Bielefeld Institute for Applied Materials Research (BIfAM)
Bielefeld Institute for Applied Materials Research (BIfAM)

Germany: North Rhine-Westphalia

Overview

The Bielefeld Institute for Applied Materials Research (BIfAM) was founded in 2013 as one of the first research institutes of the Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences. The expertise of the participating scientists comprises physics, chemistry, biology, biotechnology, informatics, mechanical engineering, process engineering, and electrical engineering. Research interests cover aspects of measurement technology, functional layers, energy transfer, sensor technology, material analytics, destructive and non-destructive materials testing, field emission scanning electron microscopy, additive manufacturing, formulations, and computer based modelling and simulation.

The scientific-technical work within BIfAM comprises both research and development in order to face the great societal challenges with innovative approaches – from fundamental research on novel materials, via material and technology development towards product and process development. Interdisciplinary research teams develop creative solutions in… Computational Science Lab

Laboratory for materials testing

Laboratory for applied microelectronics and microsystems technology

Laboratory for plastics analytics

Laboratory for plastics engineering

Laboratory for laser technology and optoelectronics

Laboratory for thermal energy and energy efficiency

Acoustics laboratory

Laboratory for process engineering

Laboratory for microbiology, chemical synthesis and analytics

Solar Computing Lab, Laboratory for photovoltaics

Experimentation Hall
. Simulation based optimization

Multi physics and multi scale modeling and simulation

Consulting / training FEM simulations

Thermal and energy efficient systems

Magnetic field design and analysis

Electrical engineering

Inductive energy transfer

Applied formulations

Custom-designed material aspects

Synthesis

Analytics

Thin film technology

CVD / PVD coatings

Surface analytics

Photovoltaics

Microelectronics

Microsystems technology

SMD technology

Sensor systems

Lightweight construction materials

Compound materials

Destructive and non-destructive materials testing

Failure detection and analysis

Scanning electron microscopy

Materials characterization

Plastics engineering and analytics

Materials development

Molecular materials

Vacuum casting technology

Additive Manufacturing

Extrusion and casting
. Yes. service.

Sectors
Agriculture - Chemicals - Consumer goods/products - Electronics - Energy - Measurement - Professional Services
Technology
Advanced Manufacturing - Additive manufacturing - Intelligent/ sensor-based equipment - Process industry (processing of novel materials, structures, etc.) - Advanced Materials - Electronic and optical functional materials - Environmental materials (e.g. recycling, recourse efficiency, less impact, CO2 capture/ utilisation) - High performance materials (strong, light weight, resistant) - Industrial materials (incl. catalysts, membranes, adhesives, filters) - Materials for energy storage and generation - Smart and multifunctional materials (incl. phase change, shape memory, self-healing, self-manufacturing) - Surface engineering and coatings - Industrial Biotech - Biobased chemicals - Micro- and Nano-Eletronics - Computing (low power computing, high performance computing, new computing (non von Neumann, beyond CMOS, beyond Moore)) - Optoelectronics (optical networks, optical sensors) - Printed/flexible electronics - Photonics - Laser based applications - Optical components & systems - Artificial intelligence - Deep learning - Big data - Machine learning - Other
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