The recipient of 2017 Lee Hsun Lecture Series—Lee Hsun Lecture Award, Prof. Ing. Uwe Glatzel from University of Bayreuth, visited Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMR, CAS) from April 4 to 11, 2018.

During the visit, Prof. Glatzel delivered two lectures entitled “Stress Contributions in Nickel-Base Superalloys” and “High Entropy Alloys - Materials for High Temperature Applications? and Introduction to the New German Priority Programme ‘Compositionally Complex Alloys - High Entropy Alloys (CCA - HEA)’”. In his lectures, he gave a speculative outlook towards materials which might replace SX Ni-base superalloys in future, summarized by the keywords "Beyond Nickel-Based Superalloys".

Prof. Glatzel has been managing director of the Bayreuth Materials Research Centre (BayMAT) since 2006. He is dedicated to the composition design, microstructural characterization and performance measurement and evaluation under service environment of high-temperature structural materials.

As a representative in the field of high-temperature structural material in Germany, Prof. Glatzel organizes all the important international conferences. Prof. Glatzel also collaborates closely with Siemens and MTU. His paper “Decomposition in Multi-Component AlCoCrCuFeNi High-Entropy Alloy” published on Acta Mater.in 2011 was selected as top 1% h igh cited papers in the field of materials.

Prof. ZHANG Jian, the Deputy Director of IMR presents the plaque of Lee Hsun Lecture Series to Prof. Ing. Uwe Glatzel. (Image by IMR)

Prof. Ing. Uwe Glatzel delivers a lecture. (Image by IMR)