CURRICULUM VITAE
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Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont. Andreas Filzwieser

23.08.1968 in Bruck/Styria

04.1996:  University education (M.Sc.) in Metallurgy at the University of Leoben (Austria)

12.2000:  Dr. mont. (Ph.D.) Leoben

Industrial career: 

1993-2000: Research assistant at the Non Ferrous Department, University of Leoben,  

                  there of the last two years as a deputy of the head of the department of

                  Non-Ferrous Metallurgy.
2001-2004: Head of the technical marketing department at RHI, Vienna, business unit

                  Non-Ferrous Metals. Responsible for lining concepts, new product

                  developments and research for heavy non-ferrous applications. Also for all

                  contacts and projects with other research groups or universities worldwide. 2002-2004: Consultant at the department of Non-Ferrous Metallurgy at the Universtiy of

                  Leoben for mathematical modelling.
2002-2005: Managing director of the RHI Non-Ferrous Metals Engineering GmbH,

                  Leoben, Austria. Responsible for purging systems (COP KIN System), all

                  lining concepts, including water cooled elements (CFMcc), new

                  developments and new calculation methods like computational fluid

                  dynamics calculations for the heavy non-ferrous industry. Responsible also

                  for the construction department and heating up group at the business unit

                  non-ferrous metals.

since 01.05.2005: Managing director of METTOP GmbH