Casting & Solidification

• Light metals and solar cell silicon
• Fundamentals
• Castability and mushy zone properties
• Process technology

Alloy development of light metals and steels

Thermo-mechanical processing of light metals

Advanced Characterisation

• Microstrocture characterization
  • SEM, EBSD and In-situ SEM
  • TEM
  • Mass spectroscopy
• Mechanical properties

Material modelling at all scales

• Precipitation modeling
• Crystal and continuum plasticity
• Finite Element modeling (FEM, CPFEM)

Joining of similar and dissimilar metals

• Joining by plastic deformation
• Cold welding techniques
• Traditional welding techniques
• Corrosion of dissimilar metal joints