Team
Administrative & Technical Staff
Senior Researchers & Group Leaders

Research Areas: Computational mechanics, CFD, Process simulation, Data-driven modeling, High-performance computing

Research Areas: Advanced sensing and controls for multi-source and multi-material metal additive manufacturing

Research Areas: Physical and Mechanical Metallurgy, Multi-material Additive Manufacturing and Sintering, Materials Development for Additive Manufacturing, Sustainability, Materials Characterization

external page Dr. Konrad Papis
Research Areas: Materials for advanced manufacturing, Materials sustainability, Material simulation and Design thinking

external page Dr. Timo Schudeleit
Research Areas: Hybrid manufacturing: Combined additive manufacturing (DMD) and milling, Multi-material additive manufacturing: DMD of metal matrix composites and coating (high speed laser cladding), Ultra-short pulse laser ablation for surface engineering and ultra-hard tool manufacturing

external page Dr. Daniel Werner
Research Areas: Additive-manufacturing of non-metals, Sustainability, Application development, Analysis, Process optimization

Research Areas: Distributed process control systems, Robot performance and accuracy enhancement, Hardware agnostic robot control, Robotic milling and measurement
Postdoctoral Researchers

external page Dr. Enrico Tosoratti
Research Areas: Laser powder bed fusion, Quality management, Computer vision, Machine learning

Research Areas: Deep Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Computer Vision, Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing

Research Areas: Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) of ceramics and their composites, Materials processing, engineering, and characterization

Research Areas: High Speed Laser Cladding (HSLC), Process development & Parts characterization

Research Areas: Computational mechanics, Numerical simulation, SPH, FEM, AM and Process modeling
Doctoral Candidates

Research Areas: Computational Mechanics, Numerical Modeling, Spark Plasma Sintering Process Modeling

Research Areas: Metal Additive Manufacturing, Selective Laser Melting, Process Monitoring, Process Control

Research Areas: Multi-material additive manufacturing of metal powders, Spark Plasma Sintering, Material characterization

Research Areas: Metal additive manufacturing, Laser powder bed fusion, Powder production and characterization

external page Philip Dreizehnter
Research Areas: Machining Ceramics with Geometrically Defined Cutting Edge, Micro Tool Optimization, Wear Modeling

Research Areas: Highspeed laser cladding, Aluminium alloys and composites

Research Areas: Thermal Error Compensation, Machine tool simulations, Measurements on machine tools
Scientific Staff

Research Areas: Numerical Simulation, Smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH), Metal additive manufacturing

external page Nikolai Schröder
Research Areas: Ultra-Short Pulsed Laser Ablation for Precise Surface Engineering, Process Monitoring

Research Areas: Metal Additive Manufacturing, Laser Powder Bed Fusion, Process monitoring, Quality management

Research Areas: Robotics, Metal additive manufacturing, Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing, Automation systems, Data science, High-performance & distributed computing, Software Architecture