Christian Heßing

Professor Christian Heßing serves as Head of the Master's program in Business Engineering at the Department of Mechanical Engineering Bocholt (FB 6) at the Westphalian University of Applied Sciences, where he has been employed since September 2011.

His academic and professional background includes:

• Research assistant at the Materials Testing Department of the Institute of Materials Science at Ruhr University Bochum
• Lecturer at TFH Georg Agricola in Bochum for "Fundamentals of Materials Science" in the Master's program "Integrated Power Plant Engineering"
• Professional experience at Klaus Kuhn Edelstahlgießerei GmbH where he led research and development initiatives

Professor Heßing's research focuses on materials science and manufacturing technology with particular expertise in:

• Centrifugal casting of stainless steels
• Surface modifications of NiTi shape memory alloys
• Electrolytic machining and coating technologies
• Research on stainless steels, copper alloys, and shape memory alloys

His work bridges engineering fundamentals with practical industrial applications in metallurgy and production processes. As program head, he oversees the academic development of students in the interdisciplinary Business Engineering Master's program that integrates technical engineering principles with business administration concepts.

Professor Heßing's office is located in room B6.0.06 at the Bocholt campus (Münsterstr. 265, 46397 Bocholt), with contact available via telephone at 02871/2155-920 or mobile at 0151/46519811.