Michael A. Ackers

Graduate Research Assistant 

Master's thesis about: 

Recommissioning  and optimization of a metal powder

atomization system (EIGA) and investigation

of its suitability to produce powders for

additive manufacturing processes. 

12/ 2013 - 04/2016    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Pohl, Chair of

                                material testing, Ruhr-Universität Bochum,

                                Germany

                                > Material testing and support in the organization

                                    of symposia and lectures.

08/ 2011 - 10/2015     Bachelor's degree, Ruhr-Universität Bochum,

                                Germany

                                > Bachelor's thesis about: Comparison of the

                                    determination of retained austenite in

                                    case-hardened gear wheels by the methods

                                    Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and

                                    X-ray diffraction (XRD)

09/ 2014 - 11/2014    National Scientific and Technical Research Council,

                                in Rosario (Santa Fe), Argentina

                                > PROMOS-scholarship, Experimental and

                                   computational work on an aluminum

                                   alloy and a high-manganese steel