Maik Feldmann

Main research areas

• Plastics processing
  
• Sustainable plastics and applications
  
• Material development and characterization
  
• Fiber composites
  
• Process-structure-property relationships

Career

Scientific career

since 2022

Business Unit Manager "Polymer Applications", Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS

since 2022

Professorship for Plastics Processing, Merseburg University of Applied Sciences (FH)

2018 - 2022

Project Manager at Hexagon Purus GmbH (area: Type 4 lightweight hydrogen pressure vessels for automotive)

since 2012

Teaching assignments for fiber composites, plastics testing, mechanical engineering materials (until 2018) and rotor blades (Master's program, part-time)

2015 - 2018

Scientific Managing Director of the LOEWE focus area "Safer Materials"

2013 - 2018

Head of the "Materials Development and Composites" department in the Plastics Technology Group at the University of Kassel with eight research assistants

2012 - 2018

Managing Director of the supra-regional research network "safe and reliable structures"

2009 - 2012

Management and processing of the sub-project "Hydrophobic starch foams" and processing of the sub-project "Bio-PA with cellulose fibers" in the FNR research network "Biopolymers" (joint project with Fraunhofer and approx. 20 commercial enterprises)

2009

Guest stay at the Riga Technical University (RTU) in Latvia

2008

Research assistant at the IfW of the University of Kassel

Education

2012

Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) "Biobased polyamides with cellulose fibers process - structural properties" - summa cum laude; 1.

2007 - 2008

Mechanical engineering studies at the University of Kassel, diploma thesis: "Development of a forming tool for process-integrated grading of self-reinforced thermoplastic composites"

2003 - 2007

Mechanical engineering studies at the University of Kassel, diploma thesis: "Novel front wheel fork concepts for wheelchairs in lightweight construction" - wheelchair made of CFRP

2002 - 2003

Studied electrical engineering at the University of Kassel

Prizes and awards

2009

Honorary Award 2009 of the RTU (Riga Technical University)/ Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry

Veröffentlichungen

Bledzki, A.K., Mamun, A.A. & Feldmann, M. (2012). Polyoxymethylen-Verbundwerkstoffe mit Natur- und Zellulosefasern: Zähigkeit und Wärmeformbeständigkeit. Composites Science and Technology, 72(15), 1870-1874.

Błędzki, A. K., Urbaniak, M., Jaszkiewicz, A. & Feldmann, M. (2014). Cellulosefasern als Alternative zu Glasfasern in Polymerverbundwerkstoffen. Polimery, 59(5), 372-382.

Feldmann, M., Bledzki, A.K. (2014). Biobasierte Polyamide, verstärkt mit Zellulosefasern - Verarbeitung und Eigenschaften. Composites Science and Technology, 100, 113-120.

Feldmann, M., Heim, H. P. & Zarges, J. C. (2016). Einfluss der Prozessparameter auf die mechanischen Eigenschaften von technischen Biokompositen mit einem Doppelschneckenextruder. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 83, 113-119.

Feldmann, M. & Verheyen. F. (2016). Impact behaviour of continuous biaxial reinforced composites based on bio-polyamides and man-made cellulose fibres. International Polymer Processing: Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 198-206.

Feldmann, M. (2016). Die Auswirkungen der Spritzgießtemperatur auf die mechanischen Eigenschaften und die Morphologie von Polypropylen-Cellulosefaser-Verbundwerkstoffen. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 87, 146-152.

Zarges, J. C., Minkley, D., Feldmann, M., & Heim, H. P. (2017). Fracture toughness of injection molded, man-made cellulose fiber reinforced polypropylene. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 98, 147-158.

Meri, R. M., Zicans, J., Ivanova, T., Saldabola, R., Reinholds, I., Roja, Z., Feldmann, M. & Heim, H. P. (2017). Fabrication and characterization of ethylene-octene copolymer composites with ionic liquid functionalized carbon nanotubes. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, 66(4), 347-353.

Akindoyo, J. O., Beg, M. D., Ghazali, S., Heim, H. P., & Feldmann, M. (2017). Auswirkungen der Oberflächenmodifikation auf Dispersion, mechanische, thermische und dynamisch-mechanische Eigenschaften von spritzgegossenen PLA-Hydroxylapatit-Kompositen. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 103, 96-105.

Fuchs, J., Feldmann, M., Aßmann, C., Vorwerg, W., & Heim, H. P. (2018). Cross-Linked HydrophobicStarch Granules in Blends mit PLA. International Polymer Processing, 33(1), 89-95.

Zarges, J. C., Kaufhold, C., Feldmann, M., & Heim, H. P. (2018). Einzelfaserauszugstest von Celluloseregeneratfasern in Polypropylen: An energetic evaluation. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 105, 19-27.

Akindoyo, J. O., Beg, M. D., Ghazali, S., Heim, H. P., & Feldmann, M. (2018). Impact modified PLAhydroxyapatite composites-Thermo-mechanical properties. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 107, 326-333.

Kahl, C., Feldmann, M., Sälzer, P., & Heim, H. P. (2018). Advanced short fiber composites with hybrid reinforcement and selective fiber-matrix-adhesion based on polypropylene-Characterization of mechanical properties and fiber orientation using high-resolution X-ray tomography. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing.

Kohl, D., von Boyneburgk, C., Feldmann, M., Heim, H. P., & Böhm, S. (2018). Charakterisierung von holzbasierten Multimaterialsystemen unter dynamischer Schlagbeanspruchung. Wood Material Science & Engineering, 1-10.

Beg, M. D. H., Islam, M. R., Mamun, A. A., Heim, H. P., Feldmann, M., & Akindoyo, J. O. (2018). Characterization of polyamide 6.10 composites incorporated with microcrystalline cellulose fiber: Effects of fiber loading and impact modifier. Advances in Polymer Technology.

Sälzer, P., Feldmann, M., & Heim, H. P. (2018). Wood-Polypropylene Composites: Influence of Processing on the Particle Shape and Size in Correlation with the Mechanical Properties Using Dynamic Image Analysis. International Polymer Processing, 33(5), 677-687.

Akindoyo, J. O., Beg, M. D., Ghazali, S., Alam, A. M., Heim, H. P., & Feldmann, M. (2018). Synergized poly (lactic acid)–hydroxyapatite composites: Biocompatibility study. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 47400.

Gemmeke, N., Feldmann, M., & Heim, H. P. (2019). Processing and characterization of engineering biocomposites based on polybutylenterephthalat (PBT) and polytrimethylentherephthalat (PTT) with regenerated cellulose fibers modified with maleic anhydride grafted polyethylene as a processing agent. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing.

Akindoyo, J.O.; Beg, M.D.H., Ghazali, S., Heim, H.-P. Feldmann, M. & Mariatti, M. (2019). Oxidative induction and performance of oil palm fiber reinforced polypropylene composites–Effects of coupling agent and UV stabilizer. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 125

Feldmann, M. (2019). Properties of sustainable composites based on bio-based polyamides and recycled carbon fibers under static and cyclic loads. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 500 (1).

Judt, P.O., Zarges, J.-C., Feldmann, M., Ricoeur, A. & Heim, H.-P. (2019). Deflecting mode-I cracks in anisotropic materials. Mechanics of Materials, 136.

Beg, M.H.D., Islam, M.R., Mamun, A.A., Heim, H.-P. & Feldmann, M. (2020). Vergleichende Analyse der Eigenschaften: Mikrokristalline Cellulosefaser-Polyamid-Verbundwerkstoffe gefüllt mit Ethylen-Copolymer und Olefin-Elastomer. Polymere und Polymer-Verbundwerkstoffe 28 (4), 242-251.

Kohl, D., v. Boyneburgk, C., Feldmann, M., Heim, H.-P. & Böhm, S. (2020). Charakterisierung von holzbasierten Multimaterialsystemen unter dynamischer Schlagbeanspruchung. Wood Material Science & Engineering 15 (3), 130-139.

Patents

Feldmann, M., Bledzki, A.K., Jaszkiewicz, A. & Ossadnik, S. (2011). Process for producing a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic polymer and extrusion tool and device for tempering a fiber strand impregnated with a polymer melt. DE 10 2011 010 330 A1, January 28, 2011, Kassel

Feldmann, M., Bledzki, A.K., Jaszkiewicz, A. & Ossadnik, S. (2012). Method for the production of a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic polymer and extrusion die and device for the temperature control a fiber strand impregnated with a polymer melt. US Patent No. 2012/0199998 A1, August 09, 2012, Kassel, Germany

Feldmann, M., Jarka, S. & Heim, H.-P. (2015). Thermoformable film and method for producing a thermoformable film, patent application, EP3078492 A1 April 10, 2015, Kassel

Piotrowski, S.; Wetzel, A., Middendorf, B. & Feldmann, M. (2018). Solid mass for the production of a thermally stable and cyclically stressable ultra-high-strength concrete or high-strength concrete or an ultra-high-strength concrete part/heat-resistant concrete Patent application, DE 10 2018 100 850.3 16.01.2018, Kassel

Feldmann, M.; Sälzer, P.; Heim, H.-P.; Hillmer, H.; Ha, U.-M. Plastic composite material with at least one filler incorporated into a plastic matrix, DE102018119964A1