Harper Schäfer, M. Sc.

Kontakt

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Professional experience

Since 2024	Research assistant, Institute of Aicraft Design and Lightweight Structures, TU Braunschweig
2021-2023	Research assistant, Institute for production technology and systems, Leuphana University Lüneburg

2019-2021	M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Universität Hamburg
2015-2019	B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen/Nürnberg

reFrame (TP2) | Recycled Fiber Reinforcements for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering

H. Schäfer, S. Heimbs and C. Schmidt. Parameter optimisation of resistance welding and separation process of thermoplastic composite joints using carbon-fibre-reinforced low-melting poly(aryl ether ketone) (CF/LM-PAEK), Materials and Design, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2025.114813, 2025.
H. Schäfer, S. Heimbs and C. Schmidt. Separation of resistance-welded thermoplastic composite joints produced with carbon-fibre-reinforced low-melting poly(aryl ether ketone) (CF/LM-PAEK), 10th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on the Mechanical Response of Composites, Composites 2025, Vienna, Austria, 2025
H. Schäfer, L.A Blaga, E. Stöver, and B. Klusemann. Refill friction stir spot welding of thermoplastic composites: Case study on Carbon-fiber-reinforced polyphenylene sulfide. Thin-Walled Structures, 191:111037, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2023.111037, 2023.