
Announcement: Invitation to the 95th Colloquium
Topic: "Aluminum Ion Batteries: Progress and Challenges towards Application".
Speaker: Franziska Jach (Group Manager Battery Materials, Fraunhofer-Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology IISB)
On Thursday, May 22nd, 2025 at 4:00 pm. There is a chance for discussion and conversations afterwards.
Who are we?
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Currently 13 industrial companies and 6 institutes of the RWTH Aachen University are involved in the Aluminium Cluster AMAP.
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The partners involved in the Aluminium Cluster AMAP agree on a pre-competitive objective as an essential pre-condition for successful, sustainable project work.
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The project staff from industry and university work actively, across disciplines and in an interdisciplinary structure at a physical location in Aachen.
What do we do?
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Holistic research approach along the entire value chain "From raw material to component" for "Innovations in aluminium" as the basis for sustainable benefits for our partners.
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Basic research and practice-orientated R&D for the material aluminium and its alloys and implementation in innovative process technologies.
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Projects are initiated and realised through interdisciplinary, pre-competitive cooperation between companies of the aluminium industry, institutes of RWTH Aachen University and end users in known or new fields of application.
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Promotion of R&D networking through various constellations of cooperation in consortia.
What do we offer?
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Promotion of cooperation, innovation and expertise development based on an open partnership across organisational levels.
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Generation of innovative ideas and joint implementation of project results in defined working areas.
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Win-win situation and synergy effects through practice-oriented cooperation between industrial departments and RWTH Aachen University institutes.
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Access and promotion of young talents
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Colloquia, workshops and an AMAP FORUM for interested parties.
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