Increased load bearing capacity of mechanically joined FRP/metal joints using a pin structured auxiliary joining element

M Sc Per Heyser, born in 1992, studied Mechanical Engineering at Paderborn University, Germany. After completing his Master's thesis at the Böllhoff Group in 2018 (Bielefeld, Germany), he became a Research Assistant in the Laboratory for Material and Joining Technology at Paderborn University from August 2018. His research topics are self-pierce riveting and clinching by multi-material design.

M Sc Vadim Sartisson, born in 1987, studied Mechanical Engineering at Paderborn University, Germany. He wrote his Master's thesis at Audi AG in Neckarsulm, Germany in the field of mechanical joining technology. In 2013, he became a Research Assistant in the Laboratory for Material and Joining Technology at Paderborn University, and from 2018 to 2019 he was Head of the Mechanical Joining work group.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerson Meschut, born in 1967, has been the Head of the Laboratory of Material and Joining Technology (LWF) at Paderborn University since September 2011. After his Diploma thesis in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Paderborn, he worked as a PhD student at the LWF and graduated with a Doctor's degree summa cum laude in 1998. In the following period, he was the Chief-Engineer for several research projects in the fields of adhesive bonding and hybrid joining technologies. At the beginning of 2000, he joined the Research and Development Department of Volkswagen AG in Wolfsburg and was responsible for the optimization of existing and the development of new joining systems for innovative lightweight car body concepts. Before responding to to an offer for a Professorship at Paderborn University, he was the Technical Managing Director of Wilhelm Böllhoff GmbH & Co. KG in Bielefeld from 2005 to 2011. His focus in Paderborn is the development of suitable joining technologies especially for hybrid and multi-material design. An additional competence is the development of experimental and numerical methods for the process simulation and stress analysis or lifetime prediction of joined lightweight structures.

M Sc Marcel Droß, born in 1987, studied Aerospace Engineering at the Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany. Since receiving his Master's degree in 2017, he has been working as a Research Assistant focusing on the experimental and numerical study of joining hybrid components consisting of metal and fiber-reinforced plastics.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Dröder, born in 1968, graduated from the University of Hanover, Germany in 1995 and received a PhD at the same university in 1999. He was Head of “Vehicle-Research”, Research & Development, at Volkswagen AG between 2009 and 2012. Since 2012, he has been Professor for Production Technology and Process Automation and Head of the Institute of Machine Tools and Production Technology (IWF) at the TU Braunschweig. In the meantime, he has become a Member of the scientific society production technology (WGP), Reviewer for the AiF in Reviewer Group 4 “Design and production”, Member of the Board of Directors of the Automotive Research Center Lower Saxony (NFF) and one of the founding members and member of the Board of Directors of “Open Hybrid LabFactory e.V.”.