Alloy design, heat treatment and surface engineering (including hydrogen issues) of modern steels.
Focus: Microstructure-property relationships investigated in both fundamental and practice-oriented, pre-competitive research and development projects.
Professional Orientation:
Exchange and networking between research, development and application,
Organization of lectures, presentations, conferences and their compilation into suitable publications,
Preparation of pre-competitive research (AiF, ZIM, and others),
Development of coordinated research programs (EU, BMBF, DFG, etc.),
Involvement of young scientists (students, as well as engineers and scientists in research and development),
Public relations for the field.
Cooperation between professional societies (especially VDEh)