Component Surfaces Manufacturing-Morphology-Property Relationships

Hans Hasse is Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering at the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, and Director of the Laboratory of Engineering Thermodynamics since 2008. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Thermodynamics from the same university and worked afterward as Process Engineer at BASF and as Director of the Institute of Thermodynamics and Thermal Process Engineering at the University of Stuttgart. His research interests are focused on molecular thermodynamics, process thermodynamics, and biothermodynamics, and he published 400+ articles published and 40+ patents in these fields. He currently serves as Vice President of the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Jan Aurich is Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering at the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany, and Chair of manufacturing technology and production systems. His research focuses on additive manufacturing, micromachining, coating, and cyber-physical production systems, in which he has published 200+ articles and has 2 patents. He is also Member of the German Academic Society for Production Engineering (WGP) and Member of the Evaluation Committee of the German Science and Humanities Council (WR).