Thatiane Brocks

Responsible for the service team and the metallography laboratory and all related activities, such as process development to ensure reliability and repeatability from sample preparation to analysis. Another relevant activity is the development of suppliers for services that complement the in-house projects, such as surface polishing and heat treatment. Member of the Metrology and Quality Management department, with strong focus on root cause analysis of product issues.

Part-time job to improve my German language fluency and promote a social integration. My responsibilities are related to customer service, as well as technical presentation and product sales.

Responsible for production planning with a focus on on-time delivery. Focal point for continuous improvement programme, extensive use of statistical methods for quality control and creation of training materials to reduce rework and scraping.

Relocation from Brazil to Germany and learning German. In preparation to ingress in the German market, I have been fully dedicated in achieve an adequate level of German Language knowledge (B2 - Advanced) by attending intensive language courses and working in part-time jobs that promote contact with the community and develop my communication skills in German.

Founder and manager of a small-scale company specialized in dog training and solutions to behavioral problems.

Overall responsibility for planning and implementation of all activities related to the development of research projects in technical and operational terms Support and definition of procedures for the mechanical and thermal characterization of polymers and composite materials Development of new mechanical test methods Administration of the RTM process laboratory (Resin Transfer Molding) Supervision of master’s, bachelor’s and foreign students

Responsible for the resin optimization for structural application, from raw material purchase to the complete polymer characterization. Details: - Define the ideal proportion between a commercial one-part epoxy resin and a hyperbranched thermoplastic particle regarding thermal and mechanical properties desired for RTM process of structural composites - Influence of the thermoplastic particles amount on the resin viscosity and tenacity

Responsible for the RTM process development, key manufacturing parameters definition, composites characterization and data analysis for application in the aviation industry. Details: - Commissioning of the RTM rig - Thermal and mechanical characterization of fibers, matrices and composite materials - Supervision of Bachelor theses

Responsible for assembling process definition of VW truck chassis (series and prototypes) including tooling suppliers development. Member of a quality improvement team.

Lecture: “Einführung in die Werkstoffe und Fergungstechnologien von Carbon Composites“

Thesis: “Fague life predicon of structural composites based on Dynamical Mechanical Analysis”

Thesis: “Carbon/Epoxy structural composites by RTM process to aeronauc industry: process and characterizaon”