Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Weißgärber (IFAM Dresden, TU Dresden)

Co-Chair

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Weißgärber is head of the Dresden branch of the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM and a member of the institute’s management. He has held the professorship of Powder Metallurgy at TU Dresden since 01.04.2022. His expertise lies in the areas of powder metallurgy and additive manufacturing. He has worked on various material groups such as metal matrix composites, dispersion-strengthened materials, high-temperature, and lightweight materials and has published more than 200 articles and been involved in more than 18 patent applications. In 2018, he was awarded the “Skaupy Award”, the highest honour in the German-speaking world in the field of powder metallurgy and 2022 he received the EPMA Fellowship award.

Thomas.Weissgaerber@ifam-dd.fraunhofer.de

Prof. Dra. Mónica Campos (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

Co-Chair

Prof. Dr. Ing. Mónica Campos has developed a coherent and internationally recognized academic career centered on powder-based materials as both a scientific framework and a technological platform. Since 1999, she has maintained a continuous research trajectory, publishing over 140 scientific articles, a significant proportion of which appear in top-quartile journals. Her research spans the entire powder metallurgy value chain, from powder design and production -including additive manufacturing- to sintering behavior and the mechanical and functional performance of final components.

Her scientific work has focused on sintered low-alloy steels and materials for extreme environments, such as oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) steels for nuclear and energy-related applications, cobalt-based superalloys, and, more recently, high-entropy alloys for high-temperature structural applications.

She has supervised 14 PhD theses, as well as numerous undergraduate and Master’s projects, all closely linked to powder-based materials and processing. Throughout her career, she has successfully combined high-impact research with sustained teaching and academic leadership, consolidating powder technology as the intellectual backbone of her scientific, educational, and institutional contributions. In recognition of her outstanding contributions to the field, she received the EPMA Fellowship Award in 2025

campos@ing.uc3m.es

EPMI comprises 20 major European PM Research centres.

The EPMI is the result of the formation of a Group of major European PM focused research centres to work in the following areas.

  • Development of collaborative research projects between two or more partners
  • Transfer of students and/or staff on secondment between partners
  • Sharing of equipment on a case by case basis
  • Within the umbrella of the European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA) develop links with its sectoral groups to facilitate industry participation in collaborative research programmes and to promote the development of the Group
  • Support to EPMA in those activities related with education and research topics, as well as promote under this umbrella any convenient policy related to these topics.
  • To undertake an annual update of a joint programme of activities.

For further information please contact the EPMA Secretariat at bv@epma.com.