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MRD Industry Day

The annual MRD Industry Day highlights how materials science at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) is transferred into industry activities. This event offers interested industrial partners a platform to exchange ideas with materials scientists and start-up representatives from the RUB. The event is organized in collaboration with the Incubator Materials, part of Worldfactory Start-up Center (WSC). 

Industry Day 2024: Science for Innovation

This year, three sessions dedicated to condition monitoring, materials informatics and laser technologies will feature talks from MRD scientists, RUB start-up teams (mechIC, xemX, RayVen) and industry partners (Kiotera, Industrial Analytics Lab and VALO Innovations – A Part of Hübner Photonics) on each of these specific research fields. The talks will also demonstrate the diversity of materials science at RUB and beyond. 

In the afternoon, there will be a panel discussion among the start-ups founders Philip Schmitt (mechIC), Alexander Kanitz (Lidrotec) and Celia Millon (RayVen), moderated by Michelle Twardzik (WSC). Additionally, participants will have the opportunity to take a tour of the ZGH laboratories, aimed at familiarizing everyone interested with the research conducted at RUB.

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Industry Day 2023: Science for Innovation

The third MRD Industry Day: Science for Innovation took place on Monday, May 15th, 2023 at the Convention Centre (VZ) at RUB. The aim of the 2023 MRD Industry Day was the integration of research in materials processing, microsystem technologies and materials simulation from RUB into industrial applications. Each of the three specialized sessions showcased presentations by MRD scientists, RUB start-up teams and industry partners focusing on these particular research domains.

The lecture programme was complemented by an exhibition that further promoted the exchange between scientists, start-ups and industry representatives. This was open to exhibitors from different branches to present their latest innovations in materials-related research and products. Take a look yourself at what we were up to on that day: 

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Industry Day 2022

The second MRD Industry Day took place on Thursday, May 12th, 2022 at the Center for Interface-Dominated High Performance Materials (ZGH) at RUB. Over 60 participants from academia, start-ups and industry joined the three lecture sessions on additive manufacturing, plasmatechnology and coatings and thin films. Under the motto “Research from University to Industry”, materials science experts from the MRD, RUB start-up teams and partners from industry demonstrated how the transfer of knowledge can produce successful business ventures.

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Industry Day 2021

Our first Industry Day, originally planned for 2020, was held online via Zoom on May 17th, 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Nearly 50 participants gathered to learn about some of the many success stories of RUB alumni who transferred their scientific expertise into thriving careers in industry. Their reports on topics like refactory metals and additive manufacturing were complimented by in-depth talks from MRD scientist, who updated the industry partners in their research on the same topics. Three RUB start-ups then had the pleasure to report on their business ideas and to enter into discussion with the experts from research and industry present.