Alumni & Alumnae of the team high performance composites

Bachelor's thesis alumni
Name	Thema	Year
Benedikt KROPATSCHEK	Influence of the alloying elements Fe, Cr and Co on the stabilisation of the beta phase in Ti-Cu alloys: microstructure and mechanical properties
Florian BACHER	Development of a targeted heat treatment by investigating the influence of the solution heat treatment temperature and the heating rate for additively manufactured Ti-6.5Cu-4Cr(-2Fe) alloys	2024
Patrick WITTHALM	Effects of different heat treatments on the microstructure, mechanical properties and phase development of additively manufactured Ti-Cu-based alloys	2024
Matthias KIRALYHIDI	Ti-MMCs with high specific stiffness for additive manufacturing: a comparison of methods	2024
Timotheus WOLF	Suppression of columnar crystal growth in Ti alloys	2023
Alessa SCHEUCH	Reclamation of NbC/Ni hardmetals using the Zn reclaim process	2023
Nikolas MITTERLECHNER	Production and characterisation of new Ti alloys for biomedical applications	2023
Maximilian PFEIFFER	Structural investigations of Ti-Cu-based alloys	2022
Lukas STARK	Ti alloys for 3D printing	2021
Martina BAUM	Phase constitution in the Co-Ni-Al-W-C system	2021
Fabio SCHIMMEL	Binder properties in W heavy metals	2021
Julian KALLINGER	Influence of heat treatment on the binder properties in W heavy metals	2021
Elisabeth BALLOK	Influence of carbon in Co-Ni-Al-W superalloys	2021
Andreas WALLMÜLLER	Ablative cooling of the combustion chamber and nozzle of a liquid propellant rocket	2021
Dominik FUCHS	Production and characterisation of multicomponent alloys	2020
Peter STEINSCHADEN	Carbon fibre reinforced metal matrix composites	2019
Alexander OTTE	Mechanical properties of low-melting solders	2019
Stefanie ALLWORTH	Characterisation of low-melting solder alloys	2019
Georg HATZL	High entropy alloys in WC-Cermets	2019
Gernot FROSCHAUER	High-performance heat-conducting composites with low-melting matrix alloys	2018
Markus LUNZER	Solder materials for thermal management applications	2018
Maximilian WOLF	Hard metals with precipitation-hardened binder	2018
Simon SCHERRER	Production of bio-inspired metal matrix composites	2017
Christoph FELDBAUMER	Mechanical properties of Al/diamond MMCs	2017
Felix EDER	Production of highly porous nickel bodies with an graded pore structure	2017
Felix FRANK	Recycling of W-containing materials	2017
Benjamin MEIXNER	Highly porous Al bodies with graded pore structure by salt templating	2017
Johannes EßMEISTER	Radially graded pore structure in porous Ni bodies	2017
Niklas BODENMÜLLER	Highly porous Ni and Ni-ceramic composites with directional pore structure	2017
Barbara OSINGER	Preparation and characterisation of porous ZrO2-Ni-composite materials	2016
Maximilian KLAMM	Cemented carbide-diamond composite materials	2016
Markus HOFER	Wear behaviour of Al-, Fe-, and Ni-MMCs	2015
Dilan ADLIM	Internal oxidation of Ag alloys	2015
Christina DRECHSEL	Influence of a precipitation heat treatment on the thermal and electrical conductivity of AgSi and AlSi alloys	2013
Cornelia BISCHOF	Influence of diamond quality and surface coating on the thermal conductivity in AgSi-diamond composites	2014
Alexander SCHMID	Soldering behaviour of graded W/Cu layers for divertor components	2013
Carmen REISCHL	Investigations of the thermal conductivity in MMCs	2013
Klemens DANZINGER	PVD-coated hard material phases in wear protection materials
Bartlomiej CIECZKA	PVD-coated hard material phases in wear protection materials	2013
Velibor LAZAREVIC	Investigations of hard material phases for wear protection layers by plasma deposition welding	2013
Gerald SINGER	Surface modification of hard material phases for wear protection layers	2012
Denise TAUSSIG	Selective dissolution of W-containing scrap using sulfuric acid	2012
Marie-Christine HUEMER	Low-temperature thermal conductivity of Ag/Si diamond composites	2011
Anna BLEIER	Thermophysical properties of gas pressure infiltrated Al-Si and Ag-Si/carbon fibre composites	2011
Christian WEISSENSTEINER	Low-temperature thermal conductivity of Al-diamond composites	2010
Sarah HURCH	Thermophysical properties of gas pressure infiltrated silver/carbon fibre composites	2010

master thesis alumni
Name	Topic	Year
Elisabeth BALLOK
Peter STEINSCHADEN	New approach for flexible thermocouples for aerospace applications	2024
Johannes GRAF	Ti alloys with biocompatible mechanical and antibacterial properties	2024
Theresa GEYER	PM copper MMCs for thermal management applications	2024
Nico MOSER	Development and characterisation of Ti-MMCs with high specific stiffness	2023
Lena DORNER	Influencing the binder properties in tungsten heavy alloys (WHA)	2023
Irina WODAK (joint supervision with Raquel de Oro Calderon)	Iron-manganese-nickel binder for WC hardmetals	2022
Markus LUNZER (joint supervision with Raquel de Oro Calderon)	Alternative binders for hardmetals	2022
Andreas ZUNGHAMMER	Development and characterisation of a Ti alloy with high specific stiffness and low structural anisotropy	2022
Katharina RAUCHENWALD (AIT)	Sprayed and spray-pyrolysed coatings, based on oxides and silver-nanowires, for flexible substrates	2021
Andreas LEHNER	Preparation and mechanical properties of nickel-carbon fibre composites	2021
Toni BAKOVIC	Preparation and characterization of solder balls by gas atomizing	2021
Stefan CULIC (AIT/LKR)	Optimisation of Al-Mg-Si extrusion-alloys for safety applications in the automotive industry	2021
Maximilian WOLF	Cemented Carbides with γ/γ´ Binder Microstructure	2020
Christiane GROHER (AIT)	Substrate-activation approach for the chemical bath deposition of ZnO compact layers	2020
Ufuk YILMAZ	High Entropy Alloys - production and properties	2020
Kristina HOFER	Characterisation of ore concentrates and their behaviour during pressure digestion	2020
Bernhard KLAMPFL	Soldering of optical components to CTE-matched substrates for space applications	2020
Tobias BAUERNFEIND	Production of continuous fibre-reinforced carbon fibre metal matrix composites by galvanic matrix deposition	2019
Moritz SCHWINGENSCHLÖGL	High Entropy Alloys as binder phase in WC-composites	2019
Marko SCHEFBERGER	Spatially resolved investigation of the degradation mechanisms during hammer drilling on reinforcement steel	2019
Anna BLEIER	Composite materials based on WC-Co-Cu	2017
Thomas STADLER	Tungsten carbide/silver contact materials by gas pressure infiltration	2017
Cornelia BISCHOF	Melt phase infiltration of porous carbon bodies with copper alloys	2016
Thomas STEPAN	Determining the interface resistance between metals and inclusions in metal matrix composites	2016
Bettina RITT	Manufacturing and characterising diamond-cemented carbide composites	2016
Elias ASCHAUER	Wetting behaviour of metallic melts on carbon substrates using the sessile drop method	2015
Stephanie GREIL	Mechanical properties of coinage alloys	2015
Jakob SEGL	Influence of the surface-modification of diamonds on the thermal conductivity in metal-diamond-composites	2014
Robert HELLEIN	Thermophysical characterisation of metal-diamond composites	2013
Christian WEISSENSTEINER	Selective dissolution of W-containing scrap using sulfuric acid	2012
Lena PILZ	Pre-sintering behaviour of molybdenum	2011
Stephan STEINHAUER (AIT)	Synthesis, Characterisation and Gas Sensing Application of Cupric Oxide Nanowires	2011
Timothy Alexander KEPPERT	Properties and microstructure of Cu-CNT composites by thermal decomposition of metal salts	2010
Stefanie HUBER	Functionally graded W/Cu interlayers for active cooled ‘flat-tile’ divertor mock-ups	2010
Julia SYNEK	Production of dispersion-strengthened silver as contact material	2009
Victoria APOLONER	Thermo-physical properties of Ag-CNT composite materials	2009
Thomas STECK	Carbon nanotube-silver matrix composites for use as heat sink material	2008
Thomas KONEGGER	Production and characterisation of carbon fibre-silver matrix composites	2007
Judith JANUSCHEWSKY	Synthesis and characterisation of nanostructures made of tungsten and molybdenum oxides on silicon	2007
Robert C. HULA	Silver coating of tungsten carbide powders for use in electrical contact materials	2007
Florian HUBER	Production and characterisation of particle and long-fibre-reinforced molybdenum-copper and tungsten-copper composites	2006
Waltraud HIMMLER	Electroless copper plating of W powders and their use in the production of W-Cu composites	2005
Ulrich KASTNER (joint supervision with W.-D. Schubert)	Ammonia dissolution of W/Cu scrap	2005
Christopher VEITSCH (joint supervision with W.-D. Schubert)	Coating of tungsten carbide powders with cobalt metal	2004
Eva WALLNÖFER	Production of copper and silver MMCs with carbon nanofibres	2003
Johanna WENZEL	Recycling of magnesium-containing secondary raw materials	2002
Christina MEISSL (joint supervision with W.-D. Schubert)	Synthesis of cobalt oxides and hydroxides	2001
Christoph EGLSÄER	Production and characterisation of ODS-PtRh10 materials	2000
Patrik LEHRNER	Production of pure platinum and PtAu5 ICP-AES standards	1998

PhD thesis and post-doc alumni
Name	Topic	Year
Ella STAUFER
Tobias BAUERNFEIND	Fabrication of continuous fibre-reinforced carbon-fibre metal-matrix composites from TFP fibre preforms	2023
Jakob SEGL	Influence of the Diamond Surface Modification on the Thermophysical Properties of Metal/Diamond Composites	2018
Mohammadreza GORJI	Fabrication of Ni/TiC infiltrated nanocomposite coating	2017
Christian WEISSENSTEINER	Chemical recycling of hard metals (Post-doc)	2017
Christian WEISSENSTEINER	Chemical recycling of hard metals	2015
Elise BRUNET (AIT)	Fabrication of Tin Oxide Nanowire Gas Sensors	2014
Robert C. HULA	Thermal-Management Materials - New Composites based on Carbon Fibre Reinforced Silver Matrix	2010
Thomas JANHSEN	Investigations on Metal-Matrix-Composites with Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes and Graphite Fibres	2007
Christina MEISSL (joint supervision with W.-D. Schubert)	Production of micro- and nanocrystalline cobalt oxide and cobalt metal powders	2004
Pavol SVEC	Refining of platinum by vacuum induction melting	2000
Patrik LEHRNER	Powder metallurgical ICP-AES precious metal standards	2000

Internship and visiting scientists
Name	Topic	Year
Edouard FOSSAT-BELAUD (Univ. Bordeaux, F)	Characterization of Ti alloys with trace element additives to control grain growth in wire additive manufacturing	2024
Orlane REBILLOT-GUILLAUMARD (Univ. Bordeaux, F)	Preparation and Characterisation of Superalloys	2023
Luc VUILLEMOT (Univ. Bordeaux, F)	Metal Matrix Composite Rocket Nozzle	2019
Diego NORENA (Univ. Bordeaux, F)	Designing electronic circuits for rocket engine testing facility	2019
Vincent PASQUIER (Univ. Bordeaux, F)	Characterisation of Al/diamond composites	2018
Alice AGUIRRE (Univ. Bordeaux, F)	Gamma prime strengthened binder in hardmetals	2017
Michele-Marie LAPORTE (Univ. Bordeaux, F)	Loop heat pipe with porous wick	2017
Ivan BOGACHEV (Univ. of Cambridge, GB)	Solid state sintering of Ni and stainless steel composites with diamond or SiC	2016
Ines DEBAY (Univ. Bordeaux, F)	Interpenetrating MMCs	2015
Océane VIDAL (Univ. Bordeaux, F)	Al- & Ag/diamond MMCs	2014
Alexandre FOSSAT (Univ. Bordeaux, F)	Wear behaviour of hardfacing materials	2013
Guillaume MOUNIC (Univ. Bordeaux, F)	MMCs for heat sinks	2012
Benoît GRENIER (Univ. Bordeaux, F)	Thermo-physical properties of Ag/diamond and Ag/Cf composites	2011
Geoffrey ECHIRPEAU (Univ. Bordeaux, F)	Thermo-physical properties of Ag/diamond and Ag/Cf composites	2011
Benjamin VERNIER (Univ. Bordeaux, F)	Low temperature properties of diamond composites	2010
Alix LADAM (Univ. Bordeaux, F)	Ti-SiC composites	2010

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SimpleSAML	This is needed to distinguish between the sessions of the logged-in users.	session	HTTP	Login TU Wien
SimpleSAMLAuthToken	This is needed to distinguish between the sessions of the logged-in users.	session	HTTP	Login TU Wien
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Name	Purpose	Lifetime	Type	Provider
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AID	Is needed to activate targeted advertising.	2 years	HTTP	Google Analytics
ANID	Is needed to display Google ads on non-Google websites.	2 years	HTTP	Google AdSense
APISID	Unknown functionality	2 years	HTTP	Google Ads Optimization
AR	Is needed to profile visitors' interests and display relevant ads on other websites. This cookie works by uniquely identifying your browser and device.	2 years	HTTP	Google AdSense
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DSID	Is needed by DoubleClick for advertising displayed in various places on the web and used to store the preferences of users.	2 years	HTTP	Doubleclick
DV	Is needed to store user preferences and other information. This includes, in particular, the preferred language, the number of search results to be displayed on the page, and the decision whether or not to activate the Google SafeSearch filter.	2 years	HTTP	Google
HSID	Contains the Google account ID and the last login time of the user.	2 years	HTTP	Google
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LOGIN_INFO	Is used to store the credentials of users of Google services.	2 years	HTTP	Google
NID	Is used to store information about user settings.	6 months	HTTP	Google
OTZ	Is needed to link activities of visitors with other devices that are previously logged in via the Google account. In this way, advertising is tailored to different devices.	1 month	HTTP	Google
RUL	Is needed by DoubleClick to determine whether advertising has been displayed correctly in order to make marketing activities more efficient.	1 year	HTTP	Doubleclick
SAPISID	Is needed by YouTube to store user settings and to calculate user bandwidth.	persistent	HTTP	Google
SEARCH_SAMESITE	Enables servers to mitigate the risk of CSRF and information leakage attacks by specifying that a particular cookie may only be sent on requests originating from the same registerable domain.	6 months	HTTP	Google
SID	Contains the Google account ID and the last login time of the user.	2 years	HTTP	Google
SIDCC	Is needed to store information about user settings and information for Google Maps.	3 months	HTTP	Google
SSID	Is needed to collect visitor information for videos hosted by YouTube on Google Maps integrated maps.	persistent	HTTP	Google
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__SECURE-3PSIDCC	Is needed for targeting purposes to create a profile of the interests of website visitors.	2 years	HTTP	Google
__SECURE-APISID	Is needed to profile the interests of website visitors in order to display relevant and personalized advertising through retargeting.	8 months	HTTP	Google
__SECURE-HSID	Is needed to secure digitally signed and encrypted data from the unique Google ID and to store the last login time that Google uses to identify visitors, prevent fraudulent use of login data, and protect visitor data from unauthorized parties. This may also be used for targeting purposes to display relevant and personalized advertising content.	8 months	HTTP	Google
__SECURE-SSID	Is needed to store information about how visitors use the site and about the ads they may have seen before visiting the site. Also used to customize ads on Google domains.	8 months	HTTP	Google
test_cookie	Is set as a test to check whether the browser allows cookies to be set. Does not contain any identification features.	15 minutes	HTTP	Google
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	Is needed by YouTube to store user settings and to calculate user bandwidth.	6 months	HTTP	Youtube
facebook	Is used to Enable ad delivery or retargeting	90 days	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
__fb_chat_plugin	Is needed to store and track interactions (marketing/tracking).	persistent	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
_js_datr	Is needed to save user settings.	2 years	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
_fbc	Is needed to save the last visit (marketing/tracking).	2 years	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
fbm	Is needed to store account data (marketing/tracking).	1 year	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
xs	Is needed to store a unique session ID (marketing/tracking).	1 year	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
wd	Is needed to log the screen resolution.	1 week	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
fr	Is needed to serve ads and measure and improve their relevance.	3 months	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
act	Is needed to store logged in users (marketing/tracking).	90 days	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
_fbp	Is needed to store and track visits to various websites (marketing/tracking).	3 months	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
datr	Is needed to identify the browser for security and website integrity purposes, including account recovery and identification of potentially compromised accounts.	2 years	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
dpr	Is used for analysis purposes. Technical parameters are logged (e.g. aspect ratio and dimensions of the screen) so that Facebook apps can be displayed correctly.	1 week	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
sb	Is needed to store browser details and security information of the Facebook account.	2 years	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
dbln	Is needed to store browser details and security information of the Facebook account.	2 years	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
spin	Is needed for promotional purposes and social campaign reporting.	session	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
presence	Contains the "chat" status of logged in users.	1 month	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
cppo	Is needed for statistical purposes.	90 days	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
locale	Is needed to save the language settings.	session	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
pl	Required for Facebook Pixel.	2 years	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
lu	Required for Facebook Pixel.	2 years	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
c_user	Required for Facebook Pixel.	3 months	HTTP	Meta (Facebook)
bcookie	Is needed to store browser data (marketing/tracking).	2 years	HTTP	LinkedIn
li_oatml	Is needed to identify LinkedIn members outside of LinkedIn for advertising and analytics purposes.	1 month	HTTP	LinkedIn
BizographicsOptOut	Is needed to save privacy settings.	10 years	HTTP	LinkedIn
li_sugr	Is needed to store browser data (marketing/tracking).	3 months	HTTP	LinkedIn
UserMatchHistory	Is needed to provide advertising or retargeting (marketing/tracking).	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
linkedin_oauth_	Is needed to provide cross-page functionality.	session	HTTP	LinkedIn
lidc	Is needed to store performed actions on the website (marketing/tracking).	1 day	HTTP	LinkedIn
bscookie	Is needed to store performed actions on the website (marketing/tracking).	2 years	HTTP	LinkedIn
X-LI-IDC	Is needed to provide cross-page functionality (marketing/tracking).	session	HTTP	LinkedIn
AnalyticsSyncHistory	Stores the time when the user was synchronized with the "lms_analytics" cookie.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
lms_ads	Is needed to identify LinkedIn members outside of LinkedIn.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
lms_analytics	Is needed to identify LinkedIn members for analytics purposes.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
li_fat_id	Required for indirect member identification used for conversion tracking, retargeting and analytics.	30 days	HTTP	LinkedIn
U	Is needed to identify the browser.	3 months	HTTP	LinkedIn
_guid	Is needed to identify a LinkedIn member for advertising via Google Ads.	90 days	HTTP	LinkedIn

Alumni & Alumnae of the team high performance composites

Bachelor's thesis alumni/ae

Diploma/Master thesis alumni/ae

PhD thesis & Post-docs

Internships & visiting scientists