Prof. Dr. Dirk Penner

Personal profile

Position at the ZHAW

Professor, Head of Laboratory of Ceramic Materials

www.zhaw.ch/de/engineering/institute-zentren/impe/laborbereiche/keramische-materialien/

Professional development teaching

CAS Additive Fertigung

Expertise and research interests

• Ceramic Coatings
– Polymer derived Ceramics, Glazes, Enamels, Sol/Gel, Metal-Ceramic Composite

• Ceramic Processing
– Synthesis and Development of Materials
– New Shaping Processes (especially Additive Manufacturing, Materials printing)

• Ceramics for Engineering
– Material Selection and Characterization
– Functional Materials, Materials for SOFC, Hard Materials, Electric Conductive Ceramics, Porous Ceramics, Foams, Tapes (R2R) etc.

Educational background

Diploma in Chemistry, Dr. rer. nat., Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Germany

Professional milestones

1996 - 1998 PhD, Colloid- and Surface Chemistry, Rheology
1998 Postdoc ETH Zürich, Claylab
1999 - 2007 FGK Research Institute for Inorganic Materials, Glass/Ceramics GmbH, Höhr-Grenzhausen Koblenz (Germany), Project Manager, Head of Laboratories, Deputy head of Institute
since 2007 Lecturer ZHAW

Membership of networks

• DTTG Deutsche Ton- und Tonmineralgruppe
  
• DKG Deutsche Keramische Gesellschaft
• ZHAW Cluster Additive Manufacturing

Projects

• Carbon Capture on algorithm based highly efficient three-dimensional ceramic surfaces / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Ceramic air heaters for extreme process temperatures / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Investigation of the suitability and optimization of ceramic aerosol filters / Project leader / Project completed
• Production and application of novel 3D printed ceramic structures for highly efficient mass transfer in separation columns / Project leader / Project completed
• Ceramic targets for radionuclide therapy / Project leader / Project completed
• Ceramic injection molding of dental implants with osseo functional surface / Project leader / Project completed
• Development of series-production readiness of new full ceramic high temperature heating elements for hot air generation / Project leader / Project completed
• Ceramic filter for production of aluminum parts by low pressure casting / Project leader / Project completed
• Optical gas sensor with ceramic cell / Team member / Project completed
• Development of Abrasive Blades for Wafer Dicing by Using Ceramic Tape Casting Technology (AbraCas) / Project leader / Project completed
• Development of porous monomodal ceramic spheres as chromatography materials (CerChroMat) / Project leader / Project completed
• Developement of new heating elements for hot air blowers / Project leader / Project completed
• FERMI - Development of a glass ceramic sealing for SOFC fuel cells / Project leader / Project completed
• EXGAT - Exhaust Gas Treatment in Fuel Cells / Project co-leader / Project completed
• Nanoporous diaphragms for electrochemical sensors (NanoDiaS) / Project leader / Project completed
• Coated Diamonds for Improved Adhesion (DiAd) / Project leader / Project completed
• Additive Manufacturing of Ceramics by Composite Microextrusion / Project leader / Project completed
• Reduction of degradation of electrolyte supported SOFC solid oxide fuel cells / Project leader / Project completed
• Nonstick-coating consisting of inorganic compounds for modern cooking ware, baking ovens and other vessels for food production / Project leader / Project completed
• Thermal stable and photocatalytic active titania for hygienic ceramic surfaces / Project leader / Project completed

Publications

• Wick-Joliat, René; Penner, Dirk,

  2023.

  Flexible interconnected ceramic parts 3D printed by two-component material extrusion with water-soluble support structures.

  Journal of the European Ceramic Society.

  43(11), pp. 4877-4884.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2023.03.069

• Wick-Joliat, René; Schroffenegger, Martina; Penner, Dirk,

  2022.

  Multi-material ceramic material extrusion 3D printing with granulated injection molding feedstocks.

  Ceramics International.

  49(4), pp. 6361-6367.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2022.10.170

• Wick-Joliat, René; Tschamper, Maurice; Kontic, Roman; Penner, Dirk,

  2021.

  Water-soluble sacrificial 3D printed molds for fast prototyping in ceramic injection molding.

  Additive Manufacturing.

  48, Part B(102408).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2021.102408

• Wick-Joliat, René; Mauchle, Stéphane; Kontic, Roman; Ehrat, Sandro; Hocker, Thomas; Penner, Dirk,

  2021.

  MoSi2/Al2O3/feldspar composites for injection‐molded ceramic heating elements.

  Advanced Engineering Materials.

  23(9), pp. 2100517.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202100517

• Spaggiari, Marco; Bianchi, Giovanni; Santoliquido, Oscar; Senn, Philippe; Fitriani, Pipit; de Hazan, Yoram; Penner, Dirk; Yoon, Dang-Hyok; Ortona, Alberto,

  2019.

  Formation of CeO2 coatings on Si–SiC foams by electrophoretic deposition and sintering in air.

  Ceramics International.

  45(12), pp. 15603-15608.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2019.05.070

• von Petersdorff-Campen, Kai; Hauswirth, Yannick; Carpenter, Julia; Hagmann, Andreas; Boës, Stefan; Schmid Daners, Marianne; Penner, Dirk; Meboldt, Mirko,

  2018.

  3D printing of functional assemblies with integrated polymer-bonded magnets demonstrated with a prototype of a rotary blood pump.

  Applied Sciences.

  8(1275).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/app8081275

• Boiger, Gernot Kurt; Ott, Tobias; Holzer, Lorenz; Penner, Dirk; Gorbar, Michal; de Hazan, Yoram,

  2017.

  Multi-parameter improvement method for (micro-) structural properties of high performance ceramics.

  The International Journal of Multiphysics.

  11(1), pp. 49-69.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21152/1750-9548.11.1.49

• de Hazan, Yoram; Penner, Dirk,

  2017.

  SiC and SiOC ceramic articles produced by stereolithography of acrylate modified polycarbosilane systems.

  Journal of the European Ceramic Society.

  37(16), pp. 5205-5212.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2017.03.021

• Müller, Steven; de Hazan, Yoram; Penner, Dirk,

  2016.

  Effect of temperature, humidity and aminoalkoxysilane additive on the low temperature curing of polyorganosilazane coatings studied by IR spectroscopy, gravimetric and evolved gas analysis.

  Progress in Organic Coatings.

  97, pp. 133-145.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.porgcoat.2016.03.021

• Holzer, Lorenz; Stenzel, Ole; Pecho, Omar; Ott, Tobias; Boiger, Gernot Kurt; Gorbar, Michal; de Hazan, Yoram; Penner, Dirk; Schneider, I.; Cervera, R.; Gasser, P.,

  2016.

  Fundamental relationships between 3D pore topology, electrolyte conduction and flow properties : towards knowledge-based design of ceramic diaphragms for sensor applications.

  Materials & Design.

  99, pp. 314-327.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2016.03.034

• Terner, Mark; Schuler, J. Andreas; Mai, Andreas; Penner, Dirk,

  2014.

  On the conductivity degradation and phase stability of solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) zirconia electrolytes analysed via XRD.

  Solid State Ionics.

  263, pp. 180-189.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssi.2014.06.006

• Schuler, Andreas J.; Schuler, Albert J.; Penner, Dirk; Hessler-Wyser, Aïcha; Ludwig, Christian; Van Herle, Jan,

  2011.

  Mitigating Cr contamination by hot air filtering in solid oxide fuel cells.

  Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters.

  14(12), pp. B132-B134.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1149/2.002112esl

• Kaufhold, S.; Stanjek, H.; Penner, Dirk; Dohrmann, R.,

  2011.

  The acidity of surface groups of dioctahedral smectites.

  Clay Minerals.

  46(4), pp. 583-592.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1180/claymin.2011.046.4.583

• Hofer, M.; Penner, Dirk,

  2011.

  Thermally stable and photocatalytically active titania for ceramic surfaces.

  Journal of the European Ceramic Society.

  31, pp. 2887-2896.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2011.07.016

• Arnold, Sascha; Jenal, Nicolai; Preisig, Felix; Vetterli Hanimann, Bettina; Wick, René; Penner, Dirk; Brändli, Christof,

  2022.

  Modular und 3D-gedruckt.

  KunststoffXtra.

  2022(5-6), pp. 21-24.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25180

• Wick, René; Penner, Dirk,

  2022.

  Fast prototyping in ceramic injection molding with 3D printed sacrificial molds [paper].

  In:

  1st Materials Science Colloquium, Lech am Arlberg, 19-22 April 2022.

• Gorbar, Michal; Penner, Dirk; Sterchi, Robert; Bojemüller, Enno; Kirsten, Armin; Tholey, Michael,

  2019.

  Multi-color gradient ceramics produced by aqueous tape casting [paper].

  In:

  XVI Conference of the European Ceramic Society (ECerS), Torino, Italy, 16-20 June 2019.

• Kontic, Roman; de Hazan, Yoram; Penner, Dirk,

  2019.

  Development of ceramic based stationary phases for chromatography [poster].

  In:

  XVI Conference of the European Ceramic Society (ECerS), Torino, Italy, 16-20 June 2019.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-19656

• Mauchle, Stéphane; Penner, Dirk,

  2019.

  3D-printing of ceramics by micro extrusion of thermoplastic composite granulates [poster].

  In:

  2019 yCAM Forum, Mons, Belgien, 3.-5. April 2019.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-19728

• Penner, Dirk; Kempf, Kevin; Giordano, Marco; Mauchle, Stéphane,

  2019.

  Additive manufacturing of ceramics by micro extrusion of composite granulates [paper].

  In:

  XVI Conference of the European Ceramic Society (ECerS), Torino, Italy, 16-20 June 2019.

• Penner, Dirk; Holzer, Lorenz,

  2018.

  Characterization and modelling of structure and transport properties of porous ceramics.

  Ceramic Forum International.

  95(3), pp. E 27-E 32.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3574

• Penner, Dirk; Fassbind, Adrian; Henke, René; Mauchle, Stéphane; de Hazan, Yoram,

  2017.

  Additive manufacturing of ceramics by composite microextrusion.

  Ceramic Forum International.

  94(3-4), pp. 62-65.

• Penner, Dirk,

  2016.

  Werkstoffforschung für intelligente Wärme und sauberen Strom.

  Swiss Engineering STZ.

• Penner, Dirk; de Hazan, Yoram,

  2015.

  Innovative polymer derived ceramic components by 3D printing and microfluidics

  .

  In:

  Innovation Report 2015.

  Luzern:

  Swiss Plastics.

  pp. 152-153.

• Penner, Dirk,

  2013.

  Technische Keramik : eine neue Herausforderung für den 3D-Druck.

  Swiss Engineering STZ.

  1(1), pp. 12-13.

• Penner, Dirk,

  2023.

  Additive manufacturing of customized ceramic materials : new perspectives for chemical process engineering and environmental technology.

  In:

  Additive Manufacturing in Products and Applications (AMPA), Lucerne, Switzerland, 12-14 September 2023.

• Penner, Dirk,

  2023.

  Additive manufacturing of technical ceramics : perspectives for new products.

  In:

  Nano Dimension AM TechDay "3D Printing of Ceramics and Micro-Precision AM", Munich, Germany, 7 September 2023.

• Penner, Dirk,

  2023.

  Additively manufactured polymer-derived ceramics with hierarchical porosity for chemical engineering applications.

  In:

  XVIII Conference of the European Ceramic Society (ECerS), Lyon, France, 2-6 July 2023.

• Penner, Dirk,

  2023.

  Formgebung mit additiv hergestellten löslichen Formen und Stützmaterialien.

  In:

  Keramik+ Tagung zum 3D-Druck von Keramik, Meckenheim, Deutschland, 9.-10. Mai 2023.

• Wick, René; Penner, Dirk,

  2022.

  Multimaterial ceramic FDM 3D printing.

  In:

  Shaping 8, Dübendorf, Switzerland, 14-16 September 2022.

• Wick-Joliat, René; Kontic, Roman; Penner, Dirk,

  2022.

  Shaping using additively printed soluble molds and support material.

  In:

  Shaping 8, Dübendorf, Switzerland, 14-16 September 2022.

• Penner, Dirk,

  2022.

  Production of complex shaped MoSi2 heating elements using additive manufacturing methods and injection molding.

  In:

  Ceramics in Europe, Kraków, Poland, 10-14 July 2022.

• Gorbar, Michal; Mauchle, Stéphane; Aebi, Patric; Bitterli, Beat; Penner, Dirk,

  2022.

  Development of Yb2O3-based ceramics for indirect production of 177Lu used in targeted radionuclide therapies.

  In:

  Ceramics in Europe, Kraków, Poland, 10-14 July 2022.

• Penner, Dirk,

  2022.

  Additive manufacturing of porous ceramics for separation applications.

  In:

  15th International Ceramic Congress (CIMTEC 2022), Perugia, Italy, 20-24 June 2022.

• Penner, Dirk,

  2022.

  SLA/DLP zur Formgebung von Keramiken.

  In:

  Tag der Werkstoffe des SVMT, Dübendorf und online, 7. April 2022.

• Penner, Dirk,

  2021.

  Keramik-Spritzguss mit additiv gefertigten Werkzeugen.

  In:

  Angewandte Forschung & Entwicklung in der additiven Fertigung, Winterthur, 7. September 2021.

• Penner, Dirk,

  2019.

  Additive Fertigung von Keramik : Stand der Technik und Perspektiven.

  In:

  Tagung Angewandte F&E in der additiven Fertigung, Winterthur, 3. September 2019.

• Penner, Dirk,

  2019.

  Granulat statt Draht : ein neuer Typ von Filamentdruckern.

  In:

  AMX 2019 Additive Manufacturing Expo, Luzern, 12.-13. März 2019.

• Penner, Dirk,

  2018.

  Additive Fertigung von Keramik für die Medizintechnik.

  In:

  AM Expo 2018, Luzern, 6.-7. März 2018.

• Penner, Dirk,

  2018.

  Additive manufacturing of ceramics.

  In:

  Additive Manufacturing and Biofabrication, Zürich, July 2018.

• Penner, Dirk; de Hazan, Yoram; Gorbar, Michal,

  2018.

  Erfahrungen mit dem (low cost)-ASIGA SL-Drucker.

  In:

  DKG Szene Additiv - Open Panel 2018 «3D Druck von Keramik bald für den Consumer-Markt?», Dübendorf, 10. Januar 2018.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Penner, D., Lagaly, G. 2000 Influence of organic and inorganic salts on the aggregation of montmorillonite dispersions Clays Clay Minerals 48 (2), 246-255.

Penner, D. 2000 Neue analytische Methoden zur Untersuchung des Aggregationsverhaltens von Tonen Berichte der DTTG 2000, Hermanns-Stengele, Plötze (Hrsg.), 231-236.

Penner, D., Lagaly, G. 2001 Influence of Anions on the rheological properties of clay mineral dispersions Applied Clay Science 19, 131-142.

Lagaly, G., Mecking, O., Penner, D. 2001 Colloidal magnesium aluminum hydroxide and heterocoagulation with a clay mineral. I. Properties of colloidal magnesium aluminum hydroxide Colloid and Polymer Science 279, 1090-1096.

Lagaly, G., Mecking, O., Penner, D. 2001 Colloidal magnesium aluminum hydroxide and heterocoagulation with a clay mineral. II. Heterocoagulation with sodium montmorillonite Colloid and Polymer Science 279, 1097-1103.

Penner, D. 2001 Ceralearn - Multimediales Lernen für Keramiker FORUM Wirtschaft Regional, 8

Penner D., Seiler S. 2001 Untersuchungen zum Einfluß von Kationen und Anionen auf das rheologische verhalten von Tonsuspensionen Fortschrittsberichte der DKG, Verfahrenstechnik, Band 17.

Penner D., Zwart M. 2003 Partnerschaft für bessere Prozesse CIT plus 5, 84 - 86.

Penner D., Zwart M. 2003 Produktoptimierung durch Zerkleinern und Sichten Keramische Zeitschrift 55 (6) 429 – 431

Knodt, R., Penner D. 2003 Optimierung von Flockungsanlagen mittels Zetapotentialmessung Keramische Zeitschrift 55 (6) 412 – 417

Kaufhold S., Penner D. 2004 Bewertung der Anwendbarkeit der SER-Methode zur Qualitätskontrolle von Westerwälder Tonen Berichte der DTTG 2004 (10) Nuesch R., Emmerich K. (Hrsg.), 48-51.

Penner D. 2004 Rheometrische Titration von Standard-Tondispersionen Berichte der DTTG 2004 (10) Nuesch R., Emmerich K. (Hrsg.), 74-78.

Penner, D. 2004 Glas-Keramik im Spritzguss – Vorteile addieren sich Broschüre Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften – Innovationen aus der Umweltforschung, BMBF (Hrsg.) 42 – 43.

Steudel, A., Emmerich K., Nüesch R., Penner, D. 2005 Influence of layer charge and particle size on the rheological properties of montmorillonite Berichte der DTTG (11) Dohrmann, R., Kaufhold, S. (Hrsg.) 97

Knodt R., Penner D. 2005 Control of fluorine emission from clays during ceramic firing Berichte der DTTG (11) Dohrmann, R., Kaufhold, S. (Hrsg.) 36.

Penner, D. 2005 Prüfmethoden zur Untersuchung von 'easy-to-clean'-Beschichtungen Keramische Zeitschrift 57 (3)

Penner, D. 2005 Temperaturinverser silikatkeramischer Spritzguss cfi/Ber. DKG 82 (8), D1-D5.

Penner, D. 2005 Inverse-Temperature Injection Moulding for silicate ceramics cfi/Ber. DKG 82 (12), E1-E5.

Kaufhold S., Penner D. 2006 Applicability of the SER method for quality control of clays from the German Westerwald Applied Clay Science 32 (1-2), 53-63.

Penner, D. 2007 Inverse-temperature Injection Moulding of aqueous alumina feedstocks Proceedings of the third international conference on shaping of advanced ceramics, Chartier T., Rossignol F. Eds., S. 106 - 110.

Patents and patent applications

• Bojemüller, Enno; Gorbar, Michal; Penner, Dirk; Tholey, Michael,

  2020.

  Mehrschichtiger Formkörper.

  Patent number EP3593753 A1

  (2020-01-15)

  .

  Available from: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DEP3593753A1

• Bojemüller, Enno; Gorbar, Michal; Penner, Dirk; Tholey, Michael,

  2020.

  Multi-layer molded part.

  Patent number US2020008910 A1

  (2020-01-09)

  .

  Available from: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DUS2020008910A1

• Boiger, Gernot Kurt; Boldrini, Marlon; Gorbar, Michal; de Hazan, Yoram; Hocker, Thomas; Horat-Fässler, Pascal; Mauchle, Stéphane; Penner, Dirk; von Wyl, Bruno,

  2019.

  Keramischer Heizwiderstand, elektrisches Heizelement sowie Vorrichtung zur Erwärmung eines Fluides.

  Patent number WO2019185291 A1

  (2019-10-03)

  .

  Available from: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DWO2019185291A1

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