EXPERTISE Our extensive expertise ranging from solid state chemistry and synthesis, powder-based and wet-chemical processing, sintering, to thin film and thermal spraying technologies has allowed for rapid adaptation to the emerging challenges in science, from battery research to ceramic matrix composites. To fulfill our mission, 1,250 m2 of excellently equipped lab surface, including two clean rooms and a new membrane center (15 Mio €, finished in 2016) are available. A unique research infrastructure offers more than 30 different materials synthesis routes, processing and coating technologies of inorganic materials such as ceramics and metals. Experimental activities are complemented by modeling at the meso- and macroscopic levels Density Functional Theory (Monte Carlo simulations, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Finite Element Analysis), which allow a better understanding and prediction of materials and processes. Our aim is to be at the forefront of the development of functional materials and productionrelevant and scalable processing techniques, which facilitate technology transfer. A large part of our equipment meets industrial standards, supporting a strong collaboration with industry. Our extensive experience in project planning and management has resulted in several national and international coordinated consortia and research programs. PARTNERSHIP We foster intense collaboration within our growing network of academic and industrial national and international partners. Furthermore, we established close strategic cooperations with neighboring universities (RWTH Aachen University, Ruhr Universität Bochum, Universität Duisburg-Essen as well as University of Twente, NL) in the frame of professorships, as well as with WWU Münster (through Helmholtz Institute Münster).