Additive Manufacturing in Construction
AMC TRR 277

Overview AMC Researchers

is a research associate in the workgroup of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael F. Zäh. As an expert in WAAM, he is responsible for the simulation and temperature modelling of the process.

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Particle-Bed 3D Printing by Selective Cement Paste Intrusion (SPI) – Particle Surface Functionalisation, Particle Synthesis and Integration of WAAM Reinforcement

is a research assistant at the Technical University of Braunschweig in the group of Prof. Dr. Lowke. Together with David Böhler, she will lead and organise the material development and testing programme as well as the data analysis and material modelling within the Lowke group. Jennifer Rudolph will focus on investigating the mix designs as well as the environmental and rheological optimisation of the material.

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Integrated Additive Manufacturing Processes for Reinforced Shotcrete 3D Printing (SC3DP) Elements with Precise Surface Quality

He is a research assistant at IGP. He is responsible for investigating geometric quality control (optimal sensors and inspection methods) to enable a bidirectional control loop between AMC products and their digital twin. Moreover, he focuses on implementing an automated near real-time approach for multi-member localization on a cyber-physical construction site to facilitate data flow (feedback) between the digital and physical spaces.”

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Integration of Additive Manufacturing in the Construction Process

is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Structural Design (ITE), TU Braunschweig. He is responsible for structural concepts and design strategies as well as structural testing, with special focus on digitally fabricated reinforced concrete. Furthermore, his research interests lie in the material – process – structure interaction and industry 5.0. He is also co-developing new research directions and proposals.

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Integrated Additive Manufacturing Processes for Reinforced Shotcrete 3D Printing (SC3DP) Elements with Precise Surface Quality

Doctoral researcher: carrying out scientific studies. She will play a decisive role in planning and conducting fatigue and fracture testing. The evaluation and interpretation of test results is also one of her tasks. Finally she undertakes statistical considerations, which are intended to serve as a basis for the development of design guidelines.”

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Laser Powder-Bed Fusion (LPBF) of Steel Elements for Construction – Basics of Design and Mechanical Resilience.

is a doctoral researcher at Rudolf Mößbauer Tenure Track Assistant Professorship of Learning Sciences and Educational Design Technologies, TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology, and TUM Institute for Advanced Study (IAS). Živa’s background in arts education serves Project Ö’s constructionist and design-based research initiative to create the AMC Edu:Lab, a dynamic learning space designed for active engagement with AMC research and innovation. In her research, Živa aims to support education about and with AMC technologies at an early age, to integrate gender-equitable perspectives into additive manufacturing practices, and to raise awareness of the importance of sustainability in construction among youth.

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Learning, Sustainability, Design: Gender-equitable introduction of AMC to the public

is developing a data structure and corresponding methods (WP 2) that enable a closed chain between digital design (e.g. BIM) and digital manufacturing (mainly Additive Manufacturing). For backwards communication of “as-built” information during and after a manufacturing process, digital twin methods are incorporated into the developed FIM system (WP 3).

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Integrating Digital Design and Additive Manufacturing through BIM-Based Decision Support and Digital Twin Methods

is a research associate at the Workinggroup of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christoph Gehlen. Responsible for research on selective paste intrusion and development of cement pastes.

Project(s)

Particle-Bed 3D Printing by Selective Cement Paste Intrusion (SPI) – Particle Surface Functionalisation, Particle Synthesis and Integration of WAAM Reinforcement

Vid Stevanović works at the University Library of the Technical University of Munich. As a data steward, he is responsible for data management strategies and support. He works on discipline-specific standards, repositories, and research data infrastructure. He is also developing new coaching materials on various topics related to best practices in research data management. Currently, he is covering for Silke Sturm during her maternity leave.

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The Information Infrastructure Project provides comprehensive support for all aspects of research data management within the remit of TRR277, in close collaboration with all projects, the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) and the infrastructure facilities of the Technical University of Munich and the University of Braunschweig.

Silke Sturm works at the University Library of the Technical University of Munich. In her function as Data Steward she is responsible for the Data Management strategies and support. She works on defining discipline-specific standards, repositories and research data infrastructure. Moreover, she develops new coaching material for various topics concerning best practices in research data management.

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The Information Infrastructure Project provides comprehensive support for all aspects of research data management within the remit of TRR277, in close collaboration with all projects, the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) and the infrastructure facilities of the Technical University of Munich and the University of Braunschweig.

is a research associate in the working group of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael F. Zäh. As an expert in powder bed fusion of metals using a laser beam (PBF-LB/M), she is responsible for the manufacturing process. Her research focuses on process parameter and process monitoring studies to improve material characterization. In addition, she conducts scientific investigations on the manufacturability of complex geometries, such as lattice structures.

Project(s)

Laser Powder-Bed Fusion (LPBF) of Steel Elements for Construction – Basics of Design and Mechanical Resilience.

is a doctoral researcher and expert on additive manufacturing in construction. His previous work includes extrusion as well as selective binding processes of concrete. He will be responsible at TUM-HBB for all the collaborative work to be executed in conjunction with WKI in project A08, especially for WP 2.

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Structural Timber by Individual Layer Fabrication (ILF)

Challenges of Additive Manufacturing – Technical Regulations and Qualification Requirements

is a doctoral researcher at the Institute of Structural Design (ITE) at TU Braunschweig. In project C06, he is working closely with the Digital Construction Site to develop integrated computational design and fabrication strategies for Additive Manufacturing in cyber-physical systems. Furthermore, he will apply these strategies in a multi-member workflow and realize them on a 1:1 scale in collaboration with other subprojects.

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Integration of Additive Manufacturing in the Construction Process

investigates the usability and properties of prefabricated fiber reinforcements, which are produced in a robotic winding process, for various AM processes. This includes the further development and sensing of an automated production process of fiber reinforcement for the requirements of the project. In addition, his work ranges from the integration of it into a self-controlling robotic winding process to the verification of the functionality of fiber reinforcement production with different materials and the analysis of the requirements for on-site robotic fabrication.

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Integration of Individualized Prefabricated Fibre Reinforcement in Additive Manufacturing with Concrete

Jan Thormählen is a doctoral researcher at the Institute for Construction Engineering and Management. In project C06, he is collaborating with the Digital Construction Site (DCS) to develop fabrication strategies and streamlined production processes for additive manufacturing. This involves a comparative analysis with conventional construction processes and working strategies to enhance productivity. Consequently, the implementation of additive manufacturing in construction will be facilitated by enhancing the integration of digital processes.

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Integration of Additive Manufacturing in the Construction Process

is a doctoral researcher at the TUM Professorship of Mineral Construction Materials with a focus on clays and clay minerals for the purposes of the A10 project.

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Earth Additive Manufacturing (EAM) – Material and Process Combinations for AM with Earth-based Materials

has a background in industrial engineering and biomimetics. Currently he is a doctoral student at the Chair of Materials Handling, Material Flow, Logistics within TUM and is responsible for the design, automation, and advancement of the near-nozzle continuous mixing system that was developed during the first project phase of A03.

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Extrusion of Near-Nozzle Mixed Concrete –Individually Graded in Density and in Rate of 3D Fibre Reinforcement

has a background in lightweight structures’ design and computational mechanics. Currently, she is a doctoral researcher at the Institute of Structural Analysis at TU Braunschweig with a focus on embedded finite element techniques and applications in multi-physics simulations and structural optimization. Within project C02, Franziska mainly contributes to the high-fidelity optimization approach.

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3D Structural Puzzle – Numerical Multi Scale Shape and Topology Optimisation Methods to Additively Manufacture Optimal Structures from Optimised Pieces

He is a Senior Scientist and Head of the Computational Simulation Lab at the Chair of Structural Analysis, Technical University of Munich. With a robust background in computational mechanics, structural mechanics, optimization, and fluid dynamics, his research centers on advancing and implementing cutting-edge continuous optimization techniques within the framework of the C02 project. In addition to his academic leadership, he serves as a technical committee member of the open-source KRATOS Multiphysics finite element framework, which plays a pivotal role in the development efforts of the C02 project.

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3D Structural Puzzle – Numerical Multi Scale Shape and Topology Optimisation Methods to Additively Manufacture Optimal Structures from Optimised Pieces

Is a doctoral researcher at the Institute of Structural Design (ITE) at TU Braunschweig.

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Injection 3D Concrete Printing (I3DCP) – Material Efficient Lightweight Reinforced Concrete Structures Based on Spatially Complex Strut-and-Tie-Models

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