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Günter Petzow in a conversation with FEMS founding president Robert Lallement at EUROMAT 99 in Munich

Prof Dr Günter Petzow, former president of DGM, passed away recently at the age of 97 in Stuttgart, Germany, where he shaped the field of materials science for decades as a Director at the Max-Planck establishment, being internationally highly decorated.

As a long-term member of the DGM Executive Committee, Günter Petzow was closely involved in supporting and adopting the advancement of FEMS from its very beginnings in 1987. As the DGM president from 1989, right after the fall of the iron curtain, he was happy to invite the European Materials Community from both East and... Read more

FEMS Junior EUROMAT is the premier conference for students and early career professionals to present and exchange ideas, and network with peers from Europe.

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At the 2023 FEMS General Assembly held in Frankfurt during FEMS EUROMAT 2023 and following a secret vote, FEMS Member Societies confirmed Prof Aldo Boccaccini's appointment as FEMS President for 2024-2025. We caught up with him as his tenue starts.

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FEMS is proud to announce that the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3) will be hosting FEMS Junior EUROMAT 2024 in the UK.

Manchester will welcome students and early career professionals from 15 to 18 July 2014.

'I am delighted that FEMS Junior EUROMAT will be in Manchester in July 2024. Having attended previously, I know the diverse range of people and experiences this brings together. These conferences help kick start early career researchers' networks and I look forward to seeing the outcomes of the conference grow over the following years' said Dr Kate... Read more

DGM hosts first in-person FEMS EUROMAT 2023 since 2019 at Goethe University in Frankfurt.

When Prof Ehrenfried Zschech (Conference Chair) stood in the balcony of the impressive Hörsaalzentrum foyer next to Prof Eric Le Bourhis (Conference co-Chair) and Dr Stefan Klein (DGM) to address delegates, organisers, sponsors and exhibitors at the welcome reception he stated that for the next 4 days, Frankfurt will be the European capital of materials. Indeed, it was.

During the first in-person FEMS EUROMAT since 2019, nearly 2.000 in-person and online delegates... Read more

The 6th FEMS Master Thesis Award final took place on Wednesday 6 July during FEMS EUROMAT 2023

4 finalists from Italy, Greece, Spain and Portugal, all winners of their own national finals, gave a 10-minute presentation in from of a full audience on their chosen topics ranging from jarosite-blast furnace sludges self-reducing briquettes and polyaniline thin films to protection of aluminium alloys and sustainable powders for energy deposition.

Members of the FEMS Member Societies are invited to the 2023 FEMS General Assembly.

The meeting will be held during FEMS EUROMAT 2023 on Tuesday 5 September at 14:30 CET (Room SH 2.107, Seminarhaus). Online attendance is also available for those unable to travel to Frankfurt.

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Nominations are now invited for the election of FEMS Vice-President & FEMS Board members.

The FEMS Board is the administrative body of FEMS. According to the... Read more

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