Dr.-Ing. Lucas Bretz

General Manager of Global Advanced Manufacturing Institute (GAMI)

Area of Research:

Quality assurance in lightweight construction
Machine Learning in Quality Assurance
Structural simulation (FEM)
Industry 4.0 maturity assessment

Curriculum Vitae:

since 07/2021	General Manager of Global Advanced Manufacturing Institute (GAMI)
06/2018 - 06/2021	Research Associate at the Institute of Production Science (wbk) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
10/2017 - 03/2018	Stay abroad at the Global Advanced Manufacturing Institute (GAMI) in Suzhou, China
10/2012 - 04/2018	Study of Mechanical Engineering at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
15/12/1992	Born in Dernbach, Westerwald

Publications

In-line measurement of fiber mass fraction using Terahertz spectroscopy for a function-oriented quality assurance of glass fiber sheet molding compound
Bretz, L.; Niehues, G.; Funkner, S.; Bründermann, E.; Müller, A.-S.; Lanza, G.
2023. Measurement, 222, Art.-Nr.: 113560. doi:10.1016/j.measurement.2023.113560

Function-oriented defect assessment in hybrid sheet molding compound tensile specimen using surrogate models
Bretz, L.; Koch, D.; Debowski, K.; Höger, K.; Lanza, G.
2023. Production Engineering, 17 (2), 223–236. doi:10.1007/s11740-022-01174-3

Function-oriented in-line quality assurance of hybrid sheet molding compound. PhD dissertation
Bretz, L.
2022, July 7. Shaker Verlag. doi:10.5445/IR/1000147740

Non-destructive measurement of fiber mass content of glass fiber sheet molding compound using Terahertz radiation
Bretz, L.; Häfner, B.; Lanza, G.
2021. Measurement, 168, Art.-Nr.: 108386. doi:10.1016/j.measurement.2020.108386

Direct Bundle Simulation approach for the compression molding process of Sheet Molding Compound
Meyer, N.; Schöttl, L.; Bretz, L.; Hrymak, A. N.; Kärger, L.
2020. Composites / A, 132, Article: 105809. doi:10.1016/j.compositesa.2020.105809

Comparison of anomaly detection capabilities of pulse phase thermography in transmission and reflection setup on Sheet Molding Compound
Bretz, L.; Wilke, M.; Häfner, B.; Lanza, G.
2020. Proceedings : 4th International Conference, Hybrid 2020, Materials and Structures, 28 - 29 April 2020, Web Conference, Germany. Ed.: J. M. Hausmann, 108–115, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde e.V. (DGM)

Design and quality assurance of intrinsic hybrid metal-CFRP lightweight structures
Bretz, L.; Günther, F.; Jost, H.; Schwarz, M.; Kretzschmar, V.; Pohl, M.; Weiser, L.; Häfner, B.; Summa, J.; Herrmann, H.-G.; Stommel, M.; Lanza, G.
2020. Proceedings : 4th International Conference, Hybrid 2020, Materials and Structures, 28 - 29 April 2020, Web Conference, Germany. Ed.: J. M. Hausmann, 144–159, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde e.V. (DGM)

Process Simulation of Sheet Molding Compound (SMC) using Direct Bundle Simulation
Meyer, N.; Schöttl, L.; Bretz, L.; Hrymak, A.; Kärger, L.
2019, May 8. 12th International Conference on Composite Science and Technology (2019), Sorrento, Italy, May 8–10, 2019

Manufacturing uncertainties and resulting robustness of optimized patch positions on continuous-discontinuous fiber reinforced polymer structures
Fengler, B.; Schäferling, M.; Schäfer, B.; Bretz, L.; Lanza, G.; Häfner, B.; Hrymak, A.; Kärger, L.
2019. Hospital physician, 213, 47–57. doi:10.1016/j.compstruct.2019.01.063

Funktionsorientierte Inline-Messtechnik von Faserverbunden : Integration von Messergebnissen in FE-Simulationen zur Inline-Funktionsbewertung von Faserverbunden
Bretz, L.; Haefner, B.; Lanza, G.
2019. wt Werkstattstechnik online, 109 (11-12), 816–821

Evaluation of anomaly detection capabilities using a non-orthogonal camera angle in pulse-phase thermography
Bretz, L.; Hinze, T.; Häfner, B.; Lanza, G.
2019. Procedia CIRP, 85, 308–313. doi:10.1016/j.procir.2019.09.032