Cornelia Pichler

Current positions

• PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at LAS (Supervisor: Thomas van de Kamp)

Previous positions

• PhD candidate in Mechanical Engineering at IMT (Supervisor: Hendrik Hölscher)
• Lecturer at DHBW Mosbach (Biomimetics for Mechatronics)

Education

• Bachelor in Technical Physics (TU Vienna)
• Master in Technical Physics (TU Vienna)

Field of research

• Biomimetics
• Joints of beetles (especially weevils)

Prizes/Fellowships

• Landesgraduiertenförderung
• Participant at GYSS 2024

Ongoing projects

• Lubricant supplying network in the joints of weevils (at IPS)
• Material properties of laquer under temperature variations (at IAM)

Completed projects

• Tribological properties of joints of beetles (at IMT)
• Optimization and development of biomimetic locomotion for endoscopes (at TU Vienna)
• Light catching and trapping properties of shadow plants and their application in solar energy (at TU Vienna)
• Copying of natural nanostructures with environmentally friendly materials (at TU Vienna)
• Cathodoluminescence in TEM applications (at TU Vienna)
• Optimization in pairing of efficiency factors of individual solar cells for higher yield (at TU Vienna)