News and Events

New paper alert! "Cut the scrap: Making more use of less metal" has been published in CIRP Annals. 

Congratulations to the team for taking home the Best Paper Award at CIRP ISEM 2025 - 1st place among so many great contributions!

New paper out on "Design and analyses of powder deposition, gas flow, and productivity for a rotary laser powder bed fusion system"

New paper out on "Exploring forming limit of stainless steel below room temperature by Nakazima tests using an actively cooled additively manufactured punch"

We’re thrilled to welcome Nils and Carmen to our lab! Starting in June, they’ll be joining the am|z's Computational Manufacturing group to help us develop advanced ML algorithms for complex manufacturing tasks.

New paper out on "MULTI-3: A GPU-enhanced meshfree simulation framework for multi-track, multi-layer, and multi-material laser powder bed fusion processes"

New paper out “Identifying melt pool behavior in ceramics PBF-LB via operando synchrotron tomographic microscopy and high-fidelity process modeling”

We are excited to share our latest research: "Sensor placement utilizing a digital twin for thermal error compensation of machine tools" is published in the prestigious Journal of Manufacturing Systems!

New paper out: Multi-objective design of multi-material truss lattices utilizing graph neural networks

We are co-organizing an invited session on "Scientific Machine Learning for High-Fidelity Simulations in Additive Manufacturing" at Sim-AM 2025 in the beautiful city of Pavia, Italy!

New paper alert: In-situ controller autotuning by Bayesian optimization for closed-loop feedback control of laser powder bed fusion process

New paper alert: Efficient process simulation of metallic bipolar plate stamping using a GPU-accelerated one-step solver

We are happy to announce that Iason Sideris, a researcher from our lab, has successfully transitioned from their PhD program to take on the role of postdoctoral researcher.

New paper alert: Our latest paper, "A kinetic model of the austenitization behavior of additively manufactured 17-4 PH martensitic stainless steel" has been published in the Journal of Materials Research and Technology (Q1, IF 6.2)

Prof. Markus Bambach opens Capgemini's Accelerator Forum 2024 with a keynote address on "Innovative Manufacturing Processes: Improve, Adapt or Reinvent?" 

New paper alert: Kalman filter-driven state observer for thermal error compensation in machine tool digital twins

New paper alert: Layer-to-layer melt pool control in laser powder bed fusion

New paper alert: Too hot to print, too slow to handle; finding optimal path characteristics for WAAM

Congratulations to Iason Sideris on successfully defending his doctoral thesis titled: Path Planning Optimization in Deposition-based Additive Manufacturing. 

New paper alert: Geometrical modeling of ultrashort pulse laser ablation with redeposition and analysis of the influence of spot size and shape

New paper alert: Computational and experimental investigation of thermally auxetic multi-metal lattice structures produced by laser powder bed fusion

Correlation analysis of feedstock flowability and temperature for laser-based powder bed fusion of polymers

New paper “Experimental and numerical investigations of pore formation mechanisms in cold spray” has been published in Journal of Manufacturing Processes.

Our new paper, “Exploring co-processing strategies for multi-material Spark Plasma Sintering of pure Cu with AlSi10Mg by Master Sintering Curves”, has been published in the Journal of Materials Research and Technology.

New paper “Quantifying the effects of inlet gas and collision models in direct metal deposition using a CFD-DEM approach” has been published in Powder Technology.

Our new paper, "Effects of CuCr1Zr contamination on the tensile properties and microstructure of stainless steel 316L produced via laser powder bed fusion", has been published in Progress in Additive Manufacturing

We are pleased to announce that our work on "Laser powder bed fusion of planar bi-metallic thermally auxetic lattice structures" has been published in CIRP Annals.

Our latest work on "A meshless computational framework for studying cold spray additive manufacturing including large numbers of powder particles with diverse characteristics" has been published in Nature Scientific Reports.

Our collaborative work with the National University of Singapore and Sichuan University on multiscale fracture modeling has been published in the International Journal of Computational Methods. The paper's title: "Direct FE2 based on single integration point for modeling damage evolution of materials with micro-cracks"

New paper published on self-optimizing method and software for calibration and mapping of a laser system for laser machining.

MDPI Metals (IF: 2.9) is hosting a Special Issue on Laser Ablation & Precision Cutting of Sheet Metals, with guest editor Dr. Mamzi Afrasiabi.

New publication on a new strategy to produce defect-free CuCrZr-316L steel multi-material structures by coupling hot isostatic pressing and laser powder bed fusion.

New paper published on end-to-end path planning for homogeneous temperature fields in additive manufacturing.

New paper published on the effects of beam shaping on copper-steel interfaces in multi-material laser powder bed fusion !

New publication out on the modeling of martensite formation and hardening behavior of TRIP material

New publication on the review of "Modeling and Simulation of Metal Additive Manufacturing Processes with Particle Methods".

New publication on a two-stage approach to parameter identification in spark plasma sintering.

A fantastic summer day in Zurich with Prof. Dr. Wentao Yan from the National University of Singapore! 🎉 We were truly honored to host the visit and lecture of this esteemed speaker at our lab

Congratulations to Yunong Lin for publishing his first paper in the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. His work sets new standards for heat source modeling efficiency in laser manufacturing simulations, propelling us toward a future where precision and innovation converge seamlessly!

We welcome Nikolai Schröder to our team! 

AMLZ's group retreat: A blend of nature and innovation

New publication out on thermal error compensation models utilizing the power consumption of machine tools.  

New publication out on a comparative study of thermomechanical simulation of orthogonal metal cutting with PFEM and SPH.

Our team developed a new Al-Cu alloy for LPBF.

RLPlanner, a new path planning framework for wire arc additive manufacturing, enables fully automatic deposition path planning for thin-walled structures.

New paper out on multi-track LPBF simulation using a fully adaptive SPH method.

We welcome Dr. Zhilang Zhang to our team!  

We welcome Hao Chen to our team!

New publication out on Algorithmic determination of measurement locations in sheet metal forming.  

We are happy to welcome Ramón Frey as a new member of our research group.