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Dirk Lowke is a professor in the Department of Materials Engineering at the Technical University of Munich since 2023. His career began with civil engineering studies at the Technical University of Cottbus, followed by obtaining his doctorate at the Technical University of Munich. Lowke's research primarily focuses on materials and digital construction techniques, addressing how digital technologies can improve resource efficiency in the context of constructing and maintaining buildings made from mineral materials. His work includes innovative approaches such as 3D printing with concrete and ecological optimization of materials, durability, and circularity. From 2017 to 2023, he led the Department of Building Materials at the Institute for Advanced Materials and was involved in the Braunschweig Materials Testing Institute. He was a visiting research scholar at the University of California, Berkeley in 2016, where he conducted significant research on 3D printing cement-based materials. Lowke has been recognized with several awards, including the Georg Burg Prize for his outstanding dissertation and the Paper Award from the Digital Concrete symposium. His publications include important contributions to cement and concrete research, focusing on thixotropy and digital fabrication techniques.
Technical University of Munich • Munich, Germany
Head of the Department of Materials Engineering, focusing on innovative materials and digital construction methods.
Institute for Advanced Materials, TU Braunschweig • Braunschweig, Germany
Led research initiatives in building materials and served on the board of the Braunschweig Materials Testing Institute.
University of California, Berkeley • California, USA
Conducted research on 3D printing of cement-based materials.