The medal was awarded to Prof. Václav Sklenička
3.5.2019 For a lifelong contribution to the research of high-temperature materials and as recognition of his contribution to the technological development for a benefit of the society, prof. Václav Sklenička has been awarded by the medal „De scientia et humanitate optime meritis“.
Jakub Holzer receives prestigious Brno Ph.D. Talent award
26.4.2019 Ing. Jakub Holzer, a CEITEC Ph.D. student in the program Advanced Materials and Nanosciences, receives the prestigious Brno Ph.D. Talent award. He is one of only 25 recipients of this award, which brings him 300,000 CZK for the next three years to support his research.
Colloquium on Fatigue Mechanisms 2019
22.3.2019 29th Colloquium on Fatigue Mechanisms organized on the occasion of 80th birthday of Prof. Jaroslav Polák.
Support of excellent research of Ivana Miháliková
1.3.2019 The diploma thesis of Bc. Ivana Miháliková will be in 2019 supported by the Rectr´s programme – Excellent diploma thesis grant of the Grant agency of the Masaryk University.
Reopening of reconstructed Creep Lab
22.2.2019 On February 20, 2019, we have restarted operations in our Creep Lab no. 2 after a complete reconstruction of the floor cover and the load bearing frame supporting the individual creep machines.
We have joined in National Competence Centre MESTEC
28.1.2019 Institute of Physics of Materials has joined in National Competence Centre MESTEC. Main aim for establishing National Competence Centere (NCC) is to enhance complex model of efficient cooperation of research institutes and development capacities of companies for growth of technological competence in the area of smart components and technologies.
Results of research of IPM were presented on 53rd meeting of the Academy Assembly of the CAS
14.1.2019 fesults of research of fatigue lifetime of railway axles with high service reliability and safety were presented on 53rd meeting of the Academy Assembly of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS). The cooperation between BONATRANS GROUP, a. s. and IPM CAS, led to development of new methodology for reliable lifetime prediction of railway axles.
Visitors‘ Day 2018
9.11.2018 Laboratories of the institute as well as the Science Show Attention to high stress saw about 250 visitors during the day of the open door.
M. Heczko has been awarded the fellowship in the field of electron microscopy
9.10.2018 Mgr. Milan Heczko from the Institute of Physics of Materials (IPM) has been awarded the Thermo Fisher Scientific & Czechoslovak Microscopic Society fellowship for the support of scientific work of young researchers.
IPM at Science Festival
10.9.2018 Thousands of visitors moved to our exposition at the Science Festival with JMK. We had the opportunity to let the children and their parents be amazed at the properties of the shape memory materials, the colors of the stresses displayed by the photoelastic phenomenon, and the effects of the eddy currents.
