Kalle Kind

Kalle Kind serves as a Researcher and Group Leader (Gruppenleiter) at the Chair for Carbon Composites within the Technical University of Munich, based at the Forschungszentrum in Garching, Germany. His role involves leading research activities in composite materials under the primary supervision of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Klaus Drechsler.

His research spans critical domains in advanced materials engineering, with emphasis on carbon composite technologies. Core interests include manufacturing process innovation, structural material characterization, and digitalization of production systems. Specific focus areas encompass automated fiber placement, hybrid material integration, virtual modeling of manufacturing chains, and additive processes for composite structures, contributing to lightweight solutions in aerospace and industrial applications.

The Chair for Carbon Composites maintains extensive capabilities in processing technologies, material testing, and computational modeling. As Group Leader, Kind oversees specialized research groups working on pressure vessel development, green composites, tooling systems, and multifunctional polymer-based materials, driving both academic inquiry and industry partnerships in composite technology advancement.