American Visiting Scholar, Dr. Elizabeth Mamros, Spends a Year at the Professorship Forming Technology
Dr. Elizabeth Mamros of Bucknell University is strengthening a long-standing Ger-man-American research collaboration during her one-year stay at Chemnitz Univer-sity of Technology
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Martin Reichardt (research assistant at the Chair of Metal Forming at Chemnitz University of Technology), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Till Clausmeyer (head of the Professorship Forming Technology) are conducting research in the field of metal forming and manufacturing technology together with visiting researcher Dr Elizabeth Mamros. Photo: Jonas Gruner
Dr. Elizabeth Mamros, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, USA, has joined the Professorship Forming Technology at Chemnitz University of Technology as a visiting scholar. During her one-year stay, which began on July 1, 2026, she will work with the Chemnitz team on research focusing in particular on innovative heating strategies for incremental forming processes.
Her stay is supported by two programs: the Visiting Scholar Program of Chemnitz University of Technology and the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. This support provides an opportunity to continue and further develop a German-American research collaboration that has grown over several years.
The collaboration between Dr. Mamros and Prof. Dr.Ing. Till Clausmeyer, head of the Professorship Forming Technology, began at TU Dortmund University. At the time, Dr. Mamros was a doctoral researcher and spent 13 months in Germany conducting research through the Fulbright Program. Their collaboration subsequently included the joint supervision of a student through the DAAD RISE Worldwide program and a joint scientific publication. They also worked together on an international review contribution to the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP) and continued to meet regularly at international conferences.
After completing her Ph.D. at the University of New Hampshire in 2023, Dr. Mamros joined Bucknell University as an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Following Prof. Dr.-Ing. Clausmeyer’s move to Chemnitz University of Technology, their collaboration is now continuing at the Professorship Forming Technology.
“We are delighted to host Elizabeth Mamros in Chemnitz for an extended research stay. I have known Elizabeth since her time as a doctoral researcher in Dortmund and have followed her scientific development with great interest ever since. It is therefore a particular pleasure to welcome her to Chemnitz now as an Assistant Professor and internationally recognized researcher. The fact that our joint project was successful in both the Fulbright Program and the Visiting Scholar Program of Chemnitz University of Technology is a special recognition for us and gives us the opportunity to develop our existing collaboration into a long-term partnership between our professorships and universities,” says Prof. Dr.-Ing. Clausmeyer.
Dr. Mamros’ research in forming and manufacturing technologies combines fundamental questions of material behavior with innovative manufacturing processes. In Chemnitz, her work will focus on the application of induction heating strategies in incremental forming processes. Together with researchers at the Professorship Forming Technology, she will work to advance the fundamental understanding of these flexible manufacturing processes and explore new approaches for their future industrial application.
“I am very excited to spend a year as part of the team in Chemnitz and to further develop this international collaboration. One of our biggest strengths is the combination of the team’s scientific expertise and the excellent experimental capabilities in forming technologies. This gives us the opportunity to investigate scientific questions together that would be difficult to address at either of our institutions alone. At the same time, I am looking forward to being immersed in the German culture, exploring a new region of the country, and building new connections,” says Dr. Mamros.
The collaboration is intended to continue beyond the current stay. Plans include joint scientific publications and conference contributions as well as the development of further collaborative research projects. In the longer term, students from both universities are also expected to become more closely involved in the exchange.
Research is only one aspect of the collaboration. Personal and cultural exchange also plays an important role and is a central element of the Fulbright mission. For both researchers, this aspect has a personal connection: Dr. Mamros previously spent time in Germany as a Fulbright grantee, while Prof. Dr.-Ing. Clausmeyer gained international experience early in his life as a high-school exchange student in the United States. The current stay therefore brings together scientific collaboration and the long-term development of trans-Atlantic relations and cultural exchange between Germany and the United States.
Anne Eichhorn
31.08.2026
