Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Joachim Schmid Lehrstuhl Mechanische Verfahrenstechnik und Umweltverfahrenstechnik, Paderborn und Direct Manufacturing Research Center (DMRC) The Chair looks into the physical material-conversion methods, especially in particulate systems. The aim here is to produce specific products with defined properties, making allowance for the ecological framework conditions. In the finely-dispersed systems that are gaining ever-greater importance, interface effects play a dominant role. The consistent further development of this approach leads on to the field of nanotechnology, which is creating a new focus for this Chair. The establishment of the interdisciplinary "Institute of Polymer Materials and Processes" is also a move in this direction. The focal points of our work are as follows: Particle synthesis Handling of particulate systems Production of composite materials Rheology and multi-phase flows Characterization of particles and disperse systems Interfacial effects and nanoparticulate systems Simulation of particulate systems Filtration and elimination Dispersion and mixing technology Compilation of environmental and quality management systems Direct Manufacturing Research Center (DMRC) The Direct Manufacturing Research Center (DMRC) at the University of Paderborn was set up in 2008 in cooperation with Boeing, EOS Electro Optical Systems, Evonik Industries and MTT Technologies. Together with the new members of Siemens AG, Stratasys, Stükerjürgen and JetAviation, the consortium is now made up of eight partners. The Center was officially opened in May 2009 by the Innovations Minister of the Federal State of North Rhine Westfalia, Professor Pinkwart. The DMRC is a research alliance of key players from industry and research who are pursuing the shared interest of further developing "generative manufacturing processes" into a standard production process and thus supporting a new form of product creation and manufacture. The special focus here is on the further development of new technologies on an interdisciplinary basis, the optimization of processes and the further development of materials. The research topics to be worked on cover the entire product-creation process chain. This takes in market studies and scenarios for the future, detailed process, material and property studies and their optimization, the development of design guidelines, their implementation in production processes and consistent quality assurance. Participating professors: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Joachim Schmid, Scientific Director Dr.-Ing. Eric Klemp, Business Director Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Tröster, Lightweight Construction in the Automobile Prof. Dr.-Ing. Volker Schöppner, Plastics Processing Prof. Dr.-Ing. Guido Grundmeier, Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry » Back to Who is Who