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Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Carsten Heinzel

Deputy Head of Manufacturing Technologies

Departments: Manufacturing Technologies

Phone
+49 421 218 51110
Email
heinzel@iwt.uni-bremen.de
Office
Leibniz-Institut für Werkstofforientierte Technologien - IWT
FZB - Room 0470
Badgasteiner Str. 3
28359 Bremen
           

Personal data

Research profiles

Manufacturing processes
Machining production
Grinding technology
Precision machining
Cooling lubrication
Modeling and simulation
 

Academic education with degree

04/1988 – 09/1994Degree in Mechanical Engineering (Dipl.-Ing.) at the Technical University of Berlin, specializing in Fluid Machinery, and at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs en Mécanique et Énergétique de Valenciennes (ENSIMEV), France, Diploma grade: with distinction


Scientific degrees

08/2004 – 08/2009Habilitation at the Faculty of Production Engineering at the University of Bremen and award of the teaching license for the field of production engineering

Habilitation thesis: Understanding grinding processes: On the state of modeling and simulation as well as supporting experimental methods

Reviewer:
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Prof. h.c. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Ekkard Brinksmeier,
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Dr. h.c. Dr. h.c. Fritz Klocke,
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernd Kuhfuß
 
10/1994 – 01/2000Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) at the University of Bremen, Germany

Topic: Methods for the investigation and optimization of cooling lubrication during grinding

Supervisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Prof. h.c. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Ekkard Brinksmeier
Second assessor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. mult. Dr. h.c. Hans Kurt Tönshoff

Grade: summa cum laude


Professional career since graduation

Current positions

Deputy Head of the Manufacturing Technologies Department: Leibniz Institute for Materials Engineering – IWT, Bremen, and

Honorary Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Production Processes in Faculty 4, Production Engineering, at the University of Bremen

06/2012 – 02/2019Head of the Materials-Oriented Manufacturing department at IWT
 
05/2012Appointment as honorary professor and simultaneous conferral of the membership rights of a full-time professor at the University of Bremen in accordance with §5BremHG by the Bremen Senator for Education, Science and Health
 
06/1998 – 06/2012Chief Engineer in the Manufacturing Technologies Department of the IWT, in the Department of Production Processes and in the Laboratory for Micro Machining at the University of Bremen; Deputy Head of the Department of Production Processes and Laboratory for Micro Machining at the University of Bremen under Prof. E. Brinksmeier
 
10/1994 – 05/1998Research assistant at IWT Bremen, deputy head of the Production Engineering Process Integration department

Awards

10/20003rd FAG-Kugelfischer Prize for the dissertation

Offices and Memberships

01/2022 – 05/2024Member of DFG Review Board 401 Production Engineering
 
Since 02/2011Associate Member of the International Academy of Production Engineering CIRP
 
Since 08/2017Member of the Board of the CIRP Scientific Technical Committee Abrasive Processes - STC G


Supervision of researchers in early career phases

Since 05/2012Six ongoing doctoral supervisions, six completed doctorates (first reviews), 14 second reviews for doctorates, ten of them outside the University of Bremen, supervision and review of more than 90 Bachelor's and Master's theses in Faculty 4 of the University of Bremen
 
Before 05/2012Supervision of four doctoral students

Latest 10 publications

  • Guba, N., Hüsemann, T., Heinzel, C. 2025.
    Thermische Prozessgrenzen beim Schleifen gehärteter Stähle. maschinenbau. (11), 38-40.
  • Guba, N., Kuhlmann, G., Hüsemann, T., Heinzel, C. 2025.
    Thermische Prozessgrenzen beim Schleifen gehärteter Stähle.Moderne Schleiftechnologie und Feinstbearbeitung Moderne Schleiftechnologie und Feinstbearbeitung. Azarhoushang, B., Hrsg. KSF - Institute for Advanced Manufacturing, 1-10.
  • Kuhlmann, G., Hunkel, M., Langenhorst, L., Heinzel, C. 2025.
    Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Grinding Burn and Surface Layer Modification Depth after Case Hardening and subsequent Surface Grinding. Procedia CIRP. 133 , 26-31. DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2025.02.006.
  • Adam, B., Rickens, K., Riemer, O., Heinzel, C. 2025.
    Application of coarse-grained diamond grinding wheels for precision grinding of glass ceramics. EUSPEN - International Conference of the European Society for Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain, 09.-13.06.2025. Riemer, O., Bolt, A., Nugloze, D., Philips, D., Hrsg. University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain: euspen, 25, 2025, 370-373. ISBN: 978-1-9989991-6-3.
  • Guba, N., Hüsemann, T., Heinzel, C. 2025.
    Influence of metal working fluid supply conditions on the thermal process limit for grinding of hardened steel. CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology. 59 , 235-245. DOI: 10.1016/j.cirpj.2025.03.010.
  • Heinzel, C., Adam, B. 2025.
    Spanungsgrößenabhängige Belastung und daraus resultierende Randzoneneigenschaften beim Ultrapräzisionsschleifen sprödharter Werkstoffe mit grobkörnigen Diamantschleifscheiben.. Hannover, Deutschland: Technische Informationsbibliothek, OPEN ACCESS
  • Kuhlmann, G., Guba, N., Hüsemann, T., Heinzel, C. 2025.
    Comprehensive study of grinding burn limit and subsurface modifications in grinding with CBN and corundum abrasives. CIRP Journal of Manufacturing Science and Technology. 63 , 490-504. DOI: 10.1016/j.cirpj.2025.11.001.
  • Kuhlmann, G., Langenhorst, L., Hüsemann, T., Heinzel, C. 2025.
    Consideration of thermally induced material modification depth for grinding process cycle design. CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology. 74 (1), DOI: 10.1016/j.cirp.2025.04.026. OPEN ACCESS
  • Guba, N., Hüsemann, T., Heinzel, C. 2024.
    Einfluss der Kühlung und Schmierung auf thermische Prozessgrenzen beim Schleifen gehärteter Stähle. Schweizer Schleifsymposium, Zürich, Schweiz, 10.-11.09.2024. Zürich, Schweiz: 3, 2024,
  • Heinzel, J., Guba, N., Langenhorst, L., Hertreiter, A., Heinzel, C., Karpuschewski, B. 2024.
    Prävention und Detektion thermisch bedingter Randzonenbeeinflussung mittels analytisch-empirischer Prozessgrenze in Fertigungsprozessen der Hartfeinbearbeitung. Schweizer Schleifsymposium, Zürich, Schweiz, 10.-11.09.2024. Zürich, Schweiz: 3, 2024,