Romancuk Dejan HSLU T&A

Prof. Dejan Romancuk Dejan Romancuk

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Romancuk Dejan HSLU T&A

Lucerne School of Engineering and Architecture

Room E309
Technikumstrasse 21
6048 Horw


Institute of Mechanical Engineering and Energy Technology IME

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Biography

Academia

  • Hochschule Luzern (HSLU), since 2019, Master and Bachelor Courses: Statics and Mechanics of Materials. Research and Engineering Services: Aeronautical Structural Integrity, Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics (Analysis and Testing), Additive Manufacturing, Structural Health Monitoring, Aging Fleet Management, Compliance Verification.

 

Industrial Experience

  • Pilatus Aircraft Ltd., 2006 to 2018, Specialist and Lead Engineer Fatigue and Damage Tolerance, Deputy Head of Structures, development of the PC-24 business jet from concept to EASA and FAA initial type certification and entering into service, project lead of the PC-12 turbo-prop aircraft life extension programme, production and technical customer support, failure analysis, risk assessments, PC-6 turbo porter continued airworthiness, aging aircraft concepts.
  • Rheinmetall Air Defence AG (former Oerlikon Contraves Defence AG), 2003 to 2005, Anti-Aircraft Gun Systems development, stress analysis, FEM, weight optimization, advanced composite materials, testing, mechanical systems.
  • Georg Fischer Automotive AG, 2001 to 2003, Stress Engineer for automotive steering and suspension structures, sizing against static and fatigue criteria, FEM, weight optimization.
  • ETH Zurich, 2000, Research Associate at the former Institute of Lightweight Structures, structrual analysis, design and testing of a composite research rocket.

 

Education

  • ETH Zurich, 1994 to 2000, MSc ETH Mechanical Engineering.
  • ISAE-SUPAERO, Toulouse, 1998/1999, Aerospace Engineering.
  • RUAG Space (former Contraves Space), 1997, Internship.

 

Subjects
  • Mechanik und Festigkeitslehre
Professional competencies
  • Structural Integrity
  • Aeronautical Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics
  • Structural Health Monitoring
  • Additive Manufacturing

Projects

Research projects

  • Defect Tolerant Additive Manufacturing

Publications and presentations

Publications and presentations - Article, review; peer reviewed

  • Li, Zongchen; Gut, Andre; Burda, Iurii; Gwerder, Damian; Michael, Silvain; Schütz, Philipp; Affolter, Christian & Romancuk, Dejan (15.4.2024). Investigation of individual lack-of-fusion defects in the fatigue performance of laser-powder bed fusion Ti6Al4V alloys: A finite element analysis. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics, 2024(134), 104735.
  • Romancuk, Dejan (29.06.2023). Review of Aeronautical Fatigue Investigations in Switzerland: Activities Hochschule Luzern (HSLU). Proceedings of the International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue ICAF 2023,
  • Li, Zongchen; Gut, Andre; Burda, Iurii; Michel, Silvain; Romancuk, Dejan & Affolter, Christian (19.10.2022). THE ROLE OF AN INDIVIDUAL LACK-OF-FUSION DEFECT IN THE FATIGUE PERFORMANCE OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED TI-6AL-4V PART. Proceedings of the ASME 2022,

Publications and presentations - Article, review; not peer reviewed

  • Romancuk, Dejan & Ocampo, Juan (2019). ICAF2019 - Structural Integrity in the Age of Additive Manufacturing: Risks of Initial Assumptions in Fatigue and Damage Tolerance of Small Aircraft Development Programs. ICAF 2019 – Structural Integrity in the Age of Additive Manufacturing, 265-278.

Publications and presentations - Presentation (conference/report/lectures)

  • Romancuk, Dejan (21.06.2021). Review of Aeronautical Fatigue Investigations in Switzerland: Activities Hochschule Luzern (HSLU). Proceedings of the International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue ICAF 2021, Webinar.
  • Romancuk, Dejan (09.02.2021). Current activities related to Additive Manufacturing and corresponding structural integrity concept for loaded AM components. HOLSIP 2021 - Holistic Structural Integrity Process Workshop, Virtual Workshop.
  • Romancuk, Dejan (14.09.2020). Additive Manufacturing im Kontext der Strukturintegrität: Defect Tolerant Additive Manufacturing. 44. Sitzung der SVMT-Fachgruppe Strukturintegrität, HSLU, Horw.
  • Ocampo, Juan & Romancuk, Dejan (29.06.2020). Aging Fleet Management by Quantitative Structural Risk Assessment. Workshop Aircraft Structural Integrity Program (ASIP), HSLU, Horw.
  • Romancuk, Dejan; Keiser, Michael & Gottier, Markus (10.05.2010). From Safe-Life to Damage Tolerance - Pilatus PC-12 Life Extension Program. Aircraft Airworthiness and Sustainment Conference, Austin, Texas.