Thermophysical properties and crystallization of Inconel 625 alloy
DAAD, Project-Related Personal Exchange Program PPP USA 2022-2024
Project leaders: Dr. Ivan Kaban (IFW Dresden), Prof. Douglas Matson (Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA)

Unravelling the solidification processes in undercooled liquid alloys by in-situ experimental techniques
Ph.D. fellowship from China Scholarship Council CSC, 2022-2026
Ph.D. student: Shilei Liu
Supervisor: Dr. Ivan Kaban

Phase formation, microstructure and properties of carbide-hardened Ni- and Co-based alloys
Dr. Sci. Tetiana Cherepova
Ukraine Scientific Scholarship Program Dresden UKRAPRO, 2021-2022

Structure, phase formation and properties of glass-forming alloys in liquid and amorphous state
Ph.D. fellowship from China Scholarship Council CSC, 2018-2022
Ph.D. student: Xiaoliang Han
Supervisor: Dr. Ivan Kaban

Structure, phase formation and properties of metallic glasses manipulated by electric current
DFG, 2018-2021
Project leaders: Dr. Ivan Kaban (IFW Dresden) & Dr. Michael Herbig( Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Düsseldorf)

Rapid solidification of peritectic alloys upon electromagnetic convection (PARMAG)
DLR, 2018-2020
Project leader: Dr. Olga Shuleshova

Non-equilibrium solidification of undercooled high-entropy alloys studied in situ by X-ray diffraction and high-speed video
Ph.D. fellowship from Brazilian funding agency CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel) & German Academic Exchange Service DAAD, 2018-2021
Ph.D. student: Angelo Fernandes Andreoli
Supervisor: Dr. Ivan Kaban

High-strength bulk metallic glasses and nanostructured alloys
Ph.D. fellowship from China Scholarship Council CSC, 2015-2019
Ph.D. student: Ju Wang
Supervisor: Dr. Ivan Kaban

Solidification and microstructure development in undercooled D2-steel
Internship project, IFW Dresden, 2019-2020
Intern: Yanzhao Yang, Alberta University, Canada
Supervisor: Dr. Olga Shuleshova

Non-equilibrium solidification in Fe-Ti and Ti-Ni peritectic systems
Postdoc fellowship from China Scholarship Council CSC & German Academic Exchange Service DAAD, 2018-2019
Dr. Yuhao Wu, Northwester Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China
Supervisor: Dr. Ivan Kaban

Structure and thermodynamic properties of a high-entropy TiZrNbHfTa alloy
DFG, 2016-2019
Project leader: Dr. Junhee Han

Advanced Al-based metal matrix composites reinforced with metallic glass particles
TUBİTAK Scholarship from The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, 2017-2018
Visiting scientist: Dr. Onur Ertuğrul
Supervisor: Dr. Sergio Scudino

Strengthening Enhancement in quasicrystalline reinforced Aluminum matrix composites through interfacial reaction
Ph.D. fellowship from German Academic Exchange Service DAAD, 2014-2018
Ph.D. student: Rub Navaz Shahid
Supervisor: Dr. Sergio Scudino

Al-based composites reinforced with nanocarbon materials produced by selective laser melting
Ph.D. fellowship from China Scholarship Council CSC, 2014-2018
Ph.D. student: Pei Wang
Supervisor: Dr. Sergio Scudino

Selective laser melting of high-temperature materials: processing and properties
Ph.D. fellowship from Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research (MoHESR), Iraq, 2014-2018
Ph.D. student: Omar Oday Salman
Supervisor: Dr. Sergio Scudino

Investigations of high-temperature interactions between Ni-Cr melts and TiB₂ ceramic
Joint project supported by Polish Ministry of Education & German Academic Exchange Service DAAD, Personnel Exchange Programme, 2017-2018
Project leaders: Dr. Ivan Kaban (IFW Dresden), Prof. Dr. Sci. N. Sobczak (FRI Cracow, Poland)

Experimental and theoretical studies of phase-change Ge-Sb-Te alloys in the liquid state
DFG joint research project 2013-2018
Project leaders: Dr. I Kaban (IFW Dresden) & Prof. Dr. R. Mazzarello (RWTH Aachen University)

Wetting, reactivity and phase formation at the liquid Ni-based alloys and TiB₂ ceramic
Wrap-up fellowship from Graduate Academy TU Dresden, 2017
Project leader: Dr. Lixia Xi

Soft ferromagnetic bulk glassy alloys with enhanced mechanical properties
Wrap-up fellowship from Graduate Academy TU Dresden, 2017
Project leader: Dr. Parthiban Ramasamy

Atomistic scale modeling of metallic glass-based hybrid composites with tailored design
DFG project 2016-2017
Project leader: Dr. Daniel Sopu

Interfacial phenomena and phase formation at the liquid-solid interface in Al-Ti and Al-Ni melts/TiB₂ systems
Ph.D. fellowship from China Scholarship Council CSC 2012-2016
Ph.D. student: Lixia Xi
Supervisor: Dr. Ivan Kaban

Investigation of heterogeneous nucleation in Al-based monotectic systems
German Research Foundation DFG, joint research project, 2010-2011
Project leaders: Dr. I. Kaban (IFW Dresden) & Prof. Dr. L. Ratke (Institute of Materials Research, German Aerospace Center DLR, Cologne)