Team

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Institute Management
Name Contact
Universitätsprofessor
Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Andreas Bührig-Polaczek
Phone: +49 241 80 95880

Academic Director
Dr.-Ing.
Uwe Vroomen
Phone: +49 241 80 95892

Universitätsprofessorin
Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Daniela Zander
Phone: +49 241 80 96707

Secretariat/Administration
Name Contact
Secretariat
Regina Sistermann
Phone: +49 241 80 98150

Financial Accounting
Sabine Wolters
Phone: +49 241 80 95881

Scientific Staff
Name Contact
Research Assistant, Permanent mould casting
Research Assistant, Biomaterials
Research Assistant, Materials for Lightweight Construction
Research Assistant, Additive Manufacturing
Frank Adjei-Kyeremeh, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 241 80 40520

Research Assistant, Materials for Lightweight Construction
Chijioke Kenneth Akuata, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 241 80 93018

Research Assistant, Materials for Lightweight Construction
Oliver Beyß, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 241 80 93019

Permanent mold castings
Lukas Bruckmeier, M.Eng.
Phone: +49 241 80 95903

Chief Engineer and Group Leader Biomaterials
Dr.-Ing.
Veronika Chaineux
Phone: +49 241 80 93020

Permanent mold castings
Sayan Chatterjee, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 241 80 92759

Research Assistant, Numerical Simulation
Betto David-Joseph, M.Sc. RWTH
Phone: +49 241 80 98914

Research Assistant, Biomaterials
Markus Felten, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 241 80 95612

Leader of investment casting and cast-iron group
Mahan Firoozbakht, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 241 80 98155

Leader of permanent mould casting group
Steffen Gimmler, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 241 80 98910

Research Assistant, numerical simulation
Shrujal Gor, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 241 80 94067

Research Assistant, Materials for Lightweight Construction
Laura Kopruch, M.Sc. RWTH
Phone: +49 241 80 93013

Research Assistant
Dr.
Alexander Lutz
Phone: +49 241 80 93015

Research Assistant, Cast Iron
Onur Özaydin, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 (0)241 80-98250

Research Assistant, Permanent Mold Casting
May Pwint Phyu, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 241 80 94067

Academic Councillor: alloy developement and simulation
Dr.-Ing.
Björn Pustal
Phone: +49 241 80 95889

Research Assistant, Intermetallics and High Temperature Materials
René Daniel Pütz, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 241 80 93014

Leader Additive Manufacturing Group
Dr.-Ing.
Iris Raffeis
Phone: +49 241 80 40516

Research Assistant, Cast Iron
Johannes Schüssler, M.Sc. RWTH
Phone: +49 241 80 98152

Research Assistant, Cast Iron
Zahra Sohrabijam, M.Sc. RWTH
Phone: +49 241 80 95883

Research Assistant, permanent mould casting
Nino Wolff, M.Sc.
Phone: +49 241 80 94067

Technical Staff
Name Contact
Melting hall sand casting
Ingo Braun
Phone: +49 241 80 95885

Powder Hall, RCDPP
Ali Demirtas
Phone: +49 241 80 40517

Metallography
Stefanie Düker
Phone: +49 241 80 98039

Leader mechanical workshop
Dirk Freudenberg
Phone: +49 241 80 95897

Melting hall permanent mold casting
Andreas Gruszka
Phone: +49 241 80 95885

Electronics lab
Michael Kruft
Phone: +49 241 80 98244

Campus Commissioner
Angela Lange
Phone: +49 241 80 95893

Head of the melt hall
Dietmar Lembrecht
Phone: +49 241 80 95884

System administrator
Peter Otten
Phone: +49 241 80 92769

Leader Metallography
Elke Schaberger-Zimmermann
Phone: +49 241 80 98022

Corrosion Lab / Metallography / Analytics
Martina Thönnißen
Phone: +49 241 80 98053

Corrosion Lab / Metallography / Analytics
Katharina Utens
Phone: +49 241 80 92761