Timmo Achsel

I melt metals and make apps.

Curriculum vitae · updated October 2026

Experience

2026 – now

PhD Researcher

KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm

  • Additive manufacturing & AI in the Department of Production Engineering
  • Making additive manufacturing more reliable and industrializable

2024 – 2025

Project Manager & Topic Owner

OpenResearch GmbH

  • Led a hybrid team of 5
  • Owned a company-wide topic that set standards for the development lifecycle
  • Roadmap owner for a multi-tenant B2B SaaS product, including quality and deployment

2022 – 2024

Project Manager

MAM Health & Innovation GmbH

  • Ran development of patent-pending polymer products
  • Launched a patented breastfeeding product
  • Led a team of 6 evaluating technical information for patent applications

2021 – 2022

Electric Product Development Engineer

MAM Health & Innovation GmbH

  • Rapid prototyping, functional prototypes and specialised testing rigs
  • Patent evaluation and support with patent filings

2020 – 2021

Trainee R&D Engineer

MAM Health & Innovation GmbH

Education

2026 – now

PhD, Additive Manufacturing & AI

KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm

2024 – 2025

BSc Computer Science and Digital Communications

University of Applied Sciences Vienna

2021 – 2023

MSc High Tech Manufacturing

University of Applied Sciences Vienna

Thesis: Optical sensor-based approach for real-time process monitoring and defect-detection in PBF-LB/P

2018 – 2021

BSc High Tech Manufacturing

University of Applied Sciences Vienna

Thesis: Development of a Testing Rig for Impact Reduction by MAM Products in Toddlers

Awards

2024

Best Master Thesis, 2nd place

Konferenz der Mechatronik Plattform

Research

2022 – 2023

Master thesis

Additive Manufacturing Science and Education Lab (AMSEL)

Studied heat resistance and failure of photopolymers, then used an additively manufactured housing in a heated build chamber to monitor PBF-LB/P defects with machine learning.

2020

Bachelor thesis

MAM Health & Innovation GmbH

Built a testing rig for impact analysis of falls in toddlers with and without soothers, comparing silicone products on impact reduction in the head and face region.

Publications

2026

Your measurements could lie to you by a factor of 3: Multi-objective parameter optimization in LPBF of IN939

Achsel, T., Dileep, D. V., Tomkowski, R., Rashid, A., & Dadbakhsh, S.

Conference paper · Poster · euspen 2026, 26th International Conference & Exhibition, Kraków · kth.diva-portal.org

2024

Optical sensor-based approach for real-time process monitoring and defect-detection in PBF-LB/P

Achsel, T.

Conference paper · Konferenz der Mechatronik Plattform, Wiener Neustadt · mechatronik-plattform.at (PDF)

Best Master Thesis, 2nd place

2023

Real-Time Optical Detection of Artificial Coating Defects in PBF-LB/P Using a Low-Cost Camera Solution and Convolutional Neural Networks

Klamert, V., Achsel, T., Toker, E., Bublin, M., & Otto, A.

Journal article · Applied Sciences 13(20), 11273 · doi:10.3390/app132011273

Skills

Engineering

SolidWorks · Fusion 360 · MATLAB · R

Software

Python (TensorFlow) · Java · JavaScript · TypeScript · Svelte · SwiftUI · Go

Languages

German (native) · English (fluent) · French (A2) · Swedish (B1)