Alumni & Alumnae of the team high performance composites
| Name | Thema | Year |
| Benedikt KROPATSCHEK | Influence of the alloying elements Fe, Cr and Co on the stabilisation of the beta phase in Ti-Cu alloys: microstructure and mechanical properties | 2025 |
| Florian BACHER | Development of a targeted heat treatment by investigating the influence of the solution heat treatment temperature and the heating rate for additively manufactured Ti-6.5Cu-4Cr(-2Fe) alloys | 2024 |
| Patrick WITTHALM | Effects of different heat treatments on the microstructure, mechanical properties and phase development of additively manufactured Ti-Cu-based alloys | 2024 |
| Matthias KIRALYHIDI | Ti-MMCs with high specific stiffness for additive manufacturing: a comparison of methods | 2024 |
| Timotheus WOLF | Suppression of columnar crystal growth in Ti alloys | 2023 |
| Alessa SCHEUCH | Reclamation of NbC/Ni hardmetals using the Zn reclaim process | 2023 |
| Nikolas MITTERLECHNER | Production and characterisation of new Ti alloys for biomedical applications | 2023 |
| Maximilian PFEIFFER | Structural investigations of Ti-Cu-based alloys | 2022 |
| Lukas STARK | Ti alloys for 3D printing | 2021 |
| Martina BAUM | Phase constitution in the Co-Ni-Al-W-C system | 2021 |
| Fabio SCHIMMEL | Binder properties in W heavy metals | 2021 |
| Julian KALLINGER | Influence of heat treatment on the binder properties in W heavy metals | 2021 |
| Elisabeth BALLOK | Influence of carbon in Co-Ni-Al-W superalloys | 2021 |
| Andreas WALLMÜLLER | Ablative cooling of the combustion chamber and nozzle of a liquid propellant rocket | 2021 |
| Dominik FUCHS | Production and characterisation of multicomponent alloys | 2020 |
| Peter STEINSCHADEN | Carbon fibre reinforced metal matrix composites | 2019 |
| Alexander OTTE | Mechanical properties of low-melting solders | 2019 |
| Stefanie ALLWORTH | Characterisation of low-melting solder alloys | 2019 |
| Georg HATZL | High entropy alloys in WC-Cermets | 2019 |
| Gernot FROSCHAUER | High-performance heat-conducting composites with low-melting matrix alloys | 2018 |
| Markus LUNZER | Solder materials for thermal management applications | 2018 |
| Maximilian WOLF | Hard metals with precipitation-hardened binder | 2018 |
| Simon SCHERRER | Production of bio-inspired metal matrix composites | 2017 |
| Christoph FELDBAUMER | Mechanical properties of Al/diamond MMCs | 2017 |
| Felix EDER | Production of highly porous nickel bodies with an graded pore structure | 2017 |
| Felix FRANK | Recycling of W-containing materials | 2017 |
| Benjamin MEIXNER | Highly porous Al bodies with graded pore structure by salt templating | 2017 |
| Johannes EßMEISTER | Radially graded pore structure in porous Ni bodies | 2017 |
| Niklas BODENMÜLLER | Highly porous Ni and Ni-ceramic composites with directional pore structure | 2017 |
| Barbara OSINGER | Preparation and characterisation of porous ZrO2-Ni-composite materials | 2016 |
| Maximilian KLAMM | Cemented carbide-diamond composite materials | 2016 |
| Markus HOFER | Wear behaviour of Al-, Fe-, and Ni-MMCs | 2015 |
| Dilan ADLIM | Internal oxidation of Ag alloys | 2015 |
| Christina DRECHSEL | Influence of a precipitation heat treatment on the thermal and electrical conductivity of AgSi and AlSi alloys | 2013 |
| Cornelia BISCHOF | Influence of diamond quality and surface coating on the thermal conductivity in AgSi-diamond composites | 2014 |
| Alexander SCHMID | Soldering behaviour of graded W/Cu layers for divertor components | 2013 |
| Carmen REISCHL | Investigations of the thermal conductivity in MMCs | 2013 |
| Klemens DANZINGER | PVD-coated hard material phases in wear protection materials | |
| Bartlomiej CIECZKA | PVD-coated hard material phases in wear protection materials | 2013 |
| Velibor LAZAREVIC | Investigations of hard material phases for wear protection layers by plasma deposition welding | 2013 |
| Gerald SINGER | Surface modification of hard material phases for wear protection layers | 2012 |
| Denise TAUSSIG | Selective dissolution of W-containing scrap using sulfuric acid | 2012 |
| Marie-Christine HUEMER | Low-temperature thermal conductivity of Ag/Si diamond composites | 2011 |
| Anna BLEIER | Thermophysical properties of gas pressure infiltrated Al-Si and Ag-Si/carbon fibre composites | 2011 |
| Christian WEISSENSTEINER | Low-temperature thermal conductivity of Al-diamond composites | 2010 |
| Sarah HURCH | Thermophysical properties of gas pressure infiltrated silver/carbon fibre composites | 2010 |
| Name | Topic | Year |
| Marian ENDER | Alternative methods to reductive precipitation for the recovery of platinum from platinum(II)amine solutions: investigations into various processing methods, taking into account optimised wastewater treatment | |
| Caroline MURAUER | Adjustment of the elastic modulus of Ti-Al alloys by modulating the Ti₃Al concentration | |
| Elisabeth BALLOK | Characterisation of the deforming behaviour of titanium alloys for additive manufacturing | 2025 |
| Peter STEINSCHADEN | New approach for flexible thermocouples for aerospace applications | 2024 |
| Johannes GRAF | Ti alloys with biocompatible mechanical and antibacterial properties | 2024 |
| Theresa GEYER | PM copper MMCs for thermal management applications | 2024 |
| Nico MOSER | Development and characterisation of Ti-MMCs with high specific stiffness | 2023 |
| Lena DORNER | Influencing the binder properties in tungsten heavy alloys (WHA) | 2023 |
| Irina WODAK (joint supervision with Raquel de Oro Calderon) | Iron-manganese-nickel binder for WC hardmetals | 2022 |
| Markus LUNZER (joint supervision with Raquel de Oro Calderon) | Alternative binders for hardmetals | 2022 |
| Andreas ZUNGHAMMER | Development and characterisation of a Ti alloy with high specific stiffness and low structural anisotropy | 2022 |
| Katharina RAUCHENWALD (AIT) | Sprayed and spray-pyrolysed coatings, based on oxides and silver-nanowires, for flexible substrates | 2021 |
| Andreas LEHNER | Preparation and mechanical properties of nickel-carbon fibre composites | 2021 |
| Toni BAKOVIC | Preparation and characterization of solder balls by gas atomizing | 2021 |
| Stefan CULIC (AIT/LKR) | Optimisation of Al-Mg-Si extrusion-alloys for safety applications in the automotive industry | 2021 |
| Maximilian WOLF | Cemented Carbides with γ/γ´ Binder Microstructure | 2020 |
| Christiane GROHER (AIT) | Substrate-activation approach for the chemical bath deposition of ZnO compact layers | 2020 |
| Ufuk YILMAZ | High Entropy Alloys - production and properties | 2020 |
| Kristina HOFER | Characterisation of ore concentrates and their behaviour during pressure digestion | 2020 |
| Bernhard KLAMPFL | Soldering of optical components to CTE-matched substrates for space applications | 2020 |
| Tobias BAUERNFEIND | Production of continuous fibre-reinforced carbon fibre metal matrix composites by galvanic matrix deposition | 2019 |
| Moritz SCHWINGENSCHLÖGL | High Entropy Alloys as binder phase in WC-composites | 2019 |
| Marko SCHEFBERGER | Spatially resolved investigation of the degradation mechanisms during hammer drilling on reinforcement steel | 2019 |
| Anna BLEIER | Composite materials based on WC-Co-Cu | 2017 |
| Thomas STADLER | Tungsten carbide/silver contact materials by gas pressure infiltration | 2017 |
| Cornelia BISCHOF | Melt phase infiltration of porous carbon bodies with copper alloys | 2016 |
| Thomas STEPAN | Determining the interface resistance between metals and inclusions in metal matrix composites | 2016 |
| Bettina RITT | Manufacturing and characterising diamond-cemented carbide composites | 2016 |
| Elias ASCHAUER | Wetting behaviour of metallic melts on carbon substrates using the sessile drop method | 2015 |
| Stephanie GREIL | Mechanical properties of coinage alloys | 2015 |
| Jakob SEGL | Influence of the surface-modification of diamonds on the thermal conductivity in metal-diamond-composites | 2014 |
| Robert HELLEIN | Thermophysical characterisation of metal-diamond composites | 2013 |
| Christian WEISSENSTEINER | Selective dissolution of W-containing scrap using sulfuric acid | 2012 |
| Lena PILZ | Pre-sintering behaviour of molybdenum | 2011 |
| Stephan STEINHAUER (AIT) | Synthesis, Characterisation and Gas Sensing Application of Cupric Oxide Nanowires | 2011 |
| Timothy Alexander KEPPERT | Properties and microstructure of Cu-CNT composites by thermal decomposition of metal salts | 2010 |
| Stefanie HUBER | Functionally graded W/Cu interlayers for active cooled ‘flat-tile’ divertor mock-ups | 2010 |
| Julia SYNEK | Production of dispersion-strengthened silver as contact material | 2009 |
| Victoria APOLONER | Thermo-physical properties of Ag-CNT composite materials | 2009 |
| Thomas STECK | Carbon nanotube-silver matrix composites for use as heat sink material | 2008 |
| Thomas KONEGGER | Production and characterisation of carbon fibre-silver matrix composites | 2007 |
| Judith JANUSCHEWSKY | Synthesis and characterisation of nanostructures made of tungsten and molybdenum oxides on silicon | 2007 |
| Robert C. HULA | Silver coating of tungsten carbide powders for use in electrical contact materials | 2007 |
| Florian HUBER | Production and characterisation of particle and long-fibre-reinforced molybdenum-copper and tungsten-copper composites | 2006 |
| Waltraud HIMMLER | Electroless copper plating of W powders and their use in the production of W-Cu composites | 2005 |
| Ulrich KASTNER (joint supervision with W.-D. Schubert) | Ammonia dissolution of W/Cu scrap | 2005 |
| Christopher VEITSCH (joint supervision with W.-D. Schubert) | Coating of tungsten carbide powders with cobalt metal | 2004 |
| Eva WALLNÖFER | Production of copper and silver MMCs with carbon nanofibres | 2003 |
| Johanna WENZEL | Recycling of magnesium-containing secondary raw materials | 2002 |
| Christina MEISSL (joint supervision with W.-D. Schubert) | Synthesis of cobalt oxides and hydroxides | 2001 |
| Christoph EGLSÄER | Production and characterisation of ODS-PtRh10 materials | 2000 |
| Patrik LEHRNER | Production of pure platinum and PtAu5 ICP-AES standards | 1998 |
| Name | Topic | Year |
| Riccardo RONCHETTI | Recovery and reprocessing of precious metals from photocatalytic water splitting (Post-doc) | |
| Ella STAUFER | Development of high-strength Ti alloys for wire-based additive manufacturing | |
| Tobias BAUERNFEIND | Fabrication of continuous fibre-reinforced carbon-fibre metal-matrix composites from TFP fibre preforms | 2023 |
| Jakob SEGL | Influence of the Diamond Surface Modification on the Thermophysical Properties of Metal/Diamond Composites | 2018 |
| Mohammadreza GORJI | Fabrication of Ni/TiC infiltrated nanocomposite coating | 2017 |
| Christian WEISSENSTEINER | Chemical recycling of hard metals (Post-doc) | 2017 |
| Christian WEISSENSTEINER | Chemical recycling of hard metals | 2015 |
| Elise BRUNET (AIT) | Fabrication of Tin Oxide Nanowire Gas Sensors | 2014 |
| Robert C. HULA | Thermal-Management Materials - New Composites based on Carbon Fibre Reinforced Silver Matrix | 2010 |
| Thomas JANHSEN | Investigations on Metal-Matrix-Composites with Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes and Graphite Fibres | 2007 |
| Christina MEISSL (joint supervision with W.-D. Schubert) | Production of micro- and nanocrystalline cobalt oxide and cobalt metal powders | 2004 |
| Pavol SVEC | Refining of platinum by vacuum induction melting | 2000 |
| Patrik LEHRNER | Powder metallurgical ICP-AES precious metal standards | 2000 |
| Name | Topic | Year |
| Edouard FOSSAT-BELAUD (Univ. Bordeaux, F) | Characterization of Ti alloys with trace element additives to control grain growth in wire additive manufacturing | 2024 |
| Orlane REBILLOT-GUILLAUMARD (Univ. Bordeaux, F) | Preparation and Characterisation of Superalloys | 2023 |
| Luc VUILLEMOT (Univ. Bordeaux, F) | Metal Matrix Composite Rocket Nozzle | 2019 |
| Diego NORENA (Univ. Bordeaux, F) | Designing electronic circuits for rocket engine testing facility | 2019 |
| Vincent PASQUIER (Univ. Bordeaux, F) | Characterisation of Al/diamond composites | 2018 |
| Alice AGUIRRE (Univ. Bordeaux, F) | Gamma prime strengthened binder in hardmetals | 2017 |
| Michele-Marie LAPORTE (Univ. Bordeaux, F) | Loop heat pipe with porous wick | 2017 |
| Ivan BOGACHEV (Univ. of Cambridge, GB) | Solid state sintering of Ni and stainless steel composites with diamond or SiC | 2016 |
| Ines DEBAY (Univ. Bordeaux, F) | Interpenetrating MMCs | 2015 |
| Océane VIDAL (Univ. Bordeaux, F) | Al- & Ag/diamond MMCs | 2014 |
| Alexandre FOSSAT (Univ. Bordeaux, F) | Wear behaviour of hardfacing materials | 2013 |
| Guillaume MOUNIC (Univ. Bordeaux, F) | MMCs for heat sinks | 2012 |
| Benoît GRENIER (Univ. Bordeaux, F) | Thermo-physical properties of Ag/diamond and Ag/Cf composites | 2011 |
| Geoffrey ECHIRPEAU (Univ. Bordeaux, F) | Thermo-physical properties of Ag/diamond and Ag/Cf composites | 2011 |
| Benjamin VERNIER (Univ. Bordeaux, F) | Low temperature properties of diamond composites | 2010 |
| Alix LADAM (Univ. Bordeaux, F) | Ti-SiC composites | 2010 |