Additive Manufacturing in Construction
AMC TRR 277

AMC Project leader overview

AMC Board
Project leader

is Professor at Bauhaus-University Weimar and is Head of the Chair of Data Science in Civil Engineering. He was head of the work group ‘Simulation in Applied Mechanics’ at the Chair of Computational Modeling and Simulation and has a fifteen year-long scientific record in that field. In this project, he is responsible for the development of simulation methods for metal based artefacts.

Project(s)

Material Modelling and Simulation of Deposition AM Processes on the Part Scale

Bridging Scales – From Geometric Part Details to Construction Elements

Project leader

is responsible for WPs 3-5 and contributes to HPC and setup related aspects of the corresponding simulations. He advises Dr. Kutscher in conducting the simulations and the analysis of the results. He also takes responsibility for the data exchange with other projects within the TRR.

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Modelling and Simulation of Shotcrete 3D Printing (SC3DP) Based on a Massively Parallel Multi-Phase, Multi-Component Coupled LBM-DEM Approach

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Head of the institute for particle technology. Head of iPAT and supports the academic staff regarding the conditioning of particle products.

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Particle-Bed 3D Printing by Selective Cement Activation (SCA) – Sustainability, process enhancement and material models

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

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Project leader
Head of Family Friendliness
Head of early career

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Lowke is head of the Professorship of Binder Jetting Technology. He will advise the scientific staff executing their work under consideration of the formulated project aims. He is responsible for the coordination and quality control of all work of Professorship of Binder Jetting Technology.

Project(s)

Particle-Bed 3D Printing by Selective Cement Activation (SCA) – Sustainability, process enhancement and material models

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

Project leader

is Professor at School of Engineering and Design, Department of Materials Engineering – Technical University of Munich. In her doctoral research the focus is on dolomite calcined clay composite cement.

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

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is Junior-Professor at the Institute of Civil Engineering, Department of Robotic Manufacturing of the Built Environment at Technische Universität Berlin. 

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

Project leader

acts as co-lead in this research project. He is responsible for leading and guiding WP1 and parts of WP 4. He is also responsible for coordinating the collaboration with other projects. He leads the doctoral researcher in the design and implementation of the research data management & publication platform. He is responsible for the coordination of the research projects in the TRR 277 and the coordination with the University Library of the Technical University of Munich.

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

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leads the research fellows according to the WP in th eprocesses of exploration ,identification and evaluation of AM in the context of technology, parameters and operational processes. On this basis, he supports the analysis and transformation of the data for specific Qualification Concepts as well as the development of the framework of aspects of qualification concepts in AM. In co-operation with PL Winter, he is responsible for the co-ordinating adaptation to the cooperating projects of TRR 277 (WP 1).

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Challenges of Additive Manufacturing – Technical Regulations and Qualification Requirements

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Project leader

as applicant, she will be responsible for the scientific management and coordination of project B04. In addition to supervising the content of the research assistant, she supports the coordination of the work and represents the project internally and externally as head of the institute.

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Process Control and Adaptive Path Planning for Additive Manufacturing Processes Based on Industrial Robots with an Extended Degree of Freedom

Project leader

leads scientific teams for AM, fatigue and fracture and aluminium at MB and is responsible for the MB Laboratory. She supervises experiments and provides assistance in analysis and interpre- tation of results

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

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is superviser of project C06 and leads one of the Doc. researchers especially concerning the selection and assessment of parameters and the basic layout of the process analysis. His expertise is used to develop (new) process models and innovative delivery approaches in the later phase. He is also responsible for the overall coordination of project C06 and the projects belonging to different Work Programmes ( 1.1, 2.1 and 3.).

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Integration of Additive Manufacturing in the Construction Process

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is Professor of „Construction Materials “ at Regensburg University of Applied Sciences. She is Head of Concrete Laboratory and Head of Construction Materials Laboratory. Furthermore she coordinates all scientific and organisational work regarding testing and material modelling.

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Environmental Life Cycle Assessment – Determination of Ecological Sustainability Potentials by AMC

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is head of division Material behavior at IS and takes responsibility for management of this project in terms of content and organization. He supervises the research assistants of WG Thiele for novel material and component testing methods based on MultiCam Digital Image Correlation (DIC) and the development of complex material models to describe WAAM-component behavior.

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Wire and Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) of Complex Individualized Steel Components

Project leader

acts as supervisor for the research fellows and gives special input to the WPs related to Technical Regulations. He is responsible for the above allocated WPs and together with PL Pittich for cooperation with allocated projects of TRR 277 and the management of project C07.

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Challenges of Additive Manufacturing – Technical Regulations and Qualification Requirements

Project leader

is head of the Department of Research Data Services at the University Library of the Technical University of Munich. In the TRR, she guides the staff of the I – Information Infrastructure Project. She is responsible for developing and continuing the data strategy in close cooperation with the Board. The strategy focuses on communicating and collaborating with all sub-projects, finding FAIR solutions that support the TRR researchers and their data, and publishing data along with the research articles.

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The service project Information Infrastructure serves and supports all information and data infrastructure aspects of the TRR 277 in close cooperation with the Leibniz-Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) and the University Library at the Technical University of Munich and the University Library Braunschweig.

Project leader

He has been Head of the Institute of Statics and Dynamics at TU Braunschweig since September 2021.

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

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.

Project(s)

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

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

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