The research programme focuses on the integrated simulation of materials and components across the entire supply chain and on all length scales. This means

• modelling the entire process chain from the raw material via forming processes to component manufacture and further on till deployment and
• analysing the materials and their properties from the atomic via the microscopic to the macroscopic level.

Research topics:

1. Integrated Research in Materials, Processes and Product Engineering
2. Multiscale Materials Design
3. High Precision Processing and Manufacturing
4. Damage - Mechanisms, Evolution and Modelling
5. Tool Technology for Advanced Processing
6. Fatigue-proof Lightweight Design
7. Design and Reliability of Components with Functional Properties