Kick-off of the DFG Priority Program SPP 2489 "DaMic"

PhD students and principal investigators from nine projects and two associated projects came together at the TUD at the end of November for an intensive kick-off week. The DFG priority program DaMic - Data-driven Alloy and Microstructure Design of Sustainable Structural Metals was thus officially launched. Together, the participants developed cooperation structures, strategies for efficient research data management and a clear roadmap for the coming year.

It is imperative that the metallic materials of the future become more sustainable. Their production causes around 40 percent of industrial greenhouse gas emissions and large quantities of harmful by-products. The SPP 2489 DaMic aims to create essential scientific foundations for this development and establish a new field of research at the interface of digitalization and sustainability.

The work focuses on two fundamental approaches: Materials with a reduced number of alloying elements and alloys that are particularly tolerant of impurities from secondary raw materials. In both cases, negative effects of these changed compositions are to be compensated for by designing the microstructure of the material in a targeted manner so that the mechanical properties remain comparable to those of conventional construction materials. To this end, the scientists are researching digital methods for inverse material design and using them to develop new, sustainable and recycling-adapted metallic construction materials.

The aim of the priority program is to develop materials that are more ecologically compatible, easier to recycle and yet still have high capabilities - and thus offer a real alternative to today's construction materials.

The priority program is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

More information on the SPP 2489 "DaMic"

Contact:

Prof. Markus Kästner
Coordinator DaMic
Chair of Computational and Experimental Solid Mechanics
Mail:
Phone: +49 351 463-43065