
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
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.
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.
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.
Thermochemical Corrosion of Furnace Materials in Atmospheres containing Ammonia. Materials and Corrosion. 76 (2), 226-239. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/maco.202414499. OPEN ACCESS
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.
Mechanism and Observation of Pore Formation during Carbonitriding. HTM Journal of Heat Treatment and Materials. 78 (2), 105-118. DOI: 10.1515/htm-2022-1028.
2023.
Profilometry-Based Indentation Plastometry Testing for Characterization of Case-Hardened Steels. Advanced Engineering Materials. 25 (10), 2201512. DOI: 10.1002/adem.202201512. OPEN ACCESS
2023.
Influence of annealing time on the microstructure and properties of additively manufactured X2CrNiMoN25–7–4 duplex stainless steel: Experiment and simulation. Materialia. 28 , DOI: 10.1016/j.mtla.2023.101720.
2023.
Investigation of combined surface treatments and coatings to increase the wear behavior of heat treatable steels. Surface and Coatings Technology. 472 , DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2023.129929. OPEN ACCESS
2023.