Yu Nagao, PhD student at the Department of Frontier Materials, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan, working under supervision of Prof. Akinori Takasu, visited our Institute for 3 months in the fra...

Professor Boccaccini was an invited speaker at the 4th Wiener Biomaterials Symposium, held in Vienna, Austria, on November 15-17. He was also an invited speaker at the International Workshop on Processing of Nanostructured Ceramics, Polymers and Composites held in Belgrade, Serbia, on November 29-30...

Invited by the Argentine Embassy in Berlin, Prof. Boccaccini attended a meeting of Argentine scientists based in Germany with the Argentinean president Mrs Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation of Argentina, Dr Lino Baranao and the Director of Internation...

Prof. Boccaccini has been named visiting professor in the Department of Materials and Environmental Engineering (DIMA) at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. Prof Boccaccini is collaborating with colleagues at DIMA in the fields of electrophoretic deposition of nanoceramic powders, mi...

On 9th July, Prof. Bikramjit Basu, Associate Professor and P K Kelkar Research Fellow Department of Materials Science and Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, visited our Institute to discuss collaborative projects. Prof. Basu presented a talk on: Processing-Microstructure-Bioco...