Ing. Lukas Kurzthaler

Reconstruction and previous research of fatal traffic accident in Austria

As a team of 5 International Students (Austria, Italy, Slovenia, USA and India) we got a budget of 12.000 Euro and one year of time, to development, design and prototyping of an innovative 4WD clutch for the automotive sector. The Project was made in cooperation with Magna Powertrain and the Tu Graz.

At Liebherr Container Cranes in Kilareny Ireland. Repair, overhaul, redesign and improvements of machines used in the plant (CNC- milling, robot shot blasting, robot welding…) A lot of flexibility and adaption was needed to handle the often-changing projects.

At Liebherr Container Cranes in Kilareny Ireland. Working in the maintenance, production and assembly in the plant Erection of a container crane in Newcastle (Port of Tyne) Handling of small projects

6 Month of compulsory service that must be done by every male Austrian citizen I served it in the alpine task force in the Austrian alps Special training for strategic planning and risk management, team spirit was an important part of this experience

Internship in the tool design for the production of high end binoculars Autonomous work on several smaller projects

Internship in the research and develop department of the Gamma Series Ceramics Pinter Several smaller projects, like adaption of printers to other costumer requirements or the redesign, construction and testing of an air filtration system for printing head cleaning

Internship in the mechanical workshop Tasks: Milling, turning, assembly, paint shop, casting, welding

Master study that is held completely in English. It is a study about the different production strategies, the organization, the logistics in a plant and the Management technique used.

Bachelor study in classical mechanical engineering. About 85% mechanical engineering and about 15% economics.

A Special Austrian School type with about 30h/week focused on Mechanical Engineering and 10h/week for General knowledge. The HTL also teaches on hand on work.