Michael Hofmann, M. Sc. (TUM)

Work at ZHAW

Position

Research Assistant

Focus

Modification of residual stresses in powderbed based additive manufacturing

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Master of Science / Development, Production and Management in Mechanical Engineering
  Technical University of Munich
  04 / 2022 - 08 / 2023
• Master of Science / Mechanical Engineering
  Technical University of Munich
  04 / 2020 - 03 / 2023
• Bachelor of Engineering / Mechanical Engineering
  University of applied Sciences Kempten
  10 / 2016 - 03 / 2020
• Vocational Education Industrial Mechanic
  Munich Chamber of Industry and Commerce
  09 / 2015 - 01 / 2018

Network

Social media

LinkedIn

Projects

• Reduced Residual Stresses through Support Structure Optimization in Laser Powder Bed Fusion / Team member / ongoing

Publications

• Hofmann, Michael; Mayer, Thomas; Friso, Francesca; Radis, Rene; Kontermann, Christian; Müller, Falk; Oechsner, Matthias,

  2026.

  Melt pool geometry and process windows in PBF of 316L : comprehensive single-source dataset and statistical modeling.

  Materials & Design.

  262(115459).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2026.115459

• Mayer, Thomas; Capozzi, Paolo; Hofmann, Michael; Friso, Francesca; Radis, Rene,

  2026.

  Modeling and simulation of the anisotropic thermal expansion of Ti-6Al-4V processed by PBF-LB/M[paper].

  In:

  14th International Seminar on Numerical Analysis of Weldability, Graz, Austria, 21-24 September 2025.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-35911

• Hofmann, Michael; Mayer, Thomas,

  2026.

  Towards accurate thermal simulations in PBF : a novel calibration strategy for Gauss-Goldak heat-source models[paper].

  In:

  14th International Seminar on Numerical Analysis of Weldability, Graz, Austria, 21-24 September 2025.

  Winterthur:

  ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-35912

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