![IAM-WBM Team](/mmi/img/Summerschool2020_Hintergrund_rdax_98.png)
Team building activities were in focus of our annual summer school, which was a great success this year, especially while following all the regulations and emphasis pertaining to safety and social distancing during the COVID-19
![Defense A.V. Brabänder](/mmi/img/Brab%c3%a4nder_Verteidigung_rdax_98.png)
We are happy to announce the successful PhD defense of Alexander Valentin Brabänder. His work "Registering hardness measurement of neutron-irradiated materials at high temperatures" was supervised by Dr. H.-Chr. Schneider in IAM-MMI's Fusion Materials Laboratory (FML).
(Photo: A. Brabänder, private)
![Logo TRR 188](/mmi/img/TRR188_Hintergrund_rdax_98.png)
The German Research Foundation (DFG) continues funding the Collaborative Research Center/Transregio (TRR) 188, “Damage in metal forming”.
The TRR 188 aims for a mechanism-based understanding and control of damage nucleation and growth in advanced high strength materials and is located at several research institutes.
read more![Yuran Kang](/mmi/img/Yuran_001a_rdax_98s.jpg)
Our first PhD defense in 2020 streamed via MS Teams - passed, congrats to Yuran Kang!