About us

The Institute of Metallurgy was created in 1999 from the merger of the four formerly independent Institutes of Theoretical Metallurgy, Ferrous Metallurgy and Foundry Technology, Metallurgy and Material Forming. It has since then been working on metallurgical issues from ore digestion to surface treatment.
The Material Forming part was taken over from his predecessor Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heinz Palkowski as the Chair of Forming Technologie of Metallic Materials and Composites by the current head Prof. Dr.-Ing. Johannes Buhl.

Major research is done in the field of development of new alloys with a special focus on forming ability, in research on different forming technologies under the aspect of metallurgical influence and material behaviour in the forming process. A broad expertise in Computer-based simulation and its application is a substantial base of our work.