Michael Hamm
Senior Advisor at DVN
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Offering type ?:
PRODUCT:
Component or system, which is commercialized. It is available for ordering multiple pieces and liability is assumed by the provider/seller. Necessary certification of the product was obtained (e.g. CE certification). The product sheet and/or conditions of use are defined.
PROTOTYPE:
Component or system, which has been successfully tested under real or real-like conditions. The prototype is not commercialized as the main purpose is to use it for demonstration and experimentation, including user and market acceptance.
TECHNICAL SERVICE:
Tools and processes and its combination, which are necessary to prepare and test prototypes or products.
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Market(s):
- Automotive
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Manufacturing Pillar(s):
- TBD
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Technology:
- Advanced lighting solutions in automotive
Offering Description
Michael Hamm earned his physics diploma in 1993, and his doctorate in electrotechnics in 1997 from the University of Darmstadt, Germany.
He joined Bosch’s lighting division in 1996. After becoming section manager, he worked twelve years as department manager at Bosch and their successor company
Automotive Lighting/Marelli , with the main task to develop front lighting technologies in headlamp projects for customers worldwide. In this period, he pushed optical development and simulation as well as lighting innovations. Examples were the development of adaptive HID systems (e.g., curve light; adverse weather light, motorway light…) as well as automotive infrared applications. He contributed to the development of LED systems, including the world’s first full-LED headlamp; LED modules; camera-controlled adaptive partial high beam functions (ADB), and light guide and DRL developments.
Hamm took charge of headlamp development at Audi in 2012. For ten years, his focus was to constantly introduce new technology in Audi lamps for market readiness with his team and the suppliers. Examples from this period include the introduction of generations of matrix-beam ADB headlamps; dynamic turn indicators and DRLs; laser high beams, and lighting Digitalization with digital projectors. He has contributed to 76 technical papers and applied for 85 invention patents.
Since 2022 he has returned, as a lecturer for vehicle lighting and lighting technology,
to the Laboratory of Adaptive Lighting Systems and Visual Processing at Technical University Darmstadt. Besides this, one of his main pleasures is to advise and support DVN in their groundbreaking activities as an industry standardisation and research community.
Offering Specifications
Trends and expectations for the future of micro-optics in automotive lighting
