Technical Programme Committee Co-Chair
Prof Jie Zhou
Associate Professor, Delft Technical University, The Netherlands
Jie Zhou is an associate professor with the Section of Biomaterials and Tissue Biomechanics, Department of Biomechanical Engineering, Delft University of Technology. He earned his PhD at the same university in 1991, based on his research on the extrusion of rapidly solidified aluminum alloy powders. After his PhD, he became a research associate and remained affiliated with the Department of Materials Science and Engineering to develop his expertise further in powder technology and forming technology. His research interests extended from aluminum alloys to magnesium alloys and metal matrix composites, while his core research activities on powder metallurgy remained largely unchanged. In recent years, his research interests have shifted from materials for engineering applications to those for biomedical applications and from formative manufacturing to additive manufacturing. Currently, his research is focused on biodegradable metals, alloys and composites in porous or consolidated form and on powder-bed-based and extrusion-based additive manufacturing processes. He has (co-)authored over 200 papers on processing of aluminum, magnesium and titanium alloys as well as metal-matrix composites. He is a recipient of numerous awards for his publications and for his contributions to scientific journals in the field of materials science and engineering.
Technical Programme Committee Co-Chair
Dr Anke Kaletsch
Head of Powder Technology, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Anke Kaletsch is head of the division powder technology at the Institute for Materials Applications in Mechanical Engineering (IWM) at RWTH Aachen University. In addition, she is the deputy head of the Institute of Applied Powder Metallurgy and Ceramics (IAPK), which is an associated Institute of RWTH Aachen University. Anke Kaletsch studied Mechanical Engineering in Aachen and received her doctoral degree from RWTH Aachen University in 2016. At IWM and IAPK she coordinates research activities and projects in the field of powder metallurgy and ceramics. The main research areas in her department are additive manufacturing (AM), hot isostatic pressing (HIP) and sinter simulation for different production processes like HIP, FAST/SPS or sintering of parts, produced by binder jetting. Her own scientific focus is the combination of additive manufacturing technologies with hot isostatic pressing. In this field, she is working on her habilitation treatise. The combination of AM and HIP enables on the one hand the improvement of fatigue performance for AM-materials, and opens on the other hand new opportunities for design-free HIP capsule production for net-shape components and functional composite-components.
The EPMA would like to express its sincere thanks to the members of the Technical Programme Committee for their support and hard work in structuring the Euro PM2019 programme and for reviewing the submitted papers.
Dr Marco Actis Grande Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Dr Iñigo Agote TECNALIA, Spain
Mr Alexander Angré Carpenter Powder Products AB, Sweden
Dipl.-Ing Claus Aumund-Kopp Fraunhofer IFAM, Germany
Prof Thierry Barrière University of Franche-Comte, France
Prof Paul Beiss IWM RWTH Aachen, Germany
Dr Robert Bidulsky Technical University Kosice, Slovakia
Dr Martin Bram Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany
Prof Christoph Broeckmann RWTH Aachen IWM, Germany
Prof Dr Efrain Carreño-Morelli University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Switzerland
Dr Riccardo Casati Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Dr Olivier Coube OC Synergies, France
Prof Ilaria Cristofolini Trento University, Italy
Prof Herbert Danninger Technical University Vienna, Austria
Dr Gian Pietro De Gaudenzi F.I.L.M.S. – Gruppo OMCD SpA, Italy
Dr Mark Dougan AMES SA, Spain
Dr Thomas Ebel Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany
Mr Philippe François Rio Tinto GmbH, Germany
Dr José Garcia AB Sandvik Coromant R&D, Sweden
Dr Christian Gierl-Mayer Vienna Technical University, Austria
Dr Sebastian Boris Hein Fraunhofer IFAM, Germany
Dr Robert Hellein Miba Sinter Austria GmbH, Austria
Dr Bjoern Hoschke Kennametal Shared Services GmbH, Germany
Dr Anke Kaletsch RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Dr Heinrich Kestler Plansee SE, Austria
Prof Dr Bernd Kieback Fraunhofer IFAM, Germany
Mr Peter Kjeldsteen Sintex a/s, Denmark
Dr Christian Kukla Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria
Mrs Caroline Larsson Höganäs AB, Sweden
Dipl.-Ing Tomi Lindroos VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
Dr Bruce Lindsley Hoeganaes Corporation, USA
Dr Stefano Lionetti RINA Consulting – Centro Sviluppo Materiali, Italy
Prof Luis Miguel Llanes Catalunya Univ Polytecnica, Spain
Mr Marko Maetzig ARBURG GmbH + Co KG, Germany
Dr Hans Magnusson Swerea KIMAB, Sweden
Dr Diego Manfredi Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
Dr José Manuel Martin CEIT, Spain
Dr Ken Mingard NPL – National Physical Laboratory, United Kingdom
Prof Alberto Molinari Trento University, Italy
Dr Siavash Momeni Hilti AG, Liechtenstein
Dr Steven Moseley Hilti Corporation, Liechtenstein
Dr Erich Neubauer RHP-Technology GmbH, Austria
Prof Lars Nyborg Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Prof Frank Petzoldt Fraunhofer IFAM, Germany
Dr Yoko Pittini-Yamada Meyer Sintermetall AG, Switzerland
Dr Ilaria Rampin Ecka Granules, Italy
Prof José Manuel Sanchez Moreno CEIT, Spain
Dr Torsten Staab University Würzburg, Germany
Dr Sofia Tsipas University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain
Dr Ralph Useldinger Ceratizit Luxembourg, Luxemburg
Prof Kim Vanmeensel KU Leuven, Belgium
Dr Peter Vervoort Eisenmann Thermal Solutions, Germany
Mr Peter Vikner Aubert&Duval, France
Prof Jozef Vleugels KU Leuven, Belgium
Dr.-Ing Thomas Weißgärber Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials; Branch Lab Dresden, Germany
Dr Lars Wimbert Hoeganaes Corporation GmbH, Germany
Dipl.-Ing Matteo Zanon Ecka Granulate MicroMet GmbH, Germany
Prof Jie Zhou Delft Technical University, The Netherlands
Dr Pierluigi Zingale miniGears, Italy
