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SGL Group will renew its commitment to endowing the Chair of Carbon Composites (LCC) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), which began eight years ago. The agreement for a six-year extension was signed by TUM president Prof. Wolfgang A. Herrmann and the SGL Group's CEO,…

PhD candidates and students of the Chair of Carbon Composites (LCC) and the Institute for Measurement Systems and Sensor Technology (MST) successfully applied to participate as team “TESOS” in the next mission of project “REXUS”.REXUS (Rocket Experiments for University Students)…

The Industrievereinigung Verstärkter Kunststoffe e.V. (AVK) celebrated their Innovation Award on the 28th November 2016 at the 2th Composite Congress during the 11th Composite Europe in Düsseldorf. The Chair of Carbon Composites (Technical University of Munich) won the category…

Prof. Baier (LLB) has retired on April 1st and therefore following lectures will be held by the Chair of Carbon Composites (LCC) starting next winter term. The lecture “Fiber Composites” will be replaced by the LCC course “Analysis and Design of Composite Structures”.   …

The 17th European Conference on Composite Materials“ (ECCM17) has been organized by the Chair of Carbon Composites and the Leading-Edge Cluster MAI Carbon, under the patronage of the European Society for Composite Materials (ESCM) from 26th to 30th of June at the Internation…

The consortium of the EU funded project LEEToRB won the JEC Innovation Award 2016 in the category helicopters. From 2013 to 2015 a CFRP RTM tool with integrated heating for the manufacturing of helicopter rotor blades was developed. Compared to a conventional metallic tool this…

This year, the Cluster New Materials awarded M. Sc. Christian Heckel, a graduate from LCC, the “Nachwuchspreis Neue Werkstoffe 2016” for his excellent Master’s Thesis within the frame of the 15th Symposium “Material Innovativ” held on 23rd February 2016 in Würzburg. The Master’s…