The centre has five research areas (RA) designed to meet the targeted industrial knowledge needs:

Read more about the five research areas here:

• RA 1: Multi-scale material analyses
• RA 2: Scale and process bridging methodologies
• RA 3: Sustainable and high-performance material development
• RA 4: Innovative processing and joining methods
• RA 5: Data, sharing and digital platforms

Research infrastructure

SFI PhysMet utilizes a wide range of infrastructure:
 

NORTEM Norwegian Centre for Transmission Electron Microscopy.

MiMac Norwegian Laboratory for Mineral and Materials Characterisation (MiMaC)
 
ManuLab A national infrastructure for basic research on manufacturing engineering with laboratories located at Gjøvik/Raufoss, Trondheim and Ålesund. 
 
Electron Microscopy Lab (EM Lab)

RECX Norwegian Centre for X-Ray Diffraction, Scattering and Imaging

NORFAB scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and focused ion beam (FIB) 

Glow Discharge Spectrometry (GDMS/GDOES)
 
Complete list of research facilities at Department of Materials Science and Engineering, NTNU