In September the third meeting of Joint PhD Seminar within 24-28 at the Fraunhofer-Institut für Keramische Technologien und Systeme Fraunhofer IKTS and f. Werkstoff- und STRAHLTECHNIK IWS Dresden, Germany. The organizers were Enano Group, Dresden University of Technology. At the seminar heard a series of presentations presented by graduate students and young scientists from technical universities of Dresden, Cracow and Warsaw. Presented topics very broadly alluded to issues related to the engineering of modern materials and technology. The time between scientific sessions and a poster session allowed for the creation of a suitable environment for the exchange of experiences and scientific discussion and establishment of knowledge and cooperation. During the poster session presented a poster "The role of twinning in deformation of Mg-alloy AZ31."