Interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Materials Simulation
The Interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Materials Simulation is a research centre at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.
ICAMS focuses on the development and application of a new generation of simulation tools for multi-scale materials
modelling with the aim of reducing development cost and time for new materials. Within the approach taken by ICAMS,
the different length scales that are relevant for materials - from the atomic structure to macroscopic properties of
materials - are bridged by an interdisciplinary team of scientists from engineering, materials science, chemistry,
physics and mathematics.
ICAMS is linked to the Institute of Materials, the Department of Ferrous Metallurgy
, the Institute of Materials Physics and the Max Planck Institute for Iron Research GmbH.
The institute hosts the international master's programme "Materials Science and Simulation".Structure
The structure of ICAMS reflects the hierarchical structure of materials.
ICAMS hosts three departments:
and two independent research group:
- High-Performance Computing in Materials Science
- Scale-Bridging Simulation of Functional Composites
Their research is complemented by four external Advanced Study Groups:
- Modelling,
- Input Data and Validation,
- Processing and Characterization,
- Diffusion and Microstructure Analysis.
