Chair for Materials Science and Engineering

The research of Senior Professor Gunther Eggeler at the Chair for Materials Science and Engineering focusses on elementary microstructural processes which govern the properties of structural and functional engineering materials. He works on the evolution of microstructures during processing, on high temperature deformation and damage mechanisms (mainly: Ni-base superalloys) and on martenstic transformations in shape memory alloys. He is a member of the Academy of Sciences of Northrhine-Westfalia and of the German Academy of Engineering (acatech) and works as a visiting scientist at institutes of national and international research partners.