Prof. Dr.-Ing. Carolin KÖRNER

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Carolin KÖRNER

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany, EU

At the COMAT´24 conference prof. Carolin Körner will present the plenary lecture „ Voxel based material design by electron beam additive manufacturing ".

Carolin Körner received her diploma as a theoretical physicist in 1991 from the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). After her change to the Technical Faculty and the Materials Science Department she received her PhD in 1997 from FAU for a theoretical work on the interaction of short pulse lasers with metals (Group of Prof. H.W. Bergmann). In 1997 she started as the leader of a new group “Lightweight materials” at the chair of Prof. R.F Singer and received the Georg Sachs award for her outstanding research on metal foams. After maternal leave in 2000 she received her Dr. Habilitus in 2007 for her work on Injection foam molding of light metals which she was honored with the Finkelnburg Award. In 2011 she declined two offers for an appointment as full professor at the University of Kassel and Cottbus. In November 2011, she has been appointed Full Professor of Materials Science and Technology for Metals at FAU. In 2015 she was appointed Scientific head of the Group “Additive Manufacturing” at the NMF GmbH, a research company of the Bavarian state. Since 2016 she is also head of the Group “Additive Manufacturing” at the Central Institute of “New Processes and Materials” of FAU in Fürth. In 2015 she declined an offer as full professor for Additive Manufacturing at RWTH Aachen. The PI’s research group numbers over 20 PhD students and postdoctoral researchers.

Key research interests

The Körner group's research is characterized by a distinct commitment to interdisciplinarity combining material science, physics and modeling and simulation including high performance computing. The group has two main research fields: casting technology (investment casting, pressure die casting) and additive manufacturing (mainly electron beam based AM but also laser based AM). The research focus is on the research and development of innovative processes and alloys in the field of lightweight and high-performance materials. Thereby modeling and simulation is the basis for gaining profound process understanding and the development of new materials (new alloys, metamaterials such as auxetics or phononic band-gap materials). 

 

Education

2008               Habilitation in Materials Science, FAU (Prof. Dr. Robert F. Singer)

1997               Doctorate in Materials Science (summa cum laude), FAU, Germany (Prof. Dr. Hans W. Bergmann)

1991               Diploma in Theoretical Physics, FAU, Germany

Positions

Since 2011     Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Chair of Materials Science and     Technology for Metals, Germany

1997 – 2011   Group Leader “Lightweight Materials”, Institute of Materials Science, Erlangen

1993 – 1997   Doctoral Fellow, Institute of Materials Science, Erlangen, Germany

 

Fellowships and awards

2021               ERC Advanced Grant

2018               Teaching Award of the Technical Faculty of FAU

2008               Finkelnburg Award for the best Habilitation

2000               Georg-Sachs Award of German Society for Materials Science

1991               Strong interaction physics post gradute programme                       

Institutional responsibilities

Since 2018     Expert Member of the Bavarian-State Committee on Additive Manufacturing

Since 2018     Co-coordinator and location speaker of the transregional collaborative research center CRC-TR 103 “From atom to turbine blade – scientific foundations for a new generation of monocrystalline superalloys”

Since   2016   Co-coordinator of the Institute for Advanced Materials and Processes (ZMP) involving close interaction with Chemical Engineers and Chemists

2012 2018   Coordinator of Research Area E “Lightweight Materials” of the Cluster of Excellence EXC 315 “Engineering of Advanced Materials

20142018   Member of the executive board of German Society for Materials Science

20142018   Co-coordinator and location speaker of the transregional collaborative research center CRC-TR 39 “PT-PIESA”

Commissions of trust

Since 2020     Member of the DFG Wissenschaftliche Geräte und Informationstechnik (WGI) board

Since 2019     Member of the Advisory Board of BAM (Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing)

Since 2018     Expert Member of the Bavarian-State Committee on Additive Manufacturing

Since 2017     Member of the International Scientific Advisory Board of MAPP: EPSRC Future Manufacturing Hub in Manufacture using  Advanced Powders and Processes UK

Since 2017     Member of the International Scientific Advisory Board of the Competence Centre on Additive Manufacturing – Metal (CAM2) in Sweden

2014 – 2018    Member of the executive board of German Society for Materials Science

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