Konrad Gruber

About

Konrad Gruber is an assistant professor at Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, where he leads the metal powder bed fusion laboratory at the Department of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering. In 2021, he received the Prime Minister of Poland Award for his doctoral dissertation and subsequently gained postdoctoral experience through internships in Switzerland, Germany, and the United States. His research focuses on metal additive manufacturing processes and materials for harsh environments, with an emphasis on alloy and feedstock design, post-processing strategies, and data-driven optimisation of resource-efficient process chains. Gruber is the principal investigator of the RAPTOR project (NCN, OPUS 27) and the FieldPBF project (NCBR, LIDER XV), both funded in Poland.

Key research areas: process-structure-property in metal AM; powders to parts; field-assisted AM; ML process/materials dev; materials characterization.

Employment

• Wrocław University of Science and Technology

Education

• Wrocław University of Science and Technology PhD
  ? - 2021

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (54)

• Application of the Full Matrix Capture - Total Focusing Method for defect detection in additively manufactured aluminum-based materials
  e-Journal of Nondestructive Testing 2026 DOI: 10.58286/32957
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• Heat treatment design for additively manufactured nickel superalloy via Bayesian optimization of ultimate tensile strength and energy consumption
  Virtual and Physical Prototyping 2026 DOI: 10.1080/17452759.2026.2686064
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• Corrosion behaviour of Al5254 alloy with tantalum addition processed by powder bed fusion–laser beam
  Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s43452-026-01491-9
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• Powder-level carbide modification controls HIP grain growth and enhances fatigue in reused additively manufactured superalloy
  Additive Manufacturing 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.addma.2026.105152
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• Alloy design paradigms in additive manufacturing: a new era of material innovation
  International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing 2026 DOI: 10.1088/2631-7990/ae45de
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• Multi-scale imaging of additively manufactured Al–Ta composites
  Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s43452-026-01536-z
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• Static and Fatigue Properties of Rhenium-Alloyed Inconel 718 Produced by Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing
  Materials 2025 DOI: 10.3390/ma18030692
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• Nanoalloyed Al5254 alloy manufactured by powder bed fusion–laser beam: microstructure and mechanical properties analysis
  Progress in Additive Manufacturing 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s40964-024-00940-2
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• Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for the qualification of powder blends for additive manufacturing
  Powder Technology 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2025.120652
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• High-temperature profilometry-based indentation plastometry for nickel alloy development in additive manufacturing
  18th European Congress and Exhibition on Advanced Materials and Processes : FEMS 2025 EUROMAT, Granada, Spain 14-18 September 2025 : book of abstract / eds. Rodrigo Moreno, Anna Zervaki. 2025
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