Research at the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
We aim to establish a high-quality and attractive research environment for mechanical and materials engineering.
Materials engineering research focuses on solar energy materials and systems, next generation stationary energy storage technologies and light-emitting device technologies.
The focus of mechanical engineering research is on smart systems, laser based manufacturing processes and digital and system design.
Research and projects at our department
Newest publications
Protective Coating Interfaces for Perovskite Solar Cell Materials: A First-Principles Study (2022)
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
Fatigue performance of stainless tool steel CX processed by laser powder bed fusion (2022)
Materials Science and Engineering A
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
Data related to the microstructural identification and analyzing the mechanical properties of maraging stainless steel 13Cr10Ni1. 7Mo2Al0. 4Mn0. 4Si (commercially known as CX) processed by laser powder bed fusion method (2022)
Data in Brief
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
Magnetic on-off switching of a plasmonic laser (2022)
Nature Photonics
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
Encapsulation of commercial and emerging solar cells with focus on perovskite solar cells (2022)
Solar Energy
(Refereed review article in scientific journal (A2))
Real-Time Monitoring and Defect Detection of Laser Scribing Process of CIGS Solar Panels Utilizing Photodiodes (2022)
IEEE Access
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
Sliding Mode Control with Gaussian Process Regression for Underactuated Mechanical Systems (2022)
IEEE Latin America Transactions
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
Benefits of bifacial solar cells combined with low voltage power grids at high latitudes (2022)
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
(Refereed review article in scientific journal (A2))
Nanoscale geometry determines mechanical biocompatibility of vertically aligned nanofibers (2022)
Acta Biomaterialia
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))
Thermomechanical simulation of the heat-affected zones in welded ultra-high strength steels: Microstructure and mechanical properties (2022)
Materials and Design
(Refereed journal article or data article (A1))