Details
Dr.-Ing. Matthias Steinbacher
Head of Heat Treatment
Departments: Materials Science , Heat Treatment
FZB - Room 2400
Badgasteiner Str. 3
28359 Bremen
Personal data
Research profiles
Academic education with degree
| 11/2004 | Diploma Supervisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. F. Hoffmann |
| 10/1999 – 10/2004 | Studies in Production Engineering (University of Bremen), specializing in Materials Engineering |
Scientific degree
| 02/2012 | Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) Dissertation topic: Thermogravimetric measurements during low-pressure carburizing as a basis for simulations Reviewers: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. F. Hoffmann (university of Bremen) und Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. V. Schulze (KIT) |
Professional career since graduation
| Since 07/2015 | Head of the Heat Treatment Department in the Materials Technology Division at the Leibniz Institute for Materials Engineering – IWT |
| 01/2015 – 06/2015 | Deputy Head of the Heat Treatment Department |
| 01/2012 – 12/2014 | Head of the "Carburizing Processes" working group in the Materials Technology Department at the Leibniz Institute for Materials Engineering – IWT |
| 10/2004 – 12/2011 | Research scientist in the Materials Engineering Department at the Leibniz Institute for Materials Engineering – IWT |
Awards
| 10/2011 | Awarded by the AWT as winner of the Paul-Riebensahm Prize 2010 |
| 12/2009 | Award from the FVA for the scientific work and the presentation on the research project at the FVA Information Conference 2008 "Comparability of coupon samples and large gears during case hardening" |
Offices and Memberships
| AWT (Working Group Heat Treatment and Materials Technology e. V.) |
Latest 10 publications
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2025.
FAIRification of Legacy Devices and Measurement Applications with Single Board Computers. Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation. 14 (2), 236-246. DOI: 10.1007/s40192-025-00398-2. OPEN ACCESS -
2025.
Analysis of effects due to stepped quenching during case hardening of gears. European Conference on Heat Treatment 2025 (ECHT2025), Prag, Czech Republic, 04.-06.06.2025. Prague, Czech Repuplic: ECHT, 2025, -
2025.
Analysis of Energy Requirements in Thermochemical Heat Treatment Using the Example of Gas Nitriding. HTM Journal of Heat Treatment and Materials. 80 (1), 3-19. DOI: 10.1515/htm-2024-0033. OPEN ACCESS -
2025.
Investigations on the Tooth Root and Pitting Load Carrying Capacity of Case-Hardened Gears with Higher Amounts of Retained Austenite. HTM Journal of Heat Treatment and Materials. 80 (2), 75-101. DOI: 10.1515/htm-2025-0005. -
2025.
Investigations on the tooth root load-carrying capacity of carbonitrided gears containing high amounts of retained austenite. Forschung im Ingenieurwesen. 89 (1), 124. DOI: 10.1007/s10010-025-00890-3. OPEN ACCESS -
2025.
Distortion of Gears due to Induction Hardening with the Gap-to-Gap Technique. QDE 2025. QDE 2025: Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Quenching and Distortion Engineering, 2025, 164-172. DOI: 10.31399/asm.cp.qde2025p0164. -
2024.
Corrosion Resistance and Fracture Toughness of Cryogenic-Treated X153CrMoV12 Tool Steel. HTM Journal of Heat Treatment and Materials. 79 (5), 230-244. DOI: 10.1515/htm-2024-0023. -
2024.
Smart‐Alloying – Liquid in-situ re-alloying in additive manufacturing. Additive Manufacturing. 80 , 103988. DOI: 10.1016/j.addma.2024.103988. OPEN ACCESS -
2024.
Load Carrying Capacity of Case-Carburized Gears with Different Cryogenic Treatments. HTM Journal of Heat Treatment and Materials. 79 (3), 105-129. DOI: 10.1515/htm-2024-0010. -
2024.
Thermochemical Corrosion of Furnace Materials in Atmospheres containing Ammonia. Materials and Corrosion. 76 (2), 226-239. DOI: 10.1002/maco.202414499. OPEN ACCESS