Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reza Darvishi Kamachali, Leiter Fachbereich Materialmodellierung der Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM)
Source: BAM
Reza Darvishi Kamachali from the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Department of Materials Engineering, was today awarded a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) – one of the most prestigious European funding programs for outstanding scientists. The decision underscores the scientific significance of his work in the field of materials modeling. The "AMASE" project on the behavior and development of advanced high-performance materials will receive €2 million in funding.
As part of "Assessing Microstructure Phase Maps (AMASE)", Reza Darvishi Kamachali is developing new methods for the consistent calculation of thermodynamics and kinetics of material defects in materials. AMASE pursues an ambitious but precisely-defined goal: to enable predicting how defects in real-world materials rearrange, interact and stabilize each other, and how their “landscape" determines the performance limits, service life, and safe application of advanced materials.
"The predictability of such defects drastically shortens development time in materials research, especially for demanding applications in the automotive, battery, and aerospace industries," says Reza Darvishi Kamachali, who, in addition to his work at BAM, also holds the Chair of Materials Modelling at the Institute of Materials Physics at the University of Münster. "In this way, AMASE drives a digitally accelerated innovation cycle for high-performance materials and enabling safer, more durable, and more reliable components for demanding applications."
The AMASE project is funded by the ERC with €2 million over five years. A total of 3,121 applications from 25 EU member states and associated countries were submitted to the ERC this year for a Consolidator Grant, 349 of which will receive funding. Fifty-eight Consolidator Grants will go to Germany in 2025.
About the ERC
The European Research Council (ERC) is an EU-wide funding organization for open-topic cutting-edge research that supports outstanding individual scientists of all nationalities and career stages to realize groundbreaking projects (frontier research) at the frontier of knowledge, based on the sole criterion of scientific excellence. It offers various funding lines such as Starting, Consolidator, Advanced, and Synergy Grants, which enable high-risk and innovative research in Europe.