Dec 09, 2019
Argentinian State Prize goes to Prof. Lasagni
Prof. Andrés Lasagni together with his twin brother Fernando receives the Argentinian State Prize for his outstanding achievements in the field of engineering science. He is one of the leading international experts in laser technology.
Prof. Andrés Lasagni and his twin brother Dr.-Ing. Fernando Lasagni have been awarded the "Domingo Faustino Sarmiento" prize from the Senate of the Argentine Nation for their outstanding achievements in the field of engineering sciences. This award has already been awarded to the soccer player Diego Armando Maradona, the tennis player Juan Martín del Potro, the ballet dancer Julio Bocca as well as the tango composer Mariano Mores. Andrés Lasagni heads the professorship for laser-based methods of large-area surface structuring at the TU Dresden and the Center for Advanced Micro Photonics (CAMP) at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS. He is one of the leading international experts in laser technology. His brother Fernando Lasagni is Managing Director of the Advanced Center for Aerospace Technologies (CATEC) in Seville (Spain).
In his research work, Andrés Lasagni concentrates on the development of a laser technology that makes it possible to structure different materials in such a way that their surfaces receive specific functions. With the Direct Laser Interference Pattering method, Andrés Lasagni and his team have succeeded in processing various materials at speeds of up to one square meter per minute - a world record. "The laser-based functionalization of surfaces is regarded as a new and promising field of research for applications such as medical technology, the automotive industry or energy research," says Lasagni. The 42-year-old semi-Italian from Argentina has published more than 250 scientific publications and holds over 30 patents. He has received several international awards for his research work, including the FEMS Materials Science and Technology prize 2017, the Green Photonics Award and the Massing Award.
The twin brothers Andrés (right) and Fernando (left) Lasagni were honoured by the Argentine State for their achievements in engineering.
His twin brother, Dr. Fernando Lasagni, has developed a large number of aerospace innovations using additive manufacturing technology (3D printing), such as a components for the Ariane 5 and Vega launch vehicles, as well as for aircrafts, helicopters and satellites. He is also representing the Spanish Additive Manufacturing Delegation to the European Space Agency (ESA) since 2014 and leads the additive manufacturing group in the Spanish aerospace programme (PAE) since 2016. He has received also several awards for his developments, including the George Sachs Prize of the German Society for Material Sciences and the Fritz Grasenick Prize of the Austrian Society for Electron Microscopy.
Andrés and Fernando were born in August 1977 in Argentina. After studying chemical engineering, Andrés received his doctorate from Saarland University and Fernando's from Vienna University of Technology, both in 2006. After a research stay in the USA, Andrés Lasagni came to Dresden in 2008 to establish a research group at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology. Since 2012, he has held the professorship for laser-based methods of large-area surface structuring at the TU Dresden and lives his own intercultural life in a multicolored team. Currently, a team of 21 PhD students from several nations, including Germany, Italy, Mexico, Russia and Lebanon, are teaching and researching at his chair.