Dr.-Ing. Sophie Hippmann

Professional Career

  • Mechanical engineering studies at the Technical University of Munich, specializing in product development and internal combustion engines
  • Master Thesis at Rice University, Houston, TX
  • Doctorate at the Chair of Metal Forming and Casting under Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfram Volk and Prof. i.R. Dr.-Ing. Hartmut Hoffmann on "Powder- and melt-metallurgical routes to produce Copper-matrix-CNT-Composites for friction bearings".
  • Scientific advisor to the Fraunhofer President, Prof. Dr. Reimund Neugebauer
  • Establishment and management of the Fraunhofer Corporate Think Tank with the focus “Corporate R&D-Portfolio Management".
  • Since 2021 Director for Medium-Sized Business Solutions at the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Publications

2013

  • Hippmann, Sophie; Li, Qianqian; Addinall, Raphael; Volk, Wolfram: Carbon nanotubes–reinforced copper matrix composites produced by melt stirring. Journal of Nanoengineering and Nanosystems 227 (2), 2013, 63-66 more…

2009

  • Hippmann, S.; Brüning, H.; Hoffmann, H.: Mould Materials in Hyper Frequency Fields to Influence Solidification. 6th International Conference on Electromagnetic Processing of Materials, 2009Dresden; 19.10.2009-23.10.2009 more…
  • Hippmann, S; Lorenz, K.; Bogenberger, C.; Hoffmann, H.: Edge detection within qualitative phase contrast neutron radiographies of castings. Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 605 (1-2), 2009, 30-32 more…
  • Mackensen, A.; Hippmann, S.: Mittels Verbundguss hergestellte Schneidaktivelemente. Verbundwerkstoffe: 17. Symposium Verbundwerkstoffe und Werkstoffverbunde, Wiley VCH Verlag, 2009Bayreuth; 01.04.2009-03.04.2009 more…

2008

  • Hippmann, Sophie; Hein, Christoph; Hoffmann, Hartmut: Correlation between the adhesive tensile strength and the engagement grade of crosswise oriented nonwovens of metal hook and loop fasteners. Production Engineering 2 (4), 2008, 395-400 more…

2007

  • Hippmann, S.; Lorenz, K.; Schillinger, B.: Qualitative phase contrast tomography at FRM-II. European Neutron Radiography Association Meeting, 2007 more…