Metallic Materials

• Alloy development and casting techniques

• Creep resistant alloys

• Corrosion and degradation

• Extractive metallurgy

• Powder metallurgy

• Light Metals

• Surface engineering and heat treatment

• Thin films and coatings

Biomaterials

• Biointerfaces

• Metallic biomaterials

• Biomaterials for biological engineering

• Polymer biomaterials

• Ceramic biomaterials

• Dental Biomaterials

• 3D printing of biomaterials

• Biodegradable biomaterials

• Biomaterials Industry and Market analysis

Ceramics

• Synthesis and Processing

• Novel sintering methods and progress in conventional sintering

• Additive manufacturing of ceramics

• Structural ceramics

• Ceramics for energy generation, conversion and storage

• Electronic ceramics

• Ceramic materials in regenerative medicine and drug delivery

• Ultra-high temperature ceramics – carbides, nitrides, borides

• Computational modeling and simulation

• Nanocrystalline ceramics, interfaces, thin and thick film processing

Composite materials

• Ceramic-matrix composites

• Metal-matrix composites

• Polymer-matrix composites

Nanomaterials in nanotechnology

• Nanoparticles

• Nanopowders

• Carbon nanotubes

• Nanomedicine

• Nanofabrication

• Nanobiomaterials

Polymers

• Biopolymers for funkcional materials and the biorefinery

• Alternative materials and recycling methods for polymers and composites

• Metal polymer interactions for advanced applications

• Polymer surface chemistry and physics

Modelling and simulation