Jan 27, 2026
Johann Jacobi von Wangelin - Exchange at King's College London
Präsentation durch Herrn Johann Jacobi von Wangelin
As part of a cooperation between the Chair of Business Administration, esp. Industrial Management, Mr. Johann Jacobi von Wangelin was able to work with Prof. Dr. Rym M'Hallah for a week at King's College London. The purpose of the stay was to exchange scientific information on his thesis entitled "Solution approaches for scheduling in additive manufacturing with decomposition and post-processing".
The thesis examines a planning problem in additive manufacturing using both an exact and a heuristic method to minimize the cycle time. It was shown that the consideration of upstream and downstream process steps makes the optimization of the cycle time significantly more complex, but at the same time enables better results than a pure optimization of the core process. This is relevant in practice, as these additional process steps are often neglected in planning, but require processing time and resources. With the increasing integration of additive manufacturing processes into series processes, production planning must take this into account.
On site, Mr. Jacobi von Wangelin worked on the further development of the heuristic solution method and possible extensions. He also presented his results to the PhD students and received valuable feedback. The exchange thus made a significant contribution to the quality of his thesis and at the same time gave Mr. Jacobi von Wangelin new insights into academic career paths abroad.
The stay was made possible by the financial support of the Society of Friends and Sponsors of TU Dresden and the Chair of Business Administration, in particular Industrial Management, to whom Mr. Jacobi von Wangelin would like to express his special thanks.