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The goal of MAPEX is the system-oriented research and development of materials and processes for sustainable transport and energy applications. Our research encompasses the fields of natural and engineering sciences as well as mathematics, aiming at a thorough understanding of the process-properties-performance relationships in materials.

MAPEX merges the know-how more than 1000 scientific and technical staff, 480 of which are doctoral candidates. Its 58 Principal Investigators, 14 Associate Investigators, and 20 Early Career Investigators are affiliated to five different university faculties and six external research institutes on the university campus.

Established in 2014 as the governance form of the high-profile area Materials Sciences and Technology MAPEX has the aim to:

  • establish and maintain a network of competencies in the fields of materials science, materials technology, and materials processing;
  • increase the visibility of the MAPEX Research Landscape;
  • apply for and participate in third-party funding programmes;
  • promote cooperative research activities of early career researchers;
  • support an interdisciplinary doctoral education;
  • cooperatively acquire and share scientific equipment,
  • offer our scientists a diverse and family-friendly environment with equal opportunity, quality assurance, and data handling policies at the highest international standards.

Events

21. Jan
MAPEX PhD Welcoming Event
aib (Hochschulring 40)
11:00 − 12:00
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29. Jan
Science Communication Workshop: Blog Posts and Press Releases
AIB
09:00 − 16:00
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20.−21. Feb
Workshop: Sketchnoting in Science
MARUM I (main) building, room 2060
09:00 − 17:00
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01.−03. Apr
Workshop: Poster Design and Graphical Abstracts
MARUM I, room 2070
13:00 − 17:00
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News

Daniel Meyer at his lab.
© Patrick Pollmeier, Universität Bremen
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Materials Research for Earth and Mars: How Daniel Meyer Makes Components More Resilient

Daniel Meyer found his way from biology to production engineering by chance. Today, he researches how to improve metal surfaces through specialized processing – knowledge that is now becoming important for the University of Bremen’s Martian research.

Kirsten Tracht, Bremen Institute for Mechanical Engineering and Mayor Andreas Bovenschulte.
© Universität Bremen, Annemarie Popp
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Mayor Bovenschulte Visits University of Bremen

One of the focus points of the visit was the newly applied “The Martian Mindset: A Scarcity-Driven Engineering Paradigm” Cluster of Excellence of the Materials Science and Technologies high-profile area.

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© Patrick Pollmeier, Universität Bremen
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Prestigious ERC Starting Grant for Astrobiologist Cyprien Verseux

Astrobiologist Cyprien Verseux from the Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity has been awarded the European Research Council's prestigious Starting Grant. For five years, he will be able to pursue a cutting-edge research project with 1.56 million euros.

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© MAPEX, University of Bremen
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Science with humor: PhD students transform themselves into science slammers

The science slam workshop used props, visualizations and performative elements to explain scientific results to a wide audience in an entertaining and accurate way.

Mycelium-based composite material made of straw, husks, and starch.
© Universität Göttingen, Michael Unger
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Avoiding Packaging Waste with the Help of Mycelium

Mycelium is a fine thread-like network of fungi. It is suitable as a packaging material. A new research project led by BIBA at the University of Bremen focuses on this biodegradable material as well as the production, use, and recycling of packaging.

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© Pia Götz
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"Wissen um 11" – how old museum objects are preserved for future generations

On March 9, 2024, Pia Götz presented her research with computer tomography from the project "Digital Materialities. Virtual and Analog Forms of Exhibition".

Grafic of Astronauts on Mars next to solar panels
© Joris Wegner, Universität Bremen
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Bremen Materials Science Clear First Hurdle on the Way to Excellence Funding

"With the Martian perspective, we will rethink the production of materials under the premise of resource scarcity." 'The Martian Mindset: A Scarcity-Driven Engineering Paradigm' has achieved initial success.

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© Stefan Bosse
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Material with Feelings: AI Helps to Detect Material Damage

The University of Bremen has achieved first results in the DFG Research Unit FOR 3022. Thanks to innovative sensor nodes, which are smaller than a coin, it is possible to detect and evaluate hidden damage in fiber metal laminates (FML).

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Open calls from MAPEX and MAPEX Core Facility

Deadlines for MAPEX PhD Research Grants 2024 are online: 18.2.2024 | 15.5.2024 | 18.8.2024 | 10.11.2024

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Research Highlights

Role of Trapping in Non-Volatility of Electrochemical Neuromorphic Organic Devices pic
© 2024 The Author(s). Advanced Electronic Materials published by Wiley-VCH GmbH
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Role of Trapping in Non-Volatility of Electrochemical Neuromorphic Organic Devices

Henrique Frulani de Paula Barbosa, Andreas Schander, Andika Asyuda, Luka Bislich, Sarah Bornemann, Björn Lüssem

Advanced Electronic Materials (2024): 2400481

https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202400481

Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) require a better platform to reduce their energy consumption and…

Thermal properties of mullite-type SnAlBO4 and SnGaBO4 pic
© 2024 The Author(s). Journal of the American Ceramic Society published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Ceramic Society
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Thermal properties of mullite-type SnAlBO₄ and SnGaBO₄

Sarah Wittmann, M. Mangir Murshed, Kowsik Ghosh, Aylin Koldemir, Rainer Pöttgen, Cecilia B. Mendive, Thorsten M. Gesing

Journal of the American Ceramic Society (2024): e20170

https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.20170

We report on temperature-dependent structural and spectroscopic properties of two new…

Amine Exchange of Aminoalkylated Phenols as Dynamic Reaction in Benzoxazine/Amine-Based Vitrimers pic
© 2024 The Author(s). Macromolecular Rapid Communications published by Wiley-VCH GmbH
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Amine Exchange of Aminoalkylated Phenols as Dynamic Reaction in Benzoxazine/Amine-Based Vitrimers

Adrian Wolf, Lea Pursche, Laura Boskamp, Katharina Koschek

Macromolecular Rapid Communications (2024): 2400557

https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202400557

Bisfunctional benzoxazine and polyether diamine-based polymers show Arrhenius-like stress-relaxation varying with stoichiometry and polymerization…

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