Steinbeis Research Center Material Engineering Center Saarland (MECS)

• Development of functional materials, especially for extreme electrical loads, electrical erosion, tribiology, contact materials for electrical switch systems, tailor-made nanocomposites
• The right properties in the right place: technically relevant functionalization based on micro and nanostructuring, especially with material surfaces and thin layers, laser structuring, laser interference metallurgy, laser cladding, ion beam technology,
• Analysis, classification and simulation, including with complex material microstructures (metals, ceramics, polymers and composites resulting from these) in 2D and 3D, FIB/REM nanotomography, microstructure tomography, quantitative image analysis, atom probe tomography
• High resolution damage analysis and target preparation

• Development of high-performance functional materials, especially for electrical applications
• Functional surfaces
• Micro and nanostructures in 3D

• Feasibility studies
• Research projects (direct industry backing)
• Bilateral research projects, including partly publicly funded major network projects
• Support services (preparations, measurement projects, expert reports, consulting)
• Continuing professional development in 3D analysis and micro and nanostructures (FIB/REM and microstructure tomography)

Steinbeis Transfer Magazine

• Examples from nature: highspeed laser structuring for a new generation of electrical contacts (Transfer 3/2019)
  Steinbeis experts from Saarbrücken and TE Connectivity Germany use laser structuring to optimize surface processing
• Honors and Awards to the Power of Three (Transfer 4/2018)
  Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Mücklich honored by several institutions of materials science
• World-Class Research Requires World-Class People (Transfer 2/2018)
  Global market leader in the metal industry promotes material research at Saarland University
• Keep Up the Good Collaboration! (Transfer 1/2018)
  The steel specialist Dillinger intensifies its strategic partnership with material researchers in Saarland
• Award for Laser Marking Microstructures onto Surfaces (Transfer 3/2016)
  Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Mücklich wins the Berthold Leibinger Award
• Materials Researcher Honored with International Award (Transfer 2/2016)
  Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Mücklich bestowed Henry Clifton Sorby Award
• Why do bacteria die on copper surfaces? (Transfer 2/2013)
  Researchers unravel a significant piece of the puzzle
• Taking an exact view of materials research in Saarbrücken (Transfer 4/2011)
  Atom probe tomography lab opened
• Killing germs with new copper-based materials (Transfer 3/2011)
  Researching new materials
• High accolade for Saarbrücken materials researcher (Transfer 1/2011)
  Head of Steinbeis Research Center becomes honorary member of Alpha Sigma Mu
• Can we control friction? (Transfer 4/2010)
  Novel micro-architectures created by laser structuring
• Electric thunderbolts under the hood (Transfer 1/2010)
  New high-tech materials for stable switching systems in electric automobiles

Yearbook Steinbeis Foundation´s Transfer Award – Löhn Award

• Controlled Self-Healing Process for Electrical, Extremely Stressed Galvanic Systems of High-End Circuit Board Production (Löhn Award 2012)