Expertise

Expertise includes a 5-year undergraduate education in Civil Engineering, specializing in Structural Engineering and Construction Management. Further specialization concentrated on the areas of Structural Design for the Building Industry. A MSc thesis project concentrated on the topic of additive manufacturing of stainless steel for structural applications eventually enabled the possibility to continue research on the area of additive manufacturing, specifically for the development of functionally-graded structures.

Projects

Grade2XL: Large engineering structures like turbines, metallic bridges or industrial machinery are still manufactured by traditional processes such as forging, casting, welding, bolting or by machining them from solid blocks. These processes do not allow local control of material properties to achieve a specific function like anti-corrosion or hardness. To meet the functional specifications, engineers must operate within a limited range of design options, with high “buy-to-fly” ratios and long lead times.
In Grade2XL, we will demonstrate the potential of multi-material wire+arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) for large scale structures. The high printing rate of WAAM, combined with the ability to control material properties down to the nanoscale, will allow us to build strong and durable engineering structures. Grade2XL will deliver multi-material products of superior quality and performance, cut lead times by up to 94% and enable cost savings in the range of billions of euros for the maritime and energy industry, as well as for industrial machinery.

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