Materials Research Department

Materials Research Department

About

The Materials Research Department (MRD) coordinates and oversees research in materials science at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) and collaborating institutions. Members have affiliations with the departments of Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Geo-Sciences as well as other research institutions on the RUB campus like the Interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Materials Simulation (ICAMS) and the Central Institute for Ion Beams and Radionuclides (RUBION).

Associate members at collaborating research institutions are from the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung (MPIE), the Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung (MPIKOFO), Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), and Forschungszentrum Jülich.

Explore MRD

• Members

• Publications

• Seminars and Events

• Teaching

• Expertise

• Research Centre ZGH

• Partners

• Reports

• Young Materials Researchers

Research Alliances

• SFB-TR 87 – Pulsed high power plasmas for the synthesis of nanostructured functional layers
• SFB-TR 103 – From atoms to turbine blade – scientific foundations for a new generation of monocrystalline superalloys
• SFB-TR 169 – Mobile material characterization and localization by electromagnetic sensing
• SFB 837 – Interaction modeling in mechanized tunneling
• SFB 1316 – Transient atmospheric plasmas – from plasmas to liquids to solids

Upcoming Events

ZGH and MRD Workshop on Nanoparticles for Electrocatalysis

MRD and ZGH kindly invite you to their first joint international virtual workshop High Entropy Alloy and Complex Solid Solution Nanoparticles for Electrocatalysis from October 6th – 9th 2020. The workshop brings together pioneers of the rapidly growing research area nanoparticles for electrocatalysis and interested researchers to discuss recent developments in this research area.
Further information can be found on the workshop’s website.

3rd Materials Chain International Conference – MCIC 2021: Materials Discovery and Processing for Energy

The third Materials Chain International Conference – MCIC 2021: Materials Discovery and Processing for Energy will take place from November 22 to November 23, 2021 in Bochum, Germany. MCIC 2021 will focus on materials discovery and development, up-scaling, processing and manufacturing of materials for energy.
Go to the conference website for further information.