Dr. rer. nat. habil. Wolfgang Stark

Dr. Wolfgang Stark studied physics at the Humboldt-Universität Berlin. After completing his research studies in semiconductor physics, he was awarded his doctorate in 1975. In the same year he joined the Institute of Polymer Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences in Teltow-Seehof as a research assistant in the field of polymer physics. After his initial occupation with infrared spectroscopy, he switched to the electret group and developed methods for electret applications in microphones and sensors. He habilitated in this field in 1985. A new field of work was mechanical testing including DMA on synthetic high-temperature fibers.

In 1991 he became a scientific assistant at the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) in the laboratory for thermosets. The focus was on the continuation of the traditional monitoring of the production of thermoset parts for the electrical industry and the award of the quality mark. This also included the development of methods for process control with dielectric and ultrasonic measuring methods. Together with partners from industry and the AVK e.V. Germany a number of joint research projects were carried out. In 1998, the project group, consisting of ISK Iserlohn, Bakelite Letmathe and BAM, was awarded the AVK Innovation Price for the development of online process control US-Plus. From 2006 onwards, he headed the elastomere reference materials laboratory at BAM with its own elastomer pilot plant.

Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Clemens Judersleben

Clemens Judersleben studied production engineering at the Dresden University of Applied Sciences. During his studies he spent time abroad at the National Taiwan University and at the National University of Science and Technology Trondheim. Since August 2017 he is head of the materials testing laboratory of Grasse Zur Composite Testing.

He has extensive experience in the field of destructive testing of fiber-reinforced plastics and thermal analysis. Due to his working environment, he has a broad knowledge of universal testing machines and a comprehensive overview of DIN, ISO and ASTM standards.

Dr.-Ing. Marc Prewitz

Dr. Marc Prewitz studied materials science at the Technical University of Berlin. After a long period of employment as a student assistant at the Institute for Research and Development of Sports Equipment (FES), he worked as a test engineer. He then moved to the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) and completed his PhD in the field of high-pressure hydrogen storage.

After his PhD, he moved to the Department of Aircraft Construction and Lightweight Design at the Technical University of Berlin. Since then he has been working there as a research assistant and, among other things, supervises the course “Fatigue strength of lightweight structures made of metallic and fibre composite materials”.

M. Sc. Janot Lubritz

Janot Lubritz studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Berlin. During his studies, he worked at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology in the area of production systems. Since September 2020, he has been working as a research assistant at the Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Technische Universität Berlin. There he is responsible for a research project on the development and verification of probabilistic material models for fibre-reinforced plastic composites in the production engineering design and verification of aerospace components. His activities focus on numerical simulation and mechanical material testing of fibre composite structures.