Prof. Dr.
Carlo Burkhardt
Professor Dr. habil., Fertigungstechnologie, Wissenschaftlicher Direktor STI
Born in 1965, married, three adult children
Dipl. Ing. (FH) in Materials & Surface Technology, Furtwangen University (DE), 1992
PhD in Metallurgy & Materials, University of Birmingham (UK), 1996
Habilitation in Material Science, Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School (SLO), 2021
Professor of Manufacturing Technology and Scientific Director of the Institute for Precious and Technology Metals (STI) at the University of Applied Sciences Pforzheim, Germany
Professor for Materials at the Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Visiting Professor for Material Science at the University of Birmingham, UK
Research Interests in
• Production and Recycling of Permanent Magnets based on Rare Earth Elements
• Sinterbased Additive Manufacturing Methods.
Partner in numerous research projects (Horizon, H2020, ERA-MIN, EIT-RawMaterials, EIT Manufacturing, BMWK, BMBF, DFG, Invest BW)
• Coordinator of the H2020 project SUSMAGPRO (H2020-SC5-2018-2; GA#821114); 19 Partners, Budget 14,74 Mio €; 01/06/2019 - 28/12/2024
• Coordinator of the Horizon project REEsilience (HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01; GA #101058598), 18 Partners, Budget 13,54 Mio €; 01/07/2022 - 30/07/2026
Winner of
• German Raw Material Efficiency Award 2017
• Environmental Technology Award Baden-Württemberg 2017 (Category Material Efficiency)
• European Powder Metallurgy Association (EPMA) Thesis Competion 1994 (Masters Category)
Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials (FIAAM)
Convenor CEN/TC 472
Co-founder of two university spin-offs
• MetShape GmbH (sinterbased additive manufacturing of metallic precision components)
• HyProMag GmbH (Recycling and Production of NdFeB magnets)
Additive Manufacturing of metallic precision components
Recycling of permanent magnets based on Rare Earth Elements
Development of magnetic alloys
Material characterisations
manufacturing techniques of metals , Sustainable Development , Process Optimization , Rasterelektronenmikroskopie , rapid prototyping FDM , Resource Efficiency , material and alloy development , material testing , Zerstörungsfreie Werkstoffprüfung
2021 - Natural Sciences
Institut Jozef Stefan
Slovenia
1996 - Ph.D., Metallurgy and Materials
University of Birmingham (UK)
United Kingdom
1992 - Dipl. Ing (FH), Engineering
Hochschule Furtwangen
Germany
since 2022 - Hochschule Pforzheim - Germany
Co-founder HyProMag GmbH, Board of Directors
since 2021 - Institut Jozef Stefan - Slovenia
Professor for Materials
since 2019 - Hochschule Pforzheim - Germany
Co-founder MetShape GmbH
since 2017 - Hochschule Pforzheim, Fakultät für Technik -
Scientific Director Institute for Precious and Technology Metals (STI)
since 2017 - Hochschule Pforzheim, Fakultät für Technik -
Professor for Manufacturing Technology
2011 - 2017 - OBE Ohnmacht & Baumgärtner GmbH & Co. KG - Germany
CTO
1996 - 2011 - Witzenmann GmbH - Germany
R&D Director
1992 - 1993 - Witzenmann GmbH - Germany
Key Account Manager France
since 2023
Fellow
since 2019
Research Excellence Award Hochschule Pforzheim
since 2018
German Raw Material Efficiency Award 2017
since 2017
EcoTech Award Baden Württemberg 2017
since 2008
Honorary Professorship at Pforzheim University
1993 - 1996
Marie-Curie-Fellowship of the European Commission (Category 20)
since 1992
Winner of the European Powder Metallurgy Thesis Award (Master Category)
Mechinical Engineering , International Business , Design
Journal article
BURKHARDT, C. (2025). Additive Manufacturing of Ni–Ti SMA by the Sinter-Based MoldJet Method. Shape Memory and Superelasticity, 10 (4). Berlin.
BURKHARDT, C. (2025). Electrochemical Insights into Copper Electrodeposition on NdFe14B Grains: A Proof-of-Concept Study. JOURNAL OF THE ELECTROCHEMICAL SOCIETY. doi:10.1149/1945-7111/adb339.
SCHIEREN, L., BURKHARDT, C. (2025). Evaluating citric acid as a selective leaching agent to extract Nd2Fe14B matrix phase from end-of-life magnets. JOURNAL OF RARE EARTHS. doi:10.1016/j.jre.2025.04.020.
RATHFELDER, S., BURKHARDT, C., SCHUSCHNIGG, S., KUKLA, C., HOLZER, C. (2024). Production of Permanent Magnets from Recycled NdFeB Powder with Powder Extrusion Moulding. Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing. Basel.
GRAU, L., FLEISSNER, P., KOBE, S., BURKHARDT, C. (2024). Processability and Separability of Commercial Anti-Corrosion Coatings Produced by In Situ Hydrogen-Processing of Magnetic Scrap (HPMS) Recycling of NdFeB. Materials. doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17112487.
BURKHARDT, C. (2024). Magnetic Performance and Anticorrosion Coating Stability of Thermally Demagnetized Nd-Fe-B Permanent Magnets for Reuse Applications. Materials, 17 (23). doi:10.3390/ma17235927.
BURKHARDT, C. (2024). Effects of Thermal Demagnetization in Air on the Microstructure and Organic Contamination of NdFeB Magnets. Materials, 17 (22). doi:10.3390/ma17225528.
BURKHARDT, C. (2024). Automated High-Speed Approaches for the Extraction of Permanent Magnets from Hard-Disk Drive Components for the Circular Economy. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 4 (3). doi:10.3390/magnetism4030019.
BURKHARDT, C. (2024). Processability and Separability of Commercial Anti-Corrosion Coatings Produced by In Situ Hydrogen-Processing of Magnetic Scrap (HPMS) Recycling of NdFeB. Materials, 17 (11). doi:10.3390/ma17112487.
BURKHARDT, C. (2024). Production of permanent magnets from recycled NdFeB powder with powder extrusion moulding. Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing, 8 (2). Basel.
BURKHARDT, C., GRAU, L., FLEISSNER, P., KUBELKA, P. (2024). Magnetic Performance and Anticorrosion Coating Stability of Thermally Demagnetized Nd-Fe-B Permanent Magnets for Reuse Applications. MDPI Materials, 17 (23), pp. 5927.
VOGEL, L., BURKHARDT, C., COHEN, Y., DORON, S. (2023). Sinter-Based Additive Manufacturing of Ni–Ti Shape Memory Alloy. Springer-Verlag. doi:10.1007/s40830-023-00436-y.
MISHRA, A., BURKHARDT, C., KHOSHSIMA, S., ZUZEK, T., STURM, S. (2023). Short-Loop Recycling of Nd-Fe-B Permanent Magnets: A Sustainable Solution for the RE2Fe14B Matrix Phase Recovery. MDPI Algorithms. doi:10.3390/ma16196565.
BURKHARDT, C. (2023). An overview of Hydrogen assisted (Direct) recycling of Rare earth permanent magnets. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. doi:10.1016/j.jmmm.2023.171475.
BURKHARDT, C. (2021). Powder content in powder extrusion moulding of tool steel: Dimensional stability, shrinkage and hardness. MATERIALS LETTERS. doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2020.128909.
LEHMANN, A., GRAU, L., BURKHARDT, C. (2021). Comparative Evaluation of Anti-Corrosion Coatings for NdFeB-Type Magnets with Respect to Performance and Recyclability via Hydrogen-Assisted Recycling (HPMS). MDPI Algorithms.
LEHMANN, A., PODMILJSAK, B., KOBE, S., BURKHARDT, C. (2020). A Systematic Classification and Labelling Approach to Support a Circular Economy Ecosystem for NdFeB-Type Magnet. American Journal of Materials Science and Engineering (10), pp. 125-133. Pforzheim.
Book/Monograph/Ebook
BURKHARDT, C. (2013). Metallpulverspritzguss. Die Bibliothek der Technik 237. Süddeutscher Verlag onpact, München.
BURKHARDT, C., BALMER, B. (2008). Entkoppelelemente in der Fahrzeugtechnik. Flexible Verbindung zwischen Motor und Abgasanlage. Verlag Moderne Industrie.
Article in Proceedings
COHEN, Y., DORON, S., VOGEL, L., BAUM, A., BURKHARDT, C. (2024). Sinter-Based Additive Manufacturing of Ni-Ti Shape Memory Alloy. International Conference on Shape Memory and Superelastic Technologies. ASM International.
BURKHARDT, C., FREIGASSNER, P., WEBER, O., IMGRUND, P., HAMPEL, S. (2016). Fused Deposition Modelling of 316L Green Parts for the MIM process. Proceedings WORLD PM2016, Hamburg (2016).
BURKHARDT, C. (2015). Ressourceneffiziente Herstellung von NdFeB-Hartmagneten aus Recyclingmaterial. Tagungsband, Pforzheimer Werkstofftag.
Leader of a project funded from public institutions
2022 - 2026
Coordinator of the HORIZON project "REEsilience"
Hochschule Pforzheim, Fakultät für Technik Germany
2021 - 2024
Coordinator H2020 Project "SUSMAGPRO"
Hochschule Pforzheim, Fakultät für Technik Germany
2014 - 2017
Coordinator of the Horizon 2020 Project "REProMag"
Belgium
