Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini co-chaired DGM Regionalforum Erlangen 2025

Prof. Boccaccini together with the board members and the speakers

The 2025 Spring meeting of the DGM Regionalforum Erlangen was held on 17th March 2025 in the FAU Department of Materials Science and Engineering (WW) with the topic “Energy Materials”. The program included an introduction to the DGM Regionalforum Erlangen by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini (Chair of DGM Regionalforum Erlangen), an introduction to the WW Department by Prof. Mathias Goeken (Chair of the FAU Department WW and vice-president of the German Society of Materials Science (DGM) and an overview of DGM activities by Dr. Sebastian Slawik (Specialist MSE, DGM). The technical presentations were given by Prof. Peter Felfer (WW Department, FAU) and Dr.  A. Fiedler, MOLL Batterien GmbH, Bad Staffelstein). The final panel discussion was moderated by Prof. Carolin Koerner (WW Department, FAU), and PD Dr. Tobias Fey (WW Department, FAU). The DGM Regionalforum Erlangen was founded in 2018 as the local chapter of the German Materials Society (DGM) with the goal to offer a communication platform to connect and facilitate the exchange between the different sectors involved in “materials science and engineering” in the Erlangen and Northern Bavaria region, with strong emphasis in developing networks between industry, universities and other research institutions. The members of the Executive Board of DGM Regionalforum Erlangen are Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini (chair), PD Dr. Tobias Fey, Prof. Carolin Koerner and Prof. Mathias Goeken.