New Horizons in Ceramic Processing and Manufacturing: Celebrating the Institute for Manufacturing Technologies of Ceramic Components and Composites of the University of Stuttgart

Dear Colleagues,

The Institute for Manufacturing Technologies of Ceramic Components and Composites (part of the mechanical engineering faculty of University of Stuttgart) is celebrating its continuity under new leadership. Simultaneously, we would like to honour former managing director Prof. Rainer Gadow, who provided more than 25 years of service from the foundation of the institute in 1995 until his retirement in 2021. He initially primarily focused activities on surface technology and composite materials, which fitted well into the industrial landscape of Stuttgart. Later on, he began new projects in advanced structural ceramics, bioceramics and additive manufacturing. Since September 2023, Prof. Wolfgang Rheinheimer has become managing director and will extend the focus of our institution into new research fields such as functional ceramics, microstructure–property relationships, and advanced sintering technologies aiming at applications in energy technology.

We invite you to propose short communications, full papers, or reviews corresponding to this Special Issue. These may centre on the following topics:

• Structural ceramics
• Functional ceramics
• Composite materials
• Ceramic coatings
• Characterization of ceramic materials
• Processing/manufacturing, including AM
• Sintering fundamentals and applications
• Microstructure and Properties of Ceramics

Prof. Dr. Frank Kern
Guest Editor

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• structural ceramics
• functional ceramics
• ionic conductors
• composite materials
• ceramic coatings
• characterization
• processing/manufacturing including am
• sintering
• microstructure evolution
• properties of ceramics

• structural ceramics
• functional ceramics
• ionic conductors
• composite materials
• ceramic coatings
• characterization
• processing/manufacturing including am
• sintering
• microstructure evolution
• properties of ceramics