Associates Overview
Guest Researchers
The AMC invites outstanding researchers from various disciplines, especially from abroad, as guests for longer and shorter stays. They are usually in close exchange with individual subprojects and support the project staff with their expertise. In lecture formats, they present their own research and discuss it together with the staff. At the end of each stay, the results obtained are published in joint publications. Proposals and invitations for guest researchers can be submitted to the AMC at any time.
Associated industry partners
Associated industry partners support the AMC in order to accelerate the transfer into application. In this way, the bridge between pure basic research and industry is to be further expanded. Along associated industry partners the technological value chain is bundled and a high relevance in practice is generated. Proposals for the association of industrial partners can be formulated by any AMC scientist to the AMC Executive Director. The speakers finally decide on an association.
Associated Scientists
Associated scientists and research groups whose scientific profile is closely related to the AMC and its projects. Associates are invited to participate in all AMC events and are supported by the AMC in the realization of their own projects. Proposals and invitations can be formulated by any AMC scientist to the AMC Executive Director. The spokespersons finally decide on an association.
Alumni
The circle of alumni includes all former employees, former guest scientists and former associated members of the AMC. Even after the official departure, the alumni continue to work together on the mutual use of the experience potential and on the development of a network. Likewise, the AMC should receive new impulses from its alumni.
AMC-Mercator-Fellow Prof. Dr.-Ing. Carlos Lázaro is the academic director of the master’s degree in civil engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV, Spain). He has worked as a structural engineer in Barcelona (1991–1992), Berlin (1992–1994) and Valencia (1994–2000), and was a founding partner of CMD Ingenieros (2006-2014), an engineering firm specialising in structural design. He has been the president of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) since 2021, a leading scientific and technical association in the field of lightweight structures, founded by Eduardo Torroja in 1959. He received the Pioneers’ Award from the Spatial Structures Research Centre at the University of Surrey in 2021 for his contributions and career in the field of structures. Carlos Lázaro’s research builds upon his professional experience and explores the design, realisation and performance of structural systems. It comprises • the design of structures with non-conventional materials (Félix Candela’s last shell structure in 2000, pioneering the application of fibre-reinforced concrete in architectural shells, and the Turia Bridge in Manises in 2009, first application of structural recycled aggregate concrete in a cable-stayed bridge); • Innovative lightweight structural systems (experimental bending-active footbridges made of GFRP tubes and of HPFRC prestressed slabs, and a patented 2-axes solar tracking system for energy generation using PV panels); • Conceptual design of non-conventional bridge structures (viaducts for the Hyperloop transportation system). His current research lines focus on structural resiliency, including the mitigation of wind-induced vibrations in long-span bridges (in collaboration with the Chair of Structural Analysis at the TU Munich) and the prevention of collapse in ageing steel bridges (one article published in the leading scientific journal Nature). Carlos Lázaro collaborates in project C02 of area C’ Design and Construction’. The focus is on researching innovative structural systems suitable for production using additive manufacturing, including adapting the ‘3D structural puzzle’ to various structural systems, integrating components made of different materials, and addressing key questions in design and optimisation for manufacturability. Carlos Lázaro’s experience in designing structural systems that incorporate innovative technologies provides an enriching, holistic perspective for the research efforts of the TRR 277 AMC. His collaboration also contributes to identifying points of contact between projects in Area C – and, to some extent, also in Area B. Furthermore, Carlos Lázaro’s leadership role in the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) provides opportunities to expand the network and promote exchange with other international experts worldwide.
She has been appointed as co-coordinator of The Collaborative Research Center Transregio 277, Additive Manufacturing in Construction. Her research focus is the interface of structural engineering, architecture, and polymer science in order to adapt new technologies and materials in construction technology and design.
Siegfried Baehr was head of the department Additive Manufacturing at the iwb and assisted Prof. Zaeh in leading the projects A02 and A06. He was instructing and supporting the academic staff regarding LPBF and WAAM.
is a doctoral researcher at ima and investigating the automation of structure fabrication using fiber-reinforced composites. He concepts manufacturing methods and processes to increase the structural quality.
was a research associate in A02, the workgroup of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael F. Zäh. As an expert in WAAM, he was responsible for the simulation and temperature modelling of the process.
is the head of the chair of structur alanalysis. He is responsible for all actions, in particular regarding research, education and administration. He was esponsible for the C02 project and its coordination within the TRR. He guided all staff in that context and decided about research actions.
as PhD student at the research group of Prof. De Lorenzis he was couple the LB fluid and thermal code with a solid mechanics model to predict residual stresses.
was head of the division Powder and Slurry Processes and supported Prof. Kwade in leading project A02.
had worked as an AMC Researcher in C 06 in close collaboration with the doc. researcher at the IGP.
has been working in the field of wood adhesives for many years. She gives guidance and support to the academic staff at WKI regarding the entire adhesive systems including adhesives, particles and pressing parameters.
Tim Bürchner was a doctoral researcher at the Chair of Computational Modeling and Simulation at the TUM. In his research, he developed efficient, highly accurate and parallelizable methods for computational mechanics. For this purpose, workflows are designed to integrate geometric models of complex AM parts directly into the simulation of building scale models.
is a mechanical engineer and doctoral researcher at TUM-HBB. For the project A08 he will work out the details of the fabrication process and is responsible for the topic of automatization. In C07 his responsibilities include the development of data acquisition concepts in order to identify relevant process parameters as well as the evaluation of generated data in order to form concepts for regulation and quality assessment.
Doctoral researcher: for the duration of the research project carrying out the scientific studies. He will execute heat treatment, mechanical testing, and metallurgical analysis, the investigation of geometry influence on structural performance and finally the analysis of results in view of first AM design guidelines.
instructed the research engineer at iBMB in the conceptual structure, execution and evaluation of the theoretical, experimental and numerical research work.
was a doctoral associate at Institute of Structural Design (ITE) of TU Braunschweig. He was responsible for the automation and control systems as well as for the coordination of the DBFL.
