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WOT receives poster award during the DGM Composites Expert Days
More than 70 participants from science and industry exchanged ideas during the DGM's online "Expert Days on Composite Materials" on 29 and 30 June 2021. As part of this event, WOT employee Sarah Hirsch received the "Best Oral Poster Award" from an expert jury.

Guest researcher strengthens WOT team
Since the beginning of April, we have been welcoming a guest scientist. Mehri Hashemzadeh is doing her doctorate at the Isfahan University of Technology on the influence of titanium-based electrolyte additives in the plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) of aluminium. With a scholarship from her home country Iran, she is now spending six months as a visiting researcher at the WOT professorship.

Successfully completed doctorate
On 30 March 2021, Martin Löbel successfully defended his dissertation entitled "Influence of the structure and manufacturing route on the tribological behaviour of thermally sprayed high-entropy alloys".

WTK 2021 also successful in digital form
The 22nd Materials Technology Colloquium (WTK), which was held as a live online event on 24 March 2021, was also able to shine in digital form with interesting scientific contributions. The highlights of the two-day event with a total of 28 specialist presentations on materials and surface technology as well as materials science were the plenary lectures on the topic of Industry 4.0.

Expansion of the WOT equipment - New X-ray fluorescence spectrometer put into operation
The new acquisition of the "M4 TORNADO" X-ray fluorescence spectrometer from Bruker at the professorship expands the research possibilities through fast and non-destructive X-ray fluorescence analyses of solids, layers, particles and liquids from elements with the atomic number 11 (sodium).

DFG transfer project launched
Since the beginning of the year, the Chair of WOT has been conducting joint research with the Chair of Microfabrication Technology and Mercedes Benz AG on the "Production and preconditioning of friction surfaces on brake discs made of aluminium matrix composites".

WOT scientists receive Leipzig Electroplating Prize 2021
A project consortium under the scientific leadership of the Chair of Materials and Surface Technology has been awarded the prestigious Leipzig Electroplating Prize for its work on "Process and electrolyte development using a fully automated, robot-assisted electroplating system".

EXIST research transfer project chosen as TUClab award winner - plant commissioning successfully completed
Project Management Jülich (PtJ) has been funding an EXIST research transfer project at the WOT professorship since 1 October 2019. In October of this year, the project team not only won this year's TUClab competition, but also successfully commissioned the system in front of representatives of the sponsors, Chemnitz University of Technology and colleagues from SAXEED.

Expansion of cooperation at ICHEM2020
During the 3rd International High Entropy Conference ICHEM2020 in Berlin, Lisa-Marie Rymer and Thomas Lindner met with representatives from science and industry to exchange experiences.

Successfully completed doctorate
On 24 September 2020, Dr Pierre Landgraf successfully defended his dissertation entitled "Microstructure and hardness development in the laser beam treatment of high-alloy tool steels". The successful completion of the doctoral programme was again achieved through a combination of face-to-face and online elements.