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Dipl. Phys. Thomas Weber


Current work

Currently I am working on SW tests and test automatisation for electronic systems in the automotive field:


Activities as post doc

The inner wall of the fusion reactor ITER will comprise several hundred thousand beryllium tiles. These tiles are hot isostatic pressed and attached to the underlying copper cooling structure. This bond is exposed to thermal fatigue. To verify a sufficient resistance of the bond for the whole reactor lifetime, several prototypes were tested in a vacuum chamber with a 200 kW electron beam gun at heat fluxes up to 2.5 MW/m². This corresponds to the 1800 manifold sun light intensity. My task was the coordination with the customer, test planning, execution and reporting of these several month lasting test campaigns. Amongst other thing I pushed the further development of these metallic bonds through FEM simulations and diffusion bonding experiments.

PhD Thesis

Develepment and optimization of functionally graded tungsten/EUROFER97 divertor components - Aim of the project ist the development of production techniques for functionally graded layers out of the structural materials tungsten and EUROFER97 in order to realize a joining between those two materials. The remarkable difference in thermal expansion between tungsten and steel causes a thermal mismatch between them resulting in stresses, which would yield failure of a direct joint. The theoretical assessment of the gain of such functional graded layers is done by viscoplastic simulations using the finite element code ABAQUS. Vacuum Plasma Spraying, Magnetron Sputtering and Resistance Sintering under Ultra High Pressure are the most promising fabrication processes, whereas experiments will reveal their suitability.



Employment and Work Experience

2018 / today
Bosch Engineering GmbH
Software test engineer

2016 / 2018
P3 Systems GmbH
Test engineer for infotainment systems

2012 / 2016
Research Center Jülich
IEK-2
scientific assistant

2007/2008
Junior Comtec Darmstadt e.V.
2 collegiate consultancy projects

2006
Robert Bosch GmbH, Leonberg
Internship
Statistical Analysis with Matlab

Stipends and Awards

2008
Funding of the Karlsruhe House of Young Scientists (KHYS)


Education and Qualifications

2009 / 2012
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Institute for material science II
Ph.D. Student

2003 / 2008
Technical University Darmstadt
Master of Science in Physics
Concentration on computer science, solid state physics and nuclear physics
Topic of the diploma thesis „Development of the TPC laser control at the ALICE Experiment“

2005 / 2006
Danish Technical University in Copenhagen
Abroad study

Publications

Papers

Talks

Posters

Paper as coauthor