The Institute for Applied Materials – Materials Science and Engineering (IAM-WK) is active in the field of research, education, and innovation on structural and functional materials, particularly for mechanical engineering applications. We aim at revealing relationships between processes, structure and properties. The research activities of our seven research groups focus on the fields "Conditions and Properties" (1,2,3), "Materials Development" (3,4,5) and "Processes" (5,6,7). Therefore, we run specialized laboratories and workshops which are also used for education of our students in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering. For both programmes, we conduct lectures, tutorials and lab courses as fundamental and advanced courses.

Successful Completion of Industrial Mechanic Training

We are excited to announce that two of our talented industrial mechanics, Philip Heid and Mo Karim Becker, have successfully completed their training. Both have been awarded a scholarship for the master school and will continue to deepen their skills.

We are particularly proud of the recognition by the IHK in November 2025, where one of our trainees will be honored as the top graduate among the industrial mechanics at KIT.

Congratulations on these outstanding achievements!

Current trends in research on intermetallic phases

On 20^th and 21^st of February, IAM-WK was serving to be the host of this year’s German Society for Materials Science (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde e.V., DGM) expert committee meeting on intermetallic phases, chaired by Prof. Florian Pyczak and Prof. Manja Krüger.

The meeting covered recent advances in various materials groups:

- Mo-based and V-based silicide alloys
- Refractory high entropy alloys
- Titanium aluminides
- BCC superalloys

as well as a wide range of phenomena:

- Phase formation
- Mechanical properties, strength, creep, ductility
- Oxidation

We thank Daniel Schliephake and PhM for taking care of the organization at IAM-WK.

to the webpage of the expert committee

Microstructure Analysis

Fractography

Mechanical testing

Microstructure analysis

Computer tomography

Surface analysis

Materials characterization

Mechanical testing

Microstructure analysis

Materials synthesis

Microstructure analysis

Mechanical workshop

Mechanical testing

Microstructure analysis

Metallography

Scanning electron microscopy

Materials characterization

Contact

E-Mail

You can contact us via mail to iam-wk-administration∂iam.kit.edu.

Campus South

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Institut für Angewandte Materialien – Werkstoffkunde (IAM–WK)
Campus Süd
Gebäude 10.91 und 10.96
Engelbert-Arnold-Straße 4
76131 Karlsruhe

Campus North

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Institut für Angewandte Materialien – Werkstoffkunde (IAM–WK)
Campus Nord
Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1
Gebäude 695
76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen