Activities at the FHNW
- Research Associate at the FHNW Institute of Polymer Engineering
- Deputy Program Manager and Lecturer in MAS Kunststofftechnik
Research
- Drawing up life cycle assessments
- Sustainability: recycling, biopolymers
- 3D printing
- Digitalisation in plastics processing
Teaching
- Supervision of Bachelor and Master Theses
- Lecturer in Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and MAS Kunststofftechnik
Profile
Biography
Since 2022
Deputy Program Manager MAS Kunststofftechnik
Since 2019
Research associate at the Institute of Plastics Technology
in the Plastics Processing and Sustainability Group
FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
School of Engineering and Environment, Windisch
2016-2019
Project Manager at Degradable Solutions AG, Schlieren
2014-2015
Industrial internship at Biotronik AG, Bülach
2010
Workshop internship at Netstal-Maschinen AG, Näfels
2013-2015
Master of Science ETH Zurich in Mechanical Engineering
2009-2014
Bachelor of Science ETH Zurich in Mechanical Engineering
2008-2009
Base year: Bachelor of Science ETH Zurich in Physics
Projects
Publications
Werlen V., Rytka C., Wegmann S., et al. Novel tooling for direct melt impregnation of textile with variotherm injection moulding: Methodology and proof of concept. Journal of Composite Materials. 2022;0(0). Doi:10.1177/00219983221130720
Wegmann S.; Rytka C.; Diaz-Rodenas M., Werlen V., et al., A life cycle analysis of novel lightweight composite processes: Reducing the environmental footprint of automotive structures, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 330, 2022, 129808, ISSN 0959-6526