People

Prof. Dr. Chris Eberl
Co-Coordinator Research Area C
Principal Investigator Research Areas B and C
Full Professor for Micro- and Materials Mechanics
Faculty of Engineering | Department of Microsystems Engineering
University of Freiburg
Deputy Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials, Freiburg
Phone: +49 761 5142 495
Email: chris.eberl@iwm.fraunhofer.de
Areas of Expertise
Materials’ reliability | Fatigue in materials | Physical degradation mechanisms | Meta materials | Programmable materials | Experimental mechanics | Digital representations of materials
Projects within livMatS
- Self-sealing by orchestrating chemical and mechanical mechanisms and processes as basis for self-healing in livMatS
- Embedded micro-fluidic networks in soft materials systems: A route to adaptive processes, self-regulation and self-repair
- Logic Self-Reporting Mechano-Adaptive Metamaterials
- Abscission and self-repair in biological and artificial materials systems
- Training and self-healing by interface snapping mechanisms
- Development of a Tiered Approach for Prospective Assessment of Benefits and Challenges and first applications
Doctoral Researchers (first supervisor)
Postdoctoral Researchers (first supervisor)
Publications in livMatS
- Adaptive Wettability of a Programmable Metasurface*
Specht, M., Berwind, M., & Eberl, C. (2020). Adaptive Wettability of a Programmable Metasurface. Advanced Engineering Materials, 2001037. doi: 10.1002/adem.202001037
* Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy – EXC-2193/1 – 390951807