Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Schafföner
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Schafföner
Chair of Ceramic Materials Engineering
University of Bayreuth
Job History
| since 02/2021 | Head of the Chair of Ceramic Materials Engineering at the University of Bayreuth | |
| 08/2018 – 01/2021 | Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Connecticut (USA) | |
| 04/2017 – 08/2018 | Research scholarship of the German Research Foundation PostDoc at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Trondheim (Norway) | |
| 09/2015 | Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) in ceramics, glass and building materials technology | |
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Education
| 09/2009 - 07/2010 | Language course Chinese Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan (China) |
| 04/2004 - 08/2009 | Studies of Process Engineering (major in Ceramic Engineering) at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg |
| 08/2007 - 02/2008 | Engineering internship and student research project Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan (China) |
| 09/2006 - 07/2007 | Language course Chinese Tsinghua University, Beijing (China) |
| 10/2003 - 03/2004 | Studies of Medieval and Modern History, Political Science and Economics at the University of Leipzig (Germany) |
Awards and other responsibilitie
| 06/2023 | Best Paper Award for published articles in 2020, Journal of the American Ceramic Society |
| 03/2023 | Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz Member Young Academy, Mainz |
| 11/2021 | The Norwegian Research Council Personal Visiting Researcher Grant |
| 04/2020 – 03/2025 | European Commission Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship with NTNU Trondheim as the host (declined due to offer from University of Connecticut) |
| 06/2019 – 07/2019 | The Norwegian Research Council Personal Visiting Researcher Grant |
| 01/2018 | Europäische Kommission |
| 04/2017 – 08/2018 | German Research Foundation (DFG) Postdoctoral Research Scholarship |
| 11/2015 | Dresden Discussion Group of Business and Science Young Scientist Award |
| 09/2015 | Materials research association Dresden |
| 06/2013 – 07/2014 | European Ceramic Society (ECerS) |
| 02/2012 – 03/2015 | European Ceramic Society (ECerS) Competition "Frontiers of research", 1st place |
| 11/2010 | TU Bergakademie Freiberg Georgius Agricola Medal and Agricola Award |
| 09/2009 – 07/2010 | German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) |
| 11/2008 – 07/2009 | Industry Association Saxony 1828 e.V. Study support |
| 09/2007 – 02/2008 | Ernest Solvay Foundation |
| 09/2006 – 08/2007 | German Academic Scholarship Foundation and Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Foundation |
| 04/2006 – 09/2007 | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Erich Müller Foundation |
| 10/2005 – 08/2009 | Rheinstahl Foundation Study support |
| 04/2004 – 08/2009 | German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) Study support |
Chair of Ceramic Materials Engineering
University of Bayreuth
- Short and long fiber reinforced ceramic matrix composites (oxide and non-oxide) including powder and polymer-derived materials synthesis, processing and heattreatment (e.g. solid-state synthesis, thermoplastic and thermoset polymer precursor processing, ceramic slurry casting, hot pressing, extrusion, prepreg technologies, sintering); interfacial reactions of high temperature ceramics and composites for resource efficient processing of metals; high temperature mechanical testing of fiber reinforced ceramic matrix composites.
- Polymer-derived ceramics (coatings for germicidal as well as anti-corrosive applications, structural and functional fibers); high temperature mechanical testing and aging of oxide ceramic electrolytes and solid oxide electrolyzer cells; nonoxide ceramics with improved thermal conductivity and high stiffness for semiconductor manufacturing and packaging applications; microstructural, chemical and physical characterization (high temperature nano-indentation in SEM, XPS, Raman spectroscopy, DSC/DTA with mass spectroscopy).
- Additive manufacturing—Wood polymer derived ceramics (fused filament fabrication), fiber reinforced ceramic matrix composites (intuitive robot programming assisted short fiber spraying, fused filament fabrication of fiber composites), nonoxide ceramic matrix composites with direct ink writing.
- Industry transfer and development of energy efficient thermal processing methods with industry partners.
Chair of Ceramic Materials Engineering
University of Bayreuth
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Schafföner
University of Bayreuth
Prof.-Rüdiger-Bormann-Str.1
95447 Bayreuth
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-6500
E-mail: stefan.schaffoener@uni-bayreuth.de
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