Vita Thomas Neumeyer

Professor Neumeyer, born in 1983, studied precision engineering / mechatronics at the Munich University of Applied Sciences and graduated in 2010.

He then worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Polymer Materials at the University of Bayreuth from 2010 and also as head of the Thermosets and Fiber Composites working group there from 2012.
In 2015, he completed his doctorate under Professor Volker Altstädt on the topic of "Structure and properties of new, flame-retardant prepreg matrix systems for applications in the cabin of commercial aircraft".

From 2015 to 2023, Professor Neumeyer headed the Polymers Business Unit of Neue Materialien Bayreuth GmbH. His areas of work included the topics of fiber-reinforced plastics, particle foams, special injection molding processes and additive manufacturing with plastics. In addition, sustainability aspects and their quantitative evaluation represent a cross-cutting theme of his work. In addition, he was a lecturer at the University of Bayreuth in the subject "Polymer Composites" and a member of the expert panel "Additive Manufacturing" at the Bavarian State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy. From July 2016 to December 2022, in addition to his work at Neue Materialien Bayreuth, he was also Managing Director of the industry network for polypropylene particle foams "EPP-Forum e.V.".

Since September 2023, he has been appointed Research Director of the Program Area Manufacturing Science of  Leibniz-Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe as well as University Professor at the Rhineland-Palatinate Technical University Kaiserslautern-Landau.

Offices and Memberships

• Member of the Deutscher Hochschulverband
• Member of the Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI)
• Member of the VDI Guidelines Committee "Thermoplastic Foam Injection Molding" (GME RA 2021)
• Member of the expert panel "Additive Manufacturing" of the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy (2023)
• Associate member of the Research Center for Additive Innovations - Campus Additive.Innovations (CA.I) at the University of Bayreuth (2020 - 2023)
• Managing Director of EPP-Forum e.V. (www.epp-forum.com), industry network for polypropylene particle foams (EPP) (2016 - 2022)
• Member of the IHK expert committee for innovation in the IHK for Upper Franconia Bayreuth (2017 - 2023)
• Technical chair of the VDI technical forum "Injection molding of foams and foam structures" (2016 - 2018)
• Member of the Conference Committee of the "SPE FOAMS® 2017 Conference: 15th International Conference on Advances in Foam Materials & Technology"
• Member of the Organizing Committee of the 29th International Conference of the Polymer Processing Society (PPS-29) (2013)
• Member of the Society for the Advancedment of Materials and Process Engineering (SAMPE)
• Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal “Advanced Manufacturing: Polymer & Composites Science”
• Guest Editor of the journal "Polymers" (MDPI)

Research focus and interests

• Fiber-reinforced composites
• Polymer foams
• Special injection molding processes
• Additive manufacturing with plastics
• Sustainability aspects and their quantitative assessment

Publications

The list of publications is available here.

Patents

• Niessner, N.; Clarke-Knowles, S.; v. Veen, Y.; Fachtan, R.; Altstädt, V.; Neumeyer, T.; Krause,K.; Dietlein, C.; WO 2023/036760 A1, Multilayer article comprising a recycled ABS copolymer core layer
• Gebhardt, A.; Neumeyer, T.; Ocker, M.; Rothe, S.; Saritekin, M.; EP 4 082 743 A1; Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Hinterschäumen eines Obermaterials
• Wilhelmus, B.; v. Veen, Y.; Dörr, D.; Gröschel, S.; Standau, T.; Altstädt, V.; Weber, R.; Neumeyer, T.; Schreier, P.; Löhner, M.; WO 2022/090403 A1; Expandable thermoplastic polymer particles based on styrene polymers and process for the preparation thereof
• Pfetscher, A.; Hänle, C.; Völkle, D.; Neumeyer, T.; Bakis, G.; Altstädt, V.; WO 2019/034280 A1; Resin composition, prepreg material, composite component and method for producing the component and a resin composition
• Keiels, P.; Kurtz, W.; Neumeyer, T.; Wörthwein, H.; DE 10 2017 113 843 A1; Rutschfahrzeug für Kinder