FAU-NITech Lecture Series

The modules of this lecture series each consists of a course held by one Japanese Principal Investigator and a German Principal Investigator. The size of the module (5 ETCS) fits seamlessly into the academic programs at FAU and MSc Students are encouraged to join the lecture.

Advanced structural characterization techniques

  • Vibrational Spectroscopy of Amorphous To Nucleated To Fully Crystallized Materials – Dr. Rita Cicconi (WW3, FAU)
  • Synchrotron Radiation Techniques for Materials Science – Prof. Dr. Koichi Hayashi (NITech)

Communication systems design

  • Electronics Design for Energy Harvesting System – Prof. Dr. Georg Fischer (LTE, FAU)
  • Body Area Communications – Prof. Dr. Jianqing Wang / Prof. Dr. Akimasa Hirata (NITech)

Advanced modeling techniques for mechano-electrical systems

  • Advanced Computational Simulation of Mechano-Electrical Systems – Prof. Dr. Julia Mergheim (LTM, FAU)
  • Advanced Lecture on Motor Drives – Prof. Dr. Takashi Kosaka (NITech)

Crystal Growth and Material Processing – Experimental and Numerical Approaches

  • Introduction to the phase-field method for crystal growth, processing and multiferroics – Dr. Frank Wendler (WW8, FAU)
  • Crystal growth of semiconductor and material processing using ultrashort laser pulses – Prof. Dr. Reina Miyagawa (NITech)

Processing of functional ceramics and ceramic structures

  • Additive Manufacturing of 3D Cellular Ceramic Structures  (PD Dr. Tobias Fey)
  • Processing of Lead-Free Polycrystalline and Single Crystal Ferroelectrics (Prof. Ken-ichi Kakimoto)

Electrochemistry and growth of single crystal wide band gap semi-conductors

  • Growth and Characterization of Single Crystal Semi-Conductors  (Prof. Peter Wellmann)
  • Advanced Industrial Electrochemistry (Prof. Shinji Kawasaki)

Synthesis and optical properties of solution processed ferroelectric perovskites

  • Metal Halide Perovskite Single Crystal Growth and Applications  (Prof. Wolfgang Heiss)
  • Advanced Nano-Photonics Science (Prof. Tomokatsu Hayakawa)

Nanostructured surfaces

  • Modeling of Surface Phenomena  (Prof. Bernd Meyer)
  • Ceramics Interface Chemistry (Prof. Masaaki Haneda)

Introduction to atomistic and mesoscale modeling

  • Electro-Mechanical Modelling (Prof. Paul Steinmann)
  • Simultation for Nano-Technology (Prof. Shuji Ogata)

Introduction to lead-free perovskite ferroelectrics for electro-mechanical systems

  • Mechanical Properties of Ferroelectrics (Prof. Kyle G. Webber)
  • Piezoelectric Properties of Lead-Free Ferroelectrics (Prof. Ken-ichi Kakimoto)

Materials and devices for opto-electric and energy technologies

  • Optoelectronic Materials for Energy Applications (Prof. Christoph Brabec)
  • Electronic Materials Analysis (Prof. Masashi Kato)