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Prof. Dr. Stefan Hesterberg

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Office hours

Open consultation hours: Tuesdays from 10:00 to 12:00,
Practical semester consultation hours: Mondays from 15:00 to 16:00
in room SON B 012

Further consultation hours are possible by personal arrangement.

There will be no practical semester consultation hours on Monday, 11.11.2024.

About the person

Research

Bilateral industrial research with various regional industrial partners and companies in Switzerland and abroad. Current research and development topics:

  • Production of rotationally symmetrical steel-plastic composites using additive and machining manufacturing processes
  • Light metal casting by means of additively manufactured, lost models
  • Process design for the complete machining of high-strength adapter rings made of fiber-reinforced plastics
  • Investigation of the influence of cooling lubricant on the process and bore characteristics during thread forming of aluminum alloys
  • Process development and prototype production of face-coupling gears on CNC machining center
  • Tool and parameter study for smooth and deep rolling of stainless steels
  • Experimental analysis of the wear behavior of solid carbide reamers
  • Experimental investigation of the influence of cooling lubricant on tool wear and chip formation during thread turning

Teaching

Courses Bachelor Mechanical Engineering / Vehicle Development

  • FT1 - Production technology 1 / Fundamentals and processes
  • FT2 - Production technology 2 / Machine tools
  • CCA - CAD/CAM applications
  • STU - Student research project
  • PRS - Practical semester mentor
  • IMA - Engineering work
  • BTK - Bachelor thesis and colloquium

Courses Master Mechanical Engineering / Vehicle Development

  • ADV - Advanced CAD/CAM
  • SFT - Machining Technology
  • MMK - Management skills
  • MPR - Master's project / introduction and project work
  • MTK - Master's thesis and colloquium

Lectures in the combined study program Mechanical Engineering (part-time)

  • M_10 - Production engineering 1 / Fundamentals and processes
  • M_14 - Production engineering 2 / Machine tools

Head of the Master's degree program in Mechanical Engineering

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