Christoph Eberl

Junior Research Group of Dr. Christoph Eberl

Research Focus

Reliability of micro components, size effects and scaling laws in materials 

05/2007

Employment and Work Experience

Head of Junior Research Group 'Microreliability', KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany

Visiting Scientist at the ‘Johns Hopkins University’, Baltimore, USA.

01/2005 – 04/2007    

‘Postdoctoral Fellow’ at ‘Whiting School of Engineering’, ‘Johns Hopkins University’, Baltimore, MD, USA

05/2004 - 01/2005    

Sci. Associate at the Max-Planck Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart, Project: ‘Center of Competence for Casting and Thixoforging CCT’

05/2001 - 04/2004    

Sci. Associate at the University of Stuttgart and the Max-Planck Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart, Project: ‘Microstructural stability of Surface Acoustic Wave Frequency Filter test devices’, in cooperation with EPCOS AG

Education and Qualifications

05/2001 - 12/2004    

PhD in Materials Science, University of Stuttgart and Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Title: Fatigue of thin Al films at ultra-high frequencies

10/1995 - 03/2001    

‚Diplom Ingenieur’ of Materials Science (equiv. to Master’s Degree), University of Stuttgart

Stipends and Awards

05/2009

OAP (Fellow-Inbound) Programm, National University of Singapore

08/2007

Best Poster Award, Thermal Barrier Coating Conference 2007, Irsee, Germany

11/2006 – 04/2007

Stipend awarded from the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research in Stuttgart
06/2006

Otto Hahn Medal for Young Scientists of the Max Planck Society

University Classes at the KIT

Mechanics of Microsystems, O. Kraft, C. Eberl
Size Scale Effects in Micro- and Nanostructured Systems, P. Gumbsch, D. Weygand, C. Eberl, P. Gruber, M. Dienwiebel

Other Activities at the KIT

Vice Chair of the Young Investigator Network (YIN) at KIT since 2008
Organization of KIT booth and reception at the MRS Fall Meeting 2008
Representing YIN and KIT at the GAIN conference in Boston 2008

Conference Symposium (Co)Organization and sysnergistic Activities

Guest Editor, MRS Bulletin, ' In Situ Mechanical Testing at the Micro-/Nanoscale' together with Taher Saif, May 2010

Org., symp. MRS Fall 2010: 'Micromechanical Systems - Materials and Devices IV'

Org., symp. ’Mechanical Behavior of Low Dimensional Materials’, Materials Science & Technology 2010, 17.-21. Oktober 2010, Houston, USA

Invited Tutor, ‘Experimental and Simulation Methods for the Study of Plasticity in Small Volumes’, MRS Fall Meeting 2009, Boston, USA

Org., symp. MRS Fall 2008: “Nano- and Micro-Scale Materials: Mechanical Properties and Behavior under Extreme Environments”

Co-organizer, symposium 'Mechanical Testing', MSE 2008, Nürnberg, Germany

Org. mini symp. 8th WCCM08: “Multiscale Mechanics of Interfaces”, Venice, Italy

Reviews for:

Science (AAAS), Scripta Materialia (Elsevier), Experimental Mechanics, Surface and Coatings Technology (Elsevier), Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures (Sage), MRS Conference Proceedings