About us

Our interdisciplinary team is active in research, works in cooperation with industrial partners and is in a constant dialogue with Swiss and international universities. In addition, we teach in degree programmes and continuing education at the FHNW School of Engineering.

Head of Institute

Prof. Dr. Jürg Küffer Head of FHNW Institute of Product and Production Engineering

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Assistant to the Head of Institute

Hanna Troxler Administration, Project controlling

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Product Development, Simulation and Validation

Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Gröbelbauer Head of Product Development at the FHNW Institute of Product and Production Engineering

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Prof. Dr. Daniel Von Känel Lecturer for Product Developement

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Prof. Dr. Kaspar Löffel Lecturer for Mechanical Engineering

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Matthias Günthart Lecturer for product development

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Matthias Müller Lecturer for Product Developement

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Stefan Kobler Research Associate at the FHNW Institute of Product and Production Engineering

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Matthias Fankhauser Research Associate at the FHNW Institute of Product and Production Engineering

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Dominik Hammel Research assistant

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Robert Probst Research assistant

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Olivier Studer Research assistant

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Florian Wirz Research assistant

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Jonathan Falk Research Associate

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Raphael Gloor Research Assistant

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Production Engineering

Prof. Dr. Urs Bopp Deputy Head of FHNW Institute of Product and Production Engineering

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Prof. Dr. Gregor Burkhard Programme Head of the Master of Science in Engineering MSE

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Peter Hug Research Associate at the FHNW Institute of Product and Production Engineering

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Materials Science

Prof. Dr. Anja Buchwalder Group Leader of Materials Science

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Sabine Maass Research Associate at the FHNW Institute of Product and Production Engineering

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Luca Bühlmann Research Assistant at the FHNW Institute of Product and Production Engineering

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Laser Technology, Laser Engraving

Prof. Dr. Ronald Holtz Head of laser technology at the FHNW Institute of Product and Production Engineering

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Prof. Dr. Matthias Hoebel Lecturer for laser technology

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Prof. Dr. Bojan Resan Lecturer for laser technology

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Armin Stumpp Research Associate at the FHNW Institute of Product and Production Engineering

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Daniel Hug PhD Student

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Pascal Vollenweider Research Associate

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Jakob Benz Research Associate

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Philipp Brogli Research Associate

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Philip Burger Research Associate

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Tobias Grätzer Research Associate

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Karlo Lajtner Research Associate

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