Experience

tesa

• Germany
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Application Engineer

  • Sep 2022 - Present



DRiV Incorporated

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product Engineer

  • May 2020 - Aug 2022

  • Core Team member of Global Engineering Team • Development of innovative & cost effective Brake Pads (esp. for Electric and driverless vehicles) • Development of brake testing procedures for electric vehicles (stiction corrosion, friction, emission and wear) • Strategies to reduce PM pollution from non-exhaust emissions • Drive VAVE activities (Value analysis/Value Engineering) • Realize product strategy for OE/S globally together with OE/S Engineering (Original Equipment Supplier) • Development of Structured, target-oriented and cost-concious friction materials • Core development of new friction products in cooperation with external partners • Run customer development of new Products for OE/OES programs according to customer specifications • Support manufacturing sites globally during launch of new materials. • Investigate raw material specific properties on tribological effects by systematical, statistical approaches (e.g. DoE's) • Responsible for a flawless transition from prototyping into manufacturing globally • Follow Program Management Discipline for all projects • Lean Manufacturing



Deutsches Institut für Kautschuktechnologie e. V.

• Germany
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Research Engineer

  • Aug 2016 - May 2020

  • Coordination of customer projects especially in the automotive industry • Tire Design & Performance • Design and structural optimization (CAD and FEA) • Fracture mechanics • Technologies/tools (i.e. compression molding process, sealing system) • Polymer chemistry / physics and reinforcement • Material characterization (DMTA, Universal Testing Machine, roughness profiles, curing) • Material modelling (especially rubber behaviour under static and dynamic condition) • Tribology experiment and FEM simulation in order to predict the friction behaviour on rough track (strong experience with contact mechanism and viscoelasticity modeling)



Bridgestone EMIA

• Belgium
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Internship

  • Feb 2016 - Jul 2016

  Internship - master degree in mechanical engineering: Validation and optimization of friction models for rubber compounds Internship - master degree in mechanical engineering: Validation and optimization of friction models for rubber compounds



University of Rome Tor Vergata

• Italy
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Part Time Employee

  • Oct 2009 - Jun 2010

  Administrative office and secretariat for teaching activities assistant. Administrative office and secretariat for teaching activities assistant.