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Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Rainer Fechte-Heinen

Chairman of the IWT Board of Directors / Director of MPA Bremen

Departments: Materials Science , Institute for Materials Testing (MPA)

Phone
+49 421 218 51300
Email
fechte@iwt-bremen.de
Office
Leibniz-Institut für Werkstofforientierte Technologien - IWT
FZB - Room 2370
Badgasteiner Str. 3
28359 Bremen
     

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Research profiles

Materials Engineering:
Heat treatment
Retained austenite
Multiphase steels
Material concepts for additive manufacturing and conventional process chains
Surface technology
PVD
Metallographic analysis
X-ray and micromagnetic material analysis
Atomic probe tomography
Material testing and durability analysis
 

Academic education with degree

10/2000 – 12/2004Studies in mechanical engineering at the Ruhr University Bochum, the University of Seville and the University of California, Berkeley US


Scientific degrees

02/2008 – 04/2014Habilitation at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Ruhr University Bochum, topic: Energy Methods in Material Modeling of Martensitic Phase Transformations
 
02/2005 – 06/2007Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) at the Ruhr-University Bochum
Topic: Micromechanical modeling of shape memory materials


Professional career since graduation

06/2020 – ongoingChairman of the Board of Directors and Head of the Materials Technology Department : Leibniz Institute for Materials-oriented Technologies - IWT, Bremen, Director Official Materials Testing Institute of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
University Professor and Head of Department 11 Materials Technology / Metals in Faculty 4 Production Engineering at the University of Bremen
 
04/2018 – 05/2020Honorary Professor of Materials Mechanics of Phase Transformations in Solids, Ruhr University Bochum (honorary teaching since 10/2009, dormant since 2020)
 
01/2017 – 04/2020Head of Product Development Hot Rolled Products:
Technology and Innovation, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, Duisburg
 
10/2016 – 12/2016Head of Research and Development:
Heavy Plate Business Unit, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, Duisburg
 
06/2012 – 09/2016Team leader idea generation and validation:
Technology and Innovation, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, Duisburg
 
02/2011 – 05/2012Senior Engineer Project Management: Technology and Innovation - Innovation, Advanced Engineering, ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG, Duisburg
 
09/2007 – 01/2011Technical coordination project management conventional steels: Materials Competence Center, ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG, Duisburg
 
02/2005 – 08/2007Research assistant: Collaborative Research Center 459 Shape Memory Technology, Chair of General Mechanics, Ruhr University Bochum

Awards

2017steeltomorrow: 1st prize internal innovation competition thyssenkrupp Steel
 
2008ThyssenKrupp Materials Innovation Award of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Ruhr-University Bochum for the doctorate
 
01/2005 – 06/2007Doctoral scholarship: Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
 
2005Adam Opel Prize of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the Ruhr University Bochum for the diploma (grade: 1.1 with distinction)
 
08/2004 – 12/2004Scholarship abroad: Dr. Jürgen Ulderup Foundation
 
10/2003 – 03/2005Scholarship: ThyssenKrupp Studienförderung
 
09/2002 – 07/2003Scholarship abroad: German Academic Exchange Service

Offices and Memberships

Since 2023Member of the Executive Committee of the IFHTSE - International Federation for Heat Treatment and Surface Engineering (Member of the Board of Directors: Governing Council since 2020)
 
Since 2023Member of WAW - Scientific Working Group of University Professors of Materials Engineering e.V.
 
Since 2023Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials gGmbH
 
Since 2022Chairman of the Scientific Council and (since 2023) Deputy Chairman of the U Bremen Research Alliance
 
Since 2022Member of the Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin, Germany
 
Since 2022Elected consultant, expert group 1.1 Metallic Materials, German Federation of Industrial Research Associations (AiF)
 
Since 2021Member of the Board, Research Association "Recycling and Recovery of Recyclable Materials in the Construction Industry" (RWB)
 
Since 2020Member of the Board, Research Association "Working Group Heat Treatment and Materials Technology e.V." (AWT)
 
Since 2020Editor-in-Chief of HTM - Journal of Heat Treatment and Materials

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