Christian Weichel

Biography: 

Christian Weichel is a PhD student at the EIS group at Lancaster University under the supervision of Prof. Hans Gellersen.  He obtained his computer science degree (B.Sc.) in 2012 at the Hochschule Furtwangen University, Germany. Before and during his studies he spent more than 5 years in the industry, lastly as an intern for Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America.
His research focuses on personal fabrication with application to rapid prototyping and personalized  medical products, such as splints and prosthesis.

Interests: 
  • personal fabrication and rapid prototyping
  • tangible user interfaces
  • human computer interaction
  • machine learning
  • software engineering