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      Prof. Dr. Anja Buchwalder

      Anja Buchwalder

      Activities at FHNW

      Group Leader of Materials Science at the FHNW Institute of Product and Production Engineering

      Research

      Head of the Materials Testing Laboratory:

      • Material characterisation by optical and mechanical methods
      • Volume and surface heat treatment, thermochemical (nitriding, boriding) and coating processes (PVD) of metals
      • Vacuum brazing
      • Improvement and characterisation of tribological and corrosive stress behaviour
      • Thermal electron beam technologies (welding, brazing, ablation, surface hardening, remelting, alloying, wire-based additive manufacturing, etc.) in coop.

      Teaching

      Lecturer for Materials Science in the Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering:

      • Lectures Materials 1 (Werkstoffe 1) and Materials 2 (Werkstoffe 2)
      • Laboratory Physic and Materials (Labor Physik und Werkstoffe)

      Profile

      Biography

      Since 2023
      Professorship of Materials Science at the Institute for Product and Production Engineering at the
      FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland,
      School of Engineering and Environment 

      2022
      Awarded the title of Privatdozent PD in the teaching field of Materials Engineering

      2020
      Habilitation on the topic: Potentials and limits of combined boundary layer treatment technologies in connection with a solid/liquid phase boundary layer treatment by means of high-energy blasting processes for cast iron materials; degree: Dr.-Ing. habil.

      2013–2023
      Laboratory Manager Wear Testing at the Institute for Materials Engineering (IWT) at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg

      2010–2023
      Laboratory Manager Thermal Electron Beam Technologies at the Institute for Materials Engineering (IWT) at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg

      2007
      Doctorate on the topic: Contribution to the liquid phase surface treatment of components made of aluminium materials by means of electron beam; degree: Dr.-Ing.

      1997–2023
      Research assistant at the Institute for Materials Engineering (IWT) at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg in the department of Surface Technologies

      1990–1997
      Studies in materials engineering at the Faculty of Materials Science and Materials Engineering at the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg (Germany); degree: Dipl.-Ing. Materials Engineering 

      Publications

      Google Scholar 

      Projects
      • 2023 MIPBAC: "Numerical Modelling of an Industrial Process for Bimetallic Al-loys Casting", (Innosuisse 102.365.1 IP-ENG); Co-op. partners: HESSO HEPIA, FHNW HT IPPE, Kugler Bimetal SA, Geneva
      • 2023 AVIAN: "Aluminium Vacuum brazIng in stAndard furNaces" (INNO-SUISSE 100.708.1 IP-ENG); Co-op. partner: Listemann AG, Winterthur

      Projects before 2023 can be found at TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute of Materials Engineering, research group e-beam

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      Prof. Dr. Anja Buchwalder

      Prof. Dr. Anja Buchwalder

      Group Leader of Materials Science

      Telephone

      +41 56 202 73 80

      E-mail

      anja.buchwalder@fhnw.ch

      Address

      Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW Hochschule für Technik und Umwelt Klosterzelgstrasse 2 5210 Windisch

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