The German Society for Materials Science congratulates the winners and thanks Struers for their generous sponsorship.

Best Contribution Award

1^st place
Etching made easy! Tracking down the microstructure with ThEtching
Britz, D. (V)¹; Cloeren, H.-H.²; Kasper, M.³; Mücklich, F.³; Müller, M.¹
¹Material Engineering Center Saarland, Saarbrücken; ²Cloeren Technology GmbH, Wegberg; ³University of Saarland, Saarbrücken

2^nd place
Combination of digital image correlation (DIC) and in situ 3D-μ-CT for the analysis of the relationship between strains and porosity under creep loading
Camin, B. (V)¹; Hornig-KLamroth, J.²; zu Bentheim, N.²
¹Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences; ²Berlin University of Applied Sciences

3^rd place
Visualization of remagnetization processes by dynamic Kerr microscopy
Hohs, D. (V)¹; Goll, D.¹; Löffler, R.¹; Schneider, G.¹
¹Aalen University

Best-Poster Award

1^st place
Comparison of different etching processes for various stainless steels
Ketzer-Raichle, G. (V)¹; Bernthaler, T.¹; Reiter, E.¹; Schneider, G.¹
¹Aalen University - Technology and Economics

2^nd place
Three-dimensional characterization of the texture formation of additively manufactured permanent magnets
Trauter, F. (V)¹; Goll, D.²; Groß, T.²; Löffler, R.²; Schneider, G.²
¹Aalen; ²Aalen University - Institute for Materials Research

3^rd place
Cross-scale microstructure analysis - A correlative approach for combined microstructure quantification from optical microscope, SEM and EBSD
Müller, M. (V)¹; Britz, D.¹; Mücklich, F.²
¹Material Engineering Center Saarland, Saarbrücken; ²Saarland University, Saarbrücken