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Invitation to the Freiberg WWK seminar
On 29 January 2024, Prof. Lampke was invited by the Institute of Materials Engineering IWT at TU Bergakademie Freiberg to give a lecture on the topic of "Cold-hardenable iron-based coating materials". The WOT took the opportunity to visit the Chair of Materials Engineering headed by Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Horst Biermann, to advance a joint research project.

Excursion to the company Winning Plastics & SMK GmbH
On 16 January 2024, students had the opportunity to visit Winning Plastics - SMK GmbH as part of the WOT lecture "Electrochemical Coating".

Second student excursion to the Fraunhofer Centre for High-Temperature Lightweight Construction HTL Bayreuth
After a successful first event in December and due to high demand from students, the second event on the topic of "Production of ceramic matrix composites" took place on 11 January 2024. Ten students and two members of staff from the Chair of Materials and Surface Technology at Chemnitz University of Technology took the opportunity to meet the team from the Fraunhofer Centre for High Temperature Lightweight Construction HTL in Bayreuth in person.

Successfully completed doctorate
On 19 December 2023, Daniel Metzner, M.Sc., received his doctorate in engineering from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Chemnitz University of Technology. The examinations included the viva voce and a presentation with defence. His dissertation is entitled "Laser microstructuring of high-alloy steel - basic investigations into the use of high-frequency pulse sequences of ultra-short laser pulses".

Successfully completed doctorate
On 24 November 2023, Marius Schwarz, M.Sc., received his doctorate in engineering from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Chemnitz University of Technology. The examinations included the viva voce and a presentation with defence. His dissertation is entitled "Strategies for quality assurance using optical coherence tomography in laser beam welding of thin copper and aluminium sheets".

WOT presents itself at the 12th HVOF Colloquium in Erding
With 21 invited lectures, 21 exhibitors in the industrial showcase and over 220 participants, the 12th HVOF Colloquium 2023 on 26/27 October 2023 successfully continued the series of HVOF colloquia after a break due to the pandemic. The colloquium is the largest national event organised by Gemeinschaft Thermisches Spritzen e.V. (GTS) and a magnet for experts from science and industry, as well as other interested parties looking for solutions to surface treatment and coating issues.

Student excursion to the Fraunhofer Centre for High-Temperature Lightweight Construction HTL Bayreuth
On 1 December 2023, fifteen of our students had the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of the important material group of ceramic matrix composites.

IWW kompakt – Colloquium and closed conference with strong response
On Thursday, 2 November 2023, the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering together with the Förderverein Innovative Materialien IWW e.V. invited to the three events InnoMat IWW e.V. General Meeting, IWW Colloquium and IWW Retreat. The general meeting and the colloquium took place in the MeTeOr project house in the Erfenschlag part of Chemnitz University of Technology.

IWW seminar welcomes guests from New Materials Bayreuth
On 20 October 2023, Dr Haneen Daoud presented the New Materials Bayreuth NMB research facility and the research and transfer topics currently being worked on there as part of the IWW seminar. She was accompanied by Prof Dr Uwe Glatzel, Head of the Chair of Metallic Materials at the University of Bayreuth and Head of the Metals Division at NMB, as well as two other research assistants.

Co-organisation of the ZVO Surface Days 2023 in Berlin
From 13.09.2023-15.09.2023, seven scientists from the WOT professorship took part in the ZVO Surface Days to present their current research results to an interested specialist audience from industry and science.