Material Science and Engineering of NiTi Shape Memory Alloys

After receiving his PhD in Engineering at the University of Erlangen, Germany, Prof. Gunther Eggeler went on with his research at the EPFL, Switzerland. His research interests include Elementary deformation processes, high temperature materials, Martensitic transformations, Shape memory alloys, Transmission and scanning electron microscopy, Quantitative metallography, High temperature solid state reactions, solidification processes and interaction of solids with gases and melts, Modelling of deformation and transformation processes. His broad international experiences include 3 years in England as Senior Principal Metallurgist at ERA Technology, a visiting scholar at the Ohio State University, USA, and a visiting scholar at the Centro Atomico der Bariloche, Argentina. In 2008 he was Brahm Prakash Visiting Professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He is currently director of the chair of Materials Science at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Speaker of the International Max Planck Research School SurMat (Surface and Interface Engineering in Advanced Materials) and since 2000 director of a Research Center on Shape Memory Technology SFB 459, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG.

Twelve Years of NiTi Shape Memory Research in the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 459 at the Ruhr University Bochum Fundamentals, Microstructure and Shape Memory Effects Basic Mechanical Properties of Shape Memory Alloys Micromechanics and Mechanics of Shape Memory Alloys Ingot and Powder Metallurgy of NiTi Shape Memory Alloys Machining and Joining of NiTi Shape Memory Alloys Thin Films and Microsystems Structural and Functional Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics Advanced Scanning and Transmission Electron Microscopy Electrochemistry, Corrosion and Biocompatibility Scale Bridging Modelling of Shape Memory Behaviour Applications of Shape Memory Alloys and Properties of Shape Memory Components Engineering Design and System Integration Data, Facts and Figures