Influence of SLS processing parameters according to the new mathematical model on flexural properties

Since January 2008 Ana Pilipović has been employed at the Chair of Polymer Processing, Department of Technology at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture in Zagreb. Now she works an Assistant professor. From 2008 she is participated in few project: Increasing Efficiency in Polymeric Products and Processing Development which is part of program Rapid Production – From Vision to Reality, Dinamical Mechanical Analysis of Polymers and Composites, FP7 project KARMA – Knowledge Based Process Planning and Design for Additive Layer Manufacturing, MarineClean and two IPA IIIc Flexible manufacturing of customized spinal orthoses (Ortoflex) and Additive technologies for the SMEs (AdTec SME). She is also a winner of a scholarship for education of doctoral students financed by Croatia Science Foundation, which she used during the stay at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Maribor, Slovenia in period of 6 months. She has award of Croatian Academy of Engineering “Vera Johanides” for young researchers for 2014. Her special interest lies in additive manufacturing, polymer processing, composite processing, recycling of polymers, etc.

Bogdan Valentan is currently working at the firm AVL, Graz as a Development Engineer. Before that, he worked in the firm Ortotip, Maribor and the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maribor where he completed his doctoral thesis in additive manufacturing. His field of research is additive manufacturing, mechatronics and automotive industry.

Since January 2001, Mladen Šercer has been employed as a Full Professor at the Chair of Polymer Processing, Department of Technology at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture in Zagreb. Since 2007, he has participated as the Principal Researcher in the science project Increasing Efficiency in Polymeric Products and Processing Development, which is a part of the programme Rapid Production – From Vision to Reality financed by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, and in the FP7 project KARMA – Knowledge-Based Process Planning and Design for Additive Layer Manufacturing from July 2010 and, from November 2011, in the project MarineClean which is a part of the programme ECO Innovation. His special interest lies in polymer processing, rubber processing, additive manufacturing, composite processing, recycling of polymers, etc.