 {"id":128,"date":"2020-03-26T15:16:22","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T14:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/?page_id=128"},"modified":"2026-07-23T18:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T16:59:08","slug":"fachgruppe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/en\/fachgruppe\/","title":{"rendered":"Division of Materials Science and Engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Division of Materials Science and Materials Engineering (MuW) is one of three divisions of the \"Faculty of Georesources and Materials Engineering\" at RWTH Aachen University. Materials research and materials development have a long and very successful tradition at the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our division was already founded in 1940. To this day, a research-strong group has developed which operates at an internationally recognised high level. A total of nine institutes deal with the development, production, processing and recycling of metallic and mineral materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph translation-block\">More at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muw.rwth-aachen.de\/go\/id\/mye\/?lidx=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in new tab)\">www.muw.rwth-aachen.de<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns:34% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_ghi_institut_de_rgb-1024x247.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-147 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_ghi_institut_de_rgb-1024x247.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_ghi_institut_de_rgb-300x72.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_ghi_institut_de_rgb-150x36.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_ghi_institut_de_rgb-768x185.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_ghi_institut_de_rgb-1536x371.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_ghi_institut_de_rgb-18x4.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_ghi_institut_de_rgb.jpg 1566w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Institute of Mineral Engineering (GHI)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Head of Chair: Glass and Glass-Ceramic<\/strong><br>Prof. Dr. Christian Roos<br><strong>Head of Chair: Ceramics<\/strong><br>Dr. Thorsten Tonnesen<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghi.rwth-aachen.de\/cms\/~swkc\/GHI\/lidx\/1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.ghi.rwth-aachen.de<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:34% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"262\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_iob_de_rgb-1024x262.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-146 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_iob_de_rgb-1024x262.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_iob_de_rgb-300x77.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_iob_de_rgb-150x38.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_iob_de_rgb-768x197.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_iob_de_rgb-18x5.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_iob_de_rgb.jpg 1477w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Department for Industrial Furnaces and Heat Engineering<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Wuppermann<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iob.rwth-aachen.de\/en\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.iob.rwth-aachen.de\/\">www.iob.rwth-aachen.de<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:34% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rwth_iat_de_rgb-1024x234.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2430 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rwth_iat_de_rgb-1024x234.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rwth_iat_de_rgb-300x69.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rwth_iat_de_rgb-150x34.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rwth_iat_de_rgb-768x176.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rwth_iat_de_rgb-1536x351.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rwth_iat_de_rgb-18x4.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/rwth_iat_de_rgb.jpg 1652w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chair of Information and Automation Systems for Process and Material Technology (IAT)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tobias Kleinert<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iat.rwth-aachen.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.iat.rwth-aachen.de<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns:34% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_mch_wortmarke_cmyk-1024x298.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-145 size-full\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-srcset=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chair for Materials Chemistry<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prof. Jochen Schneider Ph. D.<br><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mch.rwth-aachen.de\/cms\/~jeuz\/MCH\/?lidx=1\" target=\"_blank\">www.mch.rwth-aachen.de<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns:34% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMM_Logo_Inst_Rwth_Schutzraum_SkK-1024x234.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-148 size-full\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-srcset=\"\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Institute for Physical Metallurgy and Materials Physics<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prof. Dr. Sandra Korte-Kerzel<br><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imm.rwth-aachen.de\/index.php?id=2&amp;L=1\" target=\"_blank\">www.imm.rwth-aachen.de<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns:34% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"237\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_iehk_de_rgb-1024x237.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-149 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_iehk_de_rgb-1024x237.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_iehk_de_rgb-300x69.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_iehk_de_rgb-150x35.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_iehk_de_rgb-768x178.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_iehk_de_rgb-1536x355.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_iehk_de_rgb-18x4.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_iehk_de_rgb.jpg 1634w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steel Institute (IEHK)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lehrstuhl Werkstofftechnik der Metalle<\/strong><br>Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Krupp<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iehk.rwth-aachen.de\/cms\/~lzdp\/iehk\/lidx\/1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.iehk.rwth-aachen.de<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns:34% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"164\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IME-Corporate-Identity-Logo_neu-1024x164.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-155 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IME-Corporate-Identity-Logo_neu-1024x164.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IME-Corporate-Identity-Logo_neu-300x48.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IME-Corporate-Identity-Logo_neu-150x24.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IME-Corporate-Identity-Logo_neu-768x123.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IME-Corporate-Identity-Logo_neu-1536x245.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IME-Corporate-Identity-Logo_neu-2048x327.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IME-Corporate-Identity-Logo_neu-18x3.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Institute and Chair for Process Metallurgy and Metal Recycling (IME)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lehrstuhl Metallurgische Prozesstechnik und Metallrecycling<\/strong><br>Prof. Dr. Ing. Dr. h.c. Dr. E.h. Bernd Friedrich<br><strong>Lehrstuhl Metallurgische Prozesstechnik in der Kreislaufwirtschaft<\/strong><br>Prof. Dr. Ing. Elif Emil Kaya<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metallurgie.rwth-aachen.de\/#\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.metallurgie.rwth-aachen.de\/#\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.metallurgie.rwth-aachen.de<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns:34% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IBF-RWTH-cmyk.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-156 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IBF-RWTH-cmyk.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IBF-RWTH-cmyk-300x41.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IBF-RWTH-cmyk-150x21.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IBF-RWTH-cmyk-768x106.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IBF-RWTH-cmyk-18x2.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Institute of Metal Forming (IBF)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>\n<strong>Chair of Forming Technologies<\/strong><br>Universit\u00e4tsprofessor Prof. Dr.-Ing. Junhe Lian<br><strong>Chair of Material Modeling in Forming Technology<\/strong><br>Universit\u00e4tsprofessor Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sebastian M\u00fcnstermann<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibf.rwth-aachen.de\/cms\/~owzh\/IBF\/?lidx=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.ibf.rwth-aachen.de<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\" style=\"grid-template-columns:34% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_giesserei_institut_de_kks_rgb-1024x190.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-157 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_giesserei_institut_de_kks_rgb-1024x190.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_giesserei_institut_de_kks_rgb-300x56.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_giesserei_institut_de_kks_rgb-150x28.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_giesserei_institut_de_kks_rgb-768x142.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_giesserei_institut_de_kks_rgb-1536x285.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_giesserei_institut_de_kks_rgb-18x3.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.fsmuw.rwth-aachen.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/rwth_giesserei_institut_de_kks_rgb.jpg 2038w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\nFoundry Institute (GI)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Chair for Foundry Science (LGG)<\/strong><br>Prof. Dr.-Ing. A. B\u00fchrig-Polaczek<br><strong>Chair of Corrosion and Corrosion Protection<\/strong><br>Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. D. Zander<br><strong>Chair Fundamentals of Solidification<\/strong><br>Prof. Dr. rer. nat. F. Kargl<br><strong>Chair of Theory and Computation of Energy Materials<\/strong><br>Prof. Dr. rer. nat. M. Eikerling<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gi.rwth-aachen.de\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.gi.rwth-aachen.de<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die Fachgruppe Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik (MuW) geh\u00f6rt als eine von drei Fachgruppen zur &#8222;Fakult\u00e4t f\u00fcr Georessourcen und Materialtechnik&#8220; der RWTH Aachen. 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