Institute for Materials Resource Management
Institute for Materials Resource Management 
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| carrier | University of Augsburg |
| founding | 2010 |
| Seat | augsburg |
| Executive Director | Siegfried Horn |
| areas of expertise | Material and process development as well as process characterization, resource management and strategy |
| Course of study | Industrial Engineering B.Sc., M.Sc. |
| Website | www.mrm.uni-augsburg.de |
The Institute for Materials Resource Management (MRM for short) is an institute founded in 2010 of the Mathematical-Natural-Scientific-Technical Faculty of the University of Augsburg. Following the motto “Exploring new materials and processes for a resource efficient techno-economical development”, it sees itself as an interdisciplinary institution that researches the technical development and economically sustainable implementation of strategic, regenerative functional materials, processes, products and technologies. Some of the professors and research assistants involved come from the Institute for Physics, the core competence center Finance & Information Management and other chairs in the economics faculty of the University of Augsburg. In addition, since 2019, further professorships and chairs with a focus on materials science and technology have been filled in the expansion phase. The institute is located in the Augsburg Innovation Park. The move into a new institute building is planned for 2019.
Interdisciplinary research approach
Resource management
Resource management at the MRM combines the analysis of the price development of raw materials and their risks (such as availability and price) and the development and evaluation of action strategies under the influence of research results in materials science. IT-supported tools, in particular decision support systems , provide the necessary technical support to automatically evaluate the profitability and marketing potential of the optimized functional materials.
Resource strategy
The resource strategy provides instruments for identifying and evaluating the criticality of real value chains and, based on this, develops global and political strategies. With criteria such as availability, environmental compatibility, geopolitical dependency or socio-cultural acceptance, the potentials and risks along the entire life cycle of functional materials should be determined.
Materials science and engineering
Taking into account resource strategy and resource management , innovative and sustainable materials are researched and developed at the MRM. For this purpose, on the one hand, existing materials, products and processes are characterized from a material science and material technology perspective, but also with regard to operational and ecological aspects. On the other hand, we are working on the development and research of new materials and processes. In its research, the institute concentrates on function-integrated structural materials, in particular fiber composites and hybrid material systems, as well as electronic materials. The focus of the investigations is, among other things, the material design, the correlation of microscopic and macroscopic structural properties as well as recycling aspects. For this purpose, basic studies on structure-property relationships of structural and functional materials are carried out through modeling, synthesis and characterization of technically relevant functionalities.
Web links
- Website of the Institute for Materials Resource Management
- Website of the industrial engineering course at the University of Augsburg
- Website of the core competence center for finance and information management
Individual evidence
- ↑ Augsburger Allgemeine : New management forge? Uni Augsburg wants to train young engineers , article from April 26, 2011, accessed on February 7, 2016.
- ↑ Webmaster: Institute for Materials Resource Management. In: Website of the Institute for Materials Resource Management. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .
- ↑ S. Krohns, P. Lunkenheimer, S. Meissner, A. Reller, B. Gleich, A. Rathgeber, T. Gaugler, HU Buhl, DC Sinclair & A. Loidl (2011): The route to resource-efficient novel materials . Nature Materials 10 : 899-901.
- ↑ Augsburger Allgemeine : Economy: From April there will be construction in the innovation park , article from March 14, 2011, accessed on February 7, 2016.
- ↑ Press office of the University of Augsburg: 60,000 cubic meters for Materials Resource Management. September 23, 2016, accessed April 16, 2019 .
- ^ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung : Materials Research: Exemplary Material Design , accessed on February 7, 2016.