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is a civil engineer and doctoral researcher at the TU Braunschweig Institute for Structural Design (ITE). She is responsible for Project A10, where she is conducting research on Sprayed Earth Additive Manufacturing (SEAM). Her work involves exploring earthen construction techniques, enhancing the SEAM process, and optimizing material-process interactions. Within this project, she focuses on material development through experimental studies, data analysis, and investigating material behavior to identify and optimize the key parameters of the SEAM process.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael F. Zäh

Project leader

guides the scientific staff in the execution of the LPBF experiments.He provides guidance in methods for analysing the main mechanisms of action and the correlation of the results for the whole process chain. Head of iwb and supports the academic staff regarding additive manufacturing, alignment and execution of numerical heat transport simulations, questions during validation and process development.

Publications from Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael F. Zäh

2025 | D. L. Wenzler, H. Jahns, J. Mueller, K. U. Beuerlein, F. Riegger, J. Diller, J. Unglaub, C. Radlbeck, J. Hensel, M. Mensinger, K. Thiele, M. F. Zaeh: Mechanical properties and microstructure of hybrid-manufactured 316 L using PBF-LB/M and DED-Arc/M The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 2025, pp. 1–12, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-025-15317-0.

Data | Zenodo, 2025, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14754610.

2024 | D. L. Wenzler, D. Rauner, H. Panzer, T. Mair, L. Kutscherauer, A. Wimmer, D. Wolf, S. Baehr, M. F. Zaeh: reAM250 — An open-source research platform for process monitoring and control in Powder Bed Fusion of Metals using a laser beam Procedia of 13th CIRP Conference on Photonic Technologies, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2024.08.121.

Data | An open-source research PBF-LB/M platform, GitHub, 2024, https://davidwenzler.github.io/reAM250/

2023 | A. Straßer, F. Riegger, L.D Hamilton, T. Kraenkel, C. Gehlen, M.F. Zaeh, A. Kwade: Selective Paste Intrusion: Integration of reinforcement by WAAM — Concept and current research with special attention to cooling strategies. Construction and Building Materials 2023, 406, 133236.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.133236

2023 | K. Tischner, S. Rappl, F. Riegger, A. Strasser, K. Osterminski, T. Kraenkel, S. Baehr, M.F. Zaeh, C. Gehlen: Bond Behavior of WAAM Reinforcements in Comparison to Conventional Steel Reinforcements. In: Constr. Mater. 2023, 3, 217–232.
https://doi.org/10.3390/constrmater3020014

2023 | D. L. Wenzler, K. Beuerlein, D. Goetz, F. Zaeh: Overheating detection in the powder bed fusion of metals using a laser beam through local thermal resistance analysis. In: 17th CIRP Conference on Intelligent Computation in Manufacturing Engineering, 2023, submitted and accepted for publication in Procedia CIRP

2023 | Wenzler, D.L., Bergmeier, K., Baehr, S., Diller, J., Zaeh, M.F.: A Novel Methodology for the Thermographic Cooling Rate Measurement during Powder Bed Fusion of Metals Using a Laser Beam. In: Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation. (2023) https://doi.org/10.1007/s40192-023-00291-w

2022 | Riegger, F.; Zäh, M. F.: Additive Fertigung von Stahlbewehrungen. In: Zeitschrift für wirtschaftlichen Fabrikbetrieb 117 (7-8), S. 448–451. (2022)
DOI: 10.1515/zwf-2022-1091

2022 | Harbig, J.; Wenzler, D.L.; Baehr, S.; Kick, M.K.; Merschroth, H.; Wimmer, A.; Weigold, M.; Zaeh, M.F.: Methodology to Determine Melt Pool Anomalies in Powder Bed Fusion of Metals Using a Laser Beam by Means of Process Monitoring and Sensor Data Fusion. In: Materials, 2022, 15, 1265. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15031265

2020 | Weger, D.; Baier, D.; Straßer, A.; Prottung, S.; Kränkel, T.; Bachmann, A.; Gehlen, C.; Zäh, M.: Reinforced Particle-Bed Printing by Combination of the Selective Paste Intrusion Method with Wire and Arc Additive Manufacturing – A First Feasibility Study. In: RILEM Bookseries 28, pp. 978–987, 2020. – DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49916-7_95.