New Ph.D. Student at the Chair

On 1^st April 2022, Ziad Mohamed joined our team as a PhD student at the Chair of Materials Engineering of Additive Manufacturing as part of the “Hybrid Lightweight Materials by Additive Manufacturing” project. Ziad received his Bachelor and Master’s degrees in Manufacturing Engineering at Alexandria University in Egypt. He has a background in processing and characterization of lightweight materials like Aluminium-alloy-foams. At TUM, he is anticipated to conduct research on Additive Manufacturing of large-scale hybrid lightweight structures (conventionally manufactured semi-finished products with filigree and additively manufactured components) using Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) and 3D Plasma Metal Deposition (3DPMD) technologies. The main focus will be on the development of joining and build-up strategies for aerospace alloys. One of the main research objectives is the investigation of the microstructure and the macrostructure of these products and relating them to the mechanical and physical properties through the conclusion of structure-property relationships.