Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Volker Schulze

Functions:

Spokesperson of the board of management of the Institute of Production Science (wbk)
Member of the board of management of the Institute for Applied Materials - Materials Science and Engineering (IAM–WK)
Head of the section of the wbk
Responsible for Manufacturing and Materials Technology at the IAM-WK

Areas of Research:

Processes

Surface Engineering

Process Design

Machining
Micro-Machining (Cutting, Ablation)
Heat Treatment
Surface Treatment

Process Planning/ Control

Simulation of Processes
In-Process Control
Process-Maschine Interaction

Process Integration/ Chains

Hybrid Processes
Process Chains

Tools

Tool Optimization
Tool Wear Analyses

Surface Integrity

Topography
Structure
Residual Stresses
Work Hardening

Component behavior

Oscillating Stresses
Tribological Stresses

Process-Workpiece Interaction

Simulation of Process Induced Workpiece States

Lectures:

Technology of Steel Components
Experimental Welding Laboratory
Selected Topics in Manufacturing Technologies

Publications

Curriculum Vitae

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Volker Schulze

20.04.1965	born in Ludwigshafen
1984	Higher School Certificate at secondary school in Eppingen
1985 – 1990	Studies of Mechanical Engineering at University of Karlsruhe (TH)
1990 - 1994	Scientific employee at Institute of Materials Science and Engineering I (IWK I) of the University of Karlsruhe (TH)
1993	Promotion „Effects of shot-peened surface layers on the quasistatic and one- or two-step cyclic deformation behavior of quenched and tempered AISI4140“
1994 - 2008	Direction of the department Manufacturing and Component behavior at the Institute of Materials Science and Engineering I (IWK I)
2002	Chairman International Scientific Committee on Shot Peening ; 2005 Chairman Int. Conf. on Shot Peening 9 in Paris
2003	Member of the scientific advisory council in the consortium Association for Heat Treatment and Materials Technology (AWT)”
2004	Habilitation with the thesis "Stability of surface layer states in mechanically surface treated metallic materials and its effects at thermal and mechanical loadings" Head of the technical committee „Mechanical Surface Treatments“ of the German Association for materials science (DGM)
2007	Appointment as „außerplanmäßiger Professor“ (extraordinary professor) at the department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe (TH)
2008	Appointment as representative of Prof. Fleischer as Head of the Institute of Production Science (wbk) of the University of Karlsruhe (TH), member of the board of management of the Institute of Production Science (wbk) and the Institute of Materials Science I Head of Section “Manufacturing and Materials Technology” of the Institute of Production Science (wbk) Member of the governing board of the KIT NanoMicro Center, responsible for Nanoscale and Microscale Fabrication Speaker of the graduate school 1483 “Process Chains in Manufacturing” together with Prof. Britta Nestler of University of Applied Sciences Karlsruhe
2009	Deputy of the department of Mechanical Engineering concerning the postgraduate studies “Mechanical Engineering” Deputy of the department of Mechanical Engineering in the examining board of Engineering Pedagogics Member of the advisory board of the “Schweißtechnische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt (SLV) Mannheim”
2010	Appointment as professor “Manufacturing technology” at the Institute of Production Science (wbk)
2012	Subject Editor Machining of Journal of Materials Processing Technology