Workshop for Early Career Investigators: “Ceramic Materials: From Fundamentals to Application“

• Applicant: Privatdozent Dr.-Ing. Guido Falk
• Subject Area: Glass, Ceramics and Derived Composites
• Term: from 2018 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 406419142

Innovative ceramic material developments are an important key element in the design of sustainable, resource-efficient industries of modern society. From a socio-ecological, technical and economic point of view, ceramic materials today have the extremely important function of "enabling material". High-tech system developments in energy and environmental technology, automotive and aerospace engineering, medical science, information and communication technology, electrical engineering and process/plant engineering have been impossible without ceramic key enabling materials and components. The fundamental understanding of ceramic materials with regard to significant structural property correlations on different spatial and time scales, future of direct manufacturing and production processes and efficient modeling and simulation methods are decisive competitive advantages for further development of innovation in Germany. The promotion of highly qualified young scientists within this very interdisciplinary field of research is therefore of particular importance. Together with a mentoring program, the workshop for Early Career Investigators "Ceramic Materials" aims to give excellently trained young scientists the opportunity to design, plan and implement their own innovative and promising research projects for the first time. The workshop for Early Career Investigators "Ceramic Materials" serves the promotion, networking and further training of upcoming academic talents and thereby contributes to the strengthening of scientific excellence in the field of ceramic materials research.

• DFG Programme: Workshops for Early Career Investigators