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.
Year 3: Device development and advanced characterization techniques
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)
Year 2: Processing and synthesis techniques
Processing of functional ceramics and ceramic structures
- Additive Manufacturing of 3D Cellular Ceramic Structures (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)
Year 1: Introduction of the material classes and modeling techniques
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)