Professor Kainer is Director of Institute for Materials Research at the GKSS Forschungszentrum Geesthacht and Professor at the Technical University Hamburg-Harburg. His main research focuses on metal matrix composites and magnesium alloys, with a special focus on applications in the automobile industry. He cooperates in research projects with major European and American car manufactures as well as with research institutes in Asia, America and Europe. He was also Chairman of the three International Magnesium Conferences in Germany, organised by the DGM, and he gave invited lectures at many international conferences, including the TMS Annual Meetings in the US.

Fundamentals of MMCs
Particles, fibers, and short fibers for MMC reinforcement
Preforms for reinforcements of light metals
Aluminum-matrix composites
Production of composites by thermal coating processing
Cutting of Al-MMCs
Mechanical behaviour and fatigue of metal matrix composites
Interfaces in metal matrix composites
Metal matrix composites by powder metallurgy
Spray compacting - an alternative process for MMC-Al alloys

"... surveys the latest results and developments in the use of metal matrix composites for these industries."
Materials Today

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Der Aufschluss - Zeitschrift für Mineralogie und Geologie