Silvio Tisato

Research Engineer | Materials & Processes | 3D Printing | Mechatronics

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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Experience

  • Doctoral Researcher - Additive Manufacturing at Freiburger Materialforschungszentrum der Albert-Ludwigs Universität
    Dec 2020 - Sep 2025 · 4 yrs 10 mos

    - Designed and prototyped a novel LCD-based volumetric 3D printing system. - Designed and optimized mechatronic extrusion systems and software for embedded 3D printing and direct ink writing. - Developed and characterized novel polymeric, metallic and ceramic materials for advanced 3D printing. - Developed sintering process for metal-infused 3D printed parts - Characterized mechanical properties and accuracy of 3D printed parts with mechanical testing, CT Scanning, surface scanning. - Characterized rheological and optical properties of materials and resins for 3D printing with rheology, photorheology and UV-Vis. - Developed GPU-accelerated volumetric printing simulations with PyTorch running on HPC.

  • Assistant CNC Operator at CLM SRL
    Jul 2013 - Jul 2013 · 1 mo

    - Operated CNC Mills and Lathes, programmed by MasterCAM and Gcode - Performed tolerance checks of finished parts after production, manually and with CMM systems