Chair holder
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Professor
NameProf. Dr.-Ing. Martina Zimmermann
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Head of Department of Materials Characterisation and Testing
NameProf. Dr.-Ing. Martina Zimmermann
Curriculum vitae
Academic education
| 1990–1996 | Degree in Mechanical Engineering, specialising in international project management, University of Siegen |
| 1991–1996 | Fellowship: German Academic Scholarship Foundation |
| 1996 | Degree: Graduate Engineer (Diplom-Ingenieurin (1.5)), University of Siegen |
| 2001 | PhD: Dr.-Ing. (summa cum laude), University of Siegen |
| 2012 | Joined TU Dresden |
Professional experience
| 1983–1987 | Completed training as a draughtsperson, Niedax GmbH, Linz/Rhine |
| 1987–1989 | Draughtsperson, Schützeichel KG, Neustadt/Wied |
| 1994–1995 | Internship, Sports Marketing Survey, Brussels |
| 1995–1996 | Technical Assistant, Metallverarbeitungsgesellschaft mbH, Eschweiler |
| 1996–2001 | Scientific Assistant at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Siegen, Institute of Construction, Welding Construction in Mechanical Engineering |
| 2001–2004 | Scientific Associate at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Siegen, Institute of Construction, Welding Construction in Mechanical Engineering |
| 10/2009–09/2010 | Visiting Research Scholar, Department of Materials Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA |
| 2004–2012 | Chief Engineer at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Siegen, Institute of Material Technology, Chair of Materials Science and Testing, Head of the Working Group for Material Fatigue. |
| 04/2012–01/2015 |
Chair of Materials Testing and Characterisation, Institute of Materials Science, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering, TU Dresden |
| 04/2012–12/2014 |
Division Leader of the Working Group for Materials Characterisation at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology, Dresden |
| since 02/2015 | Chair of Mechanics of Materials and Failure Analysis, Institute of Materials Science, Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering, TU Dresden |
| since 01/2015 | Head of the Department of Materials Characterisation and Testing at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology, Dresden |
Other activities
| 2016–2022 | DFG review board member, deputy spokesperson of the FK 405 |
| 2017–2019 | Spokesperson of the Advisory Board DGM (German Society for Materials Science e.V.) |
| 2019–2020 | Vice-President of DGM (German Society for Materials Science e.V.) |
| since 2021 | Spokesperson of DFCNA (Dresdner Fraunhofer-Cluster Nanoanalytik DFCNA) |
| since 2021 | Spokesperson of the Task Area „Community Interaction“ of NFDI-Matwerk (National Research Data Infrastructure for Materials Science & Engineering) |
| since 2021 | Member of acatech (Academy of Science and Engineering e.V.) |
| since 2021 | Advisory Board of FID Materials Science Specialized Information Service Materials Science and Materials Engineering |
| 2021–2022 | President of DGM (German Society for Materials Science e.V.) |
| since 2023 | Member of DFG Senat (German Research Foundation) |
Main areas of research
- Fatigue and fatigue crack growth behavior of metallic materials and material composites (in particular: in the range of very high load cycles)
- Deformation behavior of metallic materials and material composites under static and cyclic loading through in situ deformation and damage analysis
- Material physics or material mechanics based modeling and development of reliable and accurate service life prediction concepts
- Establishing the process-structure-property interaction for the material-compatible design of manufacturing processes through microstructure analysis and in a targeted manner material design
- Digital transformation in Material Science as the basis for data-driven material development
Selected projects
- Graduiertenkollegs GRK 2868 D³ - Data-driven Design of Resilient Metamaterials
- Graduiertenkollegs 2430 I-FEV- Interactive fibre-elastomer composites
- Sonderforschungsbereich Transregio 285 Method development for mechanical joinability in versatile process chains
Publications
- Google Scholar
- ResearchGate
- Scopus
- ORCID
- Reviewer for various journals, member of the editorial board of Materials Science and Engineering: A, reviewer for the Czech Science Foundation, reviewer for various funding programmes of the DFG, Czech Science Foundation, Carl Zeiss Foundation, etc.
- Various Session-Chairs and participation in programme committees (incl. VHCF-4, Ann Arbor; MSE 2008 in Nuremberg; ICF 2009, Ottawa; MS&T, 2010, Houston; VHCF-5, 2011, Berlin; MS&T 2011, Columbus; TMS, Orlando, 2012; MSE, Darmstadt, 2012; THERMEC, Las Vegas, 2013; Topic Coordinator des MSE Congress, Darmstadt)
- organiser of the 7th Int. Conf. on VHCF in 2017, Dresden, Management of Tagung Werkstoffprüfung 2022 & 2025, Dresden
Other
- Winner of the Galileo Prize for special services in the field of materials testing
- Membership of VDI, DGM and DVM
- Lecturer for various further training seminars organised by the DGM and DVM
- Liaison lecturer for the German National Academic Foundation at the TU Dresden