Welcome to our institute
The Institute for Applied Materials - Computational Materials Science (IAM-CMS) is engaged in research, teaching and transfer of knowledge about mechanical, tribological and structural properties of materials and component evaluation. We deal with fundamental as well as application-oriented questions in simulation and experiment.

To introduce the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI), the NFDI4Ing project was presented on October 15, 2020, by Professor Britta Nestler, as co-speaker at the inauguration event of the office in Karlsruhe. In an interview for the Campus-Report, following the opening of the office of the NFDI, Britta Nestler explains the importance of “preserving the treasure of raw data”.
Link to the Press Release of KIT
Professor Peter Gumbsch was accepted as a member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech). The task of acatech is to advise politics and society on future issues relating to technology science and technology policy.
To the press release
On December 5, 2019, Dr. Christian Greiner was awarded the Adolfs Martens Prize in Berlin for outstanding work in the field of materials research. We congratulate!
To the BAM press release