Viviane Kettermann Fernandes

Viviane Kettermann Fernandes studied Materials Engineering at the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) in Florianópolis, Brasil, until 2018, graduating with an engineering degree. During her studies, she gained extensive experience through several research and industrial internships in laser-based materials processing, metallographic analysis, the development of polymer-derived ceramics, the production of glass foams from waste, and the investigation of high-temperature-resistant martensitic steels.

In 2018, she joined Aalberts Material Technology in Hamburg as an R&D Engineer, where she was involved in industrial research and development projects until 2022, including work directly related to additive manufacturing (AM) and hot isostatic pressing (HIP). Since 2022, she has been working as a Materials Engineer and Quality Manager at OWL GmbH in Aachen, also with a strong industrial focus on hot isostatic pressing.

In 2026, she completed her doctoral degree under Prof. Dr.-Ing. Claus Emmelmann at the Institute of Laser and Systems Engineering (iLAS) at Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH).