Main Achievements
- 782 publications
- 132 publications in journals with an impact factor > 7 (incl. features & covers)
- 34 % of publications in 2012 across Research Areas
- 48 % of publications in 2012 involving 2 or more EAM members
74 Ph.D. theses completed / 144 ongoing Ph.D. theses on EAM topics
Active collaboration across 8 disciplines – between eight Departments of the Faculties of Engineering and Sciences: Applied Mathematics, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Computer Science, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics.
Strategic alliances with Bayer Technology Services, BASF, BMW, Merck, Clariant/Süd-Chemie
New DFG coordinated programs initiated and supported by EAM members
- 2 Collaborative Research Centers (CRC)
- 1 Transregio (TR/CRC)
- 2 Research Units (RUs)
- 2 Priority Programs (PP)
8 demonstrators developed
12 new EAM professorships (permanent or tenure-track)
- Chair for Multiscale Simulation of Particulate Systems
- W2 Nanomaterials Characterization
- W2 Particle Synthesis
- W2 Nanoelectronics – EAM Award (tenure track)
- W2 Catalytic Reactors and Process Technology – EAM Award (tenure track)
- W1 Nanostructured Particles (tenure track)
- W1 Theoretical Physics (tenure track)
- W1 Applied Mathematics (tenure track)
- W1 Catalytic Materials (tenure track)
- W1 Experimental Physics (Scanning Probe Microscopy) (tenure track)
- W1 Optofluidics (tenure track)
- W1 Materials Science (tenure track)
70 EAM members (thereof 60 professors)
Proportion of women by Oktober 2012: 31 % on Ph.D. level, 43 % on postdoc level, 33 % on professor’s level
EAM is a central institution of the University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
Integrated Graduate School
3 new interdisciplinary centers for cross-sectional topics with permanent staff
- Center for Functional Particle Systems (CFPS) – Research Area A1
- Center for Nanoanalysis and Electron Microscopy (CENEM) – Research Area A2
- Central Institute for Scientific Computing (ZiSC) – Research Area A3
2 Transfer centers
- Technology transfer center for novel materials and production processes of components applied in process engineering VerTec, Fürth
- Energy Campus Nuremberg EnCN, Nuremberg
4 new EAM buildings (total working space 4,500 m², total cost 28.6 million euro)
- Building for the transmission electron microscope (TEM) – 90 m²
- Building for Particle Synthesis – 188 m²
- Buildings for Electronic Materials and Catalysis and reconstruction technical chemistry hall – 2,820 m²
- Center for Functional Particle Systems – 1,426 m²
New instruments related to EAM in operation (11 million euro)
Funding
- 40 million euros from DFG Excellence Initiative + 41 million euros from University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), state & federal government, industry (since 2008)
- Renewal DFG funding (33,7 million euros from Nov. 2012 – Oct. 2017) granted in June 2012. 4 million euros third-party funds from industry already confirmed